The latest Round of the Irish National Off-Road Series was held in Banbridge. The event saw another good turn out of +30 drivers taking part in both the Buggy and Truggy event. 

I the Buggy section it was always going to be a close run affair, during the heats 12 cars completed the same number of laps which would see a a close battle come the A final. In the Buggy C final the win went to C.Whelan with K.Devane coming in second. In the B Final after some good battling A.Rennick who started in fourth ran out winner with D.Stewart who made the biggest improvement after starting in 8th place to finish up in second.  The A Final was dominated from start to finish by the eventual winner M.Todd after the Pole driver for the final suffer problem on the first lap losing him valueable time along with the any chance of the race win. Behind 2nd and 3rd place the battle was on with two drivers swapping positions for much of the race but it was B.Abernethy who was to win out in the end to claim 2nd with G.Baird finishing in 3rd on the Podium.

In the Truggy again it was going to be a close race with half the field qualifiying only a few seconds apart. In the Final it was the top 3 qualifying drivers who made the early moves with position swapping for much of the first stint. After the pitstop it was Bradley and Chris who had made ground on the rest of the pack and it stayed that way for the remainder of the race . B.Baird finish 1st with C.McCauley finishing close in second place, R.Skelly who started in fourth round of the poduim finishing in third place overall.

 

Next round of the 2009 series is in Galway on August 16th.

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