Kerry Motor Club was established in 1985

Round 3 of the Dunlop National Rally Championship & Round 2 of The Top Part West Coast Rally Championship

Kerry Motor Club, the organisers of the Circuit of Kerry Rally are pleased to announce the reappointment of Senan Raggett as Clerk of the course for his 6^th consecutive rally.

Senan, has been a member of KMC since 1990, and initially joined the club as a marshal and worked through the ‘ranks’ to be COC of one of the most popular events on the Irish Motorsport Calendar.

The Rally will be a counting round in Both the Dunlop National Rally Championship and Irelands premier Regional Championship that is of course The Top Part West Coast Rally Championship.

Senan thanked the directors and members for his appointment and also the Carlton Hotel Tralee for their continued sponsorship and support; he also announced a few radical changes to follow on from the last 2 years novel approach in helping to attract entries in such economically challenging times. They are as follows:

3. Modified Challenge. For the second year KMC will offer 2 free entries from 4 nominated events, to highest placed car in classes 9 to 14 (those events are Circuit of Munster, Galway Summer, Clare Stages or Kerry Mini Stages). In addition to the above if ‘The Modified Challenge’ is won by a car in class 13 or 14, a free entry for Banna will be awarded to the highest place car from classes 9 to 12.

5. Again The Carlton Hotel have been amazing with their offer for the weekend, A double/twin room for Saturday night B&B €99 and stay Sunday night FREE!!! Contact details for the Carlton Hotel can be found below.

2011 Carlton Hotel Circuit of Kerry Winners Darren Gass & Enda Sherry - Subaru S11

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Circuit of Kerry Rally 2009

Circuit of Kerry Stages Rally 2009 Rally Headquarters - FELS POINT HOTEL, Tralee, Co Kerry

Report Courtesy Of Dunlop - Proud Sponsors Of The National Rally Championship

Cavan's, Patrick Elliott/Paul Goodman (Subaru WRC) won the Fels Point Hotel Circuit of Kerry, the third round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship that went down to the eighth and final stage.
They finished six seconds ahead of the Subaru of Monaghan's, Niall Maguire/Enda Sherry. On that final stage, Elliott/Goodman overturned a six second deficit to clinch their third win of the current Dunlop series. They now lead Maguire/Sherry by six points after three rounds of the campaign. It was also the third occasion that Elliott has won the Kerry event.
Local Kerry driver, Mike Quinn in a Ford Escort, co-driven by Grainne McEnery, took a sensational third place.

In Group N, that also went down to a final stage decider, Clonakilty duo, Kevin and Martin Kelleher (Mitsubishi) took the category victory ahead of early leaders, Garry Jennings/David Moynihan (Mitsubishi), who endured clutch problems on the final stage.

Kevin Barrett set the best time on the opening stage, Mount Eagle, his Subaru WRC was two seconds faster than that of Niall Maguire's car with reigning Dunlop champion, Patrick Elliott, a further four seconds behind in third spot having lost a few seconds when he spun at a hairpin junction. Darren Gass in the McKinstry hired Subaru WRC occupied fourth and local hero, Mike Quinn in a Mk. 2 Ford Escort, held an impressive fifth place.
Elliott set the pace on the second stage and at the Tralee service halt, where he shared the lead with Maguire, the Cavan driver remarked that he wasn't happy with his level of commitment. Meanwhile, second placed Maguire admitted he was a little too cautious in places. Kevin Barrett, six seconds behind the leading duo, was quite content with his performance.
Darren Gass in fourth place, lost almost half a minute on the final junction of the second test when he spun his Subaru.
Quinn continued to power his Escort through the stages where he set a scorching pace to hold fifth. Garry Jennings, who led the Group N category, reckoned his Mitsubishi was flooding the plugs, a repeat of the problem on the opening round in Nenagh. Alan Ring, on his first outing since Rally Ireland, was in seventh place - four seconds behind Jennings. Thomas Fitzmaurice (Mitsubishi) was next in classification, the current Group N series leader reckoned his car was down on power. Elsewhere, Donie O'Sullivan had a slight misfire in his Proton Satria S2000 car; Kevin Kelleher (Mitsubishi) reckoned he made an incorrect tyre choice and Brian O'Mahony (Renault Clio S1600) endured a big overshoot on the second stage.

Gass showed a fine turn of speed on the third and fourth stages but spun and lost ten seconds on the sixth test. The Armagh driver moved to third - 12 seconds behind rally leader, Patrick Elliott, who stalled and lost precious seconds on S.S. 5. Kevin Barrett retired when a wheel sheared off his Subaru on S.S. 3.
Meanwhile, Niall Maguire reckoned he was too cautious on some sections of the stages, however, he was only a second behind Elliott - the Monaghan driver had actually moved into a six second lead after the completion of S.S. 3; Elliott then cut the deficit to three seconds on S.S. 4.
Not even a broken hydraulic pipe, that rendered the handbrake ineffective, could deter Quinn, who moved into fourth place.
In Group N, Garry Jennings retained the lead but a charging Kevin Kelleher closed to within two seconds of the Fermanagh man, Kelleher's tyre choice on the loop of three stages paid dividends. Jennings overcame the misfire problem by not switching off the engine prior to the stage starts, however, he admitted he couldn't find a good rhythm on S.S. 5. Alan Ring (Mitsubishi) was untroubled in seventh spot - 22 seconds behind Kelleher. The top ten also included Donie O'Sullivan (Proton), Des Moore (Escort) and the Mitsubishi of Thomas Fitzmaurice, that continued to suffer from a lack of power. Elsewhere, Brian O'Mahony (Renault Clio) slipped down to fifteenth when his Renault Clio lost brakes; Anthony O'Halloran (Mitsubishi) retired and Sean Flanagan (Subaru) crashed out.

Maguire was quickest through S.S. 6 and moved two seconds ahead of Elliott. On the penultimate test, he gleamed four seconds and entered the final stage with a six second lead. Gass retired after the completion of S.S. 6 when his Subaru broke a suspension strut. His retirement promoted Quinn to third overall. Brian O'Mahony (Renault Clio) retired with an electrical problem. Having moved up to eleventh overall, Paul Elliott was forced out when his Mitsubishi developed transmission problems.
On the final stage, Elliott took a dramatic victory, his tyre choice proving to be the difference. It was heartbreak for Maguire, who is six points adrift of Elliott in the race for the title.
Quinn took an incredible third while Kelleher, having drawn level with Jennings on the penultimate test, came through to take the Group N victory over Jennings, who had clutch trouble on the final test.
Alan Ring came through to take sixth ahead of Des Moore (Escort), Thomas Fitzmaurice (Mitsubishi), Trevor Bustard (Mitsubishi) and Ed Synan, who overcame brake problems to take the final spot in the top ten. Fitzmaurice retains his lead in the Patterson's Rally News Group N award. Donie O'Sullivan (Proton Satria) finished eleventh.