After nearly a two-month break the Motorsport Ireland Triton Showers National Rally Championship resumes in Cavan on Sunday. County Cavan Motor Club host the third round of the series and there is strength in depth across all categories.
Leading the 150-car field away from Hotel Kilmore on Sunday morning is current points leaders Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan.
They won the opening round of the Triton Showers-backed series, the Midland Moto Rally in March and were second in O’Sullivan’s home event, the Circuit of Kerry in April.
The Volkswagen Polo Rally 2 crew arrive in Cavan on the crest of a wave. Since the Circuit of Kerry, they have won two International Rallies – The Circuit of Ireland and the Rally of the Lakes. Despite this run of good form, this is their first appearance in Cavan.
Staring at two is defending Triton Showers National Rally Champions Josh Moffett and Keith Moriarty in their Hyundai i20 Rally. Moffett won in Kerry and this relatively local rally offer him the chance to get one over on Devine.
Third seeds Desi Henry and Paddy Robinson cannot be underestimated either. Cathan McCourt starts at four, but he has yet to nominate a car or a co-driver. Like Henry, this is his first Triton appearance of the year too.
Garry Jennings and Rory Kennedy, past winners in Cavan are using the nine-sage event as a shakedown for next month’s Donegal International Rally, which, incidentally, is sponsored by local company Wilson Recycling.
Wicklow’s Daniel Barry and his co-driver Andy Hayes are one of the top Triton contenders this season.
The top local driver is Gary Kiernan who has swapped his usual Ford Escort Mk2 for a newly acquired Ford Fiesta R5 and he will have World Rally Championship co-driver James Fulton on the notes.
Donegal’s Mark Alcorn and his co-driver Denver is the top seed in the modified rally and have already one victory – in the Midlands Moto – to their names.
They are followed by a host of very quick Escort crews including Daniel McKenna/Andrew Grennan, Dessie Keenan/Jason McKenna. and Chris Armstrong/ Darren Curran.
