{"id":35315,"date":"2026-02-23T13:26:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factorfocus.ie\/?p=35315"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:26:04","slug":"napa-auto-parts-renews-irish-tarmac-rally-championship-sponsorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.factorfocus.ie\/index.php\/napa-auto-parts-renews-irish-tarmac-rally-championship-sponsorship\/35315","title":{"rendered":"NAPA Auto Parts renews Irish Tarmac Rally Championship sponsorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAPA Auto Parts has renewed its partnership of the Irish Tarmac RallyChampionship (ITRC) for 2026, which is well underway following the Galway International Rally opener.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autotrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NAPA-Auto-Parts-ITRC.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78192\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Defending champions, Callum Devine and co-driver Noel O\u2019Sullivan, dominated the opening weekend and took their long-awaited victory on the Galway roads. Meanwhile, Jason McSweeney and Liam Brennan took the win in the historic class, John McQuaid and Thomas Treanor claimed top spot in the modified category, and Graham Roche paired with Trevor Roche were the junior victors.<\/p>\n<p>NAPA Auto Parts commercial manager, Richard Goulbourne said: \u201cNAPA Auto Parts are thrilled to be onboard for another year as title sponsors of the championship, for exactly that reason. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The continued growth and success of the championship is reaching international audiences while keeping its accessibility at action-packed weekends, like the recent one at Galway, open for all. It\u2019s also great to have Hollie as a part of the team, she helps elevate the exposure and energy of the series significantly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The West Cork International Rally is the next venue for the NAPA Auto Parts ITRC from 13th &#8211; 15th March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAPA Auto Parts has renewed its partnership of the Irish Tarmac RallyChampionship (ITRC) for 2026, which is well underway following the Galway International Rally opener.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3164,"featured_media":35316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[399,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-irish-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NAPA Auto Parts renews Irish Tarmac Rally Championship sponsorship - 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