Three members of Killarney and District Motor Club are in the running for the main awards in this year’s British Rally Championship.

Following last Saturday’s Grampian Rally in Scotland, Keith Cronin and Mikie Galvin’s further extended their lead in the series. Their hard-fought win means they have a 12-point advantage over their nearest rivals, Osian Pryce and Noel O’Sullivan.

Cronin, Galvin and O’Sullivan are all members of Killarney and District Motor Club while the latter also holds duel membership with Kerry Motor Club.

The Grampian marks Cronin’s second BRC victory of the season, having also won the Jim Clark Rally on the series’ previous visit to Scotland in May.

With Pryce also taking two wins so far, Cronin recognised the importance of Saturday’s result, ahead of the next two rounds taking place on Pryce’s home territory:

“It’s great to get the win, as I said at the start of the rally, we really did need it, especially when we’re going into Wales next, it’ll be tough to beat Osian in Wales. We had a good start and we were able to manage it from there. It’s our first win on gravel in a while, so that was really good. We are leading the championship, but we need the wins in order to win the championship, it’s all to play for,” said Cronin.

Dropped scores will play a part in the latter end of the year and round five of the 2022 British Rally Championship is the Aberystwyth-based Get Connected Rali Ceredigion (3/4 September) – an event that Pryce won when it was first run in 2019.

“We achieved the best result we could have, so I cannot be disappointed – and congratulations to Keith [Cronin] and Mikie [Galvin] on their win,” said Pryce after the Grampian Rally.

“A big thanks to the Melvyn Evans Motorsport team for doing a great job, because the car was spot on again – and to Noel [O’Sullivan] as he did an excellent job and it’s always a pleasure to have him next to me in the co-driver’s seat.”