Most liked posts in thread: Driver killed, co-driver injured in Ulster Rally crash

Crashton · Aug 15, 2014

RIP Timothy Cathcart

Sure hoping for a full recovery for co driver Dai Roberts

rum4 · Aug 15, 2014

RIP

Steve · Aug 17, 2014

Jennings leads the tributes to young driver as cars go silent (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)

By Sammy Hamill â€“ 16 August 2014

It was Garry Jennings who led the way, not just as leader of the rally, which he was, but in paying tribute to a fellow driver, a fellow Fermanagh man, who had been killed on the first day of the Ulster International.

Timothy Cathcart, just 20, a member of a famous Fermanagh rally family and just starting out on his own career, died when his Citroen crashed on the third special stage, Fardross, close to Fivemiletown in the Clogher Valley.

His co-driver, Welshman Dai Roberts, was airlifted to hospital where he was believed to be in a serious but stable condition.

His brother, Gareth Roberts, was killed in Italy two years where he was co-driving for Ireland's former World Super 200 champion Craig Breen.

As the leading cars returned to the service park at St Angelo airport on the outskirts of Enniskillen word started to filter back of a serious accident involving one of the cars in the British championship division of the rally.

Usually the cars stream back in line astern but then there was a gap where the No.8 Citroen DS3 of Cathcart and Roberts should have been.

As time wore on and a few other cars filtered back, the service area, usually a scene of hustle and noise, grew subdued and downcast.

The stewards who oversee the rally, were recalled to the event's headquarters in Enniskillen. There was talk of a fatality.

Eventually it was officially confirmed that a competitor had died although the name was withheld.

However, across the service park it was widely known among the competitors it was young Timmy and many openly voiced the view that they would not continue.

They didn't have the stomach to go back for the second loop of stages which should have included a repeat run through Fardross.

But while senior rally officials sought to establish what had happened they announced the second loop would be cancelled and instructed drivers to move their cars to parc ferme, the sealed park where they would normally be kept overnight, until a decision on today's section was made.

Jennings, last year's winner of the rally and the reigning Irish Tarmac champion, was adamant he would not re-start his Subaru, but, in a quiet tribute to Timothy, he was joined by co-driver Rory Kennedy and his team of mechanics in pushing the car across the vast service area and into parc ferme.
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Dai Roberts "expected to make a full recovery" (irallylive.com)

17.08.2014 20:13

Dai Roberts, injured in the crash at the Ulster Rally on Friday where driver Timmy Cathcart died, is expected to make a full recovery, according to the Ulster Rally organisers.

The Welsh co-driver remains in hospital in Belfast, where his condition is described as "comfortable".

The Ulster Rally organisers, the Northern Ireland Motor Club, has issued this statement this evening:

"Dai Roberts, co-driver of the car involved in Fridayâ€™s incident at the Ulster Rally, remains in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. His condition is comfortable and he is expected to make a full recovery."

Earlier today Craig Breen tweeted this news about his friend:

"To all concerned, Dai is doing well, but will stay in for a few days for precautionary checks. He asked to thank everybody for their support".

All at iRally send best wishes to Dai.
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