Healy-Rae elected as rally co-driver

Kerry politician Michael Healy-Rae kept an unusual promise on Sunday last.

He finally took up a long-term request by his friend and neighbour Thomas Randles after the TD joked about taking up rallying earlier this year.

Healy-Rae is a close friend and neighbour of current Killarney and District Motor Club chairman Thomas Randles. He attended the launch of the Killarney Forestry Rally in February in Castleisland where he revealed at the launch that Mr Randles has spent years trying to convince him to take up rally co-driving. That dream became a reality on Sunday when Healy-Rae navigated Randles in the Thomond Rallysprint in Limerick on

Sunday.

The Limerick Racecourse event was jointly organised by Cork and Limerick Motor Clubs.

The charity event raised money for several worthy causes including the Motorsport Ireland Benevolent Fund, Limerick Suicide Watch, An Garda Siochana’s Little Blue Heroes and Limerick Animal Welfare Sanctuary.

Healy-Rae took part in three of the four timed runs, a personal engagement on Valentia Island meant he had to leave early, but they still finished 11th overall out of 41 finishers.

“I am no Paul Nagle,” said Healy-Rae, “I have nothing but admiration for Paul and drivers like Tommy, who do this every Sunday.”

MOTOR ING BRIEFS... | Cavan Rally

The Triton Showers National Rally Championship resumes in Cavan this weekend.

There Killarney and District Motor Club co-drivers are competing in the event. Rally of the Lakes winner Noel O’Sullivan and his driver Callum Devine are the top seeds in their Volkswagen.

Ger Conway is on pacenote duty for Monaghan’s Stephen Wright, and they start a seven in their Ford Fiesta Rally2.

Brian Doherty will co-drive for Martin Donnelly who is home from New York for the weekend and they will drive another Fiesta.

| Classic car scene news

The Kingdom Veteran Vintage and Classic Car Club launched its variant of the Ballyfinnane Hillclimb Memorial on Tuesday. The club will host a road run on July 15 from Castlemaine to the Charles Rolls Monument near Ballyfinnane.

The following day Kerry Motor Club will host a speed hillclimb at the same venue. The second day’s event will include a massive classic car show hosted by the Killarney Valley Vintage and Classic Club.

This Sunday, KVCCC will host a classic car run from the Red Fox Inn, near Carragh Lake – registration from 10am.

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