{"id":32989,"date":"2022-08-25T00:07:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T23:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=32989"},"modified":"2022-08-31T17:09:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T16:09:40","slug":"modern-tyres-ulster-rally-concludes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/modern-tyres-ulster-rally-concludes\/32989","title":{"rendered":"Modern Tyres Ulster Rally concludes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32987 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299750803_5647847265262499_8543198385045870660_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299750803_5647847265262499_8543198385045870660_n.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299750803_5647847265262499_8543198385045870660_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299750803_5647847265262499_8543198385045870660_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299750803_5647847265262499_8543198385045870660_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299750803_5647847265262499_8543198385045870660_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the second consecutive year, Modern Tyres was the headline sponsor of the Ulster Rally, which took place last weekend from 19th-20th August.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Started in 1965 by the late Jimmy Byrne, Modern Tyres has grown to become Ireland\u2019s largest retail tyre company. It has 45 branches in Ireland, including its state-of-the-art facility in Newry\u2019s Carnbane Industrial Estate \u2013 the backdrop for the rally\u2019s service park and finish celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Having been staged later than normal last year due to the pandemic, the Ulster Rally returned to its traditional summer slot and hosted the final round of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Ulster Rally also reverted back to a popular two-day format, with the Friday leg totalling 27 competitive miles and the deciding Saturday leg challenging crews to the tune of 67 miles.<\/p>\n<p>Competing in a VW Polo R5, the Welsh pairing of Meirion Evans and Jonathan Jackson ended the nine stages with a lead of over two minutes to clinch their first-ever win in the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second consecutive year, Modern Tyres was the headline sponsor of the Ulster Rally, which took place last weekend from 19th-20th August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":32987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[654,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-irish-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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