Dom Buckley takes Lurgan win
Dom Buckley , co driven by Dougie Redpath today denied Kenny McKinstry his 10th victory in the Seat Lurgan Park Rally.
Buckley who took the lead off McKinstry after stage 6 held off the Subaru WRC to finish just 3.5 seconds ahead.
Top Ten
1st (3) Dom Buckley/Dougie Redpath (Subaru) 14.06.1
2nd (1) Kenny McKinstry/Emma McKinstry (Subaru) 14.09.6
3rd (5) Eugene Donnelly/Paul Kiely (Toyota) 14.31.2
4th (7) Denis Biggerstaff/Robin Mccandless (6R4) 14.31.4
5th (6) Trevor Moore/Roy Wilson (Esc.Cos) 14.35.5
6th (8) David Greer/Rory Kennedy (Corolla) 14.38.1
7th (9) Gary White/Liam Crealey (Esc.Cos) 14.41.0
8th (4) Maurice Gass/Karen Patterson (Subaru) 14.43.6
9th (16) Stephen Harron/Nigel Foster (Subaru) 14.44.8
10th (11) Martin O'Connell/Sean Mullally (Escort Cosworth) 14.49.4
Gary Jennings took Grp N honours over James Foley , both in Mitsubishi Lancers to
Maguire takes Rock win
Niall Maguire consolidated his lead in the Dunlop National Championship when he won the Ravens Rock rally organised by Carrick-On-Suir Motor Club in Waterford today.
Niall with Paul McLoughlin alongside , inherited the lead after early leaders Michael Barrable (Subaru WRC) retired due to transmission problems and Davy Armstrong (Escort Cosworth) suffered multiple punctures.
Over what were described as very wet slippy conditions , Niall kept the car on the road to finish just over 1 minute ahead of Patrick Elliott who scored his highest ever top finish in 2nd place and Sean Gallagher overcoming rear suspension problems to finish 3rd.
Top Ten:
1st Niall Maguire/Paul McLoughlin Subaru WRC 1.01.30
2nd Patrick Elliott/Sean Moriarty Subaru Impreza 555 1.02.36
3rd Sean Gallagher/Victor Carruthers Escort Cosworth 1.03.05
4th Steve Fleck/Mark Aspinall Subaru WRC 1.03.14
5th Robert Woodside/Dean Beckett Subaru WRC 1.03.22
6th Melvyn Evans/Alun Davies Escort WRC 1.03.41
7th Jon Mercer/Aled Davies Metro 6R4 1.04.08
8th David & June Long Sierra Cosworth 2WD 1.04.26
9th Mac McKenna/John Loughran Peugeot RWD 1.04.34
10th Richie Curran/Gerry English Esccort Cosworth 1.04.35
Just outside the leaderboard was John Price (Metro 6R4) in 11th place who suffered intercom problems .
David James wins Wexford Single Stage
David James has won the Fethard-on-Sea Rally - claiming his first ever
Wexford-based rally in the process.
The Gorey driver eventually had a 23 second margin to spare over his
closest challenger of the day - Tipperary's David Percy.
James, part