Duggan Is Donegal Bound With Fiesta R5 Switch
Motorsport News|May 30,2018

The 2016 Prestone Motorsport News Junior British Rally champion Rob Duggan will make his R5 debut on next month’s Donegal International Rally, as he is reunited with his championship-winning co-driver Ger Conway.

Duggan Is Donegal Bound With Fiesta R5 Switch
The deal to drive the Ford Fiesta R5 came together after the Killarney driver’s class-winning performance on th recent Rally of the Lakes in Killarney, where he set a th - fastest time overall against R5 and WRC cars, in his modified Ford Escort Mk2, on the famous Molls Gap stage.

“After Killarney we had such a good run there, a few sponsors came forward,” said Duggan. “They were willing to support the whole thing.

“We got an entry in, and it all started coming together pretty quickly.

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