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Visit DMS stand and check out the latest spec DMS suspension in action.
First place at Tall Pines went to Antoine Léstage, who also won the 2010 Driver’s Championship. Craig Henderson and Lyne Murphy drove their Subaru into second position overall, and were happy to make a strong contribution to the manufacturer’s results in their first full season of competition.
Subaru driver Patrick Richard was foiled in his bid for a third consecutive Driver’s Championship. In spite of some outstanding stage times, a bad landing in the fourth stage likely resulted in damage that took them out of the competition near the end of the race.
"We came to Bancroft to fight for the title, and while Alan and I are disappointed not to win, hats off to Antoine and Natalie for their consistency and success" said Richard.
Although I couldn’t bring home the Driver’s title, it means a lot to know that our efforts helped Subaru Rally Team Canada to achieve a well deserved Manufacturer’s Championship. We’re looking forward to more hot competition next year!"
A second Subaru Rally Team entry, driven by former Production World Rally Champion Martin Rowe, overcame multiple mechanical difficulties to take fourth position.
"The Canadian Rally Championship is a great showcase for the rugged performance of Subaru", said Rowe.
Shane McGirr – 2nd in Class
Running: DMS 2-way Suspension
Alastair Fisher/Rory Kennedy – Event Winner
Running: DMS 5-way Suspension in his Evo 9
Shane McGirr – 1st in Class
Running: DMS 2-way Suspension
Incar video of Jason Ryan in his New Honda Civic Equipped with DMS 5-way Suspension.
http://www.youtube.com/v/pDoYeloGD-M&hl=en_US&fs=1&
To say that I was impressed with their performance would be an understatement. These shocks brought me the set up I had been searching for over the previous two years.
On our first event, we won our class, finished top 2WD and claimed sixth overall among a host of World Rally Cars. Kick jumps and sequences are no longer a white-knuckle ride. The car is now settled and stable and traction on gravel is greatly improved."
"For years, I was using a 3-way adjustable suspension from another manufacturer and was really struggling," said Kelly. "DMS has made a massive difference. It’s so adjustable and user friendly too – you don’t have to be a mastermind to use it."
"In the forests, you want to run as soft as possible and with DMS, I can run much softer than I usually would. Both DMS and Michael at Euro M-Sport are very helpful – there is always someone at the end of the ‘phone with good advice."
A lot of competitors are changing to DMS as the results speak for themselves, Read more for a list of some of the competitors who are running DMS in their car.
Jason Ryan (Honda)
Frank Kelly (Escort)
Daniel McKenna (Escort)
Neil Pierce (Honda)
Tommy Kelly (Honda)
Alastair Fisher (Evo 9)
Shane McGirr (Starlet)
Conor Kelly (Escort)
Jack Newman (Honda)
Kieron Carroll (Honda)
Daniel McKenna commented, "There was a massive rush to get my Mark 2 ready for this year’s Galway Rally, so I was surprised how simple it was to change the DMS Suspension settings to my liking. Small changes to the adjustable settings can make such a difference.
It’s very simple to do and it means that if you get a patch of rain, for example, you can alter the settings and save an awful lot of time. It has completely transformed my car!"
Frank Kelly isn’t alone in his opinion. 2010 Galway International Rally Group N winner Alastair Fisher said, "I wanted to try something different this year and chose DMS Suspension.
I really noticed the difference in Galway. I was able to carry a lot more speed over the bumps and jumps, the car was much more stable and I was able to get more traction. Obviously, that gave me more confidence and allowed me to be more committed – which certainly helps the stage times!"
Damian McGrath – 10th Overall, 1st in Class, 2nd 2wd.
Running: DMS 2-way Suspension
Shane McGirr – 2nd in Class
Running: DMS 2-way Suspension
He had mixed emotions with not finishing in the top three but leaving Killarney as the leader of the Citroen Irish Tarmac Championship Alastair Fisher said "Job done came here to get as many points for the championship as possible and we did just that, the car never missed a beat and apart from the one or two incorrect tyre choices it was a great weekend for myself and Rory Kennedy".
Running:
DMS 5 way Suspension.
Tommy Kelly/John Joe Glavin – 1st in Class 2
Running: DMS 2-way Suspension in his Honda EK4
Neil Pierce/Enda O’Leary – 2nd in class 11
Running: DMS 2-way Suspension in his Honda EG6
Jack Newman/Tom Murphy – 3rd in Class 11
Running: DMS 2-way suspension and in his Honda EG6
2010 Galway National Rally winner Daniel McKenna commented, "There was a massive rush to get my Mark 2 ready for this year’s Galway Rally, so I was surprised how simple it was to change the DMS Suspension settings to my liking. Small changes to the adjustable settings can make such a difference. It’s very simple to do and it means that if you get a patch of rain, for example, you can alter the settings and save an awful lot of time. It has completely transformed my car!"
Sole European distributor for DMS Suspension, Euro M-Sport MD Michael McCullagh said: "As proven by Alastair Fisher and Daniel McKenna in Galway, DMS Suspension is tried and tested, and it really does work. Many do not realise the advances that DMS has made in recent years, and there are various options available, including 3, 4 and 5 way adjustable suspension."
"At Euro M-Sport, we have a lot of new equipment coming including a dyno and degassing tool, which are both very complex pieces of kit. They will help us provide an even better service to our customers, and we will have some more exciting developments to announce in the near future.
Irish forestry Mark 2 Escort ace Frank Kelly said, "In 2009, Euro M-Sport asked me to test DMS 5-way rear shocks with springs. To say that I was impressed with their performance would be an understatement. These shocks brought me the set up I had been searching for over the previous two years. On our first event, we won our class, finished top 2WD and claimed sixth overall among a host of World Rally Cars. Kick jumps and sequences are no longer a white-knuckle ride. The car is now settled and stable and traction on gravel is greatly improved."
"For years, I was using a 3-way adjustable suspension from another manufacturer and was really struggling," said Kelly. "DMS has made a massive difference. It’s so adjustable and user friendly too - you don’t have to be a mastermind to use it."
"In the forests, you want to run as soft as possible and with DMS, I can run much softer than I usually would. Both DMS and Michael at Euro M-Sport are very helpful - there is always someone at the end of the ‘phone with good advice."
Frank Kelly isn’t alone in his opinion. 2010 Galway International Rally Group N winner Alastair Fisher said, "I wanted to try something different this year and chose DMS Suspension. I really noticed the difference in Galway. I was able to carry a lot more speed over the bumps and jumps, the car was much more stable and I was able to get more traction. Obviously, that gave me more confidence and allowed me to be more committed - which certainly helps the stage times!"
Peter Gazzard, driving the TECH///SPORT Evo IX race car, successfully defended his "Legend of the Lakes" hillclimb title in early November.
Gazzard won the 2009 event outright, and lowered the race record by almost a full second.
Held at the stunning Mt Gambier venue in South Australia, the challenging 1.5km course ran up the twisty mountain road between the lakes, and attracted a full field of 120 cars and drivers from all over Australia
Subaru Rally Team Canada driver Patrick Richard and his co-driver Alan Ockwell are the new 2009 Canadian Rally Champions, by virtue of their win at the Rally of the Tall Pines held November 23rd near Bancroft, Ontario. Their top finish also secured the 2009 Canadian Rally Championship manufacturer’s title for Subaru Canada.
Their stunning victory marked the fourth win of the season for rally driver Patrick Richard and co-driver Alan Ockwell. This is their second consecutive overall rally championship win driving their Subaru Impreza WRX Sti.
"I can’t wait to do it again" said Patrick Richard
"I have been rallying for over 15 years, using various cars on various surfaces.
The past 5 years I have used a verity of MK 2 Escorts with some success which included winning the 2005 Irish 2WD Forest Championship. I was a runner-up in 2006 and champion again the following year. In 2008 I won the BTRDA Silverstar Championship in the UK.
During these successful campaigns I have used several different suspension set ups and manufacturers, and have been continually developing them on events to gain the best possible shock travel, bump, rebound and traction levels that I can. During the 2007/2008 seasons I used a leading manufacturers shocks with remote canisters and their springs. While we got a "safe" setup fairly quickly, we continually had problems with "kick bumps" and a sequence of bumps was always pretty scary! Two seasons, 26 rallies, 4 major bump related accidents, 3 shock rebuilds and 5 different spring rates later we were no further forward.
At the beginning of this season (2009) Eurom-Sport asked me to test DMS 5way rear shocks with springs. With no test time available we fitted them for our first event of the season with a basic setup. To say that I was impressed with their performance would be an understatement. With very minor adjustments at first service halt, these shocks were already a vast improvement and had brought me to the setup I had been searching for over the previous 2 years. We went on to win our class, finish top 2WD and claim 6th overall among a host of WRC's that day. Kick jumps and sequences are no longer a white knuckle ride. The car is now settled and stable and traction on gravel is greatly improved.
To put the difference into perspective, when we tackled a notoriously bumpy stage recently which had caught us out in the past, we were able to carry much more speed and there were sections we were two gears up on last years shocks and approximately and a and a half seconds a mile quicker. The car takes less hurt and I now consider my suspension "sorted", and the time I normally set aside for suspension work can be used on other areas".
Frank Kelly
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