Fr. Brian D’Arcy and Rev. Arthur Barrett appointed Chaplains to Rally Ireland

Fr. Brian D’Arcy and Rev. Arthur Barrett appointed Chaplains to Rally Ireland

Rally Ireland have appointed Fr. Brian D’Arcy and Rev. Arthur Barrett to be official Chaplains for the 2009 event.   Fr. Brian D’Arcy

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The RallyBuzz Top 10 Questions with Stobart’s Urmo Aava

In the run up to the forthcoming Rally Ireland which takes place from January 28th to the 1st of February, RallyBuzz spoke briefly to Urmo Aava just before the announcement was made that he would be driving for the Stobart team in the ‘09 WRC season.

Urmo and Co-driver Kuldar Sikk will be running a Stobart Ford Focus WRC 08 with regular Matthew Wilson as the points nominated drivers on… Continue reading

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FSTi launches into its fourth successive year in the WRC

The Fiesta SportTrophy International (FSTi) will return to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) for its fourth successive year in April 2009 and will again be supported by tyre manufacture Pirelli.

Previously known as the Fiesta SportingTrophy, the new championship’s new name will reflect the new Sport model of the Ford Fiesta, which will be launched as a rally car at the Autosport Show in Birmingham (10.11 January)… Continue reading

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Rally Norway has extended entry deadline until Tuesday 13/1/09

Rally Norway organisers have decided to extend the entry closing date until next Tuesday 13 January at 15.00 hrs CET.

Entries were to close today at 3pm but in the wake of Petter Solberg requesting an extension until Friday and problems for other competitors trying to secure deals, the organisers have taken the unprecedented step to postpone the deadline until next Tuesday.

Clerk of the Course Stig… Continue reading

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Rally Ireland 2009 Entry List confirmed: Total of 43 cars (22 WRCs), Aava in Stobart Focus

Entry list for Rally Ireland 2009 finalised

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Petter Solberg misses Rally Norway deadline but seeks extension until Friday

Norwegian news agency nrk.no has reported that Petter Solberg has missed the deadline to enter Rally Norway 2009 (which closed today at 15.00 CET).

Solberg has asked for an extension to the entry deadline until Friday and it is up to the FIA to approve such a request .

Petter explained the current predicament to nrk.no:
I still have more options which I am working on, but at the moment I have no car to drive.”
Photo: nrk.no

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