Last weekend saw the RSA NI Summer Championship return to Nutts Corner one of Northern Irelands best known tracks.
The entry was that big that the series is now split between the 2 days with the ever growing Mini Cup, MX5’s & buggies on the Saturday with mainly rally cars on the Sunday.
There were no Donegal Club members in class 8, the MX5 class, but in the Mini Cup & Buggies there was a very healthy club entry.
Ladies Mini Cup Class
Marie Furey of Mountcharles was the first Top Mini Cup Lady home followed by Francis Spencer, mother of Darragh Spencer Irish Drifter from Laghey. Catriona Henry from Inver finished up 3rd with Lisa Thomas from Frosses finishing ahead of Donegal Towns Nicole Bradley followed Rosie Weir from Donegal Town and Josephine Kennedy from Inver.
Maire Furey
Junior Mini Cup Class
Joshua Henry had another brilliant drive to come home 1st in class and an impressive 3rd overall in a class of 41 finishers. 2nd Donegal Junior home was Letterkenny’s Kade Gilchrist in 5th place, with Letterkenny’s other young gun Robert Brockett in 7th. Daniel McShane with Sean Mackin separating brothers Matthew and Daithi Kennedy.
Joshua Henry
Mini Field
Inver’s Shane Henry was Donegal Motor Club’s top finisher in 2nd, closely followed in 4th by Mountcharles’ Terrance Furey. Shane’s brother David Took 6th place, with a host of other Donegal drivers getting finishes such as Letterkenny Fire Man Ronan O’Donnell in his first trip to Nutts Corner.
Ronan O’Donnell
Buggy Classes
Micheal Boyle took 2nd in class 13. In class 14, Letterkenny’s Jessica Orr in her Casmat splitting Fanad brothers Gareth and Philip Boreland in their Knicars with Dungloe’s Conor Comack also finishing in his semog.
Jessica Orr
Sunday was the turn of the more main stream rally cars.
Class One
Letterkenny’s James Mc Shea finished 2nd in only a few short appearances showing his racing DNA already. Newtown’s Jessica Halpenny also finished in the class in only her second day out in the Mini and first time at the Nuttscorner Track.
Class Five
Regular RSA man Brain Kelly, in his blue Fiesta, finished 2nd in Class 5 with Jack Green in his civic also finishing in class 5.
Brian Kelly
Class Seven
Buncrana’s Brian Quigley was out in his newly purchased Lotus where he finished 5th. Dungloe’s Philip Greene took the bragging rights wing over Pete Greene with Portsalon’s Ryan Hunter finishing in between them in his red Fiesta.
Class Nine
The Donegal fun finished in Class 9 with the battle of the Gary McEvoys in their escort, with Gary Junior finishing 3rd and Gary Senior on his heels in fourth.
