Excitement is building around the Shannonside region with the first round of the tarmac car rally season set for the week end of the 4th/5th March around County Longford.
The rally consists of a 3 x 3 stage format with centralised servicing around Longford town.
Rally HQ is the Longford Arms Hotel with service and parc ferme based in the town. The event consists of 109 Km of stage mileage with low road mileage.
The organisers are going with a ceremonial start on Saturday evening 4th March that will give an opportunity for a close up of the rally cars and competitors as they converge on the main street in Longford.
Regulations and entry forms are now available through the Sportity App (password MIDLANDMOTO23). The App will have updates including entry lists and bulletins of the event. Entry is through Shannon Sports IT.
For those looking for accommodation over the week-end Longford Tourism has information here