{"id":34021,"date":"2023-01-30T17:03:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T16:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=34021"},"modified":"2023-02-01T17:04:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T16:04:46","slug":"30-years-of-the-top-part-west-coast-rally-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/30-years-of-the-top-part-west-coast-rally-championship\/34021","title":{"rendered":"30 years of the Top Part West Coast Rally Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Top Part West Coast Rally Championship is this year celebrating 30 years since its formation.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It is one of Ireland&#8217;s leading regional rally championships, and has been sponsored by Top Part Motor Factors since the beginning, when it first launched back in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers claim it is the longest standing sponsorship of a championship in Irish rallying history.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-28781 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.factorfocus.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/f4e4bf66-ced9-41dc-b870-9b81ee618cfc.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"713\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s event is set to be launched at Limerick Racecourse on Saturday, 11th February at 14:00, where a photoshoot will take place.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 Top Part West Coast Rally Championship will consist of six rounds in total with the best four to count.<\/p>\n<p>The opening round will commence on 2nd April in Tralee, Co Kerry, with the final stage set to take place on 29th October in Skibbereen, Co Cork.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 championship events are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Circuit Of Kerry Stages Rally &#8211; 2nd April<\/li>\n<li>Laois Mini Stages Rally &#8211; 4th June<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Connacht Stages Rally &#8211; 16th July<\/li>\n<li>ALMC Stages Rally &#8211; 13th August<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Clare Stages Rally &#8211; 24th September<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Skibbereen Fastnet Stages Rally &#8211; 29th October<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Top Part West Coast Rally Championship is this year celebrating 30 years since its formation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":34022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[654,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34021","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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