First Down for McCourt as Greer retains Ni Championship
Cathan McCourt & Brian Hoy in their Ford Fiesta Rally 2 ran out winners of the Carryduff Forklift Down Rally for the first time winning 6 of the eight stages only loosing out to 2nd placed Desi Henry & Paddy Robinson on stage 4 and too 3rd placed Jason Mitchell & Paddy McCrudden on stage 8. Fourth placed Jonathan Greer with Niall Burns on notes were not taking any risks while retaining the NI Rally Championship.
Stage 7 Hamiltons Folly
PROTYRE - Down Rally entries
2023 Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Championship - Down Rally
It was nip & tuck on the Down Rally between reigning champion Steve Wood with Robert Fagg on notes and championship leader Neil Roskell with Andrew Roughead on notes. Swapping the lead several times over the event Wood in his Citroën C3 Rally 2 emerged as the victor on the day by 0.1 secs over Roskell in his Ford Fiesta Rally 2 at the Carryduff Forklift sponsored Down Rally.
Points total after 6 rounds: 1. Neil Roskell 157 2. William Hill 133 3.Darren Atkinson 117 4. Calum Black 115 5.Sam Adamas 87 6. David Wright 86