Gareth MacHale (born 12 August 1980) is an

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driver, who has scored points in the

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Career

MacHale comes from a family with a background in rallying. His father Austin MacHale is a five-time

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champion. Gareth's younger brother Aaron is also a rally driver. MacHale competed in an eight-round programme in the

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in a privately entered Ford Focus WRC. He finished sixth on

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, scoring three world championship points. In 2007 he competed in five WRC events, finishing eighth on his home round

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, which was being run as a WRC event for the first time. He competed in Rally Ireland again in 2009, but retired. In 2008 MacHale competed in the

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. In 2010 he followed in his father's footsteps by winning the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship for the first time.

WRC results

References

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