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 wi ..read more

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 Champio ..read more

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. Did you enjoy this latest episode? Could you, please like and subscribe, and be notified whenever a new insta ..read more

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. We hope yo ..read more

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. We hope you enjoyed the content. Could you please, like, rate, and subscribe it would ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 W ..read more

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 Pat ..read more

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.  ..read more