1994 Carling Rally of the Lakes

The upcoming Cartell Rally of the Lakes next weekend prompted me to upload these photos from the 1994 Carling Rally of the Lakes. Yep, 25 years ago boys and girls.

It was a fantastic weekend for the sport but the world of motorsport was rocked by the accidents in Imola that weekend that claimed the lives of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna da Silva.

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1994 Circuit Of Ireland Rally

Stephen Finlay and Dessie Wilson took victory in their Michelin Pilot Escort Cosworth, which still has to be one of the best liveries ever for a rally car.

1994 West Cork Rally

We enjoyed some great trips down to West Cork in the early 90s for the West Cork  Rally. Here's my photos with from the 1994 event. It's hard to believe they are 25 years old.
Many thanks to Kevin O'Driscoll for scanning the films for me a few years ago.

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There was a very famous local 00 driver that weekend, none other than Billy Coleman.

10/03/19 - Frank Meagher Tribute

Time and tide wait for no man as the saying goes and it's definitely true when you consider that it is 17 years since the untimely passing of Frank Meagher in a testing accident.
Frank was the undisputed people's champion in rallying and he achieved phenomenal results on a shoestring budget in comparison to his rivals, which culminated in winning the Dunlop Tarmac Rally Championship in 1995. I was lucky enough to work for him that year, helping with media duties. Unfortunately, I haven't got around to scanning the films from 1995 yet.
Here are my favourite photos of him from the early 90s.

(Apologies that the photo sequence is out of sync)

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21/01/19 - The Fisher King

1990 Circuit Of Ireland Rally

The years don't be long passing by but it's hard to believe that it's 18 years since the accident that claimed the lives of Bertie, Mark and Emma Fisher.
There is no doubting the immense legacy that Bertie left behind in the rallying world with some fantastic displays of driving across the stages of Ireland and beyond.
His firm, Fisher Engineering was involved in some of the largest building projects in Ireland , building large parts of the  Intel plants, the Dundrum Town Centre, National Convention Centre, the 3Arena, whilst they also built the Waterfront Hall and Victoria Square in Belfast.
I was very lucky to be involved in photographing rallies during the late 80s and early 90s.
Here are some of my favourite shots of Bertie & Rory Kennedy.

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1992 Lurgan Park Rally