Frank fennell rally driver

And crews are encouraged to drive in the clothes of the period. Frank usually drives wearing a flying jacket and cords, a soft cap "and maybe a cravat". Frank's return to fitness began with physiotherapy. He says it wasn't too tough but he still gets stiff sitting in a car and has more work to do.

The period last year when foot-and-mouth threatened the countryside worked well for him because he couldn't rally and persevered with physio. If there was a moment when Frank thought he would never don the costume and drive a rally car again, it was fleeting. Kay was very supportive but she left it up to me we've been at this for 30 years, we've had a huge amount of enjoyment and an enormous number of friends in the sport.

It was only a matter of time before I got back in. He will be back for the Monte Carlo rally next year. He and Kevin have come second several times. But having won in and even more spectacularly this year, those days are gone. What about the photography? He searches his mind for a photo that sticks in his mind and comes up with his shot of Blyth and Ridgeway arriving in Ireland having rowed across the Atlantic in an open boat. But cars are never far from his thoughts: "The Daily Express asked me to do that because they knew I would get there quickest!

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Clare Stages Rally. Maharry Cooper S 47 pts; 6, J. Fay Gordini 35 pts; 8, P. Farrelly, Gordini 23 pts; 9, W. Kilroy Cooper S 22 pts; 10, M. Dolan Escort TC 20pts. Foott, 73 pts; 2, D. Kavanagh, 57 pts; 3, P. Phelan, 53 pts; 4, B. Doyle; 49 pts; 5, F. Johnston, 47 pts; 7, N. Davin, 47 pts; 8, D. Flanagan, 35 pts; 9, Mrs. Bridges, 34 pts; 10, W. They finished 4th. A Cooper struggles for grip on one of the slipper sections. Not all the people doing the stages were competitors.

It looked quick too! Phelan Cooper S 4. Footte Escort GT 6. Flanagan Cooper S Inglis Renault Gordini