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Driver Profiles & 20 Questions with the Lads
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Aidan Cooney
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Andy Slattery
Name: Andrew Slattery
Height: 6ft 1
Job: Service Advisor - Peugeot
Rally Car: 205 Gti reg no.G908 EPK
Navigator; Shaun Forde
Road car: 406 HDi
Martial status: In a Relationship!
Hobbies: Hurling, Soccer, Swimming, Motorsport!
Sponsors: Slatterys of Puckane - Peugeot Dealers
1. First time behind wheel? Age 7 !!!
2. Who taught you to drive?: Mother/ 1st Cousin!
3. Pass test first time?: Nope
4. First road car?:306 petrol
5; Favorite road car?: 407 coupe
6; Motor sport heroes as child?: Marcus Gronholm, Bertie Fisher
7; Top 3 Irish/ British drivers?: Eugene Donnelly, Rory Galligan, Andrew Nesbitt
8; First competitive drive?: Birr 2008
9; Worst memory in rallying?: None yet !!!!!!!!
10; Drive most proud off?: Cant comment yet!!
11; Most frustrating rally moment?:dont get frustrated !!!
12; Biggest accident to date?: no accidents to report YET !!
13; Plans for 2008?: Do a few rounds & attack full championship 2009
14; Favorite event?: ?
15; Favorite rally car?: ?
16; What do you think about youth development in rallying?: Dont know enough about it yet
17; Change anything in rules/administration of rallying?: ??????
18; Last cd bought?: Bruce Springsteen
19; Favorite tipple?: Pint of Milk/ Smoothie
20; Breakfast this morning?: Porridge with strawberries & bannana! Gorgeous!!
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Barry Mahon
Name: Barry Mahon
Height: 5 10
Job: Electrical technician
Rally Car: 205 Gti reg no.
Navigator; Mark Feely
Road car: Land Cruiser
Martial status: Taken
Hobbies: Training, All motor sport, GAA
Sponsors: Castle Cars, Air Impact, Dave Moran Compressed Air Services, Curran Autos, Multi Pneumatics, Keith Murphy in car communications, JK Stone works, Byrne Electrical Services, Apt Signs, City view Car Sales
1. First time behind wheel? Age 10 in my fathers Renault 12
2. Who taught you to drive?: My father
3. Pass test first time?: Yes
4. First road car?: 1990 Fiesta, it stood up to a lot of abuse
5; Favorite road car?: BMW X5 or RB 320 Impreza
6; Motor sport heroes as child?: As a child Austin Mchale, as I grew older Andy Nesbit, Richard Burns
7; Top 3 Irish/ British drivers?: Eugene Donnelly, his skill and enthusiasm are great to watch, Mark Higgins, consistently fast in many different types of cars, Rory Galligan, winning 2 one make championships to get works seats with Peugeot and Mitsubishi speaks volumes
8; First competitive drive?: Birr rally 2007, did small bit of rally x before that
9; Worst memory in rallying?: Breaking a drive shaft on round 1 of 2007 205 challenge on the first corner
10; Drive most proud off?: Birr 2007 Winning the round of the 205 challenge and class ten in the main rally
11; Most frustrating rally moment?: Cork forestry 2007 Coil pack failing 2 miles into stage 1
12; Biggest accident to date?: Cork forestry 2006 arrived too fast into a tight left and ran out of road taking flight into the scenery
13; Plans for 2008?: To do the full 205 challenge
14; Favorite event?: wexford rally
15; Favorite rally car?: s1600 c2, Corolla wrc
16; What do you think about youth development in rallying?: It’s a hard one to call the money needed to support a youth to develop well in rallying would be a lot and can be hard to find but the likes of the 205 challenge give youths the chance to get started without spending huge amounts
17; Change anything in rules/administration of rallying?: Would prefer all drivers briefings to be on the morning of rally save all the hanging around on the Saturday nights. Think all drivers and co drivers should be have to marshal a set amount of times each season
18; Last cd bought?: Bruce Springsteen
19; Favorite tipple?: The odd bottle of miller
20; Breakfast this morning?: Cereal, fruit, Tea
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DJ Browne
Age: 26
Home Town: Mallow
Occupation: Car sales
Started Rallying: 2006
2006 Results:
Finished castle hellfire rally 06
Co-driver: Torlac O'Reilly
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Damien McGauran
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Kenneth English
Name: Kenneth English
Height: 5’ 10”
Job: Carpentry/Timber Products Business
Rally Car: 205 Gti reg no.
Navigator; David English
Road car: Subaru Impreza 1.6!!
Martial status: Girlfriend
Hobbies: Motor sport, Football, Fishing
Sponsors: Not confirmed
1. First time behind wheel? About 8 or 9 on my Dads lap!
2. Who taught you to drive?: Dad
3. Pass test first time?: Yup
4. First road car?:Subaru Justy
5; Favorite road car?: STI
6; Motor sport heroes as child?: Colin McRae
7; Top 3 Irish/ British drivers?: Donnelly, Higgins.
8; First competitive drive?: Mayo stages rally 8/9th march 2008 hopefully!!
9; Worst memory in rallying?: Nearly broke my ankle hopping over a wall at the Galway rally this year!!!
10; Drive most proud off?: Don’t have one YET!
11; Most frustrating rally moment?: Don’t have one YET!
12; Biggest accident to date?: Crashed my DC2 Integra going pretty quick I was very lucky, the car wasn’t!!!
13; Plans for 2008?: Get some experience finish all the events.
14; Favorite event?: The Irish WRC stages was very good last year.
15; Favorite rally car?: STI
16; What do you think about youth development in rallying?: Didn’t know much about it until I got involved with the 205 challenge. I think the challenge is a great starting point.
17; Change anything in rules/administration of rallying?: Nope
18; Last cd bought?: Ministry of sound club files
19; Favorite tipple?: Bud
20; Breakfast this morning?: Porridge.
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Norman Dunne
Name: Navigator; Name: Norman Dunne
Height: 5ft 9
Job: Builder
Rally Car: 205 Gti reg no.RIL 5750
Navigator; Bernard Mcsweeny
Road car: Toyota Hilux
Martial status: Take it up with laura!
Hobbies: Anything with engines and a bit of farming!
Sponsors: Mayville Homes
1. First time behind wheel? About 8 in my dads tractor
2. Who taught you to drive?: My Dad
3. Pass test first time?: Of course!
4. First road car?:Vw golf
5; Favorite road car?: Bmw 535d
6; Motor sport heroes as child?: Colin Mcrae, Tommy Makinan, Berty fisher
7; Top 3 Irish/ British drivers?: Donnely, Wilks, Higgins
8; First competitive drive?: Almc mini stages07
9; Worst memory in rallying?: roscommon07 gearbox gone on first stage!
10; Drive most proud off?: Cork forestry07 just making it to the finish!
11; Most frustrating rally moment?:Roscommon07……. gearbox
12; Biggest accident to date?: Almc07, flipped the car in the air and landed on all fours!
13; Plans for 2008?: To compete the 205challenge!
14; Favorite event?: Cork forestry, value for money and a real test!
15; Favorite rally car?: evo9
16; What do you think about youth development in rallying?: Theres not much for youth, could be more entries made available, but things are improving, only for the 205challenge I wouldn’t be rallying.
17; Change anything in rules/administration of rallying?: Nothing bar illegal recce!
18; Last cd bought?: Led zeplin
19; Favorite tipple?: Pint of the black stuff or pint of bulmers
20; Breakfast this morning?: No time for breakfast in the morning
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Richard Guerin
Name: RICHARD GUERIN
Height: 6ft
Job: GARDENER
Rally Car: 205 Gti reg no. 88 D 8357
Navigator; ANTHONY LINNANE
Road car: CITROEN XSARA
Martial status SINGLE:
Hobbies: SWIMMING, CYCLING, SOCIALISING, PLAYING WITH CARS
Sponsors: ADULTSTORE.IE
1. First time behind wheel? 8
2. Who taught you to drive?: DAD
3. Pass test first time?: YES
4. First road car?: MARK 1 FIESTA
5; Favorite road car?: IMPREZA STI
6; Motor sport heroes as child?: COLIN McRAE
7; Top 3 Irish/ British drivers?: BERTIE FISHER, AUSTIN McHALE MARK HIGGINS
8; First competitive drive?: HOPEFULLY THE 205 CHALLENGE!
9; Worst memory in rallying?: HAVING OUR CHEQUE SENT BACK FOR THE LAST RALLY WE ENTERED!
10; Drive most proud off?: N\A
11; Most frustrating rally moment?: NOT GETTING ENTRIES!
12; Biggest accident to date?: PUTTING MY ROVER IN A DITCH
13; Plans for 2008?: BIG ONES FOR 08 .
14; Favorite event?: GALWAY
15; Favorite rally car?: IMPREZA STI
16; What do you think about youth development in rallying?: NOT ENOUGH STARTS GIVEN TO NEW COMPETITORS.
17; Change anything in rules/administration of rallying?: N\A
18; Last cd bought?: SNOW PATROL
19; Favorite tipple?: HEINEKEN
20; Breakfast this morning?: 2 BOILED EGGS. 2 TOAST
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Shane Burns
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Sean Sharkey
Name: Sean Sharkey
Height: 5ft 11inch
Job: Contracts Manager – Flood Flooring
Rally Car: 205 Gti reg no.
Navigator; Marty Sherlock/Simon Sharkey
Road car: Mondeo
Martial status: Single
Hobbies: Motocross, Gym
Sponsors: Sharkey’s Filling Station Cavan
1. First time behind wheel? 12
2. Who taught you to drive?: Brother
3. Pass test first time?: Yes
4. First road car?:1.8 Vectra
5; Favorite road car?: Masserati –Gran Turismo
6; Motor sport heroes as child?: Bertie Fisher, Jimmy McRae, Russell Brooks,
7; Top 3 Irish/ British drivers?: Eugene Donnelly, Kris Meeke, Shaun Gallagher
8; First competitive drive?: Will be Mayo 08
9; Worst memory in rallying?: Bertie’s Death
10; Drive most proud off?: None Yet
11; Most frustrating rally moment?:
12; Biggest accident to date?: Passenger in at the time new 106 gti (Wrote Off)
13; Plans for 2008?: To rally as much as possible
14; Favorite event?: Cavan
15; Favorite rally car?: Mark II
16; What do you think about youth development in rallying?: Slowly developing but club’s should take more action.
17; Change anything in rules/administration of rallying?:.
18; Last cd bought?: Led Zepplin – Mother Ship
19; Favorite tipple?: Dorito’s
20; Breakfast this morning?: Banana, Brown Bread
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Ulton Mc Gowan
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