1996 Circuit of Ireland Rally

What the 1996 Circuit of Ireland lacked in quantity in certainly made up for in quality with the winners from the previous three Circuits, Austin McHale, Stephen Finlay and Bertie Fisher in attendance, as well as rising stars like Liam O’Callaghan, Andrew Nesbitt and Ian Greer, all in four wheel drive Group A machinery. Fisher and Finlay set the pace at the front but Fisher’s event was beset by a number of uncharacteristic errors, the final of which dropped him to fourth place. After four days of rallying it was Finlay who would emerge victorious taking his second win on the event in three years.

[@bpford]

proper rallying! I wish there was an hour of group A pure sound

[@francesmacdonald9360]

Brilliant memories of doing this fantastic rally . 😀

[@twincamGT]

Brilliant video been searching for this for years remember seeing it on TV in 96 very hard to get footage of Stephen finlay.

[@cossie60]

Back when we had current world championship top tier rally cars competing at full tilt in the hands of top tier drivers. When we had Prodrive, MWM and TTE

[@ronanstamp-porter6643]

Wish I was born then but class to see it now

[@ianpurcell7266]

Compared to today’s wrc cars this is tame.

[@OldSchoolNI]

Amazing stuff. Long shot, but does anyone have any footage of Stage 30 near Rathbeg? Would absolutely love to see it, especially if you were at a junction about 1.5miles from the end.

[@dishachnl934]

Im searching frds in dublin 🙋🙋

[@christineayres7199]

Impreza 555 not Legacy lol get it right commentator

[@H7KAL]

Hey youg lady thats plum you are taking about

[@ThisIsMyRodrick]

It's because he used the Legacy the year before so they just made a mistake. It was a brand new car