McHale Reunited With Xtravision M3 for DEJA VU DONEGAL!
Two time winner of the Donegal International Rally, Austin MacHale, will be returning to ‘The Hills’ for Déjà vu Donegal on the 30-31 August. The multiple Irish Rally Champion will be reunited with his Xtra-vision BMW M3, the car that finally brought him success in the north west in 1990.
The Dubliner had encountered cruel luck on his earlier attempts to win in Donegal as three punctures on the penultimate stage robbed him of victory in 1983, Billy Coleman pipped him in 1984 and ’85 and he had an accident while leading in 1986. But perseverance paid when he and Dermot O’Gorman braved the adverse conditions in 1990 to beat Bertie Fisher’s similar M3 by one second.
Brian Murphy sat in with Austin when he took his second Donegal victory in a Toyota Celica ST185 in 1997, the year that the Dubliner secured his fourth Irish Tarmac Rally Championship.
Forty-five crews have already taken advantage of the ‘early bird’ entry fees and Austin joins the growing list of former Donegal winners that includes Cathal Curley, John Lyons, and James Cullen.
There will be Mk I and Mk II Escorts, Ascona and Manta 400 Opels, BMW 2002 Tis, and Porsche 911s joining the M3 on the tour, but the car requirements are open to all as you only need “something with four wheels that they are proud of”, to quote the organisers!
WEEKEND FORMAT.
Friday 31st, August
2.30 – 5.30pm Registration – Ulster Tyres, Stranrolar.
8.30 – 10.30pm Welcome Reception – Jackson’s Hotel, Ballybofey
Saturday 30th, August
10.00am Start – Jackson’s Hotel
120-route
Lunch – Singing Pub, Atlantic Drive
3.00pm The Ramelton Rumble
7.00pm Gala Dinner & entertainment – Jackson’s Hotel
EARLY BIRD FEES
Register HERE
Reduced ‘early bird’ rates for both the Tour and the Gala Dinner are available until 1st. May for this charity event- from which all the profits will be donated to the Donegal Hospice.
For further details contact:
Alan (Plum) Tyndall Tel. 0044 7887827150 email: alan@rpm-motorsport.com
58 Edentrillick Rd. Hillsborough. Co. Down BT26 6PG
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