EUGENE DONNELLY and co-driver Paddy Toner, in their Envirocare Subaru WRC, dominated the Hotel Kilmore Cavan Rally — the fourth round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship.

THE KBB Doors National Forest Rally Championship continues with Sunday’s Circuit of Wicklow, the second round in as many weeks. Cork’s John McCarthy (Subaru 555) and Limerick’s Dermot Kelly (Escort WRC) are the top two entrants and both are capable of victory.

MICHAEL KEOHANE and Austin McHale face their respective assignments in Donington Park and the Circuit of Kerry with a common theme – success in a British Championship.

VICTORY in the Sean Conlon Memorial Tipperary Forest Rally has strengthened the national championship bid of Cork crew, John McCarthy/Dan Maguire.

IDENTIFYING each other as their principal rival, Dermot Kelly and John McCarthy have justified the decision of the organisers to seed them in the top two positions for Sunday’s Mitchelstown-based Sean Conlon Memorial Tipperary Forest Rally — the second round of the KBB Doors National Forest Rally Championship.

TWO of Ireland’s young rally stars, Garry Jennings and Shaun Gallagher, are in action tomorrow in the Border Counties Rally in Scotland.

KENNY McKINSTRY starts this weekend’s Clonakilty based Quality Hotels West Cork Rally as favourite with the Banbridge car preparation expert bidding to complete an unique hat-trick.

CELEBRATING a century of involvement in Irish Motorsport, Dunlop is again supporting the National Rally Championship that begins in Ballina on Sunday.

THE Irish rallying championship season gets underway on Sunday against the backdrop of a strong statement from the sport’s governing body, Motorsport Ireland.