EVANS AIMS AT ANOTHER IRISH TARMAC RALLY CAMPAIGN
Volkswagen battler buoyed by recent Ulster triumph and wants more
Welshman Meirion Evans hopes his Ulster Rally victory will be the springboard to a successful campaign in next year’s Irish Tarmac Rally Championship.
His VW Polo R5 triumph in Ulster was Evans’ maiden success in a round of the ITRC.
Evans moved into the lead when overnight leader Desi Henry retired his Ford Fiesta
Rally2 on Saturday’s opening stage.
“It’s been a long time coming, too many seconds, but finally, I have got a win,” said the Lampeter driver as he paid tribute to his rival and Tarmac champion Josh Moffett. “Josh deserves it. He’s been the best of the lot of us all season. For me, it’s my second time in the championship and we have run him close to the end and we have got a win. With some experience we can build and go a bit faster next year. I really enjoyed West
Cork and Donegal. Galway always provides a pretty good challenge but it is hard to enjoy it with the weather.”
On the issue of double points for the final event, he added: “Double points will always leave the championship open until the last round. There was a lot for Josh to lose, he could have thrown a year’s good work away. For those of us chasing, it leaves it open, perhaps we can have a more serious chat about it over the winter.”