Cartell.ie, Ireland’s number one car check website, has committed to sponsoring the Rally of the Lakes for another three years.

This year marked the Kildare-based firm’s tenth in a row sponsoring the rally as the Killarney and District Motor Club celebrated the 40th running of the event. Now with another three years sponsorship famous rally the future of the famous rally is secure.  Cartell.ie will back the rally until at least 2023 making this one of the longest event sponsorship agreements in Irish rallying.

Senior management at the company were impressed with this year’s 40th anniversary celebrations. They recently returned to Killarney where they met with club and rally officials and put pen to paper to confirm the deal.

Chairman of Killarney and District Motor Club, Diarmuid Cronin, commented, “It is great that such a well-known and prominent company want to be involved in the rally and this is a testament to strength of the club. It is an arrangement that works so well and Cartell.ie and the Rally of the Lakes are hand in glove at this stage. We are delighted to welcome back Cartell.ie and the professionalism they bring.”

“We are delighted to have Cartell.ie on board for the next three years” said Rally of the Lakes clerk of the course Dermot Healy, “Cartell.ie are a pleasure to deal with, their business fits ideally with the rally and the motor trade. Over the last ten years, I have become personal friends with Nicola and Jeff Aherne and Richard Lahiff, and the Killarney and District Motor Club look forward to welcoming them back to Killarney for next year’s rally.”

Next year will also mark the Gleneagle Hotel’s 40th year as the event headquarters and already the O’Donoghue family are planning a special way to mark this occasion.