Hayden Paddon & Dave Moynihan Donegal International Rally 2025 5

Wilton Donegal International Rally

C&M Motorsport team up with ex WRC star Hayden Paddon on short notice!

Donegal International Rally this year took us all by storm as a last minute driver change wasn’t on the cards. However we made it happen! With just over one weeks notice Hayden Paddon made teaming up with us to drive our Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing I20N Rally2 possible to fit around his schedule.

Not even a DNF could put a damper on the fantastic experience this year’s Donegal International Rally was for C&M Motorsport and everyone involved.

To be able to work hard and bring Hayden Paddon to this year’s event on such short notice is something we are so proud of not just for our company, but also as something we were able to offer to Irish rally fans as a whole.

This took a huge team effort alongside Dave Moynihan to make happen and we are all delighted to have been involved and work alongside someone like Hayden who has competed all over the world at the top level of motorsport.

Hayden genuinely said he enjoyed every moment of his first experience rallying in Ireland, from the warm welcome he received from the Irish rally fans, the organisers of the event, the fantastic stages and his fellow competitors. He said what was a bucket list rally for him has now turned into something he wants to do again with some unfinished business.

We would like to thank the sponsors that came onboard, RLA and Kevin Duffin for the car prep and running the car and Dave Moynihan for everything he helped do to make this all possible.

The end result wasn’t what we had hoped for but with 2 overall stage wins and other top 3 stage times I think there is definitely a case to come back and do it all again next year, So nothing left to say except see you all again in 2026

Finally we would like to say a big thank you to all involved as it would not of been possible without you all.

The whole C&M Motorsport team:

Hayden Paddon

Dave Moynihan

RLA Autosport

NPL Rally Hire/Preparation

Pirelli

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