Aaron Burkart has entered the Skibbereen Fastnet Stages Rally 2008 in his C2 S1600 in preparation for Rally Ireland

Posted by RallyScott 16 October, 2008

JWRC star Aaron Burkart has entered the Fastnet Stages Rally in his Citroen C2 S1600 in preparation for Rally Ireland in Jan 09.

Burkart finished second in the Junior World Rally Championship this year and earned himself a drive in a Citroen C4 WRC, on a round of next year's championship, as a prize in the Citroen C2 junior experience competition. His team are evaluating other WRCar drives in the WRC for 2009.

One very intriguing entry is that of Eugene Donnelly in a S1600 Peugeot 206. Donnelly is thought to be pursuing the S1600 route for a bit of enjoyment, and of course cost. It remains to be seen what his plans are for next year, but he is expected to have some sort of a programme.

Another S1600 entry is that of Shaun Gallagher in his JWRC C2 S1600. Shaun had a very successful JWRC campaign this year eventually finishing 4th in the championship on a very limited budget. His plans are also unclear for next year but he is hoping to step up to the PWRC class in an Evo 9 as part, of possibly, a four car World Rally Team Ireland campaign (Marty McCormack may also be in the team in a Citroen C2 R2 Max for the JWRC).

Other notable Skibb entries include Mel Evans, who is thought to be considering entering Rally Ireland, Liam McCarthy and Bob Fowden in World Rally Cars while Kevin Kelleher and Alan Ring are the leading Group N entries.

Fastnet 2007 and Mikkelsen was the winner:

Fastnet Stages Top Twenty Entry List:

1 Melvyn Evans/Sean Mullally (Subaru Impreza WRC) [8]
2 Liam McCarthy/Kieran Murphy (Toyota Corolla WRC) [8]
3 Bob Fowden/Jerry Hynes (Subaru Impreza WRC) [8]
4 Aaron Burkhart/Michael Kölbach (Citroen C2 Super 1600) [6]
5 Kevin Kelleher/Martin Kelleher (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
6 Alan Ring/Adrian Deasy (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
7 Eugene Donnelly/Nicky Grist (Peugeot 206 Super 1600) [6]
8 Sean Gallagher/M.J. Morrisey (Citroen C2 Super 1600) [6]
9 Eoin Doyle/Paul Walsh (Subaru Impreza WRC) [8]
10 Sean Flanagan/Brian Duggan (Subaru Impreza N12) [4]
11 Washington James/Duine Eile (Darrian T90 GTR) [14]
12 Wesley Patterson/Martin Mc Garrity (Ford Escort Mill.) [14]
14 Trevor Mulligan/Lisa Roe (Ford Escort Mill.) [14]
15 James F. Stafford/Frank O'Dwyer (Darrian T90 ) [13]
16 Kevin O'Donoghue/Joe O'Leary (Ford Escort Mill.) [14]
17 Fergus O'Meara/Liam Brennan (Ford Escort) [13]
18 Leonard Downey/Mark Murphy (Ford Escort) [13]
19 Shay Power/Martin Croke (Ford Escort) [13]
20 John Kehoe/Colm Kehoe (Ford Escort) [13]