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Local rallying resumes on Sunday with Kerry Winter Rally

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Rob Duggan and Ger Conway won the 2019 Killarney Historic Rally, the last event to run in the county.

by Sean Moriarty

Several local drivers are in action on Sunday’s Kerry Winter Rally – the first rally to run in the county since 2019.

Rob Duggan and Ger Conway are the top Killarney seeds. They will debut a newly built Ford Escort on the six-stage event. New for this year is a practice stage on Saturday evening near Banna, giving crews the chance to blow off the cobwebs after such a long break.

“Saturday’s shakedown will be first proper drive in the car,” Duggan said. “I am looking forward to giving it a good debut in Banna.”

Starting one car in front is Colin O’Donoghue who has contested one rally so far this year. He won the Escort Rally Special in Belgium in September. Both Duggan and O’Donoghue will have their eye on the bigger picture: the Killarney Historic Rally at the end of the month.

Another former winner is Alan Ring who will mark his second outing in a newly acquired Subaru Legacy.

The rally gets underway at 9.30am on Sunday morning. Fans travelling to Tralee from Killarney can pick up official programmes at Moriarty’s Centra in Farranfore.

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