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Quality line-up provides fitting finale to the Mondello season

Motor Sport : The three leading drivers in the EuroBoss series, Klass Zwart (Netherlands), Johnny Larsen (Denmark) and Patrick…

Brian Foley
Fri Sept 08 2006 - 01:00

Motor Sport: The three leading drivers in the EuroBoss series, Klass Zwart (Netherlands), Johnny Larsen (Denmark) and Patrick D'Aubreby (France) drive ex-Formula One Benettons in the two feature races at Mondello Park tomorrow (3.15) and Sunday (2.45).

The EuroBoss entry also includes more exotic machinery such as Arrows, Coloni and Simtex ex-F1 cars and a pair of Dallara Nissan World Series cars. Dan Daly, Bob Copeland, Alan Kessie, John Naylor, Donal Griffin and Dan Rooney in Formula 3000 cars plus Formula Atlantic drivers Ken Fildes and Simon McKinley form the impressive Irish line-up in the two EuroBoss races. Daly on 77 points and Fildes (69) will also compete for championship honours in the final round of the Irish Formula Libre series on Sunday (11.10).

Additional noise and spectacle will be provided by Michael Devaney who will debut the latest A1 Team Ireland car in its new colours on both days (tomorrow 3.45 and Sun 3.25) in advance of the 2006/07 A1 Grand Prix World Cup which starts at Zandvoort in Holland on October 1st.

Very close racing is ensured in the Leinster Trophy race on Sunday (3.40) with at least eight Irish Formula Ford drivers - 2005 winner Neville Smyth, Noel Dunne, Morgan Dempsey, Paul Dagg, Alan Dwyer, and the top Northern trio of Ivor McCullough, Kris Loane and Michael Edgar - all capable of claiming this historic trophy.

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Britain's leading Formula Ford 1600 driver Ed Moore may find it all rather daunting against the incredibly strong North-South Irish competition on an unfamiliar circuit, but he must be considered a serious challenger.

It all adds up to a fitting finale to the Mondello season.

Wexford's Eamonn Boland, five times winner of the Wexford Rally, leads off the usual capacity entry in the 35th running of the event this weekend. The top seeds after Boland are Noel Redmond, Kevin Barrett, Welshmen Mel Evans and John Price, David James, PJ McGrath, Eddie Garry, George Cullen and new forestry champion John McCarthy.

WEEKEND FIXTURES: Tomorrow - Wexford MC, Dick Bailey Stages Rally, starts Wexford, 9.30am; Leinster MC, Motor Racing, Mondello Park, 1.45pm.

Sunday - Wexford MC, Dick Bailey Stages Rally, restarts Wexford, 9.30am; Leinster MC, Motor Racing, Mondello Park, 9.50am.