Niall McShea

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Niall McShea
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1974-01-01) 1 January 1974 (age 50)
Rally of Great Britain
Last rally2009 Rally Ireland

Niall McShea MBE (born 1 January 1974) is a rally driver. He won the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC) in 2004 in a Subaru Impreza WRX STI. He drove for the Proton R3 Rally Team in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC).

Career

McShea, who was born in

Ford Puma and then a Citroën Saxo, finishing in third in the standings. The following year he drove a Ray Mallock Ltd-prepared Opel Corsa
in the championship, but mechanical issues restricted him to just two finishes, meaning he could only finish seventh in the standings.

In 2003 he moved on to the PWRC in a

Proton Satria Neo S2000
, setting the third fastest stage time on the opening stage, before retiring from the event.

In 2010 McShea continued driving for Proton in the IRC.

Czech Rally on stage nine with technical problems while running nineteen.[3]
He plays himself in the film Pegasus and he appears as Federick Schulin in the 2023 Gran Turismo film.

References

  1. ^ "Niall McShea Personal Data". Subaru-msm.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  2. ^ "New drivers for PROTON R3 Rally Team". ircseries.com. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. 16 August 2010. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Barum Czech Rally Zlín - Stage 9". ircseries.com. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. 28 August 2010. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2010.

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