JON Armstrong has said it’s a ‘dream come true’ after it was confirmed that he’ll be driving a an M-Sport prepared Ford Fiesta Rally2 car in the European Rally Championship. The reigning ERC3 champion from Kesh has teamed up with co-driver Eoin Treacy for the eight-round campaign, which will kick off with Rally Hungary in […]
Armstrong delighted to end his season on a high
JON Armstrong was delighted to have ended his season on a high after finishing fourth overall at Rallye Du Var in France. Driving the same M-Sport Poland Rally3 Ford Fiesta he suffered a massive crash in at Barum Czech Rally during his European Rally Championship winning season, the Kesh native produced a consistently fast performance […]
WATCH: Bring it home, Jon and Brian!
THIS weekend, Fermanagh duo, Jon Armstrong and Brian Hoy, head to the Acropolise in Greece, just 16 stages away from being crowned Junior World Rally champions. The last time that a Fermanagh man won a rally world championship was in 2004, when Monea’s Niall McShea won the PWRC. It is all to play for this […]
Armstrong and Hoy hope to extend WRC lead in Croatia
By Mark McGoldrick JON Armstrong and Brian Hoy head to Croatia this weekend in a bid to continue their winning form and extend their lead at the top of the Junior WRC standings. In mid-March, Armstrong and Hoy produced a faultless rally in Sweden, navigating the snowy conditions to take the top spot in the […]
Success in snowy Sweden for Armstrong and Hoy
ON Armstrong and Brian Hoy made the perfect start to the Junior World Rally Championship at Rally Sweden over the weekend. The all-Fermanagh crew were involved in a titanic tussle with Finland’s Lauri Joona throughout Saturday and Sunday before they swept to glory over the final stages of a thrilling snow-bound event. The victory was […]
Armstrong’s ‘Hungary’ for more after latest podium
THROUGHOUT the Junior World Rally Championship, Jon Armstrong and Sami Pajari were slugging it out for the title with the Finnish teenager pipping his Fermanagh rival at the final round in Spain. At the weekend, however, the two foes became team-mates as they battled together against the rest of the field in two M-Sport Poland […]
Plenty for Armstrong to play for at Ypres and beyond
JON Armstrong knows Rally Ypres isn’t going to make or break his Junior World Rally Championship aspirations, but he is keen to achieve a good result in Belgium this weekend. Going into the penultimate round of the series, the 26-year-old Kesh driver is 15 points behind leader Sami Pajari, but when dropped scores – […]