CRONIN DOMINANT IN CORK

Keith Cronin was a man on a mission this weekend. The local man dominated by 57.2 over Matt Edwards who took 3 stage wins over the weekend, third was 2023 J-WRC champion William Creighton in another Lyons Ford Fiesta Rally2. Josh Moffett was 4th after a very slow weekend by his standards however the Monaghan man won the 2nd round of the Citroen C3Rally2 Trophy closely followed by Jonathan Greer in 5th position overall. In the modified section Kevin Eves won by over 5 minutes. Behind him Damian Toner and a further 2 minutes behind was JF Shovelin

Callum Devine was leading after day 1 however on Saturday when the rain came so did a puncture for the Derry man on ss7. He lost nearly 2 minutes and unfortunately exited the rally prematurely. This handed the lead to Keith Cronin who now led by over a minute.

A limping Devine on Stage 7

The Rain suited Keith Cronin as he won 6/8 stages on Saturday, The modifieds dropped well back as they struggled in the rain. On Sunday Matt Edwards gained over 10 seconds on Keith Cronin as he was sealing his victory of the West Cork Rally 2024.

Cronin after ss18

Matt Edwards

Will Creighton