Moonraker 23 over and out

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O’Donovan Engineering

Well the dust has finally settled on the Moonraker forestry rally 2023. It was a superb rally, run very well by the munster car club. It consisted of 8 stages, 2 of which were significantly shortened for what appeared to be safety reasons. Significant new logging taking place by all accounts.

We wanted to improve on the pace we found towards the end of the Sean Conlon a few weeks ago and we started out with a first loop being just a few seconds away from the second place spot in the class which was held by Michael Fitzgibbon. In first place start to finish was Stewart McClean with an incredible drive but he wasn’t registered for the championship so wasn’t our concern.

Michael Fitzgibbon to be fair was extending his lead over us and we had no reply until he lost time before the start of the last loop. We still don’t know why he lost over a minute but we found ourselves at the end with a comfortable second and maximum championship points. We were happy as a fat lad in a cake shop.

Happy that is until I maybe lost a bit of concentration and lost the back in 5th gear heading for a gatepost. I somehow managed to get the car at least close to under control but only after a significant brush with the bale which will require some paint and panel work. Luckily the damage was cosmetic and the car took us home for max championship points. Looks like we have work ahead of us before the Jim Walsh Cork forestry in August. Luckily I’m blessed with fantastic friends and sponsors so it’s back to the shed and get on with it.