Rally of the Lakes
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The Rally of the Lakes takes place each year on May bank holiday
weekend. The rally has been running since 1979 and in 2008 the rally formed the third round in the 2008 Global Group Irish Tarmac Rally Championship and revamped its brand identity to reflect its position as one of Ireland's leading rallies.
Bank Holiday
A bank holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom or a colloquialism for public holiday in Ireland. There is no automatic right to time off on these days, although the majority of the population is granted time off work or extra pay for working on these days, depending on their contract...
weekend. The rally has been running since 1979 and in 2008 the rally formed the third round in the 2008 Global Group Irish Tarmac Rally Championship and revamped its brand identity to reflect its position as one of Ireland's leading rallies.
Previous winners
- 1979 Billy Coleman/Brendan Neville, Ford Escort RS
- 1980 Ger Buckley/John Caplice, Vauxhall Chevette HSR
- 1981 Demi Fitzgerald/Leo Whyte, Vauxhall Chevette HSR
- 1982 James Doherty/Michael Curley, Vauxhall Chevette HSR
- 1983 Billy Coleman/Con Murphy, Opel Ascona 400
- 1984 Billy Coleman/Ronan Morgan, Opel Manta 400
- 1985 Billy Coleman/Ronan Morgan, Ford Escort G3
- 1986 Austin McHale/Christy Farrell, Opel Manta 400
- 1987 Mark Lovell/Roger Freeman, Ford Sierra RS CosworthFord Sierra RS CosworthThe Ford Sierra RS Cosworth was a high-performance version of the Ford Sierra. It was the result of a Ford Motorsport project with the purpose of producing an outright winner for Group A racing in Europe.- Development :...
- 1988 Austin McHale/Ronan McNamee, Opel Manta 400
- 1989 Russell Brookes/John Brown, Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
- 1990 Bertie Fisher/Rory Kennedy, BMW M3
- 1991 Bertie Fisher/Rory Kennedy, Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 4x4
- 1992 Bertie Fisher/Rory Kennedy, Subaru Legacy RS
- 1993 Bertie Fisher/Rory Kennedy, Subaru Legacy RS
- 1994 Bertie Fisher/Rory Kennedy, Subaru Impreza 555
- 1995 Frank Meagher/Pat Moloughney, Ford Escort RS CosworthFord Escort RS CosworthThe Ford Escort RS Cosworth was a sports derivative of the Ford Escort. It was available from 1992-96 in very limited numbers.It was instantly recognisable due to its large "whale tail" rear spoiler...
- 1996 Bertie Fisher/Rory Kennedy, Subaru Impreza 555
- 1997 Austin McHale/Brian Murphy, Toyota Celica 4WD Turbo ST185
- 1998 James Leckey/George Millar, Subaru Impreza 555
- 1999 Ian Greer/Dean Beckett, Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
- 2000 Stephen Finlay/Rory Kennedy, Ford Focus WRCFord Focus WRCThe Ford Focus RS WRC is a car built for the Ford World Rally Team by Ford and M-Sport and based on the Ford Focus Climate 2-litre production hatchback, developed to compete in the World Rally Championship. The RS stands for Rallye Sport and the WRC for World Rally Car, the car's FIA specification...
- 2001 No Rally - Foot & Mouth Crisis
- 2002 Andrew Nesbitt/James O'Brien, Subaru Impreza WRC
- 2003 Eugene Donnelly/Paul Kiely, Subaru Impreza WRC
- 2004 Derek McGarrity/Dermot O'Gorman, Subaru Impreza
- 2005 Andrew Nesbitt/James O'Brien, Subaru Impreza
- 2006 Tim McNulty/Anthony Nestor, Subaru Impreza WRC
- 2007 Kris Meeke / Jonas Andersson, Subaru WRC
- 2008 Eamonn Boland / Damien Morrisey Subaru Impreza WRC
- 2009 Tim McNulty/David Moynihan, Subaru Impreza WRC S12