Alastair Fisher Motorsport Rally of the Lakes Update
A roundup of the Rally of the Lakes 2019 and a brilliant performance by Alastair Fisher holding onto his solid 2nd place with team mate Gordon Noble.
Alastair Fisher Motorsport 2019 Report Craig Breen & Paul Nagle in a Ford Fiesta R5 took a hard fought victory in the Cartell.ie International Rally of the Lakes in Killarney to edge closer to the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship.
The Waterford / Kerry pairing took their fourth consecutive win to move eighteen points clear of Alastair Fisher & Gordon Noble. Like in two of the previous rounds Fisher proved to be Breen’s closest rival and at the end of the events sixteen stages the Fermanagh driver was only 14.9 second behind Breen.
Callum Devine and Brian Hoy made it a Ford Fiesta 1-2-3 after another excellent performance where they set several fastest times over the weekend. Breen led from the start but was pushed all the way by Fisher who in turn fended off a second day challenge from Devine with all three drivers a long way clear of Desi Henry & Liam Moynihan in fourth place.
Post race report from http://www.irishtarmac.com
Provisional Championship Top 3 Overall
1 – Craig Breen 68pts.
2 – Alastair Fisher 50pts.
3 – Desi Henry 32pts.
"Killarney Rally of the Lakes delivered this weekend, the stages were just superb. After a tough 230km we finished 2nd OA 14 seconds behind winners Craig Breen & Paul Nagle. Thanks to Gordon Noble on the notes and to the Dominic Buckley for the car preparation. Definitely one to remember." — Alastair Fisher