Rally Ireland
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Rally Ireland was a new addition to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) calendar in 2007. It was not part of the 2008 schedule, but will return as the First round of the championship in 2009. The North-South event is the largest sporting occasion on the island of Ireland with over 250,000 spectators and a TV audience in 180 countries.
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[edit] Stage locations
The 2007 event took place between 15 and 18 November 2007, starting with the Super Special Stage in the grounds of the Stormont Parliament Buildings on the outskirts of Belfast, County Down.
The remainder of the event was based in the north-west of Ireland in the counties of Sligo, Fermanagh, Donegal, Leitrim, Tyrone, Roscommon and Cavan.
[edit] Organisation structure
Rally Ireland is organised by Motorsport Ireland. The event itself joined the WRC in 2007 when it was won by reigning World Champions Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena in a Citroen C4. The rally is managed by Event Director John Naylor while the Clerk of the Course is Gordon Noble.
A steering committee which is charged with developing the event is in place. This committee is chaired by Austin Frazer and includes representative of Motorsport Ireland (MI) and The Association of Northern Ireland Car Clubs (ANICC).
Rally Ireland received strong government support from both sides of the border[1] . It continues a long tradition of cross-border rallying in Ireland, which dates back to the early years of the Circuit of Ireland Rally in the 1930s[2].
[edit] Past Winners
[edit] References
- ^ "Rally Ireland//About". Rally Ireland. http://www.rallyireland.org/about/rally-ireland. Retrieved on 2007-11-16.
- ^ Montgomery, Bob (2004-04-14). "PastImperfect". Motors (The Irish Times). http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/motors/2004/0414/1079399179234.html. Retrieved on 2007-11-16.
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