With less than two weeks to go to Deja Vu Killarney, the organisers have released the entry list and it includes a host of rally stars. To add to the theme of the event, which is non competitive, the top competitors have been seeded-Stig Blomqvist, unsurprisingly, is number one and happily, he drives an Audi Quattro A2. Number two is
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Billy Coleman the three times Circuit of Ireland Rally winner will be reunited with a Rothmans 911 during Déjà vu Killarney this Easter. Now owned and beautifully restored by John Mulholland, the County Antrim motor trader, the Porsche was a genuine Prodrive 911 similar to the car that Billy drove for the Dave Richards run team in the 1985 season.
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Saeed Al Hajri, the Qatar driver who has clocked up 18 international wins, will return to Ireland as a guest of the Déjà vu Killarney organisers this Easter. The double Middle Eastern Rally Champion came to Ireland on three occasions in the 1980s and made an impression on all of them. “We are recreating the famous Rothmans Rally Team as
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Josh Moffett has been nominated for this year’s Motorsport Ireland Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver Award for his performances in July and August. The 24 year-old from Clontibret, Co Monaghan, finished third in the Tipperary Rally and seventh in the Ulster International two weeks later, a round of both the Irish Tarmac Championship and the British series. He has since
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A stunning performance by Irish competitors this weekend saw them take a brace of podium places on Rally Finland, round 8 of the 2016 World Rally Championship. Killarney navigator Paul Nagle guided Kris Meeke to a dominant win in their Citroen DS3 World Rally Car. The pair took the lead on the second stage of the event and controlled their
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Do you remember that Easter buzz and all those great moments from an ill spent youth? The trip to Killarney and the Sunday Run through the Kerry Mountains? The classic stages like Molls Gap, Borlin, Tim Healey Pass, Killmakilloge, Ballaghbeama and Caragh Lake? The parties in the Great Southern Hotel? Well Beatty Crawford and Plum Tyndall have organised an event
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Billy Coleman will have a busy time during Circuit Déjà Vu 2016 next Easter in Killarney since he will also drive the Ford Escort MEV 36J which he used to win the British Rally Championship in 1974. It was was built in 1971 and that year Hannu Mikkola drove it and retired on both the Hankirally and 1000 Lakes in
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