CORK MOTOR CLUB

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Paddy Power took the overall win again this year on Cork Motor Club's Summer Test Trail. The event took place at Cork Builders Providers in Togher, on Saturday, July 4th and started at 5pm. The event was part of the Munster Autotest championship and Cork Motor Club's own championship and 19 competitors took part with three test locations, each run four times.
First into the lead after Test 1 was Liam Cashman in his Starlet with a time of 30.10. He was followed by Peter Desmond in a Westfield on 30.30 and Paddy Power third on 30.50 in a Mini Special.
By the end of the the first set of tests Paddy Power had taken over the lead with Peter Desmond now second and Don Giles, also in a Westfield just 0.31 seconds back in third. Michael Mulcahy, Mini Special, was in fourth, Liam Cashman was fifth, a line/pylon fault on test 2 having cost him the lead. Alan Coyle, Mini Special, was in sixth place.
Fastest times on test 4 and 6 saw Liam Cashman spring back to second place after the next set of tests with Paddy Power holding a 4.34 lead and Don giles had now edged into third place. Peter Desmond was now fourth, just 0.7 seconds behind with Michael Mulcahy now fifth and Victor Beamish, Mini Special, had taken over sexth place.
After the third loop over tests 7, 8 and 9 the order was unchanged, but Paddy Power had now increased his lead over Liam Cashman to 6.65 seconds. Don Giles had the upper hand on Peter Desmond who was now coming under pressure from Michael Mulcahy, while Victor Beamish who was sixth now had Alan Coyle closing in on him.
Tests 10, 11, and 12 saw Paddy Power consolidate his lead with Liam Cashman taking second overall and a class win and Don Giles finished third overall and also a class win.
Michael Mulcahy increased his pace over the final tests to move up to fourth overall and a class win, just 0.7 seconds ahead of Peter Desmond in fifth place and Alan Coyle also had the speed on the final loop to snatch sixth place.
Of the othrs, Victor Beamish and Alan Clarke usually at the head of the Munster Autotest series, were off the pace with line faults and a max. John Lyons won the battle with Martin Walsh in Class B1, while Liam Croston just pipped  Gerard breen by 0.85 for second in Class D. Robert Beamish took the spoils in Class A and Class E went to Padraig McCarthy. Sean Keohane was quickest in Class F ahead of Thomas Mulcahy, leonard Deane and Michael Creen, while Jason coulter again proved you can test trial any car when he took Class H  honours in his Toyota Carina.
A big thank you to COC Johnny Kenneally and deputy Ken Carmody, plus Ian O'Brien and Nial Murphy for results, and all the other Cork Motor Club marshals and timekeepers who turned out to help, and to the Man Above for the dry weather, at last, for the event.

Paddy Power receives his award from COC Johnny Kenneally.

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Venue: IDA Industrial Park, formerly G.I, Macroom Co. Cork.

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