Main pic: Sam Gorman in action in his Nissan Micra during the Sligo Pallets Forest Rally Championship .
Donegal teen Sam Gorman has been confirmed as the very first winner of the newly introduced Sligo Pallets Forest Rally Championship Junior 1000 Challenge Trophy.
In a remarkable season, the 18-year-old from Drumardagh, Letterkenny, claimed the only 100% finish record across the six rounds of the J1000 series.
Talented Sam has just recently taken up a new apprenticeship in Tralee, Co Kerry, to be a wind turbine technician and his family is more than proud of him.
Sam Gorman (L) with navigator Niall Myers from Tralee.
The J1000 Challenge Trophy was created for the highest placed competitor in the Class 21 points table, driving a non-Volkswagen Group car and not finishing in the top three overall.
The Craig Breen Foundation is supporting a prize fund for the winners.
Sam, and the other winners, will be recognised at this weekend’s Championship Prizegiving in the Sligo Park Hotel.
Teenage Donegal rally sensation crowned national junior forest champion was last modified: November 19th, 2025 by Staff Writer
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