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Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast Series 3, Episode 37  We catch up with Mikie Galvin and Andy Hayes to look back at the Ulster Rally.   Sean Moriarity talks to us about the MI Academy ‘take-over’ on Rali Ceredigion, Aoife Raftery’s exciting WRC news and a special fundraiser for an injured biker, Anthony O'Carroll.   Kevin O’Driscoll joins us to preview the Galway Summer Rally.

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast – Series 3, episode 36.  On this week’s episode, we speak to Hollie & Jimmy McRae.  Catch up with M-Sport Team Principal Rich Millener.  2024 Ulster Rally Junior winner Philip White joins us, and Kevin O’Driscoll brings us up to speed on the Irish Tarmac Championship standings following the Ulster Rally.

Season 3, episode 27 of Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast - we catch up with Marty McCormack, Barney Mitchell and Mats van den Brand, who tell us about their recent win on the Rally de Asturias Historico in the Mats van den Brand built BMW M3 E30.  We hear about last weekend’s Jim Clark Rally from rally journalist Luke Barry, winning co-driver Mikie Galvin and 2nd place crew William Creighton & Liam Regan, who are also leading the British Rally Championship along with the Rally 4 podium contenders Kyle McBride, Ryan McHugh and Mark McGeehan.  We look ahead to the Limerick Circuit of Munster Rally with Press Officer Ivan Hurley.

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How good was it to have Rally New Zealand back on the WRC calendar, we catch up with Blair Bartels and he gives us his thoughts.

Killian Duffy talks about Deja Vu West, the Donegal Harvest Rally and he has some very exciting plans for 2023. Callum Devine is excited to get back in his Polo as he attempts to claim a hat-trick of wins on the Donegal Harvest. Eamon Mimnagh has a story to tell that will make you think. 

Latest Krunching Gears out now. In this episode we review the penultimate round of the British Rally Championship the Trackrod Rally. Also the Baltinglass Rally. We preview Deja Vu West and WRC - Rally New Zealand.  We’ve a stellar line up of champions this week ▪️Osian Pryce 🏆 BRC champ  ▪️Arthur Kierans 🏆 3 times BRC champion  ▪️Conor Mohan 🏆 JBRC co driver ▪️ Paddy McCrudden Baltinglass winning co driver 🍾  ▪️ The MacHale family. Austin, Aaron MacHale, Gareth Mac Hale and the grandkids. Irish Rallying legends.  All this and more…

Episode 32 of Krunching Gears is out now. We review the Omagh Motorclub Bushwhacker Rally. We preview Baltinglass Mini Stages and Trackrod Rally Yorkshire.  We speak to  ▪️Patrick O'Brien & Stephen O'Brien ▪️Cathan McCourt ▪️Liam Moynihan ▪️Alan Smyth & Gary McCrudden ▪️Ryan Caldwell & Grace O'Brien ▪️Jason Mitchell

Krunching Gears, lets talk rallying, The rally podcast out now. We review EKO Acropolis Rally & Wexford Rally. Preview the Omagh Motorclubs Bushwhacker Rally and exclusively reveal the top25.  ▪️Brian Hoy our new world champ ▪️Jon Armstrong & William Creighton ▪️Mikko Hirvonen & Andy Hayes ▪️Danny Mullins ▪️Niall Mc Gonigle  All this and so much more……

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Latest Krunching Gears, let’s talk rallying. The rally podcast out now. In this episode we review the latest British Rally Championship round Rali Ceredigion, we speak with newly crowned Junior BRC champ Eamonn Kelly and Academy BRC champ Kyle Mc Bride. We catch up with the winners from the Lakeland Stages, ran by Enniskillen Motor Club. We talk to Desi Henry, Cathan McCourt, Conor McCourt & Alan Smyth.  Danny Mullins, National hunt jockey is competing at the Wexford Rally this weekend and he helps us preview the event and explains how he got involved.  Listen as Kieran Ambrose discusses the exciting new initiative by Motorsport Ireland, the Marshals seminar, there are going to be various seminars across the country and it sounds fantastic.  All this and so much more…..

Episode 29 of Krunching Gears, Let’s Talk Rallying, The Rally Podcast, out now! We hear from Gareth Mac Hale, Andrew Purcell, Robert Barrable, Richard Moffett & Gary Kiernan as they prepare to go over the finish ramp at the Galway Summer Rally. We also discuss the Davagh Rally.  Keith Cronin gives us his thoughts on his year to date and looks forward to the Rali Ceredigion. Paddy Robinson tells us about the great year he’s having and how he’s looking forward to getting back onto gravel.  All this and more…..

Latest Krunching Gears, the Rally Podcast is out now! We discuss Ypres Rally. We review the Ulster Rally with Meirion Evans and Jonathan Jackson, as they celebrate their first rally Irish Tarmac Rally Championship win. Plus we grab a quick word from Jonny Greer, Jason Mitchell & Marty Toner. Also Neil Williams tells us about his successful ITRC campaign culminating in a win In Ulster and the Historic Championship. Shane McGirr looks forward to the upcoming gravel rallies and gives us some details on his exciting new car which he hopes to debut before the end of the season. All this and more…..

Latest Krunching Gears, the rally podcast. Another stellar lineup. We look back at the Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally with Patrick O'Brien. Johnnie Mulholland and Matt Cotton give us their take on the Grampian Forest Rally and the British Rally Championship to date. We look forward to the season finale of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship the Ulster Rally. Where Meirion Evans gives us his views. We also talk Ardeca Ypres Rally. All this and more……. 

Krunching Gears the Rally podcast is back!! This week we talk to: ▪️Jon Armstrong ahead of his fundraiser on Saturday evening  ▪️Adam Hall (Rally Insight) explains the various scenarios ahead of the final round of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship ▪️Desi Henry tells us how he hopes to have the issues that have plagued him in Donegal behind him and ready to push hard on the Ulster Rally ▪️Simon Reid reviews his year to date and what his approach will be going to the Ulster Rally.  ▪️Hayden Paddon on his return to the WRC and his hopes for his new team. 

All this and much more! 

Episode 25 of Krunching Gears is out now! Beatty Crawford & Rory Kennedy, remember the late great Paddy Hopkirk. Jonny Greer tells us about winning the Down Rally and wrapping up the Northern Ireland Rally Championship. Gordon Noble looks forward to the Cork 20 International Rally. Plus Jason Dickson & Aoife Raftery look back on their year to date and look forward to the rest of the season.  

Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast – season 3, episode 26: this week, we are joined by guest co-host Luke Barry, rally journalist, as we speak to Josh McErlean and Desi Henry about their battle on the Tour of The Sperrins. Hear from Jonny Greer on securing his 5th Northern Ireland Rally Championship title.  

Lauren & Frank Kelly talk about their MKII Challenge win on the Carlow Stages Rally. 

We look ahead to Luke Barry’s local event, The Jim Clark Rally, round 3 of the British Rally Championship.

The latest Krunching Gears episode is out now.  WRC chat as Aaron Johnston, Josh McErlean, Jon Armstrong & William Creighton gives us their Rally Estonia thoughts.  Also, Marty McCormack & Barney Mitchell tell us about their thrilling historic European adventures, plus Frank Kelly describes his year to date and relives his Hungarian exploits. 

In this latest episode of Krunching Gears we look back at the latest round of the British Rally Championship, The Nicky Grist Stages. We speak to rally winner Osian Pryce, plus second place co-driver Mikie Galvin.  Also we catch-up with Eamonn Kelly winner of the  junior section of the rally. We also look forward to Rally Estonia as the WRC reaches its midpoint and The Stonethrowers Rally in Tipperary as Josh Moffett looks to wrap up the National Rally Championship.  

In this episode of Krunching Gears we talk with Dave Moynihan as he retells his Donegal International Rally experience. Patrick O'Brien looks back at the Moonraker Rally, and Ryan Mac Hugh gives us his thoughts on his rallying career to date! Plus we catch up with the top 3 from North Armagh Loughgall Stages Aaron McLaughlin, Damian Toner and Marty Toner.

In this Krunching Gears podcast we conclude our Donegal International Rally special. In true RPM style we look at some of the class winners and podium finishers and talk with: Kevin Gallagher Brian Brady Ryan Caldwell Max McRae Kevin Mclaughlin Tommy O’Connell 

Donegal International Rally special we catch up with overall winners Josh Moffett & Andy Hayes.  Also we speak to: Meirion Evans Gareth Mac Hale Also we hear from the legends on Sunday as part of the50th celebrations. Plus Andy Walsh reaches fever pitch!! Once again I’m joined by Conor Edwards plus special co-host Luke Barry. 

In this episode we talk to: ▪️Jonny Greer ▪️Cathan McCourt ▪️Peader Hurson  ▪️Ryan Loughran ▪️Josh Moffett ▪️Robert Barrable ▪️Eamonn Kelly ▪️Killian Duffy ▪️Matt Edwards

We review Rally Sardegna, Tyrone Stages, Circuit of Munster and look forward to Donegal International Rally. 

In this episode, we catch up with Eamonn Kelly & Conor Mohan as they had a storming drive on round two of the BRC.  We preview WRC Rally Italia Sardegna, the Tyrone Stages and the Circuit of Munster Stages Rally. We also catch up with Gareth McHale as he prepares to return to rallying and David Bogie as he gets back to grips with rallying on the tarmac. 

You only thought last week was busy! We review Rally Portugal, Maiden City Stages, plus we preview British Rally Championship round 2 The Jim Clark Rally and finally Déjà Vu Tours as they land in Tralee!

We speak with! 

▪️Aaron Johnston ▪️Josh McErlean ▪️Jon Armstrong ▪️Desi Henry & Paddy Robinson ▪️Cathan McCourt & Liam Moynihan ▪️Garry Jennings & Rory Kennedy ▪️Damien Tourish ▪️Camillus Bradley ▪️Meirion Evans ▪️Sean Moriarty & Beatty Crawford

We keep saying it’s a jammed packed show but…. In this episode we hear from;

▪️Josh Moffett

▪️Darren Gass

▪️Declan Boyle

▪️Kevin Eves

▪️Ed O Callaghan

▪️Frank Kelly

▪️Ryan Loughran

▪️Josh McErlean

▪️James Fulton

▪️Desi Henry

We review the Carlow Stages Rally and preview Rally de Portugal & Maiden City Stages. All this and more in just over one hour!!

On this week’s Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast, we chat to Josh McErlean about his fantastic result on WRC Portugal.

Hear from Gary McElhinney and Declan Casey, they competed in the Manx National Rally, a round of the British Historic Rally Championship.  

Crawford Henderson from Magherafelt and District Motor Club tells us about the upcoming Tour of the Sperrins Rally. 

We also hear from Aine Phelan about this weekend’s Carlow Stages Rally and the 20th Anniversary of the MKII Challenge.

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We look back at Croatia Rally, Monaghan Stages Rally & Corbeau Seats Rally Tendring & Clacton plus look forward to Rally Of The Lakes.

We catch up with:

▪️Josh Moffett ▪️Sam Moffett ▪️Darren Gass ▪️Damien Tourish ▪️Dessie Keenan ▪️Mikie Galvin ▪️Colin O'Donoghue

A jammed packed show in store!!

Circuit of Ireland review on this weeks Krunching Gears. Adam Hall and myself give our though and we also catch up with:

▪️Alastair Fisher ▪️Gordon Noble ▪️Callum Devine ▪️Shane Byrne ▪️Daniel Mc Kenna ▪️Andrew Grennan

We also look forward to Croatia Rally & Monaghan Stages coming up this weekend. 

Andy Walsh explains his thought process behind climbing Croke Patrick. If you can please donate to his idonate page, the response so far has been unbelievable  

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Jordan Hone also joins us to tell about his season in his R5 Fiesta, plus we discuss the Birr Rally! 

Have you have ever wondered what makes the East African Classic Safari Rally such a special event? Richard Tuthill, Alex Gelsomino, Colin McMaster and Andy Brown give us a glimpse behind the scenes of the Tuthill Porsche team as they tackle one of the greatest challenges in the world of rallying. Epic tales and heartwarming stories abound! 

We review the West Cork Rally, this rally had it all, fantastic entry list, close battles, classic stages, and fab weather! Hear from: ▪️Jonathan Jackson  ▪️Robert Duggan ▪️William Creighton ▪️Daniel Mc Kenna

In this episode, there is a glut of interviews!! Previewing West Cork, we speak to: Donagh Kelly Alastair Fisher Declan Gallagher Frank Kelly Grace O'Brien Also, we catch up with Seb Perez & Gary McElhinney as they celebrate winning the Rally Clasico Mallorca in the Porsche 911. Plus the top 3 finishers at the second round of the Northern Ireland Rally Championship at Bishopscourt. 

Episode six. It’s jammed packed with interviews. We hear from:

▪️Josh McErlean ▪️Josh Moffett ▪️Robert Barrable ▪️Paddy Robinson ▪️Stephen Wright ▪️Sara Mc Fadden ▪️Graeme Stewart

Much to celebrate and talk about again this week. 

In this episode we look back at Rally Sweden, Samsonas Rally Fivemiletown and preview Mayo Stages Rally. Interviews with:   ▪️Jon Armstrong  ▪️Aaron Johnston   ▪️Desi Henry ▪️Cathan McCourt ▪️Vivian Hamill ▪️David Crossan ▪️Adrian Hetherington ▪️Robert Barrable ▪️Eamonn Kelly It’s a busy show!!!

On the latest episode of Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast, we catch up with Assess Ireland International Rally of the Lakes top three Callum Devine, Matt Edwards, and Eddie Doherty, plus Rally4 winners Ioan Lloyd & Sion Williams and two-wheel drive winners Colin & Kieran O’Donoghue. Kevin O’Driscoll brings us up to date on the Irish Tarmac Championship. We chat to Donagh Kelly and Rory Kennedy about the European Historic Rally Championship. Hear from Jon Armstrong, Aoife Raftery and Hannah McKillop as they bring us up to speed on their ERC adventures on the Rally Islas Canaries. Look back at the Enniskillen Motor Club’s St Angelo May Day Stages Rally with Aaron McLaughlin, Darren Curran, Gareth Sayers, and Philip White.

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On this week’s Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. We talk to Josh McErlean who competed in the Terras D Aboboreira Rally as he debuted the TokSport Skoda Fabia Rally 2, finishing fifth overall. 

Desi Henry, the overall winner of the Maiden City Stages Rally, plus Damien Tourish, the first rear wheel drive car home, tell us about their adventures. 

Eamonn Kelly tells us about his work with MI Academy on the Rally Islas Canaries and his recent run at Deja Vu NorthWest.  

Finally, we look ahead to the Killarney International Rally of The Lakes with Killarney & District Motor Club’s Sean Moriarty & Ger Conway. They will give us all the information about the rally.

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In this episode of Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast, we have a busy show again. 

We talk WRC with Rich Millener and how he feels the year has gone so far for M Sport. 

William Creighton and Liam Regan give us their thoughts on Rally Croatia. 

Closer to home round three of the National Rally Championship, the Birr Stages Rally took place last weekend. We hear from third-place driver David Kelly. John Warren and Ruthann O’Connor had their first event in a Fiesta R5, hear about the fun they had. 

The Rally4 class saw an epic battle, hear from the winners Gareth Deazley and Oisin Joyce. 

This weekend sees Deja Vu North West revisit some famous Rally Ireland, Sligo and Donegal stages. Plum Tyndall gives us an overview of the event. 

In this episode of Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast, we have an incredible lineup waiting for you! We begin by delving into the WRC with Rich Millener, who offers his expert opinion on M-Sport's performance this year. We also have William Creighton and Liam Regan, who join us to share their insights on the Rally Croatia.

But that is not all! We take a closer look at the Birr Stages Rally, which took place last weekend, and talk to none other than the third-place driver, David Kelly. 

We also chat with John Warren and Ruthann O'Connor, who reveal their thrilling experience of driving a Fiesta R5 for the first time.

The Rally4 class witnessed an epic battle, and we speak to the winners Gareth Deazley and Oisin Joyce, who share their journey to victory.

And the excitement does not end there! Deja Vu North West is all set to revisit some of the most famous Rally Ireland, Sligo, and Donegal stages this weekend. To give us an overview of the event, we have Plum Tyndall, who will take us through the event highlights.

And finally, to wrap up the show, Sean Doherty helps us preview the Eakin Bros Rally, organised by Maiden City MC this is the third round of the Northern Ireland Rally Championship.

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Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. In this episode, we catch up with the latest happenings in the European Rally Championship. There were three MI Rally Academy teams competing in Rally Hungary. We spoke with Jon Armstrong and Eoin Treacy, who competed in their M-Sport Fiesta Rally 2 and Junior ERC competitors Aoife Raftery and Jack Brennan. Round two of the British Rally Championship, Rallynuts, took place last weekend. We hear from the winners Osian Pryce and Rhodri Evans. We also spoke to Derek Mackerel and Ryan MacHugh after they had a great day in round two of the Irish Forestry Championship, The Willie Loughman Rally. Derek took his first outright win, Ryan scored another highly impressive Rally4 category win. We also hear from Shane McGirr and Denver Rafferty as they took the two-wheel drive victory in the mighty Lada.  Finally, Eoin Longworth joins us to give us all the details from round three of the National Rally Championship, the Birr Stages which takes place this weekend.

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast, Series 3, Episode 20: Luke Barry joins us as a co-presenter. We chat to the top three finishers from the Monaghan Stages Rally – Josh Moffett, Sam Moffett and Eddie Doherty, plus the top modified finisher Daniel McKenna.   We review the WRC Safari Rally Kenya with Toyota co-driver Aaron Johnston and Hyundai engineer Jamie McMillan.   Wrapping up this week’s podcast, we look forward to RallyNuts, ERC Hungary and the Willie Loughman rallies.

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Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast Series 3, Episode 19.  In the latest instalment, we look back at the Circuit of Ireland with overall winners Matt Edwards & Dave Moynihan. We also hear from the winners of the modified category Jason Black & Karl Egan plus the winner of the rally’s historic section Tomas Davies.   Joining us this week to discuss their exciting news for 2024 are Motorsport Ireland Academy, members Aoife Raftery and Jack Brennan. Finally, we catch up with Thomas Treanor and Kerry Stevenson as we look forward to this weekend’s Monaghan Stages Rally.

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Krunching Gears - The Rally PodcastSeries 3, episode 18: This week joining us is Luke Barry to look back at the first round of the Probite British Rally Championship at the Legend Fires North West Stages. We speak with the podium finishers, Chris Ingram, Liam Regan and Meirion Evans.  Closer to home, we speak with Graeme Stewart, Event Director for the Circuit of Ireland. Also, hear from Kevin O’Driscoll on his thoughts ahead of the third round of the Irish Tarmac Championship at the Circuit of Ireland.

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Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast – Series 3, Episode 35:  We are back after the summer break.  We talk to Jason Mitchell and Niall McGonigle, who finished 1st & 2nd respectively at the Jim Walsh Cork Forestry Rally.   William Creighton talks about round 4 of the British Rally Championship, the Grampian Rally.   We chat with Josh McErlean and Eamonn Kelly about their exploits in WRC Finland. We look ahead to the Ulster Rally with David Gray, Ulster Automobile Club Chairman.

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast, Series 3, Episode 17: In this special episode, we chat with Jon Armstrong and Eoin Treacy. They will be undertaking the full European Rally Championship (ERC) during the 2024 season.   Jon and Eoin will be piloting an M-Sport Rally2 Fiesta in all eight rounds of the championship with the support of the Motorsport Ireland Academy. With a mixture of three gravel and five asphalt events, the ERC will get underway on April 12th in Hungary.

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast episode 16 of Series 3, we look back at the West Cork Rally, round two of the Irish Tarmac Championship, with Mikie Galvin, Matt Edwards, William Creighton, Chris Melly, Ryan MacHugh and Kevin Horgan.  We also look ahead to the first round of the British Rally Championship, the North West Stages, with Matt Cotton.

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. Series 3, Episode 15, sees us chatting with Niall Burns, Darren Curran and Kyle White about their Bishopscourt Rally escapades. Seb Perez & Gary McElhinney talk about their victory on Rally Clasico Isla de Mallorca. Sinead Canny tells us about the MI Women in Motorsport Commission event last week and about competing in the West Cork Rally. Mikie Galvin talks West Cork Rally and this year’s British Rally Championship campaign with Keith Cronin. Kevin O’Driscoll brings us up to speed on what we can expect in round two of the Irish Tarmac Championship in West Cork.

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast, episode 14, We hear from William Creighton on his 2024 British Rally Championship campaign.    Jonathan Pringle talks about his MK2 adventures on the first round of the National Rally Championship in Mayo.   Brian Crawford, CoC for the Bishopscourt Stages rally, tells us about the 2nd round of the NI Rally Championship.   We hear from Peter Dowds and Jordan Hone and their participation in the Micra Challenge.   Ronan Cox brings us up to speed on the Enniskillen Motor Club’s “Castle to the Summit” Targa Rally.   We hear from Patrica Denning & Gretchen Swinburne as they embark on Rally Jameel in Saudia Arabia.  We close with breaking news from Josh McErlean on his rally plans for 2024! If you enjoyed this episode, a follow/subscribe would be brilliant.

In this episode of Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast, we get a chance to hear some fantastic rally stories.  We review the Samonas Rally Fivemiletown, talking to overall winners Niall McGonigle and Caolan McKenna.  Hannah Davison tells us of her travels from across the world from the co-driver seat. Finally, Laura McMenamin joins us to tell us about the Mayo Stages Rally that kicks off the National Rally Championship this Sunday. 

In this latest episode William Creighton joins us to announce that Liam Regan and himself are competing on the West Cork Rally in their M-Sport supported Fiesta Rally 2.

In this episode, we look back at WRC Sweden with guest co-host Luke Barry and chat with Aaron Johnston on his and Takamoto Katsuta's event, Eamonn Kelly & Conor Mohan with Willie Mavitty about the start of their Junior WRC campaign and with WRC2 contenders William Creighton & Liam Regan.

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