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‘A strange way to win,’ says Keith Cronin after defending his West Cork Rally crown

March 20th, 2025 8:30 AM

By Martin Walsh

‘A strange way to win,’ says Keith Cronin after defending his West Cork Rally crown Image
Keith Cronin (Citroen C3 Rally2) and his co-driver Mikie Galvin won the Clonakilty Park Hotel West Cork Rally. (Photo: Martin Walsh)

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KEITH Cronin is a back-to-back Clonakilty Park Hotel West Cork Rally champion, but his coronation came after some final-day drama on Sunday.

Reigning champion Cronin and his Killarney co-driver Mikie Galvin were awarded victory when Fermanagh's Jon Armstrong and his Donegal co-driver Shane Byrne were excluded from the event after it was found that they had contravened the regulations, insofar as their Ford Fiesta Rally2, contrary to the regulations, did not finish the 18-stage rally on its own power.

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