The new Clerk of the Course for the Donegal Motor Club’s Harvest Stages Rally has announced Regulations for the rally are now available to download and that the first entry is already on its way.
Sam Pearson, who will host the event at Jacksons Hotel and Leisure Centre in Ballybofey, Co. Donegal on October 13, said the event should be a ‘fitting climax’ to the rally series.
Pearson said: “I invite all competitors to Jacksons Hotel in Ballybofey for what we plan to be a fitting climax to three major rally series – the Triton Showers National, The Sligo Pallets Border and the Donegal Commercials Motor Club Rally Championships.
The Rally is already generating strong interest, not least from overseas, with the news that David Bogie, the British and multiple-Scottish Championship winner is queueing up at the door with a very special entry.
A week after he competes for Skoda on Rally GB, the UK’s round of the World Rally Championship, the winner of the National Section of the Donegal International Rally in 2016 will take to the starting line in the Harvest Rally with a highly developed Mark 2 Escort.
“I have always loved coming to Donegal and had a great win at the International Rally in 2016. That was some weekend,” Bogie said.
“We have a lot of friends in Ireland who keep telling us we should come back and do the Harvest. When I saw they had nearly fifty Mark 2 Escorts in the rally last year, I could hardly believe it.
“It’s the natural home of these cars. My Escort is being rebuilt with a special Millington Engine, and the Harvest will be its first outing.
“I can’t wait to get it out and enjoy the craic again in Donegal,” Bogie added. “I’m hearing that a fair number of Scottish drivers want to do the rally this year. Be warned, this often ends with bagpipes.”
Regulations for the Rally are now available in the download section of the Motor Club’s website.
