Galway Motor Club has announced that entries are now open for the 2022 Corrib Oil Galway International Rally.

Already over 140 entries have been received for the two-day, fifteen stage event which takes place on February 5 & 6 next, will have just short of 240km of competitive driving.

Centred on the town of Loughrea with short road sections between the stages the event will as usual be the opening round of next seasons Irish Tarmac Rally Championship, and the second round of the Irish Tarmac Historic Rally Championship.

Aiden Connolly is the Clerk of the Course with the vastly experienced Gary Leonard who was at the helm for the past number of years filling in the role of Deputy Clerk of the Course alongside Aiden.

There is also a change in Headquarter for the 2022 Rally, and the club are delighted to have the Connacht Hotel as the base for the event in February.

Scrutiny and Parc Ferme will be at Galway Racecourse while the service for both days will be at the IDA Loughrea Business & Technology Park. Competitors will have the option of recceing two days from four, but due to the low road mileage between stages and only five stages to cover it could be possible to complete a recce in one day.