Preparations are ongoing at VSM’s headquarters in Derry for round nine of the Dunlop National Rally Championship with five of our customers competing on the the Seaview Hotel Harvest Rally 2009 on Saturday 10th October.

Running number 4 on the road is PJ Mc Dermott and Francis Regan in their Subaru Impreza WRC S11.  PJ has only done one rally this year competing on the Topaz Donegal International Rally so will be a bit rusty but has showed in the past that he is capable of setting some good times on the Donegal tarmac.

At number 14 and 15 are the Bustard brothers, Trevor and Kenny and Danny Mac Bride and Ambrose Given both in Mitsubishi Evo’s. Trevor and Kenny have had a good couple of months lately with 3rd in Group N in Galway and then a Group N win in Clare. Danny hasn’t done much rallying this year but will be looking forward to the rally after claiming 2nd in Group N at the recent Castle Mini-Stages.

At number 21 is Pat Kirk and Peter Ward also in a Group N Mitsubishi Evo. The duo have had some good results this year and will be hoping for another on this tough rally.

At number 78 are Shaun Callaghan and Barry Callaghan in their Subaru Impreza N11. The Donegal crew didn’t compete on the Harvest Rally last year when it was based in Ardara but are looking forward to the rally this year.

The crews with start the rally at 9.30am with nine challenging stages to tackle and 129 stage kilometres to complete. Service will be based in the Bunbeg Business Park and after the final stage has been completed, the winner will be crowned at the HQ, the Seaview Hotel around 6pm.

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