Always having more pace than his rivals, Derryman Kevin Lynch parented by Francis O’Regan (Subaru WRC) won the Midleton-based Moonraker Rally, round four of the McCauley Trailers Irish Forest Rally Championship.

THE MOONRAKER Rally, an event steeped in tradition, marks a beginning of an era for the Munster Car Club, the rally section of the now technically disbanded Munster Motor Cycle and Car Club, one of the oldest clubs in the sport that originally catered for four different aspects of motorsport.

Derry’s, Kevin Lynch, in his KPL Subaru World Rally Car emerged an easy winner of the nine stage Roscommon Moto Rally – finishing with a victory margin of two minutes and seven seconds.

A dramatic finish to yesterday’s Willie Loughman Forest Rally, the opening round of the McCauley Trailers Irish National Forest Championship, saw Derry ace, Kevin Lynch take a five second win.

There was a dramatic late finish to the Willie Loughman Forest Rally.

Northern Ireland’s Trevor Moore (Escort WRC) has a 6.2 second lead at the overnight halt of the

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.

There have been three different leaders in the opening three stages of the Mitchelstown based Sean Conlon Memorial Tipperary Forest Rally, the second round of the KBB Doors National Forest Championship.

Colin McRae, the most successful driver in the history of the World Rally Championship, headlines the Punchestown Rally Masters on Sunday along with the cream of Irish rallying.