Roscrea's Drought moves closer to Endurance Trial Class Championship

Nicole Drought returned to "the lanes" again last weekend as she entered her Nissan Micra in the Monaghan Motor Club's Endurance Trial.

The 24-year-old, from Roscrea, is a Nissan Ireland Generation Next Ambassador and initially entered one of these events as a bit of fun in a standard 2001 Micra.

Having won the class on the opening event though, the decision was made to compete in the entire championship, which takes place all around the country.

A string of top finishes meant that Nicole had a strong lead in the championship ahead of last weekend's event and after a full day of tough selective stages, she finished second in class, moving her one step closer to the title.

All this too, with a new co-driver onboard. Nicole's usual navigator, Ruth Nugent was marshalling at Mondello Park, so Aaron McElroy was thrown in the deep end, for his first ever event. He performed superbly though, with just one single road penalty incurred over 20 stages all around the Monaghan area. Nicole's car is stored and prepared in her father's garage Owain Drought Car Sales in Roscrea.

 

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