Leinster Trophy Weekend 2025 Full Event Video

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Speaker 1 (00:03:37):
Well welcome back to the day two, the Leinster Trophy meeting, the Tang Tools, ICCR here at Ello Park and the Irish touring cars around on the grid. We’re just now speaking to Victor Cullen’s guests. He’s got a lot of corporate sponsors with him this weekend, so Atlas Autocare and Beacon Hospital, they’re very welcome. They’re just down there having a lunch in the VIP suite. They’ll get a good view out onto the main street of this one and it’s Keen Walch on Paul position as ever. Paul Toomey a great run Alongside him then Dean Cullen and Usin Clone, Ross Aspel, Steven Barber, Steven Martin and Colin Morris, David Mcma and Aaron Ennis, Ismail Rum Boku and Luke Ian and then Ian Stryker. So great numbers here in the Irish tour cars. They’ve worked really hard to get these numbers back up and it’s a credit to them. Good grade.

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Steven Martin. Looks like he’s going to start in the Castro car. The Castro inspired delivery from the pit lane. He’s just getting his belts back on there, almost ready to go and away to go and a great start from Kean Walsh. Number one, he is the reigning champion and he makes a superb start to lead them away. Almost all Hondas but not quite as they roar under the Alpha Bridge and down towards Castle Corner for the first time. Paul Toomey trying to stay with him looks very under steer on coal tyres. That current, somebody in an EP three gone around. Who’s that is that Oisin Clune.

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They got a back look at the lead that Ken Wal has. Very windy here at Mondello Park. Now you can see by the way, the flags are being blown around but difficult conditions. We got the drone back up. It looks like we have, I know we couldn’t run the drone in the morning because somebody else sideways that happens in these front wheel drive racing cars. The back tyres are cold. You can warm the front up relatively easily, but it’s very hard to get heated into the back tyres and the yellow Integra almost going around and somebody else there in a more modern civic sideways again lights it up. But that’s exactly what you need to do to bring it back. It was, you’ve got to just plant it and the car will come back around. That was a great example of what happens. You thought that car had spun or gone off backwards? Not so much. Ken Walsh, Paul Tomi, Stuart Curran, John Sheridan, Ross Aspel, Steven Barden. Two classes, super turning and national and Dean CU led the nationals away. There’s Steven Martin not too far back considering he started from the pit lanes. We’ll watch out for that. Castro inspired delivery on the Integra down at seven A and B. Now he was well ahead at this stage. Stuart Kern, I think that is at the third place then clone then McIn from way back when. National Runner to say it. Diesel power say it.

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Luke Mar in there. The Sika, one of the few non Hondas on the grid. Very quick. These cars are almost round the lap already and a big move down the inside for second place there almost comes off but not quite keen. Wa miles ahead now number one, a little bit of contact as the rear locks up on the Integra Tomi goes through Stuart Keran. Next up Hy and Clune, then David McMinn. Great first lap. Then it’s Ismail and that Albe livery car. Then Ross Aspel, Carl Morris, Steven Barber, Dean Cullen goes through down seven places. He’s got a lot of work to do. Dean Cullen a blasting across the line there. Steven Martin, do you want to try and catch up? But that looks like Marmion, is it? It is. That’s a shame. Luke Marmie and obviously in Trouble. Battle on for second place here as we can see from there.

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I think that’s a static high shot. I don’t think it’s the drone. Probably a little bit windy to get the drone up. We couldn’t use it this morning because of the rain. Yeah, that’s what they’re telling me here. So the wind a little bit too strong. It’s a shame because it’s been talking about the drone to see it live drone for his. Look at that. Paul Toomey fighting with the car there as he piles on the power on the back end of the car just moving around, struggling a little bit for traction. He’s well able to control it. He keeps it pinned and piles on the opposite lock the front wheel drive car, steer current right with him. That distinctive Integra with the black Bon and Wings. Trying to have a look down the inside here on the approach to seven A. Can’t get it done. Has a look on the outside now, but Tomi has that covered drive by Paul Toomey here. Here. Obviously defensive there, clone not too far away and he’s the first national runner in the Nationals last then McMan and that diesel par say it. Incredible little car. I think that car might’ve raced a club in Duro in the UK before with Dark Side or one of those teams, but a very, very quick machine. He drives it well too.

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The cars getting out of shape in the background. They really aren’t firing these cars around this car. A complete opposite of the say it’s Super Cub. Say Super Cs are factory built cars. These cars, a lot of ’em guys have built in a shed at their house. They work really hard on ’em. Kim Walch is a specialist. He’s got his own rolling road, his own workshop and that’s the business he’s in and that’s kind of a project car for him. He drives it well but he’s always working on it, always driving to improve it and he’s pretty dominant in this class as a result. 4.8 seconds of a lead at the end, the lap two just showing us that as McMinn goes through across the start finish line and Kara Boku goes through Ross Aspel right with him in that yellow integrity. That was him that got out of shape earlier. And then Steven Barber, Colin Morris, Dean Cullen goes through Aaron Ennis and then Stevie Martin.

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Steve Martin lapping on the pace of the cars in front but he just can’t get up to them. That’s it. If wheel off on the outside for sure current there. Sure current lap time, not much slower now than the leader. That’s the battle we were talking about that Integra is wayward isn’t it? The back end just wants to overtake it, takes it to Mark to escort that car. I think that’s the ex eick bur car but big, big sideways stuff for him and hard to control the back end of it by the look of it.

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Steven Barber trying to get alongside him now on the way up the hill as a look at the outside as they approach Lola corner, Colin Morris battle there, three or four cars in the middle of it. Great racing in the national, that national class introduction probably, I wouldn’t say save grid but it’s bolted on a big look down the inside. He can’t get it stopped and that’s got to be heavy contact. Oh dear, dear. He just could not get that car stopped. I wonder was that brake failure or a mistake but certainly Ucks got collected there no fault of his own heavily collected into seven A and B well captured by seeing live cameras but yeah, it got on the grass just couldn’t get it stopped. We could see that one coming. Looked like a legitimate move certainly initially none of this bothering Kean Welsh at 4.8 seconds. The gap, sure Kern trying to chase him down.

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Kern will be slowed slightly on that lap by putting a wheel off 6.2 seconds. The gap now is new fastest lap for Walch 52 dead. It’s his own lap record key in Walch and it’s a 48 8 but completely dry conditions tracks had a good soaking all morning. I’m still sure it’s still a little bit damp in some places looking like it might stay dry for the rest of the day here. Famous last words, we were at forecast rain all day long. There’s Steven Martin in the Integra. Remember starting the pit lane. Let’s see what lot times he can get down to. He needs to get under two minutes. He has done 58 1, he found a load of time that’s quicker than 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 cars in front. Six of the cars in front of ’em now faster than them is Steven Martin. He’s up a couple of places as a result of that shunt as well. So he should be able to catch John Sheridan, perhaps an Aaron Enni as well if he keeps the head down here. They come down into Bridgestone corner now waved yellows out onto the back. There must be a car still down there in the gravel at seven A.

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There’s the rescue unit that’s snatch unit as it’s known heading down there the pickup. So waved yellows leaders go through. Yeah, that’s such a shame. That’s Ismail Ucks. He’d been driving beautifully. The two cars are down there. In fact Steven Barber too. Barbara in fact looked like he was a bit of a passenger there. He just could not stop that car and once he hit the grass, no chance. I’m sure he did try to avoid that car. Very unfortunate. And as for Karaba, he was already turned in and negotiating the first bit of seven seven A when he was collected. So tough time. Bit of damage on those cars too. I’d imagine that’s probably the fastest part of the circuit.

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So safety car is out and has been dispatched. There it is. The Alpha Junior’s getting a lot of run today. It must have good range. It’s out under the Alpha Romeo Bridge again back out in front of Kean Walch that’ll bundle it all up a little bit that’ll give. Stuart Kern will be wondering could he have a go at Kean Walch? Well now is his chance to find out. But the other thing it’ll do is that us clone who’s third overall and leading national will be backed up a little bit into Mcma, Aspel, Morris, Dean Cullen, all the guys that had issues early on are back in it now. They should really all be bumper to bumper under a safety to John Sheridan and Aaron Enni. In fact he’s with them already on the main street here, but they need to catch up to the safety car.

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So while the cars are circulating at lower speed behind the safety car, let’s have a look back at that incident down at seven A at the end of that long back straight these cars up into fifth gear, big speed. Here’s Barber having a look down the inside of the Integra headlights on. Here’s where it looks like a legitimate move goes to the inside. Does he lock up? No he doesn’t lock up at all. He does eventually a little bit then it’s when he goes onto the grass he’s in trouble and in fact it looks like Karaba is almost saw it coming and tried to not turn in but just got collected. That is such a shame. It’s not gouging or picking up anybody with a quarter panel. It certainly isn’t intentional but Colonel Baus will rightly feel a little bit aggrieved by that one. He was minding his own business going nicely and it eased away a little bit from that battle and just collected heavily there. But it did look like it really did look like Barbara couldn’t stop that car. That was Barbara who pulled the car back from a wild angle early on.

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The Marshalls are out the grid. I’m seeing red flags now. So yeah, red flag coming up on the messages from timing. So we’ve stopped the car, probably do a safety car restart. We’ve seen it happen. It’s quite smooth. We’ve seen it happen a couple of occasions today. So the recovery going on there and the main grid stopped here on the brain strait right below me. So what we’ll do is we’ll take a quick commercial break and we’ll come back to you with some live racing from the Irish tour Cars.

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We’re back live with the Beacon Hospital coverage of the tank tools ICCR and the Irish trunk cars are back running again. As you can see as he promised before the ad there is the B alpha Mayo Ireland Junior leading them round. The lights are off which means that car is heading for the pit lane so Ken Walch can slow them right down like he’s doing now and he can go back up to racing speed whenever he wants. He dictates when the restart happens effectively. He can’t overtake though before the start finish line, but Stuart Kerman is closest to him in pace. Probably only about a second off of this full international loop which is good stuff. A second and a bit maybe so he’d be looking to hang on. So watch the white Integra in the background in clone. He’s leading the national class and he’s right up there third overall.

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So Paul Toomey behind him will be trying to get by. There we go. And it looks like Ken Walter has dropped the hammer already full racing line current, closes him down on the brakes, gets turned in and gets on the power as early. The Walter’s car just eases away. Oh by a lot in a straight line. It’s very quick in a straight line. Ken Walter’s car it’s 160.9 but actually sure current’s car 1 59 0.5. They’re well ahead of else. Anyone else over one 50 there is McMinn and the diesel 1 53. She’s an oil burner but she can pick up her skirts and run when she wants to. There it is there. Very interesting car and he drives it really well. That’s Dave McMinn. You can see the black smoke out of the back of it. She’s diesel powered. I’m not joking, that’s deadly serious. So Walsh current clone, Tomi McIn, Morris Asal, Aaron Ennis, John Sheridan, Steven Martin and Luke Ian who has rejoined is your order.

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They come back towards us again and just opening up that gap as Keyan Walsh. Second place is Stuart Kern and as I said thought might happen, Paul Toomey has got by won’t mind that he’d be more worried about that diesel oil burning. Say it behind them because that’s the second place car in the National Series here. Then Colin Morris is touring and Ross Aspel is next up. Oh look at Tomi in the background. He really is ringing the neck of that car. There’s an arm full of opposite luck coming through Nordic Spirit corner. There’s Clune great stuff. Every inch of track being used by ushering Clune Tomi starting to wind it up and really go well there. So it’s Tomi Clune, Colin Morris. It is in just of touring spec, just the head of McMahon. So he’s separating those two. That’s them there as you see them.

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The black car leading the national class and second place is David McMan. Third place in the national is Ross Aspel just from Dean Cullum. Then it’s Sheridan Ennis, Steven Martin and Luke Marion. Marmion has lost two laps because of that off but he is back running again. He come back into the main arena, great shot of them there down looking down at turn three. Perfectly drying out. It hasn’t been like that all day. That Integra still very taily there as it gets turned in for turn three. Good battle here between Anna Martin and Marmion. So Steven Martin caught up from after that pit lane start trying to get the run up the hill now in the Integra. Much of a difference in the straight line. Wants to get one running but Martin later on the breaks trying to get the nose up the inside of the way into Bridgestone.

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Can he do it on the way out he can. He’s got a long side, great exit there. They’re not giving each other much room. The elbows are out as they head up the hill gets the job done though and he’s up another place. So what started as a bad afternoon has gotten a lot better for Steven Martin. He’s made that room carry good speed to Lola corner as well to get away and trying to get up the inside his mar in but he’s cutting the grass there and doesn’t quite get it done. Aaron Ennis just closes the door and I Ennis gets a great run out of there and closes up a little bit on Steven Martin on that. Longback straight. Not much different than these cars in a straight line. Two seven A two, seven B, A leader coming out of the final corner. Now the clock is down to zero.

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Here comes Ken Walsh for yet another win. He’s running number one for a reason. He’s the reigning champion heading for it again this year. Great drive from Kean. Walch hammer down all the way cruising across the line in second place. Stuart Keran, Paul Toomey, great run, spectacular driving and great to watch. He’s third. There’s your national class winner Rushie include and Colin Morris is next up at second place in national is there you go. That’s the diesel set of David McIn and Ross Aspel completes the podium for the national. It’s a great racing from the touring cars as they all come down and finish the race. Here’s Steven Martin, he’d be delighted with that. He’s got by a couple of cars, can hold his head up high when he gets back to alone. So ended up ninth actually it was 14th I think at one stage. So Walsh Keran Tomi clone Morris McIn, your top six in the precision tint and graphics are returning cars

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Turn cars just coming in the back gate, back into park firm area. That’s the compound you can see and just to the left of the centre of your screen, that’s where the scrutineers will check the cars over if they want. The scrutinies can bring the cars in or they can let them go straight to do it after another race. They’re bringing them in on this occasion so whatever technical regs are in this class, they’re loose enough. In Irish touring cars you can modify your car to your heart’s content slightly less so in the national class and they can check them, they can check tyres, they can check weights, anything they want. In fact, some of the other classes, the one main classes, they have a Ford scan tools, they’ve got ECU readers, they’ve got all sorts of stuff to do. A great job. Really good technical team here at Mondello Park just to make sure of equality, they have access to the speed trap on the main straight.

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They use that quite a lot for the minis, the sts and the ZECs. So if they see a spike on that or see anybody’s significantly quicker than the others on the main street, they’ll pull the car in and have a look at it and it really does keep the racing close, it gives us better entertainment and it makes it easier for newer drivers to progress as well. And once you’ve got a car equal at the best, you just work on your own driving. There’s barber’s car coming back in with the damage at the front of that car but it was pretty high speed impact. Still got all four wheels on it I suppose. Looks alright from that angle. Easy for me to say as they bring the car back towards the paddock. So Legends, next up, they haven’t been released from assembly yet. They’ll have a Rolex starts. We’ll have an ad break before they go live on track here at the 10 tools ICCR at Mondello Park.

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Legends back, we’re back again racing and it’s the 1200 cc motorbike engine legends and this time it’s going to be Jonathan, Jonathan Patterson and Paul Blindingly. Quick in the wet this morning. Scott Jackson, Sylvie Bartlett, James by Seamus Ryan, Richie Power, Michael Barbell, Gordon Brown lining up at Southside Motor Factors corner. Owen Lawler, Willie Lawrence, Nico Frank Dennis Lambert and Lee Malone. Watch Lee Malone coming from the back. Big danger man here judging by this morning is of course Scott Jackson. He’s on the outside of the front row. He showed great base. He’s the reigning champion multicoloured car on the left of your screen looking from behind there as they head towards the alpha bridge, they’re waiting for these lights to go out. The lights are slow going out but they’re out. They open their throttles and those 1200 cc engines scream down the main street, the newly renamed Bahrain Strait at Mondello Park and down towards Castles Corner and from the outside of the front row it looks like Scott Jackson but actually Jonathan Patterson going back at them in the orange car.

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They’re neck and neck out of castle and heading for Campion Corner now Michael Bar making up places. Handover fist mid grid there that distinctive yellow and Luke are somebody off, two of them off on the outside. Lot of luck breaks. Oh dear. Oh dear. Is that Michael Barbel off? It’s Gordon Brown I think off we A number of cars off. I don’t think anybody contacted the bank. We might be able to keep going. Let’s wait and see. It is Michael Parable. He’d be keen to rejoin if he can. The POB racing car. Beautifully turned out as ever. Yeah, he’s got it restarted. Heading back across to the right-hand side, there’s Gordon Brown back and running again. Well these sturdy little cars that was high, high speed to go off but they didn’t contact the bank and they’re both back up and running again and we’re still racing at Modelo Park as a result. So let’s see where Patterson is. He dropped back. I think he has a little bit difficult to see the colours there as they come through the lighting as they come through Lola corner, it’s Willie Lawrence coming through certainly for Patterson. Distinctive orange. Michael Barbs coming in the back gate by the look of it.

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14 is Richie Power Power with Dean Malone just ahead of him. Great start from Malone. Coming to the back there’s going to be big shuffles in the timing screen that they go by us. Scott Jackson with the fastest first sector time lighting up on the screen there. Standing star at first lap, that’s him. That’s leading in fact by a significant margin. Barclay that is in third place. Third I think in fifth place. Is that possibly Liam Mal alone up to fifth place I think it is. We’ve lost certainly one car and maybe two Michael Barbell just being allowed back into the paddock here at the back gate.

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That massive spin that was something off of the car there must have been bit of contact. There’s the leader goes through now to complete the first lap glorious sound as there always is, Scott Jackson with a massive lead. Scott Jackson started last. Did he on the grid? No he didn’t start last, sorry. He started on the outside the front row. Liam Mal alone who’s come up to fifth place started right at the back up eight places in one lap. So it Scott Jackson James burned the rookie going really well. Didn’t have a great run in the first race, parked it in the gravel but he’s having a great run here. He’s under pressure from Su Bartlet. Two Fiesta racers having to go at each other there. James Byrne known to us from the Carnage Motorsport team in the Fiesta zec, the CEC class and SVI Bartlet had a couple of really good runs in the Allied Air Centre, Fiesta St class. Both had joined these legends now for a little bit of fun. But Richie, by holding onto second or James by I should say holding onto second place Bart. Looking down the inside, there is no gap there. Byrne gets it, turns in and hangs onto second place then it’s Liam alone. Number four, sorry, Seamus Ryan number four, who’s weaving around behind them? Byrne going nicely.

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Amended grid for SuperCorp Ireland just be given to us. There we go. By that later and burn us off. He’s off, off, off and into the tyres on the back straight. A little bit of contact. I dunno, was he moving across to Defend? I’m sure we’ll be able to have a look at that. Again, that’s relatively heavy contact that that is really, really quick place to go off. That’s as quick as they’re going anywhere on the track. Probably top gear, he’ll be fine. The tyres hit their job, bounced the car back, took the energy away. But in fact it’s battled on for the lead now because look at this as they come back towards us, burn his out of the car. Absolutely fine, but is that Ryan Seamus Ryan? That’s the battle for a second, isn’t it? It is. That’s Bartlet Ryan and Li Malone, sideways Li Malone as he comes out onto that short straight up to Nordic Spirit corner. Four minutes through the running. This one next up will be the Say it Super Cup Irelands Johnstown State back to championship. Another place there for leave alone down the outside of the brakes at the south side. Scott Jackson blast through. He’s the only one under two minutes and he’s a 57. Let’s see if the rest of ’em can do it as they go by.

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Nobody else under two minutes yet. A couple of them very close, but now 1 57 0.9 so he’s leading after two laps leading by seven seconds. Doesn’t happen very often. Scott Jackson, Sylvie Bartlett, Liam Malone and Seamus Ryan and with the demise of James Byrne, that is now Richie Power number 14. Who’s leading the rookies? All getting turned in, it’s Seamus Ryan and 14 is Richie Power as we said. Richie Power leading the rookies. Scott Jackson leading overall by seven seconds. Incredible stuff waved yellows at because of James Burns car waved yellows at Lola corner out onto that back Rait just to let them know there’s an incident up front. The car probably still on the track, well off the racing line, but good stuff from the marshals, just letting them know. There it is. It’s over to the right. That’s there coming left as we’re looking at it down towards seven A now and B, still looking bright and almost sunny here at Model Park.

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We were not expecting this, we were told Rain from 10:00 AM this morning until 4:00 PM hasn’t happened yet so the man above must be a ER trophy fan. Here we go through to the brains bands right and left. Beautifully negotiated by Sylvie Bartley. He’s getting away slightly if you tense clear of Li Malone. Le Malone’s come all the way from the back. Look at that big long drift from Malone. Every lap they look like such fun to drive. These legends just stands on the power of piles on the opposite block and it doesn’t seem to scrub off any speed. So fart it. Looking very good here. If you can hang on for a second place with just two minutes to run. In fact, I’d imagine they’re going to go onto their last lap now go.

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So Jackson Bartlett. Bartlett quicker than Jackson that time and the gap down two 6.2 seconds. It’s not going to cut close that in the lap, but it’s a good effort. Jackson Bart at Malone. Ryan and Owen Lawler. Richie Power the first rookie, but Lawler has just done him for fifth place. Lawler a pro driver though number 99 he Bartlett again, still under pressure. Should be able to hang off with this final lap maybe. Certainly Lee Malone is on a roll as we said, he’s come all the way from the back and that distinctive red and white car, he’ll want another place if he can get it. And Ryan and Lawler behind them, oh and law are on a big charge here going really well. In fact he’s the only one apart from the leader. He’s the only one to break into the 50 nines. Well the leader’s in a 57 class of his own, but no one else has gone under two minutes, 46 seconds to go on this one down into seven A and B, partly going nicely. He’s not defending, he’s keeping the head down, putting the lap times. In fact that capitalist don’t think it’s getting certainly visually it’s not getting any smaller if it’s any smaller, it’s only by fractions as they come back up the hill through Bahrain bends right and left.

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So on caution to the wind, the Scott Jackson there. Beautiful shot of him just drifting through the right hand element there and over that inside curb and the little legend trying to get closer. Let’s see if he hangs the tail out here again, not so much. He’s trying to get traction. He’s closer than he was, but two corners to go. Here’s the first one, Nordic spirit. He’s really trying hard. You can see by the body language of that car right out over the curbs there. But Sylvie Barton not being hustled at all and out front it’s going to be a great drive and he’s cruising across the line and weaving at Scott Jackson for the win. Great Drive. Bartlett a super drive to second place and what a charge. The third place all the way from the back for Liam alone.

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Then it’s Seamus Ryan and Owen Lawler. Richie Power comes home to win the rookies. Just about from Nico Frank. Then it’s Dennis Lambert, another rookie right there too. Then Patterson, he dropped back early on. I’m not sure why. Jonathan Patterson and we’re looking for Gordon Brown and Willie Lawrence. I’m not sure if they’re still out there. It’s not unit removing James Byrne’s car. They may have. No, they haven’t taken the flag just yet. Here they are. Yeah, both still coming. So they’ve had instances but they are still going. James Byrne getting back into the car. Barry Swan just checking the back body work there to see if they can get that car moving and see if the back suspension has collapsed. If it’s collapsed it’ll need a teleporter. If the four wheels are okay and the suspension’s okay, they should be able to tow that car back relatively quickly as Gordon Brown comes through after that massive spin earlier that was a high speed, scary spin.

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Great to see him bringing it home. Lap time’s way out though I’m sure the car got at very least got the geometry knocked out. So Barry Swan, just having a quick chat with James Byrne there. See what they’re going to do. Lot of muck on the back of that car. As we said, it left the track at high speed. It does look like it’s sitting down on itself at the back. There’s no clearance there with all of those back arches. I think there might be rear suspension damage in the Dent Magic car. Let’s wait and see.

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Okay, well it’s going to take a while to clear that up so let’s see if they see it live. Guys, we’ve got a replay. They have. I can hear in my ear here. So let’s have a look at the replay of that one. It’s high speed. Brace yourself here as they’re on the long back straight here we are. James Byrne is the last of these cars. Oh yes, the other car coming across in front of him that does it really. He was just a passenger. That’s number four. Seamus Ryan, I think Ryan Unsighted. He was trying to get down the inside of Bartlett. Certainly no malice in it but James Burn will feel aggrieved by that one. Definitely high speed and pitched into the barriers. Strong little cars but I’d say there’s backs of span. Oh maybe not. The wing did come off. You could see the back WEF wing came off so maybe that’s why it’s sitting down on the wheel. Although they would’ve tow that car by now. Those two guys know exactly what they’re doing. Barry Swan there in the right, massively experienced here so it’ll probably need to be lifted I would imagine.

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Yeah, their on hitch in that. Yeah, he’s just got back into it actually. The Dent Magic car no was from Fiesta Z Tech racing for the last number of seasons. Always smiling. Might not be smiling now. He was on for a very good result there. Really running well as top rookie, but if anyone can get that car out for race three, it’s POB racing. They’ve got an uncanny talent for putting cars back together. There’s the rest of them all back in park for me and we’ll be going racing shortly with the say at Super Cup Ireland championship. So the rescue unit’s heading out there, it looks like the teleporter will have to pick that car up. So that’s going to take a couple of minutes. So it’s back to another commercial break here on the Beacon Hospital coverage of the tank tools ICCR

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We are back live and it’s the Johnstown estate say it’s super cup class factory built touring cars left-hand drive 340 brake horsepower although some of them have slightly less in race. Two I think we’ll go through that when the names come up on the screen. The first, second and third generally take a little bit of a hit in terms of brake horsepower to even things out and the top eight are reversed for race two. So if you’re watching this from the Beacon Hospital for Victor Cullen suite down at the corporate suites and it’s being beamed live down there, your car is going to start from the outside of the front row. Dave McGuire senior massively experienced. It’s going to start a pole position. Former multiple champion Victor Cullen championship contenders on the outside the front row for Atlas Auto Service. Max Turley is Victor’s big competition for the championship but I think actually the win this morning for David McGuire Jr.

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Will have vaulted him into championship contention. So I’ll need to see the scores on the doors. Owen Murray will no doubt be working them out as we speak. Sam Moffitt, the rally man on row two alongside Turley. Then Barry English and Steven Wright. Steven Wrights racy as indeed is Barry English. He’s hired in battle and then the two flyers, row three, Sean McGovern and David McGuire. Sean McGovern took poll position this morning for his first step. First, first ever say at Super Cup race. He’s leading say the Fiesta Z tech champ by a long way and David McGuire Jr. And Sean McGovern are both examples of the type of driver that’s being produced from the Fiesta Z Tech chapter but really does teach you all about saloon car racing. Very low powered cars but they’ve jumped into these 340 brake horsepower cars. That’s four times the power of the Z Tex and Sean McGovern took pole and Dave McGuire took the win.

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So great stuff. Victor Cullen lining up and the outside the front row, Dave McGuire, neither of ’em really up as far as they should be on the marks. And let’s see who else comes forward to hold the same. Right? They all a little bit further back. Sean McGovern isn’t, he’s right on his, let’s see about McGuire when he comes up. Oh well back as well. You can’t see it from there but you can see it from the aerial shot. There you go. Look at that. They’re all giving away. About two feet there bar Sean McGovern Don down, he’s up on his and so is Brian Barry. Anyway, it’s very judgmental and I will give them an excuse that if you sit in one of those cars you can see nothing. The sky is about it. You sit really low and really far back. So it’s a bit speculative and I’m assuming if you went beyond it you would be moved back or paid the consequences.

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So getting ready to go, it can be a little bit tricky to get somebody stopped that Gary Corcoran, Gary Corcoran’s car down and turned three as ground to a halt. Some sort of gremlins that car beautifully presented as it always is. Corcoran crash repairs down in Wicklow. His daughter Liv Corcoran races in Z Tex. Gary has raced in formula, Shanes and Supercars and now they say it’s super you are beautifully turned out car but seems to have just stopped on the track. They can’t get it going Gregory Tarmax applies. So they’ve got it going. Great stuff. Is he going to pull to the inside? No he’s not. He’s going to give it gears and try and get to the grid. Wonder can they hold the grid for that long after the warmup. Fergus Brennan has his hand on his ear suggesting the starter is on the radio to race control. So surprised aren’t urging. Victor Cullen forward a little bit there. Mark Charlie right at the back said he was having great fun but off into the gravel in the first race. Let’s put him to the back. Let’s see how much progress he can make. Gary Cor can weaving his tyres around while everyone else is cooled down. He’s getting some heat into his self-run car.

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So the drone is up there but we’re not sure if we can keep it up or not, but it certainly is a great view that drone has added so much to the Beacon Hospital coverage here at Mondello. We’ve great shots of the tracking out onto the international loops. First time they’ve launched it today, struggling a lot with the wind but let’s see how we get on.

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Speaker 1 (00:54:53):
Got a puncture he So here he comes, the top of your screen, Gary Corcoran with his tyres warmed up to full temperature and everybody else with cold rears, which is not what you want. Some of them are having a chat with the grid marshals. Let’s see what will come up. Delayed race a ported start one warmup lap in 15 minute race 30 seconds. It says it’s going to be a warmup lap, isn’t it? It’s not 30 seconds at a start. Yeah, they’re been given the circular motion of the hand to tell ’em there’s another warmup lap

Speaker 12 (00:55:47):
Went for a double. He’s pulling up racing on these anymore. He’s victim or racing

Speaker 1 (00:56:11):
Way. They go in the warmup lap. So I suppose it’s only fair and with any of these purpose built racing cars, you do not want to be out there with cold rear tyres. You see the cars weaving around and you think they’re warming the front. What they’re actually doing is throwing the car and closing the throttle and throwing the car and closing the throttle. Try and get the back of the car moving. You see it in British steering cars all the time because the cars are set up with lot less grip at the back than the front to delay the inevitable over unders steer that comes in a front wheel drive race saloon so they can be very, very alien cold tyres and that Alli to the fact that they don’t have much steering lock. They really don’t have a whole lot of luck at all, means it can be very difficult to get them back.

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Even if you plant the throttle on them, it can be very hard to get them back in shape and you can just go off backwards. So they’ll all be trying to do you see them moving around trying to get heat into those rear tyres. Dave McGuire, senior on pole position, massively experienced driver. Victor Cullen, relatively new to the Mondello Park grids alongside him. It can be tricky to get these cars off the grid. They do have a launch control system on them, but it can be hard to use and perhaps a little bit glitchy from time to time.

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They look absolutely fantastic. Great to see so many of them out there and great to see Sam Moffitt on the grid as well. Multiple rally winner. So Max Turley really needs to get up and get ahead of Victor Cullen, but David McGuire is going to want to chase both of them down through Lola corner, out onto the back straight, all getting a feel for how much grip there is. There’s Gary Coran. He’d be delighted to be back on the grid for this one. Steven Wright in the distinctive red and black car. Sean McGovern who took pole position on his last debut this morning in wet conditions and had fastest lap and race one. I think actually Dave McGuire took the fastest lap back on the final lap. But those two both very, very quick.

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That’s David McGuire. Donald Downey frying berry coming through. Brian Berry, chiffon Woods, a famous driver, favourite driver, Sean Woods racing of course he came up to them with Punto supercar and they ran all sorts of cars. Sean sorely missed by everyone here at Modelo Park, but Chevon always tunes in to the coverage so she’d be delighted to see Brian Berry on the grid, although he shouldn’t be that far back. He’s normally up towards the pointy end. So let’s see if he can make any progress. Brian Berry is on row five in the car, very similar in colours to Victor Cullen’s blue and the yellow colouring. Victor Cullen’s car being relied because of his new sponsor, Atlas Autocare. So they come down towards the grid forming up David McGuire, senior in the Jerry McGuire and Sons panel beaters, very well known and respected in Dublin that business.

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So Jim Halligan pulling Victor Cullen forward a bit there, just making sure he is right up on his marks second row well back. But as we said, very hard to see. This is going to be important now championship contenders really are cul Turley and possibly young McGuire on the third, fourth row of the grid. So let’s watch this one. Watch out for McGuire and McGovern charging through, but they’ve got a lot of machinery in their way for Mayo Bridge at the top of your picture, watch out for the red lights. Fergus Brown will show the five second boards the timer under Ferguson. The starters can’t be showing 15 minutes. Gary Corcoran.

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It’s very messy at the back. They’re reversing and shuffling around. There could be repercussions for this one. I’d imagine. No grid marshals down there with them. They’re not even on grid spots. We might let them go but I’m not so sure. Very messy. Let’s see, watch your Fergus Brennan and the start his country. Away they go. Victor gets the nose ahead, but Dave McGuire goes right with them. They neck and neck. Little bit of contact with Downey as they go down there. Victor Cullen puts the squeeze on. He’s definitely ahead. Here comes Turly down the outside of both of them on the brakes. Victor Cullen trying to sit around the outside. He’s safe. And second place, Moffitt and third I think it is, and then to early and fourth. It’s exactly the way it is then it’s McGovern who’s got round the outside of Barry English, who gives him a nudge as they exit Campion corner.

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But it is David McGuire Sr from Victor Cullen as they head through turn three, Cullen closes him down through the first bit, getting right into the inside. Victor mrss apex there and he slow on the run up the hill as a result. Is that Moffitt? I think getting a run at him. It is and has a look down the inside. Just didn’t quite get it into the second apex to turn three there and that really kills you coming up the hill. But he’s got the head down now and he’s beginning to get away. Pull the length back on that one. McGovern, the man on the move. Great shot from the drone as they go up. Kennedy’s rise and through the right hand Lola corner. Oh, somebody brave down the outside. McNally possibly laid on the brakes again. Oh it’s marked Turley. Of course it is. Trying to get his way through from the back.

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Two similar colour cars there. That’s Turley under pressure now from young Sean McGovern. Victor Cullen carries good speed through seven A to get himself away from Moffitt behind who’s beginning to crowd him a little bit on the run, down the back straight. They come back towards us again. McGuire, Cullen, Moffitt, Turley, McGovern, English right bad start for Dave McGuire Jr. He’s well back. Corcoran in the mix there isn’t he? Right on the back bumper of Dave McGuire Jr as Wright has a look down the inside of Barry English. Barry English gives him racing room and then closes the door a little bit late. Little bit of contact here comes McGuire with a run of both of them. You love these drone shots. It’s great to see McGuire’s going to get one of them surely. Here watch this. Here he is up on the outside heading up the hill to south side. He’s so late in the brakes. He gets by one and gets level with right If he doesn’t get shovelled off here on the exit and he could get another place. This is great stuff.

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A little bit of a shuffle coming out the final corner. They come down into turn one again, cast corner. He’s still on the outside, he’s still not giving up. If he can keep the nose alongside there now he doesn’t quite manage it on this occasion so you’ve got to start it all again. Four corners trying to get by there. Good stuff between these guys. Two. Good. So it is McGuire, Cullen, Victor still doesn’t get into that apex at turn three again. So maybe perhaps not the front end grip he’d like to have there. It’s a little bit slower up the hill I would imagine as a result that’s Corcoran and Donald Downey I think side by side. Corcoran gets the job done, gets the move. Somebody else trying to get by now as they come back up the hill.

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I think Victor Cullen a bit closer for the lead as they go out of our view. Yeah, he is closer. He’s shaking off Moffitt and he’s closing down McGuire now. So Victor Cullen going nicely, heading down the back straight. It’s different parts of the circuit isn’t it? He’s very quick out in the international loop, closes ’em right down there on the brakes and carries more speed through seven. A good run through seven B and on the way up the hill McGuire hosts the centre of the road back out to the outside to get a full racing line. Then it’s Moffitt in third place. But certainly Victor Cullen has more pace and has just eased away from him a little bit. But he’s beginning to get crowded by Turley and indeed by McGovern. McGovern’s dropped back a bit there. Turley locks a wheel down the inside but doesn’t get it done. Having to go at Moffitt, that allows the two litres to get away a little bit more McGovern, not really on the attack just yet.

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Here we go. McGuire has to defend and defend heavily and Victor Cullen up the outside, back to the inside just in his tracks as they come out. They should come out a little bit quicker. See a length gone there. I thought he’d be a little bit closer going by fastest lap to Victor Cullen. Surely it is, but Sam Moffitt takes it back. Oh look, everybody’s having a go. Steven Wright would fastest lap, but then these aren’t really representative because the first two were battling away on that lap. But everybody got a purple lap there I think briefly as they went by. So this is great stuff. And now Victor Cullen’s dropped back. Whatever happened there on the way out of south side, he just dropped two or three lengths back from McGuire and almost into the clutches now gets right into the apex though maybe the tyres are up to temperature for Victor.

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That’s the first time he’s got up over that inside curb at turn three. Better run up as a result. Dave McGuire’s certainly not getting away, it’s just ebbing and flowing. I think it’s the international element of the circuit. The loop where Victor is a bit quicker works here as an instructor so he knows that loop pretty well. A lot of the activities go on around that international loop. It runs as an independent one kilometre circuit quite a lot during the week. He gets away very good through Lola corner. Definitely gets away there, pulled a couple of lengths again on Moffitt down the back straight but McGuire’s a lot further ahead than he was this time. Last lap down at 7:00 AM B, he’s quicker, clearly there and quicker on the way out, but it seems to be Southside. He lost it, which was odd because he got a better line through it, certainly on the entrance. But let’s see what happens. Again, it is on the international loop. He just drives away from Moffitt and closes down Dave McGuire, then Moffitt in third place in the Murray Motorsport car Combi lift, then it’s Turley, McGuire and Wright and no sign of David McGuire. I think that is he on? No, he’s not on low brake horseplay. They’re all on three 40 for this race.

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And Victor Cullum once again as they come to the last corners right with the leader. So this is odd. He lost so much in the national portion of the circuit. Brings it all back. Straight line. Let’s have a look at the straight line speed as they go through the speed trap here. McGuire goes through 1 58 0.3. Yeah, five kilometres an hour slower. Victor Cullen slower than everybody through the speed trap. 1 53 Moffitt 1 57, 54, 55. Yeah it looks like straight line speed. Let’s Dave McGuire there being held up or just holding up a queue behind him or has he just made a move. McGuire, it’s seventh place but he’s got Paul Par and Barry English right with him.

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So here comes Victor again, right into that apex up over the inside curve, trying to get it back. McGovern not managing to get one over just yet. On Turley Max Turley and fourth, Victor Cullen in second, which we’ll do is championship aspirations. The world are good. Early finishing today, he’s actually moving to Australia this evening, would you believe? So he wanted to try and get a win or try and get an advantage over Victor before he went away. He could drop rounds of course, but Victor Cullen getting the job done here right in over the curb at Lola Corner. Great exit on the back. This is where he is at his strongest down that long back, straight and on the brakes. He seems to come off the brakes earlier, perhaps the McGuire and roll up behind them as they come through that first corner. They got out of a shot here. Yeah, look right up to him again. He’s very quick through that complex. And on the way back up the hill, the Beacon Hospital and Atta auto service car going well here. The Jerry McGuire and Son’s car still leading though. Dave McGuire. Great run from him so far. They come through Bahrain’s, Benzs. Long, long left-hander here, boat, get into the apex. Front tire’s not too tired just yet.

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So it’s McGuire, Cullen, Moffat, Turley, McGovern and Wright. Your top six still pretty close together. In fact. McGovern with them as well. Wright has got ahead of McGovern actually. So a slow lap for Sean McGovern that time I think. Yeah, 51 9 49 for Steven Wright has got fastest lap of the race and he was fastest again on that lap of 49. There’s McGuire under pressure, not showing the pace we saw earlier from McGuire and Dave McGuire Jr. And once again it’s 1 57 kilometres an hour through the speed trap from McGuire. 1 53 0.6 for Victor back up the hill, right on a big charge here and has got by McGovern and is now closing down Max Turley.

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If Victor Cullen with one eye on the mirrors, it’d be urging him on. He could do it. Max Turley going back another place, but Max Turley’s not going to hand that one away. He knows exactly what he needs to do for this championship. Somebody off of the gravel and turned three on the outside there. We just see it on the left. This is where Victor Cullen is strongest. Should be close enough to close that gap again. It was 0.6 as they went by us the last time. Let’s watch them down at seven A and B.

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That’s a great shot right across the whole extension, the whole international loop as they come back up towards US. Safety car being dispatched. That’s because there’s a car and the gravel down at turn three and we have got six minutes to go, so we’re probably going to get one racing lap here. It’s interesting that will allow ’em to cool their tyres down a little bit because that’s what happens with these machines. They do kind of cook the front tyres, 340 brake horsepower through the front end of the car so we don’t see too much weaving around. If they know what they’re doing, come onto the main straight six, five minutes. We’d probably just get one lap. If we get a lap here could end under, it could end under safety car. But let’s wait and see. Certainly the people in the Beacon Hospital, Victor Cullen suite will be delighted with this one. Certainly he said he was going to try and get first or second. He’s certainly running second at the moment, but Dave McGuire doing well. The veteran driver, no mistakes at all. Certainly in certain places on the track, Victor Cullen substantially quicker. But back on the national track, Dave McGuire manages to open that gap out again.

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So we watch this watch when the drone follows the cars down to turn three. We’ll see that car on the gravel and it is, I think it’s Brian Berry, you know it is Brian Berry. Shavan Woods won’t be happy with that if she’s watching up in Kin. Yeah, it is Brian Berry. Unfortunately, Maori Motorsport car backwards into the gravels. We spoke about the back of the car get away and it’s very, very hard to get it back. They’ve already got the car hooked up, but they should be able to get dragged that out of the gravel and that means that we will get started this lap if they drag it to the infield or get it to the back gate before the car’s around the loop. And Ian Beatie and the team Drew and all those guys downstairs will be coordinating that one because they just want to go back racing as quick as we can.

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Obviously just four minutes to go. So I do think it’ll be a flying lap here. So Victor might have one last lap to attack. Sam Moffitt will want to have a go at Victor Max Turley will want to have a go at Sam Moffitt and Steven Wright, who’s the man on the move and has fastest lap is in fifth place and he’d want to get a run at the mall. So it certainly isn’t over just yet. So it’s a delicate combination. If you’re on the radio here, they’ll be telling the safety guard to either speed up or slow down right now. They’ll be telling ’em to slow down so that the car can be dragged to the infield, get the race going and you can speed up, get your light off. In fact, they are just dragging the car into the infield. Good move not back to the paddock.

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So the Alpha Junior can speed up now as it has done and we can see it out of you. You can see it on screen as well. It’s just ahead of this group with the flashing lights, you’ll see those flashing lights go off that’s assigned to us and to the drivers behind that, we are going back racing so he’ll peel off into the pit lane and then it’s up to Dave McGuire senior to decide whether he wants to crawl along or get back up to speed whenever he wants. He can’t be overtaken though before the start finish line slide. There was in a UK track and they were saying you’re not allowed to overlap recently on the restart, you haven’t heard here, but it’s interesting stuff because I’ve seen a lot of people get set up on a restart and then get nailed down the inside into the first corner into Casal.

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But let’s see what happens here. They require massively experienced. The lights are off on the alpha once it comes through the long left-hander. Three minutes to run. We get two laps we might share. We could start a second lap call Victor Cullen right with him. Dave McGuire’s up to speed, but Victor’s laid on the brakes. He wants to be glued to his bumper. That’s exactly what he’s done. He’s got a better run I think on the way out. Victor Cullen here. They come onto the main straight. They’ve certainly left Moffitt by a length or two. Oh, there’s a big straight line difference there in those cars as they go by. He was on Dave McGuire’s bumper coming out there. Certainly a straight line problem I’d imagine for Victor there that would explain what’s happening here. He’s getting it done through the Twiddly bits but just getting dusted down the main straight, he was four kilometres an hour, five kilometres an hour slower at that time and the cars behind him all quicker as well.

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So picture having to ring the neck of the Atlas car here. McGuire, Cullen, Moffat, Turley Wright McGovern, McGuire. Again, Paul Par, Barry English, Donald Downey, mark Turley, Adrian McNally and Ick McQuaid. Yeah, we will probably get another lap and running after this one. Victor Cullen Wright on the tail now as the head of Kennedy’s rise of the leader just watching a straight line, there’s another length, another length on the way up the hill. So Victor in trouble I think with a little bit of straight line power, the speed drop backing me up on that. He’s quick through here and he’s very quick through seven A and B at the end of this straight and it’s Moffitt going nicely. Moffitt’s going well, isn’t he in third place? A rally man. Little bit of racing experience but not much. There’s a lot of experience on this grid. He’s running comfortably in third place there for Maori motorsport.

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So Victor Cullen on the way back up the hill, just trying to close that gap but actually McGuire’s got away this time maintaining the gap. Back to Moffitt though second place. He’ll give him the points he needs. He said he wanted first. Second if he could Moffitt really impressive in third place then it’s Max Turley who is going nicely. McGovern hasn’t managed to do ’em just yet. Has McGovern got ahead of Steven Wright. Let’s check he has. He’s got by Steven Wright on that lap and now Dave McGuire Jr. Right with them and they will get another lap as they come up to south side motor factor’s corner for the penultimate time out onto the strait now and Dave McGuire again just extends that lead as they go by us.

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Fastest high speed we’ve had there is Steven Wright 1 59 0.7 is the fastest speed to the trap. Wright trying to have a go back at McGovern and McGuire Jr in there too. Now on this the final lap, let’s see if Victor Cullen can do anything about David McGuire Sr. I’m not so sure. I think McGuire’s made a bit of a break at this one. It was out to eight tenths when they went by us the last time and in fact Moffitt now crawling up towards Victor Cullen just a little bit for that second place. And Turly not too far away either and Turley knows how important this is. He locks an inside front into Bridgestone corner. He would dearly love to get on terms with Victor Cullen, but Victor’s done a good job here still in second place. There’s Steven Wright who’s got ahead of McGovern again. In fact on the back straight now it is certainly McGuire’s got away by a long way and it’s Moffitt and Cullen now for second place.

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Colin having to defend on the way down the back straight, I think he knows he hasn’t got that straight line power. Let’s watch this. He goes through seven A who’s got away? Moffitt’s gone straight on. Moffatt’s slowed, Moffitt’s slowed. So Victor Cullen’s got away, but that’s allowed thoroughly right up onto the back bumper of Cullen. Now he’s given Turley more points. So it’s ebbing and flowing here, isn’t it? I Victor Cullen can get out of the final corner now he’s got plenty of room. I was just going to say if it was a drag race between Victor Cullen and Moffitt to the line, I would’ve had my money on Moffitt. But here we go now towards the final stages, ages, so all coming through Nordic spirit corner, great aerial shot, Victor Cullen, max Turley and Moffitt coming through. Here’s the leader coming down to take the checker flag. David McGuire senior and there’s the checker flag. Great run from him. It’s got to be said. David McGuire. The Jerry McGuire car wins Victor for Beacon Hospital and at Auto Service. Next up, max Turley, Steven Wright, Sean McGovern and David McGuire all together across the line. Michael Collins here with us. Michael watch, think of that. He was pushing hard, wasn’t he, Victor? A little bit of straight line issue maybe.

Speaker 13 (01:16:43):
I think they all were really, it was quick pace all the way through. Good drive for Max. Just took advantage of Moffitt going on straight there in the last lap, which was worth four points too. Good

Speaker 1 (01:16:57):
You got out of that class in the nick of time, it’s all young ones now having to go with Dave McGuire did well for the old guard there, didn’t he? That’s a great drive by senior.

Speaker 13 (01:17:04):
Really good shows. There’s life in the old fellas yet they can do it. But yeah, more nerve wracking watching it actually. I can

Speaker 1 (01:17:11):
Imagine. I can imagine. Well I’m sure you’ve got things to do. Loads of guests here today and Victor will be going in to say hello to them again. There’s James Burns car being brought back in. Could work by the race control to put these cars in a safe spot on the infield and not actually bring them back to the paddock. So now they’re taking the chance to bring them back to the paddock. Both the whose car was that? Brian Berry’s car and James Burn’s legend. So they’ll all be dragged back in and Michelle Morin has arrived in the commentary box. It’s the important time of the day, important time of the year. It must be the time for the Lester Trophy race. Biggest race of the year.

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Declan Queeny telling us you’re come to watch the race at Shell. Well it’s Castle corner these days, but yeah, that’s just before Boac if you’re wondering where it was on the way to Dunham’s. So using the 1970s terminology here, but it is great to see corner names coming back and commercial partners coming back on board and the race classes are making a huge effort. Look how many vs we have out now for this event. It’s going to be really hard fought this one. Do I have a grid? I’m sure I do have a grid for this one and it’s going to be so hard to pick a winner, although on Thursday and Friday we said it was going to be hard to pick a winner but I think Ronan’s Already’s got the head and shoulders above everyone so far, but then you never know in motorsports, Tim Murray on the front row, he says to tell me the car is for sale wouldn’t tell me how much it was.

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So I’d say it’s very expensive. That’s a line for Pretty Woman, isn’t it? Very, very expensive. So he’s on the outside of the front row and his lease down beautifully turned out Car Anthony Cross. Very impressive yesterday for a that hadn’t been around for a while. Jordan Kelly never discounted him. Jack by Conor, me, Andy Co. Gavin Buckley. Lee Flynn Alara. Amen Thornton. Colin Blackburn. Is Colin Blackburn out? No, no, he’s not an engine failure yesterday. That’s a shame. He would’ve been right in the mix. He’s always good to add a bit of spice to proceedings. Then j Byrne, fle Begley, Colin Lewis, Steven Roach.

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So we should be getting ready to go talk about building up anticipation but the officials just doing that to get the track completely clear for probably the most important circuit race of the year. The Lester Trophy first given out in 1934 and it was Faye Taylor who won the 1934, the only female Victor. We had the 1934 programme here, the Lester Motor Club. Brian McLaughlin’s been doing sterling work all weekend and in the weeks coming up to this and he’s said all the trophies up in the commentary box. We’ve had a look at them, some incredible names like the Leinster Trophy. We all know Santa Eddie Jordan, some really, really well-known names. Mika Hacking and you could keep going and going but some of the other trophies that have been presented as well, equally impressive. The Home Patrick was presented yesterday and we’ve got a few more we go through them as the classes are being presented with them later on but it really is an honour.

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So big thanks the Leinster Motor Club for keeping awarding these trophies and they’re very, very valuable as well. So there you’ve got the different cars we spoke about earlier. All space frame chassis saw with 1600 cc air cooled engines, but the first car is a Shane by Shane Cars in Blaine Row just beside British Bay outside Wicklow Town. That’s Ron and Dirty. His father, father Damien Darty be the main builder for Formula V engines for the last 25 years used to race vs. Himself. Also runs Formula Fords. Ronan Doherty’s been racing Formula Ford for the last few years but he really wants to win the Leinster trophy for a number of reasons. He almost had it within his grasp before and didn’t get it so he really, really wants to have a go. Tim Murray very quick off the line. Tim Murray was really quick off the line yesterday, so Mike gave Ronan a little bit of work.

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Kevin O’Hara’s not out, he just gave the LOH car a run yesterday, he’s not out today, but Anthony Cross was not at all slow and hasn’t been out for a long, long time and he could push them. Jordan Kelly, as we said, never discount him. He’s incredible talent. He was off winning the British and British National Formula four championship the year before last. I think it was it last year. I think it was the year before last. Back out in the V just for this one Jack by there with the green car, green helmet, black visor con me there in the martini live SM racing car. So great stuff. It’s Andrew Co, the Tyre Master Car, the Red Bull Livery Tyre Master Car. Gavin Buckley. I just all formed this weekend. I thought Gavin Buckley be right, right there. In fact I was thinking he might be the one that would give Ronan Dougherty.

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He’s been very confident, very relaxed and done. Lots of winning lately. That’s the yellow chain right in the centre of your screen, so expect him to come forward. That’s this car here. Number one reigning champion. Just going out now in the Adam McCauley run car and it’s Lee Flynn and Ny la Mara, Aon Thornton and Colin. No, no Colin Black Burner Gap there. J Burn and Begley. Colin Lewis and Steven Roach, Sean McAllen and Michael Stafford, John Lawless and Oliver Devlin, Brian Cowan and Pat Shepherd, Sean Slevin and Brendan Ellis not out showing on the grid though. So two new champions, the B champion is Connor, me, he’s right at the front of the A championship as well, but he’s won the beach Mt B yesterday.

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Oh so Gavin Buckley. So the three champions are being crowned and told by Michelle here. Great stuff. So Gavin Buckley retained his champion, doesn’t have to peel the number one off the guard retained his championship. Connor Melia has taken the B championship and Brian Cowan is it yes, has taken the sea championship. The rookie won so well done to him. So Formula V is now on their warmup lap. It’s a 15 minute race for glory. Second and third doesn’t really matter. Brian Manning will no doubt be watching this from across the pond. He’s a really, really well respected Irish motor racing historian and he’s done some amount of work on the Leinster Trophy, the history of the Leinster trophy, the winners, stories about the winners, stories about the trophies, all sorts of different stuff. The Hump Patrick Trophy that we saw yesterday, massively impressive trophy was originally in 1934.

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It was awarded the second place in the Lester Trophy race. Lester Trophy has had two or three different versions you can read History of the Lester Trophy by Brian Manning. If you Google, it’ll come up on Motorsport, ie. Definitive list of race winners. There’s a lot of oddball stuff that Brian had on earth in 1987. Martin Boyle won the Leinster Trophy but he didn’t win the LENR trophy because he couldn’t get the proper tyres that the European drivers had. So JJ Lado who became a grand free driver came second on the road and won the Leinster trophy but Martin Boyle first across the line 1992 Brian tells you the Tower of Mondello was hit by lightning. He hope it doesn’t happen today and it zapped the computer and there’s no timing for the race in 1992. No finished time and no fastest lap available but I’ve just been entrusted with the library of Leslie Regan Leslie, the son of Eddie Regan who set up Mondello in 1968 with Jim Morin Cosgrave and he videotaped races here all through the eighties and nineties and he also recorded the televised race meetings so we have most of them back.

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We will try and digitise ’em and get them up and make them available for viewing some very important stuff in that. My car is weighed down in the minute by boxes and boxes of eh HS tapes, which has Brian Manning. Very excited indeed. Here they come down to the grid. Great to see so many formula vs here Class brought to Ireland by David Shane in the mid seventies Was talking to David Dickinson over lunch down as one of the guests of the Beacon and his dad Ned Dickinson. Very much involved in formula Levi V and very much very tight with David chain as well and he raised visa. In fact, I think that Dickinson was the first or second formula La V champion. MCM Merrigan in there too as a champion very much involved. David Shane gave MCM Merrigan a chassis to get him started. So the formula Levi vs.

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Always remained close to McLaren’s heart. So we are getting ready to go. Pole position is Ronan Dougherty, Northern Ireland driver very, very quick. Tim Murray who runs a cart team as well as a Formula V team of the outside the long nose on the Lee stone. He’s modified that bodywork a little bit. The revs are up all a little bit of a move from Tim Murray and he gets away and Ronan Darty gesturing there. He is not happy with Tim Murray’s start but he just gets back up alongside him anyway and takes it back on the rundown to turn one. Well I’m not sure how Tim Murray lost that he moved initially and then went again and was ahead clearly, but Darty just drove by him on the way to turn one. There’d be no easing off. Ron Giardi is here for one reason and one reason only and he is very determined as are his little team to take this lens trophy this weekend and that is shown all weekend.

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He’s in an uncompromising mood. Somebody slicing down the inside. Is that cross? That is Kelly down the inside across, takes it away. Jordan Kelly down the inside of the second piece cross comes back at him on the way back up the hill gets level with him. Amelia sniffing around two looking for a look Dar has already checked out up front then it’s Jack Byrne, it’s Andy K, it’s Gavin, Buckley and then Omar. I think that is right with him. All cross slices down the inside Jordan Kelly certainly quicker in a straight line. I think Kelly sits around the outside. I don’t think so since Jordan Kelly carried so much speed through Lola corner and took that place back with apparent ease and he has it now as they head down the back straight. Let’s see if Cross can go back and we can just drives up alongside him again on the way down to seven A.

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So touch of the Victor Cullins perhaps for Jordan Kelly there in terms of straight line speed, none of this bothering Ronan Dougherty who eased the way. Tim Murray’s still going nicely in second place. We haven’t seen anything come up yet in terms of penalty. He might be okay Cross gets back down the inside again into Bahrain’s Benzs, but Jordan Kelly sits around the outside again, he’s so committed, great racing these two, they’re giving each other a racing room. Jordan Kelly closes the door this time so Anthony Cross looking to try and get by him and see if he can get up there with Tim Mario, maybe even with Ronan Darty Darty fastest purple sector up front already in the first sector and he’s going to have fastest lap when he goes by a course because he’s leading there. He goes down the main street. Ron Darty with a massive lead.

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Tim Murray goes through and again side by side, somebody there with massive straight line speed. Let’s see who that is. Anthony Cross. 140 kilometres an hour, 1 36 for Ronan Dougherty, 1 33 for Tim Marty and one 40 for Anthony Cross. So big differences in speed there is they go across the start finish line. Somebody else on a one 40 Jack Byrne safety car’s out and one other car, 140 Buckley, Gavin Buckley. So that’s interesting. They’re way quicker. Ronan Doherty did say that to me. Alan Whitty actually said it to me last night that Ronan Daughty, if you look at the time, sorry, the speeds on the main straight, he’s well down. So obviously that car really well sorted chassis wise and we know he’s well able to steer it but certainly Tim Murray and Ronan Darty not showing the straight line speed as some of the cars behind them and Jordan Kelly looked like he was struggling, it just cleared there.

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They started another lap but we’ll keep an eye on that one as to get going. 12 minutes still to go. Safety car has been dispatched and is under the bridge. It’s two cars off then at seven A and seven B we can see them there. It’s the blue lease down. That’s Lee Flynn I think. And the other car, is it Thornton? Thornton? Yeah, Thornton and Leaf Lynn both off and they both looks like they’ve got a little bit of damage snatch unit already almost down there. Safety guard would pick them up this time around and if they manage that well they might drag both of those cars in view of the fact that it’s the Leinster trophy. I think they’ll probably leave ’em on the inside of the track, get them right up to the centre of that field you’re looking at there for wonder of a better description and we can continue racing. 2.7 seconds was the gap there for Ronan Dougherty back to Tim Murray at the end of that lap he was having a real go dirty. We didn’t expect anything less

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So they’ll come up to south side almost a hairpin that corner down the main street under the Alfa Mayo Bridge and down towards Castle and that’s where the Alfa Mayo safety car will pick them up. There it is. Declan Nolan earning his money today down at Castro Corner. The original circuit here on Mondello Park didn’t turn left here at Campion Corner went straight on. You’ll probably see it from an aerial shot but that road, the little was almost an access road. Now to the back of the paddock was the circuit that loop to the turn three loop wasn’t added until 1969. So the circuit was just 0.8 of a mile when it was opened. May the eighth of 1968 and apparently there were queues all the way back to nace. You couldn’t get in, people had to turn back and back in those days of course and all through the seventies there were no shops open on a Sunday and you only had one channel on your tele two later on. So there was nothing else to do on those days. So it was a very popular place to be back to then. Good place to be seen in the seventies. It’s getting strength again now every circuit racing and great to see it. So Dougherty, Murray Cross Kelly by me, k Buckley, Omar and Macal, the top 10.

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Ron Dougherty just calmly sitting behind the safety car there waiting for his chance to go again. Tim Murray will be weighing up. His options is 37. Tim Murray, it is ten second penalty. Jumpstart Tim Murray, ten second penalty. Now this will kill, the safety guard will be killing him because he had pace he would’ve pulled away and he could have still been well inside the top 10 but 10 seconds now is going to drop ’em way, way down because their cars are so closely packed but they’re still nine minutes to go so we’ll probably get four or five racing laps still. Any one of these guys get a chance to put their name on a trophy that Sena and Mika Hacken had. It’s a very exciting prospect for a club racing driver and well you think it’s going to be one of the guys at the Sharp Engine.

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You just never know when Irish motor racing, there’s a teleporter down there and it’s that unit so the Alpha Safety car is slowing them right down as they come down there. Just make sure they go through there. Walking speed. One car has already been removed and as I thought it’s been pulled right up there to the centre way out of the way. Second one will probably be the same. I think they’re going to need the teleporter, which would suggest there’s a corner or two often and it can’t be pulled without damaging it. Eight minutes, 17 to going out flashing lights still on in the safety car, they’re slowing the safety car right down. That’s to see is there any chance they can get that car pulled in before the alpha gets back to the pit lane And if they could do that, the clerk of the course would order ’em turn off your light and head back in.

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But even at this speed they’re going now. I don’t know if the team can get that second car moved that quickly, but a good effort there. You can see what’s happening. It’s interesting to see what happens behind the curtains. It would give them one extra racing lap and of course everybody wants to get back racing so the lights are off, they’ve done it, they have done it. That’s great work by the officials. They’ve got to say I’m by the snatch crew out the back in good communication. We’re going back racing the alpha speeds up, the lights go off, he’ll peel into the pit lane. Look at dirty weaving around. It’s up to him when he wants to go. Tim Murray will be hoping to get going with him, but watch out for Cross and Dirt. He’s gone. He’s dropped the hammer and away he goes.

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Two lengths, three lengths on the way up the hill. So yeah, he’s got a good jump on Tim Murray there. Ronan Dirty now as they go round South side for the first time. Murray getting away a little bit from cross as well. That’s a good restart by Rona Darty and that might be all she wrote as they head across the line with seven minutes to go. With’s, darty, Murray Cross, Kelly Byr, Melia, k Buckley, Omar Alion, Begley Lewis by Stafford, Oliver Devlin, John Lawless, pat Shepherd and we’re missing Leafly. Amen Thornton, Blackburn Roach, Cowan, Slevin and Ellis from yesterday’s list. That is the complete list.

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Jack Byrne Motors up alongside Jordan Kelly. But as we’ve seen earlier, Kelly doesn’t give it way too easy when it comes to the twisty bits he hangs on nothing he could do to hold back. Anthony Cross there earlier, Jordan Kelly 132 through the speed. Travis’s one of the lowest speeds out there, so Kelly in big trouble and turns the straight line speed Jack Burn gets down the inside of him there into Bridgestone stone and just drives away on the way up the hill. You can see it there as that gap just opens on the way back up the hill. Jordan Kelly very quick through this corner as we saw from that drone shot earlier though, trying to hang on to Jack Byrne again as they come out onto that long back. Straight distinctive modified body work on that chain chassis of Jordan Kelly. Nothing he can do about burn just yet is that Buckley side by side with somebody in the background.

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Forward to the right hand side now that it’s and Darty just driving away here as we said, he’s not going to hang around. There’s a move down to the inside for a second. Watch the top of the screen. Oh great move by Anthony Cross. That’s not a place where you normally take a lunche but this isn’t a jam brace. This is the Lester Trophy. Third place doesn’t matter. Second place doesn’t matter. Cross knows what he’s got to do here. Wonder can he possibly bridge the gap or stabilise the gap to Ronan Dougherty certainly looks very determined here. Anthony Cross and we know how quick he is. Seven his dad run a beautiful little compact team. Jordan Kelly So quick to Nordic spirit corner almost gets Jack burn back and how’s it go again on the breaks down the outside.

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So Darty goes through 1 53 8 and 136 kilometres an hour, 138 kilometres an hour for cross. Gavin Buckley 140, they’re the big movers there. A few more on 1 39 Nyam Mara. There’s certainly not all the exact same but not much of a difference in them there as they go through, but it makes interesting reading all the same. That’s Buckley now he’s got by K and having a look at Conor me, he’s having to look around the, he’s done Melia and he’s gone around the outside of Jordan Kelly. So Buckley on the move. Finally this is what we expected from Gavin Buckley. He drives up alongside Jordan Kelly again, Kelly’s just struggling badly in a straight line there isn’t he? But he’s not going to. He goes back at him on the brakes. Buckley gives him racing room but sits around the outside. Number one, the reigning champion. Can’t quite get it done but goes back at him again as Kelly goes defensive up the outside he here’s Meia trying to get a run at both of them.

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Great drone shot of them up at low like corner. Now out onto the back straight, this is where he is at his most susceptible and in fact he knows he goes to the right, Buckley knows and goes to the left. That’s the slowest car to the speed trap and the fastest car to the speed trap last time round and as a result, Buckley just breezes by Jordan Kelly and brings himself up to fifth place. Buckley really going well here. Beginning to carve through the traffic. Next on his list will be Jack Byrne if he can get up there. Amelia’s got through as well. Con Amelia got by. So Jordan Kelly beginning to drop back with that straight line power deficiency he’s trying to make up for the corner. He’s so committed. The red car there in the centre of this group just when he comes out onto that long back straight or the main straight here.

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Nothing you can do. Oh Amelia, down the inside of Gavin, Buckley. Great move. Buckley sits around the outside though and gets it back but a cracking move down the inside, slotted it into third gear and almost got the job done. But Buckley not in the mood for today. Sits around the outside. He’d rather get the head down and get after Jack Byrne. I think they are catching Jack Byrne actually as Darty goes by with a new fastest lap. 53 5 3 6 Murray. Next up cross. Next up actually we’re showing the penalty are we know or not see across ahead of Murray. Then Jack Byrne, Gavin, Buckley, Conor, Amelia, Jordan Kelly down a place showing on our laptop at Buckley has caught Jack by now Hook Buckley on a move here. He’s not showing it in lap times just yet because he’s been in traffic on every lap, but he’s bringing Conor Amelia with him, but he’s definitely hauled in the Abbi Ilan car of Jack Byrne. 1, 2, 3 together. Now the three Shane Chassiss coming back down towards the main arena down into Bridgestone corner. The long, long left-hand corner here at Modelo Park.

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Great stuff for the Leinster Trophy race. 4.2 seconds to the good. Up front is Ronan Darty hopefully trying to get the run but actually Jack Byrne is plenty strong in a straight line as well, so there’s not going to be much difference there. He gets a little bit of a run here, tries to get up the inside. I thought he’s going to try and get a tow but actually trying to get the nose up the inside there. Doesn’t manage to get it done. He’s going to tuck in behind them, not just yet. We’re gone back to a battle behind. They’re locking wheels up front. Can’t really see what’s happening there. No, they’ve just come right up to the back gate. It’s burned. Buckley and Amelia sniffing around. Every time Buckley has a go and it doesn’t work, Amelia has a go at him so he’s got to keep one eye on the mirror. It’s very difficult to attack a defend at the same time with one minute 51 seconds to go through the Righthander. Through the lefthander.

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Oh another look down the inside. This time it’s Buckley down the inside of Jack Burn but Burn gets it done, sits down the inside Buckley almost lifting an inside front wheel there as you run in the back. Quite soft on that car as they go through Nordic Spirit Corner up to the final corner now South Side Motor Factors Cross goes through. Yeah, cross down to a 54. He’s not as quick as Ron and Ddy, he’s quicker than anybody else out there. Who’s that behind Andy K’s NY Ma. A great run by Nyla Mara, Andy K and NY Lamar both B drivers as Indeed is Buckley but they’re right up there. Well inside the top 10, great to see it. Don’t have the experience of the men up front.

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59 seconds to go. This will probably be it, will it? I think it will actually could be the final lap for the 2025 Leinster trophy. Biggest trophy, an Irish circuit racing. One of the most famous trophies in Irish motorsport. It’s been awarded, it’s been around since 1934 as we said earlier, that motor club looking after it and bringing them down along with a host of other very impressive trophies for this weekend to make this the most important weekend of the year for the club racer. Hopefully still having a go still gets that run but Jack Burn on phase centre of the track doesn’t get hassled at all.

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Tim Murray’s still hanging on there but 10 seconds I’ll bring him back to ninth place by my calculations. Oh look at this, Buckley with a run this time down the outside of Burn now nothing in it. Amelia’s still right with them and the three of them, even though they’re scrapping or hauling in Tim, we’re just inching up to Tim Murray there. The 56 is because they can’t get a clear lap. I’m sure there’s a bit of pace more in all of them there to get down into a 55 or 54. Amelia trying it again this time. He’s got the nose cone down the inside. He’s got the wheels down the inside. He could get two places in one here. That’s a great formula of e scrap isn’t it? And immediately it doesn’t do it but Buckley might have no Jack Burn gets it back. That’s a great scrap clock. Has gone to zero.

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Ronan Tardy’s already gone through. He’s taken the chequered flag and taken the Leer trophy. We’re getting too excited watching that behind. We’ll see him down to term one. There they go across the line. Tim Murray just holding them off. Great battle. There we go. All streaming through, there’ll be a lot of water and bottle DeLucas they’d wanted there. He’s already coming in the back gate is Rona Dougherty. There he is. Top of your screen. Brilliant stuff. He will be absolutely delighted with that one. I heard him Momos buzzing the engine there as he went by. His dad won’t be too happy with that. There’s Michelle gone down to get involved in the social media element from Formula v Ireland but there he is. He will be so happy with that and like a er trophy win is big but for that young man after what happened to him the last couple of times, he would be so happy and feel justified with what’s happened this time. I know it didn’t work out from the last few times. It definitely has worked out for him today for Alan Witty, for Damien Doherty, for anybody else involved. You could just see a sense of relief there in the body language but that’s a very, very worthy winner of the 2025 Leinster Trophy. He gets out of the car and that’s the only reason he’s here this weekend. What a performance all weekend by Ronan Dougherty. Absolutely fantastic stuff.

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He’s out of the car. He is delighted so all of his team down there as well. There’s Michelle down there already with the GTX top on Michelle Marin very much involved in running in social media of the club. Craig or Elliott coming in there as well. So fantastic, great stuff. Big hugs all round and Tim Murray ninth, classified ninth. That’s a shame that jumpstart. No real benefit from it so it just didn’t work out from by the 10 seconds. Pushing ’em right down to ninth place so it’s going to be Doherty Cross and Jack Byrne on the podium but fantastic stuff, great races from Elia Kelly Keo as well. NY Mara. So good work all the way down there. Colin Lewis 11th, Fergal, Begley, j Byr, Michael Stafford, Oliver Devlin and Pat Shepherd

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Furlong we’re told is in the paddock. So David, you’re very, very welcome. 1967 winner is it of the Lester Trophy. So brilliant, great to have you here. David Furlong. He was here last year or the year before I met him but fantastic, I’m sure I’ve got Brian Manning’s notes here to tell you if I’ve got the year wrong. Here we are, 1967 you all right, Irvine around the outside and he goes by him as well and file’s finding himself boxed out now down at turn three but manages to slot back in there in fifth so Taft does not want to let Richardson get away. They know that Richardson is dangerous in terms of pace. Ney and high side by side dialling and all down the inside again, down the inside again goes the orange mini gets alongside. TAF doesn’t turn in, there’s no contact and they are side by side now on the way up the hill but I think TAF carries up and he does carry enough speed.

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This is great racing. A lot of people could learn from. This really is top class saloon car racing from these junior drivers and I think some of ’em are going to have big careers ahead. There is a lot of talent on this grid. Oh look at Mount when he just flicking the car in there and the exit the Lola corner, he’s trying to just close down that gap to the cars in front. Fastest lap is Jack files with a 2 0 8 0.7042 tenths quicker than the leader last time round. Closing right down and high now is getting onto this group. It’s going to be four for the lead by the time they come back up the hill. It is four for the lead. Logan High on a roll at the moment. He won in Kirk down he won in Liddon Hill Rallycross and he’s looking for another result here.

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This is fantastic stuff. Those four cars absolutely together. Four minutes, 44 to go. This is their second race. This is for the Ann Stevens trophy and it’s a lunch down the inside by Richardson again. TAF gives them room again. TAF sits around the outside but Richardson’s still got the nose ahead. Oh almost contact there as they’re heading towards Nordic spirit corner and they both sit it out. Brave stuff from those gentlemen. Oh Taf launched wide and jumps in the air that’s caused him to lead. It’s Irvine now trying to have a go at Richardson. Irvine gets down the inside of the brakes. Hoy has it go on the outside, it’s all kicking off and this one I must’ve heard me mentioning the Ann Stevens trophy. There’s 350 quid from Ann Stevens family for this one as well. The 350 I should have told ’em it’s for their parents and not for them.

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They’re racing like their life depends on a cracking saloon. Car racing Taf seems to be still okay doesn’t he? There’s nothing wrong with his car as he slices down the inside of Irvine. They might be best buddies but I need to get by you Kyle. I need to get back up here. Go on then Kyle says Taf back up to third place and on a mission now see if he can get this one done. 3 45 to go high up to second place from well back. Where was Logan High on the grid? He was in sixth place on the grid. He’s up to second place now and he looks like he’s got a bit of pace as he closes down. Richardson at turn three back up the hill. The FPS car is on fire. See what I did there? The fire protection services, nevermind big groan from collectively from the audience here. They come back down into the main arena and it is Richardson from Hoy, from Taf, from Irvine, Retty next up and other places. Ney. He’s got by files out there somewhere. That is a wonderful shot from the drone as they go out towards Lola corner on the international loop.

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5 cars together and in fact I think ma and files have a chance of getting back up here to this group as well with two minutes 54 just under three minutes to run. We will get another lap after this one down to seven A and b Richardson back in front high in second TAF and third. Can’t imagine Taft’s car will have the wheels pointing in the exact proper direction tracking and everything after that big launch on the outside. We might have a look back at that one at some stage if we get a chance we might see it but I don’t know if they touched at all. I think they just went around the corner together. It certainly was very brave. I think TAF ran out of Road high, goes high and wide to try and get a quicker exit and get that nose up the inside.

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Doesn’t quite get it done but you can see what he’s trying to do and I think Leo Richardson will see what he’s trying to do as well. Nobody gaining anything really through Nordic Spirit Corner all staying to the right. You’d think they were coming in the pit lane. Richardson just defending, defending, defending. High up the outside. He’s so laid on the brakes he gets alongside but has to seed the position that brings TAF right back into it. He’s got Irvine with him here we go to start the last lap. This is going to be the race of the weekend. Is it 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 cars? Absolutely together. Bert’s in this one as well. File Scott in the background as well.

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So great moves from Jack files in this one but the first five together now with just about three kilometres to go. It’s Richardson, it’s high, it’s taf, Irvine and Brti. Great race from Brti to get up there. Remember didn’t get out well. Got spun off after contacting race one. So really good stuff to have him back up there and he really is going nicely and all missing the apex a little bit. Then that second bit of turn three, those tyres will be past their best at this stage. Long laps. One minute 80 in to go. You can ignore that This is the last lap as they come down into the off Camber long left-hand corner. Bridgestone hard on the power now and right out to the outside they need every bit of that curb. A little bit of dust being kicked up as well but nobody getting a run on anybody else just yet ho having to defend now as TAF gets a bit racy on the way up the hill. We all be playing into the hands of Richardson.

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Hi with the wipers on. I don’t think there’s any, well he’d know better than me. I’m sitting up in the tower here but I don’t see any rain coming down. Force seven a hoy has to defend and that could decide this one, although he still closes in on Richardson, that’s not done just yet. Could be any of these top four if they head back up the hill. Five corners to go four with the first bit of brain bends. Three with the next one, the other way round, isn’t it? That’s four now. Then three for the long, long lefthander then it’s just Nordic, it’s outside. All very defensive and high. As I look around the outside, TAF gets up the inside TAFs going to get that second place. Surely it’s going to be another door to door through the Nordic spirit corner. No TAF can’t get it done and high hold’s clear and in fact high drives up to the back of Richardson’s car.

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This is it. Final lap. The two booties are off on the outside. There’s no room up the inside and hike. Can’t really have a go into the back of Richardson though trying to help him wide as he comes down towards us and he has done it up the inside. It’s a drag race to the line. Who’s it going to be? Four, five cars together. Leo Richardson takes the win from Hoy, from TAF, from Irvine. Incredible stuff. Race off the weekend for the Anne Stevens Trophy. Absolutely fantastic racing by every one of those drivers and great battles all the way down to the grid, but what about the top five there? Absolutely fantastic racing. So Richardson takes it by 0.097, less than a 10th of a second. And then Logan Ho was just 1.1 behind Kyle Irvine 0.1 behind Dennis McVety. Files in six Ma Winney in seventh, Faires in eighth, Sweeney, ninth, Harry Dowling, David McAdams, Alex Watkins, Dean d dc Martin Finning and absolutely fantastic racing from all these minis. Still got a few more coming down to us. Gavin Brown goes through getting quicker every time he comes out.

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Donnelley I think it is. Next up where you’ll see some celebrations here. That’s Jeff Richardson running down towards the outside of park firm mate, Jack Lenahan. Keith Burke. We don’t have Daniel Heaps, that’s them all across the line. Great stuff from patch star equipment minis. Let’s hope Brian Matthews, he’s in Spain for the weekend. Let’s hope he was watching that one because great entertainment from those junior tin tops. Absolutely fantastic. Well done to everybody involved. The drivers, the teams, the parents, everybody. Fantastic stuff. So er O’Brien will have enjoyed that one, no doubt on our first day back with the clipboard. So great stuff from the Patch Tyre equipment Junior mini championship

(02:00:00):
Techs are coming in. It seems everybody enjoyed that race as much as I did. Absolute cracker, possibly the best mini race we’ve ever had. We have some big, big talent in that championship. Speaking of talent, it’s Fiesta sts, the Alloy repair centre. Cars next up 160 brake horsepower, somewhere around 10 grand. He’ll get you one of these on the right day you buy one for a bit less. So Trevor Ferra and the Ferrara Motor Cars car runs the car himself, just himself and his dad. No big teams or awnings or anything like that. Does a great job. Came up from Z Tex into this class and this weekend in particular, he’s going very, very well and he gets pulled position for this one with Derek Graham alongside a danger man. Derek Graham hasn’t really shown the Derek Graham type pace this weekend. Car number 76 but I’m sure he’s been fiddling with the car.

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His dad Aubrey’s with him, his son Michael as well. They make a great team. Really enjoyed our motor sport then Ross Barnes and Roy White. Roy White went so well in the wet race this morning. Then the two young chargers on Road three. One is with LOH Motorsport, one is with Murray Motorsport. Charlie McMillen in the yellow car there top of your screen. He’s just joined. Murray Motorsport had terrible mechanical grounds with the car and his dad himself working on it all the time. That’s all gone away. Own Murray’s taken care of all that and the car that’s not only reliable so far this weekend, it’s very quick and he’s shown us how well he can drive. Lovely guy Charlie McMillen and he works with us as an instructor down here during the week so he knows his way around Mondello Park. Same as David McGuire who’s the champion elect here. Really. He’s done wonderfully on his class debut in the ex Michael Cullen car running Modelo h Motorsport and he starts sixth by dint of his race. One win. Then Jack, icky, Adam, Oman, John Eff, Michael Graham, Owen Cullen, Bobby Charlie, Christopher Grimes and Tim McQuaid. Watch out for Tim McQuaid. I don’t expect him to stay near the back for too long.

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Oh here comes the rain we were promised earlier and that’s a shame because is that the Ster trophy? No it’s the junior mini podium I think ER must be down there. I could see the trophies. A couple of podiums being done. I think they probably have to queue up for the podium, the different classes, but there’s only the minis in park forme. I’m hoping those bottles of bubbly aren’t for the minis that I see on the podium. But Brian is down there and I’m sure once the minis get out of park for we’ll be able to see what happens there. But great stuff for these junior minis,

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Fiestas, sts, grided up and getting ready to go. I’m missing a few cars there stream just being rebooted. Apologies for that. I think it went down briefly but it’s back running again the way we go And who gets the start? Ferra gets a good one. McGuire and Mcil absolutely together all Tim McQuaid with a belter. Look at Tim McQuaid. He’s up to 1, 2, 3, 4 places in the BYD Callway car heading down into turn one. But it is for our and it is is Ross Barnes going to get up a second? Look at Dave McGuire trying to get around the outside. Doesn’t look like a man trying to win a championship. He looks like a man trying to win a race. Oh they’re all over the place there. There’s car’s off on the outside. Ferra is off. Gary Graham have stayed out of the bank. McMillen and McGuire up to third and fourth somehow Jack caughey up the inside as well and he’s got always dot straight into Mcil Coochy straight into the side of Mcil.

(02:05:00):
He might’ve got help from somebody in the background. Charlie McGillen pinned it and held it back. I’d have to watch that one back and see what happened. I think Jack Coy got a bit of help there to be honest. But he’s front to his car, straight into the side of McMillen’s at the first bit of turns three and Charlie McMillen did well to hang on to that one. So that’s put McGuire up to third place already from sixth on the grade. I mc killing up to fourth. Derek Graham is next up with Trevor Ferr not the easiest man in the paddock to pass. I’ve told Mr the Monty Python sketch Nun shall pass sees the modern day Gordon kt. So Gordon Kent just saw, look at Tim McQuaid. He’s coming up through them like as Robin Rhodes would’ve said like a hot knife. Two butter Charlie McMillan and fourth Dave McGuire.

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They’re the two young ones really here, aren’t they? Derek Graham out front very quick, very sensible driver, multiple champion. Derek Graham raced 1400 cc Punto Punto Apart. Won the Northern Ireland. Chase McQuaid again past one past two. There’s Roy, he’s absolutely flying. Tim McQuaid gets up there to Roy. What place do you, oh Ferrar gets a little bit of help there. Michael Collin’s car probably has a remote control in it now. It doesn’t. It’s still there driving. Michael Cullen’s with us the commentary box here, but Tim McGuire in a hurry to get to the front of this one, isn’t he? And he’s got by Ferra then it’s Charlie McMillen bouncing the car over the curbs. Tim McQuaid has passed about nine cars in one lap. There’s icky, he’ll get going again and Shirley will move back up a couple of places. There’s Christopher Grimes. That’s car number 86 so Ferrar still in it here and McMillen’s got to get going again then it’s Turly going nicely then it’s Tim McQuaid.

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Look at Tim McQuaid look at to have a go at Turly and he’s going to have a go down the inside. Surely he does get down the inside of the brakes. Should have it done here on the way out. Drag race now on the main strait. Well it’s impressive for McGuire to be up to second but I think it’s more impressive for Tim McQuaid to come from 14th to fifth. Nine cars in one lap for Tim McQuaid. Absolutely flying. These are the kind of conditions that I think when Tim won, when he just started the class, he had a win and greasy conditions. Oh sideways from pra, beautifully held Campion. Corner corner trying to stay with the two leaders but in fact McMillen getting a bit closer to him.

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Rain definitely coming down now you can see it on the commentary box Windows, you can see the wipers on boat. These cars, it’ll begin to get a little bit treacherous down there. Car’s all a little bit taily I’ll right white though he could come into his zone. He’s so quick in the wet right, white, great car control must barns fallen back further than he would’ve liked EF on a move as well. He’s all over the back of Charlie in this one. First two pulling away. I think mcn, if McKinnon’s going to do anything here, he’s going to have to dispose of Ferra early and he’s not really on ’em just yet. First two look like this particular lap. They look like they’re pulling away quite a lot. We’re trying everything here to come on terms with Derek Graham. He is getting a little bit closer to him there as they come out of Lola. Down the long back straight fork gear in these cars for our, I hear the rain of the roof now with the commentary box. It might look bright on your screens. It’s really, really bad rain out there so it’s going to be like ice rink shortly. Rain, we’ll have to go a little bit defensive but no better man. I would imagine this weather, it’s hammering down rain,

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Slippery surface flags being shown to the driver. They all over the back of the leader now as they goes to the inside, then back to the outside. Try and get back up the inside here. But his first rodeo does beautifully. It’s not going to work to take something else that does allow McGuire to be quicker on the exit. Charlie McKinnen gets up the inside, gets the big squash there from Trevor Ferra, Gordon ETT style and slams the door on McKinnen. He’s going to have to rethink that one as a deal. McGuire who’s having to look down the outside, back up the inside. Then when the next one’s a left-hander, it’s not really the weather to be trying to sit around the outside and the dab of the brakes means he’s not going to try as they go through turn or is he thought about it.

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But he’s out on the, you don’t want to be on the exit curbs there. I’m sure he knows better than me but that’s not a comfortable place to be in Dry conditions. Nevermind wet conditions. He looks like he really needs to win this race and he doesn’t trade McGuire, which makes it even more impressive. He’s way ahead of the championship here but he wants another win. He’s been driving superbly all year so up to second place now with Derek Graham. Calm and pose as he always is. But nine minutes to go though down into Bridgestone corner again, get away just a touch here. Macquire over the curbs. Looks a little bit leery for our, still doing nicely in third place, isn’t he? And McMillen hasn’t gone back up to him just yet. Here we are again. Derek Graham.

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Any similar lines. Normally you see all different lines being used coming out there, but they’re all using that long wide line. They must be universally agreeing that it’s the way to go. It’s getting away strongly on this lap. Whatever’s happened here. I dunno if McGuire’s over driving slightly, but certainly Derek Graham was getting away. The McGuire takes a chunk of it back on the brakes. 10 at the seven A, just to prove me wrong and is right with him again on the way back up the hill. It gets better traction on the way back up the hill. He’s going to get the nose up the inside. Graham didn’t react quick enough to that one. I think McGuire’s going to get it done. He is, that’s what happened. He got that brilliant traction up the inside and Derek Ra didn’t quite catch it until it was too late and that’s let him through. I wonder is he going to be quick enough to drive away because Derek grave looked quite strong when he was out front there. Let’s see what happens here.

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It really looks like he’s trying hard cocking in inside rear wheel out over curbs, McGuire’s putting it all out there, isn’t he? McQuaid has got by McQuaid at Fort. It is what a drive all the way from the back. Tim McQuaid loving these weather conditions as indeed is the moment of the wave feet, right? White. I go down to the inside of Ferrara. Now the wet weather experts coming to the for and McMillen is definitely closing down. Ferrara has shot back a couple of places there, so McMillen’s up the third. McQuaid is up to fourth Ferrara, down to fifth, down round. Castle corner.

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Fastest lap was John Elif. John Elif, who’s just bought the Darren McMullen car in your picture there in a white car he’s fastest lap Ex Carter, very quick guy. He built a new st. Wasn’t happy with it, sold it and has bought the Darren McMullen car. Certainly in a wet he’s flying. Which the fastest up there. 14 three. Let’s say 1.2 seconds quicker than Dave McGuire’s Best, so LF going nicely. 14 three. If I can give McQuaid well quicker than the leaders as well, if we start looking at lap times, so seven minutes to go. Little bit of traffic there, but McQuaid potentially the quickest air with this top four killing on a 14 as well last time around. But McQuaid three 10th quicker. Let’s see what the left looks like when they go by the next time. That’s coy having to go Turly on the way up the hill there just behind this group

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Of two rains bands one more time and right white, white, white. Been really quick in the wet there’s Elf who’s right up with them. Great stuff. Three together as they go through Nordic Spirit corners still breaking away, gets way out of shape hang goes through again. He takes fastest laugh way quicker than it’s out now. It’s drying out very, very fast. From 14 down to a 2 0 9 they found lumps of time. They all have. Oh Tim McQuaid goes very wide down at turn one at Castle Corner that’s cost him a lot of time. He was nearly whip McKinnen when they went by us. He was just seven tenths behind him. Well over a second now second and a half, maybe two seconds. He lost a lot of time with that one. I think he had trouble getting it stopped in the breaking zone and then nearly had to come to a halt to get it turned in.

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He’s back flying again though down into turn three. Trying to close that gap back down. They definitely having to deal with different levels of grip on different laps. Fastest first sector. Derek Graham now 36 6 4 tenths quicker than the leader sector one. So McGuire being hauled back in slightly by Graham McMillen just hanging on. Then McQuaid for our has gone wide again and that’s allowed two cars through. That’s right, white and lf. They are on screen white with the wipers on the Marty Motorsport car. John Eff going nicely. He’d be loving this one. Then it’s for our

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So Tim McQuaid now problem has chopped back into the clutches of right way. It just breezes by him. So Tim McQuaid must be in trouble there. Oh, Derek Rain put a wheel off there on the exit of Nordic spirit but he was definitely catching the leader. He’s definitely catching the leader at the final corner of the red hump to the main straight. Now here they come and the gap is definitely down 1.6 seconds. It was, let’s see what it is now. Bang fastest lap 2 0 7 0.5. It’s down from 1.6 seconds to 0.9 of a great stuff. So 0.9 of a second fastest slapper. Derek Graham. We could have erased on our hands here. Expected McGuire to get away but Derek Graham pushing hard to get him back side by side stuff there. Whatever’s happened to in fact he’s dropping way, way back to McQuaid after a great drive. He’s down four places on that last lap. There’s elf getting alongside Roy White now it’s not really the day to be going around the outside here and he knows that it tucks back in behind him. Ross Barnes in that group. Now Ross Barnes, we now formed today, hasn’t he? Last year’s Champion’s not in the mix.

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Here they come, this four together that is white Ella Ferrara Barnes with for fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh. Two minutes, 41 still to run. It’s not over just yet. The gap seems static. You can see them out of the commentary box. The leaders going out towards sun out again at Mondello. It’s getting very bright over the hill of Allen but that was some shower. It went completely dark here but absolutely fine now as they head down towards 7:00 AM and B Old Barns gets down the inside but thinks the better of it. Had the nose down the inside of Ferrara there. It didn’t make it stick. Come back up the hill now. 160 break horse per yeses. Mcil all on his own really. Owen McGuire out of shot. McGuire’s right with him and McGuire’s right with them. Now we can see them out of the commentary box.

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They’re coming back onto the national track. There they are. Look at this. That’s as close as Derek Graham has been now and he gets a run through Nordic Spirit Corner McGuire out over the curbs. He’s pushing as hard as he can but fastest lap to Derek Graham. The gap was 1.6, it’s 0.9. I think it’s going to be even less now. He’s right with him on his back bumper. He gets a better run out of south side onto the main street. This race has come alive with one minute at 44 to go. This is the last lap on Dave McGuire under big pressure here from Northern Ireland. Driver Derek Graham who makes him stay to the inside, then whips back to the outside. He’s down the outside on the brakes. He looks very confident. We know how good Dave McGuire is at racing and attacking.

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We know how quick he is. We haven’t really seen him defend this year, so let’s see what happens here because Derek Graham looking very racey on the final lab of the Ally repair centre. Fiesta s st championship now out towards turn three. Nothing in the straight line between these cars. We can see that from the speed trap. In fact probably the closest match class in the paddock in terms of straight line speed and down he goes again on the outside there. Will he be slow up the hill as a result? I don’t know. Little bit maybe. Yeah he is. He’s lost some himself. A couple of lengths there on the way up the hill if you don’t get to the apex, the second bit of turn three, you’re going to pay for that on the way up the hill. All McGuire Coxing inside front wheel.

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He hasn’t stopped pushing all the way through this race. Dave McGuire to regardless of conditions, look at this out over the curbs. Derek Graham doing the same. Very closely matched Mcil in third place. Been a great day for him. Quite got the pace to get up to these guys but he’s been very, very impressive all the same day. Those three have left everybody else behind to the tune of another five seconds. Back to Roy White and I think McGuire might’ve done enough on this to final lap. 28 seconds on the clock. We can ignore that. It’s going to be chequered flag down to seven A and B very quick through there. Is Derek Graham not enough to get right up to the back bumper or is it This is where he was so good last time around. It’s amazing that a lot of the races this weekend, some drivers are quicker on the national and some quicker on the international loop.

(02:19:18):
Definitely closer than he was out of turn three. He’s not going to get close enough to have a go with him. That’s Tim McQuaid, a quick pit stop just out of your view. He’s rejoining this Graham closer again, two corners to go. Nordic spirit, high speed left-hander, all the curves being used but no mistakes from Dave McGuire and this one, I dunno if this will clinch the championship. We’d love to do the numbers but it’s going to put him very, very close to it as he under steers through Southside Motor Factors corner for LOH Motorsport. He’ll be delighted with that one and he’s going to take the win. Great drive from both of those men. Great entertainment to that one. Derek Graham giving us the big push at the end. Who’s going to be fifth or four? Fifth it is, third is McMillen, fourth is white. It’s elf. Great drive. John Elf. First time out in the new car then it’s Ferra, then it’s Barnes, then it’s probably Carnegie is it? It is Jack icky and it’s the bally bunion bullet. Adam Manney, Michael Graham, right with him and Bobby Turley and it’s going to be Owen Cullen in the all repair centre car. Christopher Grimes and Tim McQuaid.

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So the ST is coming back into park firmly but the Z tex biggest grid, the biggest grid of the day or next up. So a lot of people want to watch this thing. The formula forward race back in the day you see people heading for the grand stand from the Z tex are coming out. Neil Murphy being his element here. I think he’s going to lead them out in the fiesta. Indeed he is the fiesta van. So we’ll take a quick commercial break and we’ll come back to you with the Z tex in a few minutes time.

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Speaker 1 (02:25:30):
So we’re getting ready to go with the biggest grid of the weekend once we cleared the vans and trailers down to turn one there, I’m not sure what’s happening. I think there are a few of ’em trying to get out that gate to probably just waiting for the officials to open those gates to clear. Look at that grid. Neil Murphy working so hard on this one from Stech Safety and it really is absolutely massive. We had to increase the capacity allowed by the governing body on the national track because of this classics. A couple of years ago it was at 33 or four cars. It’s back up to heading for 30 again now and there are two or three cars that aren’t out this weekend. So hopefully the last round in October we have even more. And then the six hour race comes up for these cars. There’s Neil Murphy, deadly serious face watch for the wheel spin when he drops the clutch here to lead them across the line. He does safety car for the first lap.

(02:26:13):
He looks as serious as Ron and Dougherty did on the, there he is, he’s six. Somebody come and see us now he’s giving us a quick wave. That’s Mark Quinlan going to have a chat with him there. Mark’s telling him he’s on the camera. I think he’s pointing in our general direction. So what did they used to call it Candid camera years ago or Mike Murphy. So yeah, great stuff from Neil. Fully branded up Stech Safety West Dublin based if you want branded clothing, any of the ICCR stuff you see all wearing any of the Mondello instructors gear. It’s all done by Neil Murphy. The drift tops, the hoodies that you get down here, he produces all them. He also sells hard hats, high-vis rain gear cones, beanie hats, you name it. And he’s the only one I know that loves this time of the year. When it starts getting cold in the morning, he starts rubbing his hands together. He knows he’s going to start selling loads of coats and loads of beanies. So safety online, ie. Is his website if you want to order anything. But this is very much his passion. He loves this class. He gets on really well with all the drivers and we presented him with this little tic safety van here about 18 months ago, live on telly and he just loves bringing the cars round on the warmup lap.

(02:27:18):
It’s a little bit of a delay while we wait for there. It’s just those cars down to turn one. I think we need to get them off the track. So fantastic. Looks a little bit dark on screen but actually it’s not. It’s quite bright at the circuit now considering it’s really we’re getting all that heavy wind is bringing in and out the bad weather, isn’t it? So the drain chart that came during the STS is completely gone and we’re almost ready to get going on the international track of the Tang Tools. ICCR and this one is for a big trophy as well. It’s for the Leinster leader Trophy. Yeah, it’s the first time this class has ever been presented with the Leinster leader Trophy. Malcolm’s sweat. I’m showing it to me. It’s got some really cool names on it. So let’s just have a look at some of them while we’re, it’s been polished overnight actually by obviously the guys were at it. So it’s got Derek Daley I think down there somewhere has it. John Watson,

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Tim Bryce one, Edmond Jordan, Derek Daley, Trevor Templeton, my goodness a Garrity. Look at that.

Speaker 1 (02:28:31):
Back memories for you Malcolm. Great stuff. So a lot of big names here. This is the first time ever that a ZEC driver is going to get his name on those. And we do have to thank the Lester Motor Club because you could put those trophies away, put them on ice, couldn’t you? Or you can let club drivers get their name on ’em. How cool is that? Somebody on this grid is going to get their name alongside Eddie Jordan on a trophy at MANUP or Derek Daley and huge names like that. So it’s going to be Rod McGovern on pole position by the look of this. Sorry it’s it’s going to be Mke on pole position from Rob McGovern. Rob Barbell. Let’s see who’s next up.

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Finn Gillespie and Kelsey Kirby. So Finn Gillespie, well up there way they go. There’s Mikey Mohan and Alan Dawson. Oh did it, Neil go first. It’s Mohan and Pole. Excuse me, it’s Mohan and Pole, then dos, then ki, then McGovern. That’s what it is. My mistake. So Neil Murphy’s gone off ahead. There’s Finn Gillespie’s dad. Kevin Gillespie well-known was here in Modelo Park. There’s a lot of instructing. Did a lot of racing UK in Ireland so he’s now the equivalent of a carting dad. As Finn gets on board one of these cars, Finn was second in the rookies in the first race. He works with us here in Mano. During the week, patch Tyre equipment came on board to give him a hand during the week he had no tyres and the head just been done by Steve Gryphon and that car starting to go really well.

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The car that was wasn’t in great condition when it was given to him, but certainly the work that’s been done through it is paying dividends now. So he will start on row three. The rookies are right up there, aren’t they? Like Mike Moynihan and Pole positioned, first season racing, Mikey Mohan and Rob McGovern, second row, the grid. Sean McGovern and Rob Barbell, danger Men row three, Finn Gillespie, Kel Kirby, Evan Walsh, Phil Lawless, Josh Brown, L McGivney, Toby McGuire, Darren Lawler, Alex McCann, noon, Mike McCardle, will Humphreys went so well earlier on. First day racing and he’s ahead of six cars on the grid. Seven, eight. He’s ahead of eight cars on the grid. Willie Peach him. Next up then Lola Rose Turley, then it’s Freya Burns and Liv Corcoran, then it’s Elizabeth Downey and Sam Doyle. Watch out for Sam Doyle. How quick was he? Earlier on he spun into the gravel but very, very quick. Christian Brennan, another quick man at the back. Watch out for him. He was right at the sharp end in Kirk town, so there’s a lot to be excited about as these is 1250 cc 80 brake horse per Fiesta. SeaTec wind their way around the international circuit,

(02:32:11):
So coming back around towards us, Neil Murphy will peel off there. He goes into the pit lane, he’ll jump out of that car like a shot and he’ll be in the pit lane watching this really, really integral part of this class. Neil Murphys a lovely story where David Coolart was at the historic meeting and I introduced them both and they were chatting for ages and Neil said to him that David Coolart said it’s people like you putting money into and supported the grassroots racing that keeps this sport going, which was a lovely thing to do. David Coulter absolute gen while he was over here, but he absolutely blew Neil away with that statement. But it’s absolutely true. He’s a great supporter, not just from a commercial sense but from a support for the drivers as well and especially the rookies and he’d be loving seeing rookies up the front.

(02:32:49):
Look where Mikey Moans parked. A lot of people could take a lessons from that. He’s bang, bang, bang on where you want to be on the marks with his front wheels. But look at Alan Dawson aggressively parked across almost 45 degree angle. You can’t really see it from that angle, but he looks like he’s going to try and get the jump but slam the door shut there M next up then Rob McGovern, watch out for Rod. We’re missing somebody who’s beside Fin Gillespie. We’re missing Fin Gillespie. No we’re not. We’re missing who’s beside Barbo? Sean McGovern. Why are we missing Sean McGovern?

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We’ll have to find out if somebody can text me or let me know so we’re getting ready to go. That gives a clear road for Finn Gilles being 24. Try and get up alongside bar, but he’s been going very well in that car. As we said. Loads of work done. Steve Griffin’s been at the engine. Somebody moving in the background. Oh great. Start from the Pole man. Allen Dawson moves across almost driving into him there as they go under the bridge, but Mikey Moynihan is not for backing off. He’s on the inside. Dustin on the outside Dawon gets across as bows. So it is Dustin Rod McGovern and second is he round the outside Now Mohan should hang on there and it’s bearable then it’s Finn Gillespie parable up the inside of Kiowa. Turn two and takes that place away. He’s up to fourth place.

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Rob McGovern now beginning to lean on Mikey Moer and he is playing with the big boys here at Mondello Park in Race two. This is for the Lester Leader Trophy. Great prize to be winning for one of these young men or ladies as they head out towards turn three. Somebody Rob Barbell Having a look around the outside of Rod McGovern. That’s a brave place to put your trust. He’s managed to do it, has he? He’s gone around the outside of Rod so Barbell could be up to third place here and down the inside of Mikey Moin for a second. Oh Rob Parable’s on a mission here. Rob Parable going beautifully slices down the inside of Mohan. That’s great stuff from him. And now it’s just him, Dawson and him between him and the ER leader Trophy. But Dawson is quick and he’s very quick around the international track as well. He’ll stream up the hill there.

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Marable already all over Dawson as they head down to seven A and B. It’s mine and it’s Q, it’s Rob McGovern. It’s Fin Gillespie is it? It is Fin Gillespie having a go at Rob McGovern. He’s up the inside of McGovern now. He got the job done. Finn Gillespie on an absolute flyer here. Rob can sit it out with him and maybe slightly quicker in a straight line. Not much in Kel Kirby weaving around in the background as well as Rob Barrow begins to pile the pressure on Alan Dawson. Dawson’s been around here since early late eighties when he started racing. The big battle is for third place. We’ve got to watch the lead and look at McGovern down the inside and in fact Gillespie goes straight on parable’s, got the nose up the inside but doesn’t just shovels across them there. Yeah, McGovern got Gillespie back there.

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So Finn Gillespie back one place, two or three cars side by side. Kelsey, Kirby and Evan I think it is. They all go wide. Look at this parable trying to get the nose up the inside. He surely is going to do at this time. He does. Dustin turns in and turns in and turns in and eventually leaves him a little bit of room but that could have been very nasty. Heading for the pit wall there. Neck and neck, now it’s parable on the inside. He should get this done. Look at this battle coming through. There’s about 15 cars. Cars absolutely together. Dawon comes back at him on the brakes. Bearable slow turning in to leave him right out there but Dawon tucks back in again in the sheds direct car. Tries to get alongside the MB motors car. Can’t get it done on that occasion.

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Next up is Mick k and I think it might be Gillespie after him, but that is some battle for third, fourth place it is Gillespie’s got back by Rod McGovern again. This is some drive from F Gillespie. Rob McGovern looking to get back down the inside of meant to turn three Gillespie, not having any of it. Absolutely flying through there and closing in now on Mick. Yo, around the outside. Interesting. Didn’t go for the apex. Didn’t lose any speed on the way up the hill really. But Dawson’s got a bit of pace. He’s not going to let Bearable get away. Is he in the LOH car? Tries to just lift in the inside rear wheel, trying really hard, gets a tighter line and might get a better exit. He will get a better exit. He’s got alongside Dawson fights back now as they go up the hill.

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Just touching mirrors. They’re not giving each other any room. Dawson gives him the big squeeze. Bearable says, I don’t think so and keeps it. Oh Alan Dawson just being a little bit naughty there but he gets the lead. It’s good move. Good move. Why Dawson gets around the outside for the leading rock parable’s. Got to do it all over again, but he’s certainly brave. It’s a little bit greasy out there. If you’re going around the outside of anyone here, you deserve it. There’s Mick Co and Third and Gillespie now giving Mick yo the workover. Here comes Gillespie with a big lunge. K has that covered down the inside. Rob McGovern goes wider than both of them to try and get a run. Gillespie’s got that covered on the inside. He’s got to keep one eye on the mirrors here as he comes back up the hill trying to get up the inside of Mikko. He doesn’t want to leave a gap behind him. There’s good stuff from Dawson and Parable. I don’t think that’s over just yet. Bearable. Almost eating the tyres on the inside as this Mikko Gillespie looks like he’s got a bit of pace here at Fort Place. Number 24.

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This is great stuff down the outside. Gets in a good late turn and he’s got the nose up the inside of Mick K has he? No he hasn’t. Mick K did well there just to carry that speed around the outside. It’s so close upfront, bearable all over Dawson. Again, another cracking Zec race. Here we come. Dawon stays to the inside. This is where Bearable did it last time. He does the same again down the outside. Hard on the brakes looking for the switchback. He doesn’t do it on this occasion. He goes back to the outside. Dustin had it covered nicely though. He just kept the lock on there and stayed to the inside Gillespie now right on the back bumper of Mick Yo but Rob McGovern’s got by. Both of them got a better run as they held each other up. He’s driven by them on a straight line.

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Can he get the door closed? Look at Gillespie down the outside on the brake switches back to the outside. This could end in tears. He gets turned in. That’s Mikey Mohan. Now behind him for rookie honours. Gillespie gets back past McGovern on the way out. This is a crack of scrap between these. They’ve been clean enough. It’s really good stuff. So it’s Dawson Bar McGovern, Gilespi MOA and Kirby Lawless. He’s got it, has he? Who’s got it? Who’s stacking up the inside? I think that’s Finn Gillespie up to third place. Is it? It is. Incredible stuff. Well there will be joyous scenes if you can answer that one, but I wouldn’t be putting money on anyone for that third place just yet. What a battle it’s Q, look at this Kelsey Kirby in the middle of it. Phil Lawless wants a piece of action as well.

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Let’s fill in the lighter green car right at the back of that group. So here they go. Oh, parable all over him again. But Dustin, very good carrying the speed where he needs to rob. Parable’s going to have to have a rethink here. It’s not going to be a lunge is it? It’s going to have to be trying to sell him a dummy. But Dustin, as we saw at the final corner, Southside the last time had it all done to perfection and they’re three abreast again and they’ve all got one either side. The Piner movement. Gillespie lets them go and comes back at them on the exit. It’s like a cartoon. Finn Gillespie’s back up there again. But Rob McGovern’s got ahead of them and it’s Han now the two rookies on the inside on the way down the hill. Oh there we go. Barbell on the outside toss.

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Dawson leaves him out there. Racing room given, which is great to see. Dawson just carries enough to hold that lead on the way back up the hill. Eight minutes, 53 seconds to go. We’re going to get some great racing here. I wouldn’t like to be directing this one. I dunno which battle you’d want to watch because it’s crazy for third place but it’s really on now for the lead again as Parable has another go, it is McGovern and Gillespie now coming hopping through there, then it’s mine and somebody going off and the egg going slowly. That’s Phil Lawless in the background. So 24, oh that’s side by side for the lead side by side for the lead parables. Get up the inside. This should have it done. It’s a very quick corner to sit around the outside of yeah, dust and lets them go better off. You would’ve ended up in the gravel I would imagine on the outside there. You just can’t carry the speed around when it’s greasy so that’s bearable now minus a wing mirror leading Dawson in second place. Great battle between those two. Rob McGovern trying to get up to them and Finn Gillespie’s going to try and go with them fast as lap is Rod McGovern at the moment. Here they come. Look at this grid of cars. What a great class.

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Just so equal. And again, look at that side by side. That’s who is that? Evan Walch. Darren Lawler, another Mondello. He’s one of the Mondello technical guys. One of our mechanics in the workshop and he’s there really quick in one of these as well. Christian Brennan started last didn’t he? Right at the back. Christian Brennan started last. He’s got fastest lap but he’s 10th. Dar Brennan will be happy with that one. Christian Brennan on a big charge as well. So it’s Dawson McGovern Finn Gillespie in third place and leading rookie. This is incredible stuff. Although McGovern is McGovern, are we missing somebody? It’s not showing parable’s not showing. There we are. It’s back. Sorry. Obviously a problem of parables transponder, but the guys downstairs have corrected that. So it’s Parable Dawson, McGovern Gillespie. That’s right. Then mine and oh was at this time of the year you see the top rookies all of a sudden arriving at the sharp end overall. Rob McGovern’s caught the leaders there. Definitely that time round. Finn Gillespie getting away a little bit from Moin but not quite. Hanging on to Rod. Look at that. That’s Josh Brown getting in the mix there. I think that’s actually Christian Brennan who’s going so well? It is Christian Brennan but another three places the last lap round and as we said fast as lap of 15 3, 15 5. So it’ll be harder to get through them as he gets further up but he’s got plenty of pace.

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So it’s Parable Toson McGovern, fin Gillespie. Yeah, Rob McGovern all over Dawson now and he has a look down the in there. These are two seasoned campaigners. Imer O’Brien will know these two. Well they would’ve battled in P two oh fives back in 95, mid nineties. Both front runners and both massively experienced. The car pilots. McGovern gets a little bit quicker through there as Barrel pulls away, but Josh is not going to leave any chances here. He leaves the door open. Does he know closing it as soon as there’s a look down the inside Gillespie still in fourth place and leading the rookies. Can’t quite stay with Rob McGovern but he’s getting away from his pursuers there.

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Yeah, if you’re watching this on the live timing, just it’ll take a second to update the time penalties were seven and 10. So seven and 10 are Phil Law Jumpstart. I did notice that one. I didn’t say anything I don’t think. Yeah, seven and 10 is, oh that’s penalty number seven plus 10. That’s what it is. Ten second Jumpstart. Come on Leo. I ignore what I just said. Here comes Rod Montgomery on the brakes down the outside trying to tuck the nose in up the inside here. That seems to be the way to get it done. Fastest up to Parable now very quick last time around with a 13 5, 14 4 for Dawson. 38 for McGovern 14, seven for Gillespie 15, one for Moynihan. So good battles all the way down this grid. It’s hard to keep up with the all Macke all over Moynihan now for fifth place.

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I think that is, it is indeed McGovern’s Lap time is comparable to parables at almost rhymes. So if he could get by Dustin, which I make sound very easy and it isn’t, I wonder could he make a run up to bearable? I’m not so sure Parable’s got the head down here. He did say to us during the week, you can start putting my name on that trophy. So Rob Barbell looking good for the ER leader Trophy. It’ll be another massive trophy at the barbell cabinet because he won the LENR trophy before mine and closing in a little bit on Finn Gillespie out and he’s bringing Mick and Kelsey Kirby with him with four minutes to run Austin, beginning to pull away a little bit now from Rob McGovern and it’s Gillespie Mohan, that’s for the rookie battle.

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So Gillespie is third I think in the rookie battle. He joined late, did miss the first two rounds. He’s had a win already and he was second this morning in rookies. He got a good run out of there that might’ve given him a little bit of release. Look at M without Immaculate Dunnigan Auto Services Car. That car is absolutely beautiful. It’s so well prepared. They’re building a second one I think for Jay Dunnigan. I’m told Nickko was sniffing around thinking of moving to strikers or moving to STS possibly for next year, but then he said he likes the Z tex so much he’s not sure what to do. Gillespie got away in the second half of that lap, certainly McGovern just on the back of Dawson but hasn’t really had a go with the last couple of laps.

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So it’s Parable Dawson, McGovern Gillespie, Moynihan, K Kirby, Darren Lawler, Christian Brennan, Evan Walsh, Josh Brown, Sam Doyle, Aiden Mulready, L McGivney, Toby McGuires Noon, Michael McCardle and Lola Rose Turley goes through in the clan bio car then very impressive stuff from Will Humphreys. He’s up another place. Kelsey Kirby has got by Mick K there Kelsey going nicely. She works for Motorsport Ireland sport development officer. She instructs down here at Model Park as we, she knows her way round, like giving her a little bit of help there. Is he a little kiss as they go through Bridgestone corner? Perhaps maybe not. Could have been the camera angle but they’re very close as they head up the hill. Kennedy’s rise to Lola. The long, long right-hand corner having a real go here. Oh, McGovern now putting the work over on Dustin. Dustin goes Uber defensive on the way down the back straight. Rob McGovern will have another go on the brakes down the outside here. Don’t want to be trying to sit around the outside of Alan Dawson. Nope, the boat locking up. They’re so late and the brakes down. They’re really having a go.

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It’s the battle for second place now it looks like the famous trophy is going to go Rob Barbels way. So it’ll be celebrations from the Barbels clan. Massively successful motor racing and rallying family. Gillespie’s hauling himself. Back up to these two. See the black cars closer this time round. If he can come fourth, one minute 48 to go. We get one more lap after this. I think that’s probably the highest place by a rookie this year. Is it as they head back towards turn three, turn three, Nordic spirit corner, I should say paddock corner as it used to be known Gillespie right over the curb on the inside. You’ve been practising that all week and one of the Mazda threes I’d imagine when the boss isn’t here up over that inside curb government gets a good one through there but Dawson’s defences are hard to breach as Parable found out he got probably once DAW and got straight back by again and he doesn’t look hassled at all. Dawson, he’s quite calm about it. Heads down the centre of the road. Couldn’t lighten the brakes, no mistakes. Gets it turned in. They sheds direct LOH car McGovern with a slightly better exit there but definitely coming at them now as Finn Gillespie we are all down into the fourteens now.

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54 seconds. This is the last lap for Rob Barbell and for everybody there are battles all the way down the field.

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Okay, well great stuff on the last lap. McGovern knows it’s the last lap you will have seen. The clock on the start finish line is a digital clock that we can’t see here where the drivers get to see on the starting in gantry. It shows penalties, it shows time to go any messages that need to be transmitted and he gets to run round the outside. McGovern doesn’t controls it just carries enough speed there on the way back down that back straight down into the breaking area now for seven A, he’s going to try the inside Rod McGovern gets the nose up the oh no, Dawson shuts the door and Rod backs out of it so I didn’t want the repair bill but this is good racing between two seasoned saloon campaigners here, Rob barbell out in front. This is the battle for a second and Gillespie is still in touch if it goes wrong here, he’s going to get a rookie win but he could see an overall podium but I don’t think it’s going to go wrong is that these guys are too experienced.

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Although Rod, if Rod gets a bit of Rod madness onto the final corner on the brakes, I don’t think he will a very accomplished motor racing driver. Both of them. Mars, they head through nor spear for here’s bearable, he’d surely put on the headlights. Now he knows the routine. Here come the second beck about second place battle. Look at Gillespie jumping the inside curb. He’s racing with the big boys today and down to take the chequered flag. Is Rob Barbell weaving around well-deserved, well driven. Rob Barbell takes it and takes the big trophy. Alan Dawson a great drive. It’s got to be set to second place. I’m sure they’ll embrace afterwards. Finn Gillespie, what a always bouncing around inside the car, punching the air. That is great stuff from Finn Gillespie. He’d be swaggering around the office in Mondello Park in the morning at 9:01 AM from Michael Moynihan in second and second in the rookies.

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Kelsey Kirby Mko, Christian Brennan, great drive from Christian Brennan. That’s really impressive stuff to get all the way up there. 15 dead. He did it one stage. I think he had fastest lap for a long time. Then Darren Lawler, then Sam Doyle, great drive from Sam Doyle. He came from the back grid, back of the grid as well. So Brennan and Doyle charging up to it and we didn’t see too much of it unfortunately the action was just so hot at the front. Look at this, this is Will Humphreys, who’s got a head of Lola Rose Turly on the last lap. Great first day out for this young man. Absolutely brilliant. Car number 32 will Humphreys, that’s going to give him fourth in the rookies. Lola Rose will be fifth. Freya Burns sixth, Liv Corcoran seventh. They’re all absolutely together on track and Elizabeth Downey. So great stuff from the rookies.

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The Rookie Championship runs alongside the main championship. They get their own podiums at every race meeting and they get top six at the prize giving at the end of the year. So a lot to race for Rob Barbell out of the car, delighted a lot of handshakes. Top three, all giving each other handshakes the mutual knot, great saloon, car racing as ever. Happiest man of the paddock apart from Rob Barbell will probably be Neil Murphy after that one. Really highly entertaining or perhaps Finn Gillespie after a brilliant run to fourth place and a rookie win. Here’s Elizabeth Downey just coming across the line now she’s got a little bit of damage as she know she hasn’t but she’s obviously had an incident but she gets finished. 8 3 3 crosses the line in the Pink Panther. So fantastic stuff. The Scrutineer, whoop the Scrutineers will do their stuff now and check all the cars but they all look pretty equal that time around.

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The Scrutineer is doing a great job. There’s Alex McCannon, the mc. Hi car just parked up. Looks like it’s had a little bit of contact with somebody there out on track 1 0 4, so five laps ago he pulled in great area, shot of them all there. Out of the car there’s Rob Barbell, the distinctive blue with a white suit, blue trailer. It’s just the back of his car walking around. That’s fantastic stuff. Alan Dawson over near his head’s direct car there and Rob McGovern delighted absolutely cracking stuff but that’s the barbell family on the right. You could see, could see Bobby Barnable looking in at his dad and Michael Barbell, Rob’s father there as well. Linda’s there as well. They’d be absolutely delighted with that one. Christian Brennan’s dad, Dara Brennan with them as well on the left and it’s great run for Christian Brennan. There’s Liv Corcoran sent through the screen. Can’t see Finn Gillespie. Oh there he is right in front of the screen there. Finn, great run for him. He’d be delighted with that. That’s been coming all year. I think he’s put so much work into that with his dad and that really was a cracking run for him. I thought he was going to get a podium but fourth place overall and a rookie win for him. He can be very, very proud of that one. So great stuff for the Fiesta Z Tech drivers.

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Just going for a quick commercial break. We’ll be back with the Irish turning cars for race two.

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Speaker 1 (02:58:53):
So getting towards the end of the weekend but the action isn’t finished yet. Far from with the precision graphics, precision tint and graphics. Irish Touring Guard championship, precision Tinton graphics partner with us here at Mondello Park along with a number of other companies and they sponsor a couple of championships here. Jay and his team, massive fans. Jay is very much involved in the touring cars, puts a load of work in and he’s a big fan but Paul Toomey will start this on pole position for sure. Current Ken, we on row two, they’d want to be working together to hold Ken Walch back here if they have any chance at all because he’s so quick. Then Steven Martin and Colin Morris. Steven Martin went well. Started from the pit lane this morning and went well in that Castro, almost similar type. Live civic and then it’s Luke Marmie and an Aaron Enni and then it’s John Sheridan, Ross Aspel, David Mcma, Oisin clone, Dean Cullen, Steven Barber. I don’t think we’re going to see Steven Barber or Ismail back out because there was a little bit of contact, quite heavy contact so they they’re not back out

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The way they go and it’s the pole mount to me who gets the lead is they head away. Rear wheel drive traction and look at Walsh, look to the outside, look at back to the inside down into turn one around Castro and two Campion. Everybody’s all clear so far. Kim wants looking for a cap. The boys aren’t going to give it to him. Look at this. They’re almost driving side byside to stop that civic getting bikes. They know how quick it is. So Paul Toomey in front right round the outside goes Stuart Kern in the Integra. Does he get it done? He doesn’t get it done but he loses the place on the exit to Walsh. So Walsh just sitting back and taking the place as it came to him. Then let’s see where he is going to have a go for the lead to. He’s just on the ragged edge. Be like that all week weekend. It’s great to watch on. The Civic gets alongside. It should be quicker on the way up the hill it is. He closes the door even though it doesn’t have to, not much in those three cars in a straight line but watch, we create traction out of the last corner.

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Had to come back towards the end of the first lap. Walsh has got in front and is beginning to ease away. Kean Walsh, the reigning champion and looking good for it this year as well. Car number one, that Honda Civic EP three’s at the top of the hill. The breaking zone, the Integra of current looking down the inside but Tomi going nicely here. Tomi got the back of the car, has he got it nailed down a bit more than he did earlier. It certainly looks like a more elegant exit. It’s very quick in a straight line. Is it quicker than it is quicker than Keen Watching a straight line by 10 kilometres an hour and a lot of that I’d say by D into that beautiful exit. He just timed it perfectly. Got the car wound up and didn’t get it sideways but it certainly looked more composed than it did earlier. 163 kilometres an hour for Keen Walsh. 1 73 for Paul Tubman. Nobody else near them. Well in fact Kern is 1 64 but nobody else anywhere near them as you’d expect in a straight line. So 15 minutes race, 12 and a half minutes still to run in this one. Then just the last legends race to round out the tank tools ICCR Lester Trophy for 2025.

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So Wal out front, not streaking away but as much as we would’ve thought because a lot of effort been put into a Tomi here. You can tell he’s trying so hard but Wal just inching away everywhere. He’s very, very quick. He’s got the lap record around here in that self prepared car. He’s the reigning champion. He’s looking good for this year’s championship but certainly very, very strong contender

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Gets by for a second place. It’s Honda one two. Now on the way up the hill, a bit of smoke in fact from Toy’s car. Colin Morris, he’s off. He’s off on the outside. He’s just pulled off on the outside, just out of a shot there on the right hand side. Was a little bit of smokey dirty. He’s got into the gravel. Actually didn’t pull off, couldn’t stop it. That’s odd. He moved offline dead. It dumped some oil on his back, tyres maybe and he couldn’t stop it because it was big puff of smoke. He pulled offline. Yeah, he’s going to pop the panel to see what the problem is. That’ll be a bit of an issue because like our probably in the firing line, he knows exactly what it is straight away. Do you know why that is? Because these guys all work on their own cars.

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They build their own cars. I’m on the WhatsApp chat for the touring cars and they never stop. They show pictures of blocks, engines, heads cranks. They’re just so, so committed to this class and it shows too. It’s a shame to lose him. He’s been driving superbly all weekend. Paul Toomey really strong and that car great to watch it. It’s something a little bit different as well, but he was starting to go well. Wasn’t letting Quinoas streak away from him that much there. So interesting. So there’s more great battles coming by us now that’s she and Aspel and Cullen absolutely together for the national class. That’s fourth, fifth, and sixth in the national last. Dean Cullen in the blue. EP three going high and wide into the final corner at the first corner. Try and get a run at the Integra.

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I wonder, will we see a safety car? I don’t think so. Tomi car in an odd area, but 20 past five. Don’t want too many more delays here. McMan in fourth place waved yellows. Do I see a safety car? I do see a safety car. It’s being dispatched. It’s below me surprised there’s any range left and it’s like an ad for out for a may. There must be massive range and because it’s been out so many times today, so it is going to be safety guard. It’s going to bunch ’em up, which is good for us. It gives us a little bit more racing. Safety. Car is dispatched for the precision tint and graphics. Irish tour car championship brace on lap three.

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There’s an overshot there of curl has to be pulled back out. I’d imagine it must have dumped a little bit of oil. It was odd the way he went off offline to let a car bike back online then he just couldn’t seem to stop it. But he had given a tainment all day. So hopefully we see that car out again before the end of the season as the safety car slows them right down. So the Alpha junior leading them around again and that slow things down for a lap or two until that Nissan is recovered from out on the international loop just at the start of Bahrain’s bends. Plenty of action round the paddock. And one more race to go after this one. There’s Neil Murphy live on telly. He’s given a big spiel to his drivers there and he’s got his clipboard out. I’d love to hear what he’s saying from down there, but he won’t give them the trophies anyway. They’ve listened to the speech I’d say, but Neil, as we said heart and soul of this class, he really does put a lot into it and he loves doing these podium presentations.

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He had to finish the speech early because they’re running out of daylight. No, that’s not fair. It’s the rookies coming up. There’s Evan Walsh, third place in the rookies. Another really quick driver won that Mondello scholarship very, very quick. He qualified second row was it this morning on the wet. The wet will always give you an indication of good drivers as Fin Gillespie. Second this morning, another giant killing performance from him today. So another trophy for his cabinet. Those three have kind of dominated the rookie element of this. Mikey Mohan will be coming up with a second to get his one, but they’ve pretty much dominated that car’s been pulled off the track. Let’s watch the lights on the Alfa Romeo. They should go off. They have gone off and it’s back up to speed. See that’s when the radio contact comes telling Declan No and flick off the lights there and get the hammer down, get back.

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So he leaves them there and they go back to whatever way they want, but they haven’t really, they should be closer. They should all be way closer. They’re not really getting this. They should be bumper to bumper to bumper here. And of course it’s very frustrating if you’re behind the car and he won’t close up on the car in front. They’re all pretty close. But there are big, big gaps and I don’t think those gaps are going to be closed. They’re not. By the time they get to the start finish line, which is a shame. Robis with some close racing maybe that beautifully turned out EP three there. Dean Cullen, he’s been up a couple of places, up two places on the last racing lap and there we go. Look at those gaps. Those guys really should have closed that down. They’ve given themselves a lot of work to do out.

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We come anyway to restart with. How long have we got to run? We have six minutes and 19 to run. Green flags are able to restart. Look at the goals of that diesel, say it in a straight line up to fourth place overall now and having to go with Colin Morris almost in a straight line. Then it’s actually in clone leading the national Stephen Martin in sixth place. Ross Aspel next. In fact, Mac Minn is leading the national class. Mac Minn is leading in the diesel. Say he could take a national win here. CL right behind him though. That’s battle those two cars together is the battle for national honours here.

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I wonder, would it be the first time a diesel powered car won a race at Mondello? Won a class at Mondello if McMinn could hang on, but Clune is very quick. He was quick this morning. Nothing in their lap times though. A couple of fractions of a second is all. That’s it there. Clune all over ’em. Look at the say of the torque of that say of the black smoke and it just disappears up the road on the way out of those slower corners to the long right-hander. Clune sets up the Integra to try and get a run and carry more speed through there Now to say it’s pretty quick, it’s just leaving that Integra sitting there and can’t look at the smoke from the car. And the look at the gap on the way down the back straight just drives away from the Integra clone is late on the brakes.

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He’s late, late, late on the brakes and closes ’em right down through seven A right with him now through seven B. The old turbo is a little love a hill and pulls away a little bit back up there again. There’s not much in it between these two, is it? That’s what you want for a class. They’ve done well with these classes. That national class is closed fault. The cars are pretty equal. Two very different ways of getting to a similar lap time. And as I look down the inside, McIn closes, the door stays right on the inside. The little say of the beat, there’s Steven Martin next up and Asal, then Sheridan, then Cullen.

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There’s that battle again. And this time he has to defend. CL goes high and wide. It should be quicker on the exit. He’s quicker on the exit, but just watch that say it. The torque, A wave of torque here from the diesel just pulls him away and away again. He’s got a length or two as he goes across the line. Clune as a result, not quite close enough to take a lunge in his Integra down the inside there. So very equal cars, but different strengths around different parts of the circuit with four minutes to run. That’s for the national win. Remember Mc McMinn is leading. Clune won the national this morning. He’d love to do a double min. Would love to take a win here as well. Walsh currently leads Kern by 2.1 seconds. Out front. Kern going really well, but this is the battle on track.

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Absolutely. Together now at Clune gets to the apex. It should get a better run up the hill. He does get a better run up the hill. He gets alongside their door to door briefly, but he’s on the outside now for Bridgestone Corner with three and a half minutes to go, they lock an inside rear wheel there and McMinn just about contains it, gets back on the power and a way up the hill. Doesn’t leave any gap at all. Moves back to the outside though he’s pretty confident through Lola corner, Colin Morris. Not too far in front of these, considering how hard they’re scrapping. And then that cloud of smoke when he gets the hammer down and the oil burner look at it, just leaving smoke behind it on the way down the back, straight and as hard as he can on the brakes. Locking those back wheels. Cl just inching up to him again. Three minutes and eight seconds to go on this one.

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It’s just under a two minute lap. So we’ll probably get another lap at the end of this one with a better line through the first bit, closer again through the second bit. Trying to get a switch back. He’s desperately trying to get the nose up the inside like he did coming up out of turn three. But he needs to do it where the next one is. Another left or another right because if you do it coming up out of turn three, it’s on. You’re unlikely to sit around the outside down into Bridgestone corner. But he really is having to go here everywhere. Rushin Clone gets a great run through Nordic. McIn sees that though one goes to the inside high and wide for Clune to try and get a better exit. Min stays to the inside. You can have the outside if you want, but then uses that torque to just smoke away down the road. 1, 2, 3 lengths as he goes by me. Intriguing battle this one, two minutes. 17 to go. In fact, we’ll get another lap after this one. Again, I think wall leading by three seconds up the front. So it’s just eking out. It’s just getting bigger and bigger. This battle is not just for the national, it’s for fourth place overall in the Precision Tinto graphics. Irish tour cars down to turn three. Somebody else stop. That is, is that Aaron Enni? I think it is.

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It didn’t come through at the end of the last lap. Again, get tucked in trying to think of something new here to get by. It’s really is an intriguing battle. The torque of the say just fighting off the Honda in certain places, but to that corner. So committed is Clune that he gets a run. But again, once McMinn puts a shovel full of coal onto the fire, the car just eases way down the back straight. This is great. He locks that back wheel again. Once again, the Integra just comes up to him on the brakes. But he’s got the inside covered. He carries enough speed between seven A and seven B that he’s not compromised on the way back up the next hill. And it’s Groundhog Day for a Oisin clone. Nothing he can do so far, not that far ahead of them. Colin Morris for third place. Overall, they stopped scrapping. Maybe they kept up near ’em, but they’re really going at it here and 53 seconds on the clock. But I think the leader will get by 43 seconds. So yeah, look at this. The leaders closed them right down. So Kean Welches, has he done a slow lap? He has. He’s out by four seconds and all of a sudden, Steve sure. Curing all over him for the lead.

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So the battle on up front. I wonder, is Kean Welch in trouble or is he’s just playing around? Kern certainly isn’t playing around. He hasn’t stopped pushing hard all day. Very quick driver, beautifully prepared carer. Current Integra now sniffing around the back of the Civic as they heard out towards turn three. Oh and having a look right round the outside of Kian Wash. But he goes wide, wide, wide. Holds it well, but he’s out onto the grass and that could have decided. This one had a great effort and really was having a go. We knew there was a sniff of victory there, but he was much quicker. Three seconds quicker than Ian was last time round, so he might be able to get back up there again. It’s a lot to ask, but he does look visually quicker, doesn’t he? As they go through Lola Corner for the last time.

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No change in the battle behind. You’ll probably see it here in a second. Just commit to shot now after this car. Here it is. Yeah, Groundhog Day. Nothing happening. Oh this time. Clone. Trying to get the nose up the end so you can see what trying to do, but soaking McMan a great battle. These two guys really trying hard and lead a cold drink after this one. I’d imagine heading down towards seven A and B or clone gets the nose almost down the inside there could have been contact there. He backed out of it. He said good hard racing but no gouging as they come back up the hill. Clune driving really well. He’s tried loads of different things. Here he is. Tried inside, outside, hanging back to get a run. Must be so frustrated, but when Min is driving so well too, he hasn’t made any mistakes at all.

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He’s just getting to the apex and then getting up on that loud pedal and using that torque to pull ahead. But he’s under big pressure. I think they’re catching Colin Morris even though they’re scrapping. Look at that Colin Morris a little bit closer ahead of them. Oh, McMinn trailing smoke, chequered flag time now and just about Ken Walsh takes it, but he had caught him again Walsh into a 56 and ker right with him in a drag race to the line. Kean Walsh takes it and that means he’s going to win the Dunlap Trophy. Another famous, famous trophy. Look at this neck and neck for the national win. McMinn just wins it from MU and cl. Great drive from both of those men. Absolutely fantastic. Steven Martin should be next up. Here he is coming out of the final corner. Set outside motor factors. Then Ross Aspel.

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It’s not Ross Aspel, of course it’s Sheridan and Cullum. Aspel no longer running as two cars stopped out in the loop I think. Yeah, we can see one there just at Nordic Spirit Corner parked up. There’s a couple of or two, three cars there. There’s three cars out in the loop, so a little bit of a race of attrition but great entertainment. Stuart Kern fighting drive all the way to the flag to try and beat Ian Walsh and then that national slash cracking battle between David McMahon and Ushi and cln. Well done to all of those and well done to the organisers of the Irish Tour Guard Championship for getting those grids back up from hovering around single numbers up to high teens. It’s great to see it. We hope to see them back here in October again, but absolutely fantastic. So from the ITCC. Okay, so we’ll just bring the Irish turn guys back in. I think they’re going to clear the paddock just a little bit. Then the legends will be released for their final race on our final race of the tank tools ICCR Leinster Trophy meeting here at Modelo. So we’ll be back in just a few minutes time with some more live racing from Mondello Park.

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We’re back live. So that’s the hill of Allen that we were talking about earlier. So no rain coming for the last race of the day. We can guarantee that one, one was afraid to make a guarantee, but certainly it looks very good there. Legends will be back out shortly at Mondello Park, Lester Motor Club guys just gathering up the last few trophies. They’ve awarded all their trophies. The pictures have been taken. It’s a wonderful thing for Club Motor Sport. You’re getting those fantastic trophies for club motor racing drivers, so no doubt we’ll see pictures of all those drivers with their trophies in the coming days on social media. Absolutely fantastic. It’s been absolutely great weekend. It’s been brilliant racing, which makes my job so easy and very, very enjoyable stuff from all the classes, especially today, junior Minis and Fiesta Z Tex, absolute thrillers. So it’d be worth watching them back later on tonight.

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So we’re not done just yet because the legends have another run. Of course a little 1200 cc motorbike engine screamers. This is for the Jack Toy Trophy. Another very famous trophy, not as big in stature as some of the others, but actually plenty of history in it. The Check two E trophy, James Byrne whose car is back together. I did say that would happen is going to be in pole position for this one I think with Dennis Lambert alongside he is, they’ve managed to put it together. There’s some heroes down in POB mode. It actually looks mint so I dunno how they did that. Grange car sales. IE for Dennis Lambert. Next up then Michael Barbell. Is Michael Barbell out there he is. They fixed up all the cars. Jonathan Patterson, Seamus Ryan, Willie, Lawrence, Nico, Frank, Richie Power, Gordon Brown, Owen Lowell or Sylvie Bartel, Lee Malone and Scott Jackson. Let’s see when they come down to the grid, are we missing any? But that’s the grid I have here as the legends go on warmup lap to get up to full racing temperature and then do their rolling.

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So just a 10 minute race and that’ll be our last race of the weekend. So well done to all the marshals and thank them very much for great work all weekend, anything that happened and there were plenty of incidents, they got them all sorted very, very quickly. As indeed the jr, the rescue crew, all these guys, anyone else involved the officials. It’s been a great weekend. It’s been run pretty much at the timetable despite all those events. Not easy to do. So this is it. The last race of the 2025 Tang Tools. Lester Trophy race meeting for ICCR. It’s just a 10 minute race where they run shorter races because they run three races per day. Instead it two is the Alpha Romeo peels off for the last time this weekend. The Al Alpha Romeo Jr with Declan Nolan back into the pit lane and down the pit lane and the legends are unleashed.

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Now what happens is they go slowly down here and they’ll see the red lights come on and if Fergus Brennan is happy with the formation of the cars, he’ll change the green. If he doesn’t, they might have to do another rolling lap. It’s unusual but it can happen. So they’re watching those red lights and trying to anticipate them. Looking at Michael Barbo slightly to the right, the lights are out and away they go. Nobody really making a jump there. They’re all pretty much in grid order going down towards turn one somebody down the outside with a big look that’s Willie Lawrence gets down the outside of Jonathan Patterson on the brakes and moves up a place. Michael Barbell right in there. He’s in third place. I think he’s in third place it. Somebody’s got a head of James Byr and that is Dennis Lambert in the distinctive blue car.

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So it’s Lambert, it’s Burn and Barbell out the front and barbell trying to get back down to the inside. Michael Barbell of James Byrne. Can’t quite get it done. Had a good look there. And next up is Richie Power who’ll be leading the rookies in this one. He’s in fourth place overall. It’s the day for the rookies today. Isn’t that after the ZEC performance there, Dr. Barber way out to the left, he gets the run and tries to carry that speed up the left-hand side. Now he looked to either go around the outside or more likely get a later turn in and a better exit as a result. But no man, no flies on James Burn. He stands on the part of the car, moves around under him but doesn’t lift out of it. Great stuff.

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So bearable on the brakes down the inside for second place of James Burn. He should get it done. He doesn’t quite just a lot of no, he does get it done at the second apex there with by didn’t block him too much and ran around the outside of him. Somebody going off that is leave alone I think. Is it possibly great battles all the way down the grid on this one. So it’s now Lambert from Bearable. I dunno which of them will be quicker. Let’s see. There’s James Byrne and right behind him is 14. 14 is Richie Power who was leading the rookies. Bit of a shake up now it’s possibly Nico Frank. We’ll see when they crossed the line.

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His first two have made a bit of a break there from 77. Good buttons all the way down the grid. 77 is Willie Lawrence. He’s come way up back on the grid but up to third place and has pulled away from the rest of ’em there. James Byrne now with a bit of a queue behind him, so bearable closing in a little bit I think on down Dennis Lambert. Lambert just leading by 0.4 of a second. They all fly by us. Bumper to bumper there, mid grid Lambert to barbell together. Little puff of smoke from barbell’s cars. He turns in their air. Cool. These cars, of course, that’s Bartlet right at the back. He’s been right at the front for the two races so far, so I wonder if he got a problem. Bartlet. Very quick as well come up through a number of different classes in Mano 37 Dennis Lambert going nicely out front. Parable closes them down on the brakes. Seven and a half minutes to go. Still a few laps in this one. Back up the hill now up through the gears. First two, making a break or parable very late. The brake takes a lunge down the outside. He’ll use that to try and get a better exit here. But Lambert’s carrying good speed. 37 boat out to the outside. Willie Lawrence trying to close them down. Boxed in there as number one. Scott Jackson. He won the first race today. It’s been going really well all day actually.

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Gordon Brown, a little bit wide there and trying to get up the inside of him was that man we spoke about, but he can’t quite get it done. Scott Jackson on that occasion. 14. Still going. Well. Let’s see who’s leading the rookies. The rookies is James Byrne. Oh, it’s not, it’s Dennis is still a rookie and he’s leading overall and leading the rookies great stuff. It is a day for the rookies, same as the z Texs or parables got by just as I said, commentators curse parable now leads Lambert’s second, but still leading the rookies. Willie Lawrence in third place. I enclosed the boat down a little bit. Lawrence might have fast as lap and they go by this time that said Jonathan Patterson, new Angels beautifully turned out car here. They come back towards the left-hander, Nordic Spirit corner again. He always goes well in the third race today, Barbara, but he wasn’t happy with his car in wet conditions earlier on.

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They obviously went twiddling with it, but the barbells and POB have a very strong relationship with Peter Barbell and Rob Barbell Big into setting up these legends and changing the setup slightly and tweaking them and they’ll have, as Michael Barbell says, it was a bit like the FIEs. He said, these two guys set it up and they just sit me into it, but it’s not that easy. There’s a lot of driving of these legends and a lot of talent on the grid as well. So it’s bearable from Lambert. He’s hanging onto him. There he is not getting away. Point five last time round.

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Parable Lambert, Lawrence Byrne, Owen Lawler, Richie Power and Gordon Brown and Nico, Frank Scott Jackson, Lima alone, Sylvie Bartlett, Jonathan Patterson we’re missing. Seamus Ryan. Five minutes to run. That’s when somebody off at the outside. That’s James Byrne. Number seven, no damage this time and he rejoins the track just behind Patterson. So burn from fourth place off there and drops right to the back. But he’s got a bit of pace. He should be able to make up a place or two. Gordon Brown there. End of the rack as he tries to get around the long left-hander. That battle there is Power Brown and Scott Jackson.

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Scott Jackson trying to go to the outside of Gordon Brown. Barb’s only getting away very, very slightly Lamber trying to close him down on the brakes there and 77 was catching them. Willie Lawrence, but not really making any inroads. The three of them pretty equally match now as they come up at a seven A down towards BA brains bends the right and left difficult set of corners. You can overcook the first one and it makes you very slow through the second one we saw earlier on Uncle Parable. In fact, just showing us there a little bit, you missed the second apex. I think it’s just a fraction.

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So if anything gets closer up front, Dennis Lambert under a bit of pressure now. Willie Lawrence, the two blue cars together coming down towards Nordic Spirit Corner. They carry loads of speed through here, the little legends and great speed up towards the braking zone for the final corner. Southside Motor Factors brake into the apex, went to the main straight again, four minutes to run Bearable Lambert and Lawrence together. Fastest Lamb for Willy Lawrence. 59, 5 3 10th, fast, bearable. Don’t think anyone else is going to match that. All of the two minute brackets because they’re scrapping so hard, bearable hadn’t really got away, but he’s beginning to inch away now and this will help his cause as well because these two guys are starting to scrap fairly hard. That’ll slow themselves down. Once you go offline to defend or offline to attack, you’re costing yourself time until 37 and 77.

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Now Dennis Lambert’s leading the rookie, leading the pro, Willie Lawrence and the next rookie is Nico Frank, who’s throwing nicely up at four places. He’s in fifth place. Then the next one is Richie Power, then Jonathan Patterson and James Byrne, who’s still right at the back. Let’s see his lap times. He should be able to catch some cars in front. James Byrne, he was well back though. He must have lost even more time when he went off on the outside that time got back up to racing speed. So Parable now started to stamp us. This would be a great day for the parables, won’t it? If they can take two big trophies home, the Jack Tui Trophy and the Lester Leader Trophy because Rob’s already taken the Lester leader trophy and a big weave and a lunge down the inside. Now that was a dummy being sold of ever. You’ve seen one. He went to the inside, back to the outside and then came back again and took a lunge. Lambert not done just yet though. He’s thinking about getting a run up the hill. Had to sniff down the inside at seven B, 2 30, 6 to go.

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We started the last lap this time round 77 and 37. So it’s Parable Lambert, Lawrence, then Lawler, Frank Malone, Bartlet Power, Jackson Brown and Patterson, and then James Byrne still pushing on trying to get back up to the guys in front. Tommy had that big off at turn. Three Parable now looks comfortable in second place. Let’s watch the lap time. See if Dennis Lambert is definitely getting away a little bit from Willie Lawrence, I should say. Definitely getting a little bit away from Lambert. Let’s watch them when they go by. Yeah, fastest lap. Willie Lawrence, 59, 2 59 0.5, but actually 58 dead. Scott Jackson. Scott Jackson’s got out of jail. He was being held up by loads of cars. He’s got clear air and all of a sudden, way quicker than anybody, he Scott Jackson, he’s up a place in fifth. He’s got Clear Li Malone or Nico Frank, I think it might’ve been, and he’s starting to fly.

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Scott Jackson, number one, watch out for him. He’s in fifth place. There he is. Look, he’s broken away from the group just on the right of the screen now, just ahead of these two cars. There he is. That’s the car there. Just going a little bit wide, that car now on your screen is fastest car on track. Carnival wants Scott Jackson. You wouldn’t think he was going to catch the leaders, but he’s 1.6 seconds quicker than bearable last time round 1.6. So he’s on a charge. He’s catching another car in front now and that’s going to be Owen Lawler. He’s looking at the slice by from way back. He’s in a hurry, isn’t he? It’s bearable. It’s Lawrence. It’s Lambert, then it’s Lawler and Jackson. He’s got Jackson with a tidy line, tight all the way through. Lawler favouring a much wider line to open the lock and try and scrub off less speed, not much in it as they head down towards seven A and B. And so in the breaks from way back. Thank you very much. He says, number one, I’m the champion. I need to go through here. Oh, Lawler comes back and I’m going one up over the inside curb, but it doesn’t quite work. Great stuff from Lawler having a real go back. Didn’t want to hand it away there at all, but Scott Jackson now up to fourth place with fastest lap.

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He’s cut that battle. Battle. That was for second place. He’s going to catch that too. He’s absolutely flying. There we go. The RCO car. Beautifully presented another POB racing machine. Car number one to comparable 59 6. His personal fastest lap the last time round, but certainly Scott Jackson, 58 dead, nobody has in the 50 eights, locks a front wheel as he tries to get on terms Now with Dennis Lambert. Oh, it’s chequered flag and it’s Michael Bar. Who takes the win? Big, big day for parables at Modelo Park. It’s Willie Lawrence. It’s Dennis Lambert, and it’s Scott Jackson who brings it down to a 57th six on the final lapse. Scott Jackson absolutely flying, but too little, too late. He got caught in traffic copy book race for Michael Barbell there in the NB Motors car. He worked his way to the front, kept the head down and just pushed as hard as he needed to. So what a day for the barbells at Mondello Park. One more trophy to be presented and they’re going to get that as well. That Jack two E Trophy. And that’s going to go to Michael Barbell. Absolutely fantastic stuff. Well done. To the legends of POB to Mondello Park, to everybody involved. Our Marshalls, our officials, our class coordinators, junior minis with great racing. So thanks to the appearance and everybody.

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So there you go, ladies and gents. That’s the end of what’s been probably the best race meeting so far at Mondello Park, the Lester Trophy, Lester Motor Club, giving us a little bit of excitement down here with all the trophies. ICCR, bringing Tang Tools on board, the Beacon Hospital, allowing us to stream it, circuit racing, going the right way. A lot of effort being put in by a lot of people and starting to pay off the classes have done a great job. The cars are beautifully turned out. They’ve given us incredible racing, I think with the Junior mini and the race we saw today from Junior Minis. Certainly the future looks really bright here at Mondello Parker for the ICCR. We’re back here in October. Have a look at Mondello Park, ie. For information. If you want any motor racing specific information, icr, ie. You can find out about all the classes there. If you want to come and join us, tell you how to get your licence, tells you how to get involved. So come down and get on one of our grids here and you can be having all the fun you saw today. That’s all for today. Thanks to see it live and all the team for a great production all weekend. It’s been really good fun. It’s made my job easy. So we’ll see you next time here at Mondello Park.