Killarney

<h3>Colin O&rsquo;Donoghue drove himself into the record books at the weekend as he became the first son of a winning rally driver and Killarney and District Motor Club (KDMC) member to win an event.</h3>
Colin scored the biggest win of his career after he and his co-driver Kieran O&rsquo;Donoghue won the Escort Rally Special in Belgium on Sunday.
 It was the first overseas event, as a driver, for the former winner of the modified section of the Killarney Historic Rally.
 His father Kevin won the Kerry Winter Rally in 2006 making the O&rsquo;Donoghues the first father and son from KDMC to win events outright.
 Colin and several other Irish drivers decided to enter the rally, based at the famous Chimay motor-racing circuit near the French border, due to uncertainty on the resumption of the sport in Ireland.
 &ldquo;It was a class experience,&rdquo; said Colin. &ldquo;I will have to go back and defend the title. It was a lot more-bumpier than I expected, the roads were very like roads on the Galway Summer Rally.&rdquo;
 His run was not without problems, a broken gear selector, a readout board fell off and landed near the peddles, and a broken right rear shock absorber were just some of his tribulations.
 Field results were confusing too and with two stages left to run he wasn&rsquo;t sure if it was himself or Belgian rival Pieter-Jan Maeyaert who was leading the event.
 &ldquo;One website said he was leading, another said we had 22 seconds advantage with just one stage to run, the results were slow uploading,&rdquo; added Colin. &ldquo;We went into the last two stages, and went as hard as we could, even with the broken shock and came out 28 seconds up.&rdquo;
 He was co-driven by Kieran O&rsquo;Donoghue, the Glenflesk man is no relation, but is well-known for his skills behind the wheel of a Honda Civic on local Junior rallies.

Colin O'Donoghue makes rallying history in Belgium

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