Rallysprint Cancellation - Official Press Release

It is with deep regret that Imokilly Motor Club have cancelled our Rallysprint on Sunday next November 15th. At close of entries at 5pm today, the entries secretary had received insufficient entries to allow the event to go ahead. As a small club with an even smaller bank balance the club are unable to take the loss which would be incurred by running the event. The entries secretary is currently contacting all received entries. At this stage we would like express our thanks to everyone who helped out in any way in the organisation of the event up to now especially all the competitors who did put in entries.

Yours in Motorsport.

--
Derek Power
Secretary of Imokilly Motor Club

Imokilly Rallysprint. Sunday November 15th. Waterford Raceway.

The Organising Committee for the Upcoming Imokilly Rallysprint.

Imokilly Motor Club wish to announce preliminary details for the Rallysprint which will take place on Sunday November 15th 2009. The venue is Waterford Raceway (hotrod track), at The Pike, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

This is an open event organized by the Imokilly Motor Club over an oval tarmac surface incorporating chicanes. There will be one practice run and it is intended to have four timed runs. A run will consist of 3 laps of the circuit totaling approximately 1.6km.

Double driving will be permitted and will be deemed to be separate entries. Passengers may be carried subject to their holding the appropriate competition license, signing an indemnity form and paying the Competitors Personal Accident Insurance fee. A driver must carry the same passenger for all the timed runs.

Entry Fee €140 which includes drivers CPA.
Passenger CPA €15 for adults aged 18 and over and €8 for juniors aged 17 and under.

Scrutiny will take place on Sunday Morning in the paddock from 8 to 10am.
Practice Run at 10.30am.
First timed run at 11.30am.
Prize Giving in the paddock at 5.30pm.

Regulations, Entry form and further details available next week on www.imokillymotorclub.com

I.M.C. Hillclimb Results are now available to download from our homepage. Congratulations to all who took part in the event. Aplologies for the delay in posting the results.

I.M.C. Hillclimb, September 20th - Event Preview

By: Club P.R.O. Joe Fitzgibbon.
Over the past number of months we've organised and ran events on the loose and also on the grass but for the first time this year we are heading for the tarmac. On Sunday, September 20th, we are holding a hillclimb, the venue once again being Annistown on the Killeagh - Mogeely road, known locally as Gould's hill.
The format for the event is as follows:-Sign on 8-10am with mechanical scrutiny in a yard at the bottom of the hill. Drivers briefing 10.15am with the first of the timed runs scheduled for 11.00. Servicing on the day will be on a closed section of the Mogeely - Killeagh road starting at the junction of Glenane to the junction of Garranjames. This section of road will be closed from 10:00am until 6:00pm and diversions will be in place.
As hillclimb events go, you will have to travel a long way to match this hill for its 1.7km of smooth, fast flowing tarmac. Although the event is not a round of the hillclimb championship we are hoping that a lot of the championship regulars will come out once again as they did last year and supported us on the day, not to mention all the local drivers who will be battling it out for supremacy over the course of the day.
A special spectator designated area will be in operation for anyone coming to view the action and this can only be accessed via the stage finish which will be arrowed from Dangan Cross on the Dungourney - Mount Uniacke road. Please note they will be strictly no spectator access from the start on the Killeagh - Mogeely Road.
This event was a wonderful success last year and we are hoping for the same this time around. So there you have it lads, for anyone of you out there who have a rally car or a single seater start tweaking your engines and see which one of you will come away with the title of being the fastest man or woman up the hill and take away the coveted piece of crystal which was won last year by Midleton's Darragh O'Riordan in his Opel Corsa S1600.
Further information on this event can be had by contacting COC Darren McCarthy on 087/2738387 or entries secretary Donie McCarthy on 086/1721362.
Regulations can be downloaded from our website homepage.
Hope to see you all at the bottom of the hill on the 20th, till then keep the revs up

I.M.C. Hillclimb Regulations Now Available

Regulations for the I.M.C. Hillclimb are now available to download from our homepage.
The event will take place at Gould's Hill, Killeagh, Co.Cork on September 20th 2009.
Entries being accepted now. We are expecting a large number of entrants for this event so please enter now to guarantee your entry.
Entries close, Wednesday, September 16th 2009.

Please send your entries to,
Donie McCarthy,
Ballinvoher,
Cloyne,
Co. Cork.
Tel: 086-1721362
E-Mail: mcsballinvoher@eircom.net

I.M.C. Youghal Autotest 22nd August 2009. Results

C.O.C Jon Waterman, presenting Paddy Power, Overall Event Winner, with his trophy.

The Results of the I.M.C. Autotest 2009 are as follows.

First Place, Event Overall.
Paddy Power. Class B. Mini Special. Total Time: 622.2 secs.

Class B: Mini Specials

1. Victor Beamish. Mini Special. Time: 666.8 secs.

2. Alan Clarke. Mini Special. Time: 672.3 secs.
3. Mike Mulcahy. Mini Special. Time: 712.1secs.

Class B1: FWD Specials Other Than Minis.
1. Dave Treacy. Starlet Special. Time: 716.2 secs.
2. John Lyons. Starlet Special. Time: 721.1 secs.
3. Martin Walsh. Starlet Special. Time: 737.3 secs.

Class C: RWD Sports Cars & Specials.
1. Don Giles. Westfield. Time: 639.1 secs.
2. Norman Giles. Triumph Special. Time: 746.9 secs.
3. Peter Desmond. Westfield. Time: 781.8 secs.
4. John Keohans. Westfield. Time: 834.1 secs.

Class D: Saloons Up To 1300cc.
1. Liam Crostin. Starlet. Time: 692.4 secs.

Class E: Saloons Over 1300cc.
1. Micheal Cashman. Corsa. Time: 715.8 secs.
2. Padraig McCarthy. Starlet. Time: 734.3 secs.

Class F: Novice. Sub Class:C:RWD Sports Cars & Specials.
1. Sean Keohane. Westfield. Time: 781.5 secs.
2. Fergus Harrington. MX-5. Time: 886.4 secs.

Class F: Novice Sub Class:A:Mini Saloons
1. Rory Power. Mini. Time: 916.5 secs.

Congratulations to all the competitors for a fantastic day of motorsport.

Marshals Required: IMC Autotest 2009

Marshals Required for IMC Autotest on Saturday, August 22nd 2009. Meeting at 3.30 pm at The Springfield Industrial Estate, Youghal. All welcome.

Contact,
Clerk of the Course, Jon Waterman at (086)2790853
Event Secretary and Deputy C.O.C. Derek Power at (087)8128195

I.M.C. Autotest, Saturday August 22nd 2009

Just a reminder that the 2009 IMC Autotest will take place on Saturday August 22nd 2009, at The Springfield Industrial Park, Youghal, Co.Cork.
The action begins at 5.00 pm with check in from 4.00 pm.
Regulations are available to download from our homepage.
This event is open to road cars so anyone can take part. The only requirement is that the participant holds a valid competition licence. 1 day licences can be obtained but must be arranged in advance, they will not be available on the day.
Entry fee is just €50 or €40 for novices.

For entries or more information Contact,
Clerk of the Course, Jon Waterman at (086)2790853
Event Secretary and Deputy C.O.C. Derek Power at (087)8128195

Next Club Meeting, August 17th. All welcome.

The next Club Meeting will be on Monday, August 17th, at 9.00pm at The Thatch Bar, Ladysbridge. New Members and anyone who is interested in motorsport of all kinds are always welcome to attend, to find out more about the club and what we are all about.

Hillclimb Committee Meeting, July 20th. All welcome.

The next Meeting is a Hillclimb Committee meeting on Monday 20th July at 9.00pm at The Thatch Bar Ladysbridge. All hillclimb committee members and anyone else interested in helping out at the Hillclimb are asked to attend.

Next Event: IMC Autotest, August 22nd

The next I.M.C. event will be our Autotest, which will take place on Saturday, August 22nd 2009. The event will take place at the Seafield Industrial Estate, Youghal, Co.Cork. For further information, please contact Clerk of the Course, John Waterman on (086)2790853

Next Club Meeting July 6th 2009

The next IMC meeting will take place on Monday July 6th at 9.00pm in The Thatch Bar, Ladysbridge. All club members are asked to attend. New members are always welcome.

Imokilly Motor Club Grass Surface Autocross Review

By: Joe Fitzgibbon, IMC P.R.O.

On Saturday and Sunday last June 13th &14th, all roads led to Ballymacoda for our second event of the year - a grass surface autocross. As round 7 and 8 of the National Autocross Championship, a real quality entry was envisaged across all the classes and so we were not disappointed as a very respectable 23 competitors took to the start line on the Saturday and 26 on Sunday.

Glorious sunshine greeted the crews on their arrival to the field on Saturday After scrutiny had been completed, each competitor got a practice run followed by 3 timed runs.
Fastest out of the blocks on the first timed run was Christopher Culleton who stopped the clocks on a time of 01:27:36 followed closely by Mikey O'Connor on 01:30:55 both in specials.
In the saloon category, Ger Brennan pulled out all the stops in his very nimble Ford Fiesta to claim the fastest saloon award on day one with a time of 01:35:69.
Of the IMC competitors, Wesley Daly set the benchmark for the rest clocking up a very respectable time of 01:43:84 on timed run one followed by Emmet Cronin at 01:49:87, Bobby Benskin at 01:50:83 and Richard O'Brien on 02:00:95 all in MK2 Escorts followed by John Dolphin in his special with a time of 02:20:93.

The second timed run saw Chris Culleton once again having the upper hand as he punched in a time of 01:28:30 and Mikey O'Connor a fraction of a second off on 01:29:60. On the home front, John Dolphin really got in to his stride and crossed the finish line with a great time of 01:37:92. This run saw most of the rest of the field improve their times as the track started to churn up more grip.
After a short break, all the competitors entered the field of battle once again for timed run three. This time however, roles would be reversed as Mikey O'Connor powered his special to the fastest time of the day on 01:27:20 and so took the overall award on day one by a fraction of a second to Chris Culleton.

Class winners on Saturday were:
Class 1A Paul Collins
Class 2A Thomas O'Sullivan
Class 2B Wesley Daly
Class 3B Bobby Benskin
Class 4A Christopher Culleton
Class 4B Jimmy Lucey
Class 5A James Commins.
Best ladies award went to Niamh Driver.
John Dolphin took home best IMC members award.

On Sunday morning after some alterations to the course, the battle resumed once again. First the saloon cars took to the track and Ger Brennan resumed where he left off on Saturday and stopped the clocks on 01:40:28 which was once again enough for him to take home the best saloon award.
Christopher Culleton and Mikey O'Connor matched each other stride for stride both finishing on a identical time of 01:28:24 which would set up a really exciting finish to the event. Over the course of timed run two and three, the spectators were highly entertained from some really good racing right down through the classes but the best was yet to come.
Because of Mikey and Chris having identical times on run one, we had to head for a shoot out to determine the overall winner. Both men and machines headed for the start line and when the lights went green, both gave it their all over the course of the three laps but it was Chris Culleton who came out on top on a time of 01:28:56. Mikey O'Connor posted a very respectable time of 01:32:47.

Class winners on Sunday were:
Class 1A Dessie Brady.
Class 2A Thomas O'Sullivan.
Class 2B Owen Murphy.
Class 3A Ger Brennan.
Class 3B Wesley Daly.
Class 4A Chris Culleton.
Class 4B Jimmy Lucey.
Class 5A David Beamish.
Overall Event Winner: Mikey O'Connor

We at Imokilly Motor Club would like to thank everybody who took part over the weekend and anybody who helped out in any way in making this event such an enjoyable and successful occasion including our COC Jamie McCarthy.

Photos are available to view in our gallery on the main site.
Click on the link below to view them.

http://www.imokillymotorclub.com/gallery/?level=album&id=17

All Pictures by Ger Leahy. Official IMC Photographer.
www.rally.pro.ie

Imc Grass Surface Autocross June 2009 Results

The Results of the June Grass Surface Autocross are available to download from our homepage.
Well done to all who took part and made the event a great success.

IMC Grass Surface Autocross Regulations

The regs for the Grass Surface Autocross on June 13th and 14th are now available. Please click on the link on our homepage to download them. Hope to see you all on the day.

Next Meeting Monday June 8th 2009

The next meeting of Imokilly Motor Club will take place on Monday June 8th 2009 at 9.00pm in The Thatch Bar, Ladysbridge. All Club Members are asked to attend. New Members always welcome.

IMC Grass Surface Autocross June 13th & 14th 2009. Event Preview

Some of the organising comittee of the forthcoming Grass Surface Autocross, pictured recently at the launch night.
Pic by Ger Leahy.

Round 2 of our motorsport calendar kicks off again on June 13th & 14th next when we host a double round of the National Autocross Championship. The venue for this event is a site near Ballymacoda Village in East Cork. Following on from the success of this event last year, a very good entry is envisaged once again in June when both the specials and the rally cars will be battling it out for supremacy over the two days. C.O.C. Jamie McCarthy(center), with Club P.R.O. Joe Fitzgibbon (left) and Emmett Cronin. Pic by Ger Leahy.
So for all of you out there who hold the relevant competition licence, start working on your cars now and be ready to head for Balllymacoda for a weekend of motorsport action on a challenging grass surface that you will really enjoy. Regulations and further information can be downloaded shortly on our website, www.imokillymotorclub.com or by contacting Jamie on (086)3752543 or entries secretary Derek Power on (087)8128195.Hope to see you all in Ballymacoda on the weekend of June 13th & 14th.Club P.R.O Joe Fitzgibbon(right) and John Dolphin pictured with John's special. Pic by Ger Leahy

Next Club Meeting Monday May 25th 2009

The next meeting of Imokilly Motor Club will take place on Monday May 25th 2009 at 9.00pm in The Thatch Bar, Ladysbridge. All Club Members are asked to attend. New Members always welcome.

IMC Members at The Lakes

Congratulations to all IMC Members who competed at the International Rally of the Lakes last weekend.

Colm Forde and Jonathon Trill 29th Overall, 5th in Class.

William Walsh and Ed O'Neill 7th Overall, 1st in Class. (National Rally)

Peadar Walsh 6th Overall, 1st in Class. (Historic Rally)

Imokilly Motor Club EGM

An EGM of the Imokilly Motor Club took place on Tuesday 21st April 2009 in the Thatch Bar in Ladysbridge. The following officials were confirmed for the remainder of 2009.

2009 Committee
President - Richard O'Brien
Vice President - Tom O'Regan
Chairman - Godfrey Kirby
Vice Chairman - Donie McCarthy
Secretary - Derek Power
PRO - Joe Fitzgibbon
Treasurer - Tom O'Regan
Registrar - William Kenneally
Assistant Registrar - Peadar Walsh
Committee Members - Pat O’Mahony, Edward Reck, Conor Mulcahy, Danny McEvoy, Brian Hurley, Wesley Daly, Bernard Daly

Directors: Tom O'Regan, Godfrey Kirby, Joe Fitzgibbon, William Kenneally, Martin Hallissey, Donie McCarthy, Emmett Cronin, Derek Power, Richard O'Brien

Grass Surface Autocross June 13th & 14th 2009

Next Event. Grass Surface Autocross on June 13th & 14th in Ballymacoda. Contact Jamie McCarthy on 086 3752543 for further details.

Next Club Meeting Monday May 11th 2009

Next Club Meeting on Monday May 11th at 9pm in the Thatch Bar in Ladysbridge. New members always welcome.

Marshals Wanted For The Lakes

Contact Derek Power on 087 8128195 A.S.A.P

Imokilly Motor Club Loose Surface Autocross

On Sunday January 25th 2009 all roads led to Campbells pit in Clonakilty for our first event of the year which was a loose surface autocross. As round one of the Jerry Murphy Tyres sponsored Munster Autocross Championship a very good entry turned up on the day including a number of new visitors making their first appearance on the loose. The first time run of the day saw Ballincollig's Owen Murphy set the bench mark with a time of 2:37:81. The next closest challenger was teenager Ian Stanley also setting an impressive time of 2:38:36.

The second run saw most of the top runners improve their times including the lads from the Imokilly Motor club, John Dolphin in his special, Emmet Cronin in his Mark 2 and Mogeely's James Fitzgerald in his very nimble Corsa climbing the leader board. As the day progressed into time run 3, the battle between Stanley’s civic and Murphy’s Corolla intensified. But it was young Stanley who once again topped the time sheets with a staggering time of 2:32:50. Murphy stopped the clocks just under two seconds in arrears. With only seconds separated the leading runners, a no-holds barred conclusion was anticipated for the fourth and final run. However, with the surface scrubbed of loose gravel and standing water from the earlier runs and deteriorating weather conditions, this made the job at hand all the more difficult for all competitors.

When the final times were tallied, the overall win went to Ian Stanley in what is fast
becoming his favourite stomping ground. First overall special went to Midleton's John Dolphin. James Fitzgerald took 3rd in class 1 and Emmet Cronin took home the trophy for 2nd in class 2.
Well done to COC Anthony Cronin and all the lads from IMC who came out and helped on the day despite such bad weather.

For our next event, we will be heading to the nearer surroundings of Ballymacoda in early June but instead of gravel, we will be moving on to the grass which should also pose another challenge for all competitors.