Large crowd expected in Longford on Saturday evening for rally ceremonial start
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Puma Rally 1 driver Josh McErlean and co-driver Eoin Treacy will be at Rally HQ, the Longford Arms Hotel, for an autograph signing
This weekend sees the first round of the National, Border, Midlands East championships, the Dacia Sandero Challenge & the MI Junior Rally Series kick off in Longford.
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Puma Rally 1 driver Josh McErlean and co-driver Eoin Treacy will be at Rally HQ, the Longford Arms Hotel, for an autograph signing of posters & rally programmes between 5 & 6pm on Saturday, March 1.
McErlean and Treacy, who are members of the Motorsport Ireland Academy, are taking time out of their busy FIA World Rally Championship schedule, having completed two rounds of the WRC to date in Monte Carlo and Sweden.
They will compete in the Midland rally this weekend, in an M-Sport Fiesta Rally2 courtesy of Admore Air Conditioning, Inc., before heading off to WRC Safari Rally Kenya next week.
The Motorsport Ireland Academy was established in 2019 to provide promising young drivers with a pathway from the junior rallying ranks through to competing at World Rally Championship (WRC) level. Those eligible to enter the high-performance academy were chosen from the Billy Coleman Award nominees.
Drivers and navigators who are part of the Academy undergo a rigorous training programme to develop their skills and discipline and move them up through the various competitive classes in Irish rallying through to the highest levels of the sport internationally.
Following on from the autograph signing there will be a ceremonial start where the top 10 drivers & navigators together with their cars will parade in front of the Longford Arms Hotel at 6.30pm.