John Coyne: The man nurturing a generation

About this episode

John Coyne discusses his role in developing Rally1 drivers and the goals of the Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy.

Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy patron John Coyne joins Luke Barry to discuss his input in developing 25% of this year's full-time Rally1 drivers, his own rallying backstory and the ultimate aim(s) of the Academy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Luke Barry

Guest: John Coyne

Topics covered

• rally driving
• driver development
• motorsport
• rally academy
• sports education

Keywords

• John Coyne
• Rally1 drivers
• Motorsport Ireland
• rally academy
• driver development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy

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