Gary Baird doubles at Irish Nationals Rd3

Due to weather conditions early on in the year round 3 of the Irish 1/8th Off-road Nationals had been washed out so the rerun filled the reserve date. The weather was quiet a different story this time with 20 degree Celsius and the sun blazing over the CRCCC’s very fast and flowing European style track where any small mistakes punish big time. Qualification was nip and tuck with four drivers swapping places, Gary Baird, Alan Scroggie, Barkley Abernethy and Andrew McClean. Ultimately Scroggie was to take TQ on a tie by 1 second on the final run.

In the main final things where pretty tight at the start with the same four runners pulling away from the rest of the field. Barkley lost nearly four minutes with an engine issue but rejoined for the last 20 minutes while Andrew McLean showed that he had the pace and looked really settled and controlled. Alan Scroggie followed Gary Baird home in a respectful and well driven 2nd and with Gary Baird taking the win in both nitro and electric everything is bunched up for the final round in Navan at the end of the month as two points separate three drivers.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]