A superb display of driving in tricky Galway Rally conditions has given Keith Cronin his first win on Irish Tarmac soil for over 5 years and in the opening round of the 2023 tarmac season.
In the end he won comfortably by 38.1 seconds alongside his co-driver Mikie Galvin from Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan in a Volkswagen Polo R5. The event marked former title holder Cronin’s return to the Irish Tarmac Rally series, having spent recent years taking part in rounds of the British Championship, and it was also his first event in the latest version of the Fiesta Rally 2.
Sunday morning saw Cronin make full use of his talents in the very wet conditions to pull away from the opposition, and he and Galvin had a trouble free run to victory.
Josh Moffett and Andy Hayes took third place and the Citroen C3 Trophy win in Galway as he learns more in his new machinery, fending off Desi Henry and Stuart Loudon in another Citroen, who had a couple of moments on the final stage.
Frank Kelly took the modified win by a slender 4 seconds after another topsy turvy day as they battled the slippery conditions while Meirion Evans took the historic class.
