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Fact file Name: Sarah Whelan
Age: 18
Hometown: Galway
Occupation: Student
Driver or Navigator: Navigator
Car: Honda Civic
Motor Club: Galway Motor Club
Hobbies: Soccer
Sponsors: C&L Industrial Ltd, Boge Air Compressors and Ambirad Heating Systems.
Question Time
Q1 How did you get started in rallying?
Grew up watching my father
Q2 First event you competed on?
Galway Summer Stages Rally 2009
Q3 How many rallies do you compete in during a year?
5-6
Q4 Favourite rally car?
MK2 or Citroen C4
Q5 Favourite rally driver?
Colin Macrae
Q6 What sort of pace notes do you use and anything they could do to improve them?
Killian Duffy, 1st fastest
Q7 One thing you would change in Irish Rallying?
Juniors getting more TV coverage
Q8 Most memorial moment in Rallying?
Sitting on the start line of my first rally. Never forget the nerves
Q9 The moment you would most like to forget in rallying?
Went off on the first stage of the Galway International 2010, had to do Sunday run
Q10 If you had €50,000 to spend on rallying, what would you do?
Get myself my licence first then probably a Civic Eg6
Q11 Who in your opinion is the best young Irish driver at the moment?
Keith Cronin
Q12 What would be the best tip you could give to competitors starting out in rallying?
Dont take it too seriously
Q13 Your favourite stage you competed on?
Black Road
Q14 Who in rallying has influenced you most to date?
My father and both brothers
Q15 After 1 year with the new Hans equipment what is your opinion of the safety device?
Uncomfortable but works wonders over jumps
Fact file Name: James Whelan
Age: 21
Hometown: Galway
Occupation: Fitter
Driver or Navigator: Driver
Car: Honda Civic
Motor Club: Galway Motor Club
Hobbies: Soccer
Sponsors: C&L Industrial, Boge Air Compressors and Ambirad Heating Systems
Question Time
Q1 How did you get started in rallying?
My dad was rallying since before i was born and i grew up watching him.
Q2 First event you competed on?
Navigated in Birr Stages Rally 2006
Q3 How many rallies do you compete in during a year?
5-6. Depending on money
Q4 Favourite rally car?
Gotta be a Mk2 or Opel Manta
Q5 Favourite rally driver?
Bertie Fisher
Q6 What sort of pace notes do you use and anything they could do to improve them?
Just started on Killian Duffy’s notes and they seem to be very good, he cuts out all the crap.
Q7 One thing you would change in Irish Rallying?
I think Juniors should get more acknowledgement. In rallies they seem to be always forgotten about.
Q8 Most memorial moment in Rallying?
Gettin’ out of the passenger seat and driving for the first time.
Q9 The moment you would most like to forget in rallying?
My brother rolling my rally car that i just bought off him
Q10 If you had €50,000 to spend on rallying, what would you do?
Buy a C2R2 MAX
Q11 Who in your opinion is the best young Irish driver at the moment?
Alistair Fisher
Q12 What would be the best tip you could give to competitors starting out in rallying?
Buy a Civic. Cheap but fun.
Q13 Your favourite stage you competed on?
The Black Road
Q14 Who in rallying has influenced you most to date?
My father and my brother.
Q15 After 1 year with the new Hans equipment what is your opinion of the safety device?
I find them uncomfortable but if it has to be done, it has to be done.
Q16 What tyre manufacture do you use and why? (Driver only)
Dunlop because there value for money
