Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. Season 3 Episode 32. Part 2, Donegal Rally Review

Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast. Series 3, episode 32. 
Another busy episode, we continue our review of the 2024 Donegal International Rally. We talk to second-placed Meirion Evans and the third-placed crew of David Kelly & Dean O’Sullivan and Adam Platt, who prepared the winning Skoda Fabia RS of Callum Devine and Noel O'Sullivan.
Matt Edwards talks to us about his experience and hopes for the rest of the season.
Rally2 competitors Rory Kennedy, Garry Jennings, Joe McGonigle, Paul Barrett, Andy Hayes and Niall Burns join us to discuss their Donegal experience.
Winners of the Historic category Meirion Evans & Anthony O’Sullivan join us along with Rally4 winners Ryan MacHugh and second-placed Rally4 competitor Kyle McBride.

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. Season 3 Episode 32. Part 1, Donegal Rally Review

Series 3, episode 31 of Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast – In the first of two episodes, we review the 2024 Donegal International Rally focused on the modified competitors and catching up with modified section winner Declan Gallagher, second place Gary McPhillips and third place crew David Moffett & Martin Connolly. Hollie McRae joins us to talk about her first-ever visit to Donegal. We chat with Class 13 winner Conor Harvey and second place Oli Benton they are joined by Class 14 competitors Frank Kelly, Chris O’Callaghan, Conor Curley and Colin O’Donoghue.

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast Season 3 Episode 30 Donegal International Rally Special Part Two

Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast. Season 3, Episode 30.  In this second preview show for the 2024 Donegal International Rally we: speak with Clerk of the Course Eamonn McGee; catch up with competitors Matt Edwards, Meirion Evans, Mikie Galvin, Gary Jennings and Desi Henry. We hear from WRC Junior Champions Liam Regan & William Creighton who are competing in this year’s Donegal International Rally and finally we catch up with Eugene Ferry talking about the Rally Stages App the new online rally maps and information service.

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast Season 3 Episode 29 Donegal International Rally Special Part One

Krunching Gears- The Rally Podcast. Season 3, Episode 29. 
The first of two preview shows for the 2024 Donegal International Rally, we speak with competitors from the 2WD, RC4 and Historic categories. 
2WD drivers: Kevin Gallagher, Gary McPhillips and Frank Kelly.
Followed by the Rally4 competitors: Ryan MacHugh, Ioan Lloyd, Keelan Grogan, Kyle McBride and Joe Kelly. 
Wrapping up with the Historics crews: Declan Casey, Michael McDaid, Paul Mulholland, Tommy O’Connell and Jonni McDaid.

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. Season 3 Episode 28

Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast – Series 3, Episode 28: In this episode, we hear from Chris O’Callaghan, Rob Duggan and Craig Rahill about competing on the Lyons Motorgroup, Circuit of Munster.  
Jamie McMillan, Chief Engineer for Ott Tanak’s Hyundai Rally1 i20, talks to us about the recent round of the WRC in Sardinia. Finally, Pat Lordon looks ahead to the GSMC Mini Stages Rally.

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. Season 3 Episode 27

Season 3, episode 27 of Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast - we catch up with Marty McCormack, Barney Mitchell and Mats van den Brand, who tell us about their recent win on the Rally de Asturias Historico in the Mats van den Brand built BMW M3 E30.  We hear about last weekend’s Jim Clark Rally from rally journalist Luke Barry, winning co-driver Mikie Galvin and 2nd place crew William Creighton & Liam Regan, who are also leading the British Rally Championship along with the Rally 4 podium contenders Kyle McBride, Ryan McHugh and Mark McGeehan.  We look ahead to the Limerick Circuit of Munster Rally with Press Officer Ivan Hurley.

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. Season 3 Episode 26

Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast – season 3, episode 26: this week, we are joined by guest co-host Luke Barry, rally journalist, as we speak to Josh McErlean and Desi Henry about their battle on the Tour of The Sperrins. Hear from Jonny Greer on securing his 5th Northern Ireland Rally Championship title.  

Lauren & Frank Kelly talk about their MKII Challenge win on the Carlow Stages Rally. 

We look ahead to Luke Barry’s local event, The Jim Clark Rally, round 3 of the British Rally Championship.

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. Season 3 Episode 25

On this week’s Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast, we chat to Josh McErlean about his fantastic result on WRC Portugal.

Hear from Gary McElhinney and Declan Casey, they competed in the Manx National Rally, a round of the British Historic Rally Championship.  

Crawford Henderson from Magherafelt and District Motor Club tells us about the upcoming Tour of the Sperrins Rally. 

We also hear from Aine Phelan about this weekend’s Carlow Stages Rally and the 20th Anniversary of the MKII Challenge.

 

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Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. Season 3 Episode 24

On the latest episode of Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast, we catch up with Assess Ireland International Rally of the Lakes top three Callum Devine, Matt Edwards, and Eddie Doherty, plus Rally4 winners Ioan Lloyd & Sion Williams and two-wheel drive winners Colin & Kieran O’Donoghue. Kevin O’Driscoll brings us up to date on the Irish Tarmac Championship. We chat to Donagh Kelly and Rory Kennedy about the European Historic Rally Championship. Hear from Jon Armstrong, Aoife Raftery and Hannah McKillop as they bring us up to speed on their ERC adventures on the Rally Islas Canaries. Look back at the Enniskillen Motor Club’s St Angelo May Day Stages Rally with Aaron McLaughlin, Darren Curran, Gareth Sayers, and Philip White.

 

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Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast Season 3 Episode 23

On this week’s Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. We talk to Josh McErlean who competed in the Terras D Aboboreira Rally as he debuted the TokSport Skoda Fabia Rally 2, finishing fifth overall. 

Desi Henry, the overall winner of the Maiden City Stages Rally, plus Damien Tourish, the first rear wheel drive car home, tell us about their adventures. 

Eamonn Kelly tells us about his work with MI Academy on the Rally Islas Canaries and his recent run at Deja Vu NorthWest.  

Finally, we look ahead to the Killarney International Rally of The Lakes with Killarney & District Motor Club’s Sean Moriarty & Ger Conway. They will give us all the information about the rally.

 

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