Clive Kilpatrick driving his Evo 5
New videos showing Clive Kilpatrick driving on the Ulster and Monaghan rallies are now available on the video section.
Clive is driving his Mitsubishi Evo 5 and is co-driven by Ian Johnston on the Monaghan Rally 2009 and Richard Hunniford on the Ulster Rally 2009.
Clive narrowly missed out on a top 10 finish at the Ulster where he ended up in 11th place overall and second in Class 8.
For the First time The Gullion Rally will also be open to 4WD competitors (except WRC).
Clive Kilpatrick takes on a night stage in his Evo 5
It is also The final Round of the Highly successful Pacenotes ANICC 2wd Rally championship, with a lot of classes still to be decided there should be some interesting battles on the stages
NADMC will once again be using the the Camlough Mountain Stage as the opener, which received high reviews for competitors when used for the Mourne Rally earlier in the year after having had major resurfacing work and a lot of forestry clearance done. This is followed by the demanding “Big” Gullion test, which always provides a good challenge.
Ulster 2009
Clive and Richard were placed as high as 8th over all at one stage but an over shoot at a junction on stage 3 and brake and clutch trouble on stages 4 and 5 cost them time which dropped them to 14th. After a service the Crozier Motor sport Engineering team replaced the clutch and brakes, witch meant Clive could again fight for that top 10 finished he wanted, but on the second last stage they had another over shoot costing them 10th but eventually finished 11th o/a in their Auto Seekers Ni .com backed Mitsubishi Evo.
Crozier Motorsport Engineering in action at Mayo Stages 2009
Mayo stages was one of Clive and Ian’s toughest rallies to date. Stage 1 was cancelled due to snow and hail on the mountain stage. But on stage 2 the duo made a fast start to the rally and almost a fast exit from the rally with the car getting out of shape over a very fast crest into a double jump. With the extreme weather they were struggling to gain grip and overshot a chicane on stage 3 luckily escaping any damage to the car.
After a few adjustments had been made at service, they got into a steady rhythm and completed the next loop of stages 3rd in class despite brake problems. This was remedied at the second service by ‘Crozier Motorsport Engineering’ when they replaced the front discs which had warped.
Big Jump @ Mayo
On the final loop they were back on pace and moved into 2nd in class which left them 32nd overall out of 141 starters. Clive remarked that ‘a lot of experience has been gained from this outing’ and was well pleased with the performance of the Hankook tyres. This result leaves them in a good position for round 2 at Monaghan.
Thanks again to all of our loyal sponsors, Triton Showers (Ireland), Worldwide Property Portfolio, NFU Mutual, Glamour Boutique, Flog TheLot and IDGNI.
Class 15 winners - Mourne Rally 2008
Clive and navigator Ian Johnson owner of ID Graphics NI are all set for round 1 of the Border Rally Championship this weekend in Castlebar, County Mayo.
Crozier Motorsport have just completed a new engine rebuild so Clive is in good shape to compete in Class 15.
After a short test yesterday Clive commented ”The car feels like it has a lot more power and we are confident that we will be well placed come Sunday afternoon.”
We are pleased to announce our new sponsor for 2009 Flog the Lot.ie who join many of our existing sponsors who remain with the team this year. We are grateful for their continuing support.
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January 13, 2010 8:28 pm | 
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