AOIFE RAFTERY Eyes Oregon Trail Rally Podium After Hungary Heartbreak

May 16, 2025

by Luke Barry // from dirtfish.com

• AOIFE RAFTERY delivered her strongest Junior ERC performance yet at Rally Hungary, holding third place on pace alone before a radiator leak cost her over six minutes and dropped her from podium contention to seventh. The 24-year-old Irishwoman proved she belonged in the fight, with consistently improving stage times that had her genuinely competing for position rather than riding on others’ misfortune.
• Fresh off her L4WD podium debut at Olympus Rally, RAFTERY heads to Oregon Trail Rally with realistic podium ambitions and a better understanding of her DirtFish Subaru WRX. She’s banking on the faster, less technical Oregon stages suiting the Subaru’s characteristics while building on improved chemistry with co-driver KRISTA SKUCAS for their second rally together.
• Beyond the competitive goals, RAFTERY continues representing as a DirtFish Women in Motorsport driver and will join the star-studded panel at their upcoming Summit at LeMay Museum. Her dual-continent campaign between the Peugeot 208 Rally4 in Europe and Subaru WRX in America showcases the kind of versatility that’s becoming essential for ambitious drivers looking to maximize opportunities.

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