Derry’s Kevin Lynch and his co-driver Francis Regan in their KPL backed Subaru WRC will begin today's second and final leg of the Windscreen Company Cork Forest Rally with a comfortable lead of well over a minute.

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

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

TREVOR MOORE, in an Escort Cosworth, won the Toshiba Rally after he capitalised on the retirement of Robbie McGurk (Subaru) who set the pace through the first five stages.

The overall title may have been decided, but the battle is still very much on as the M.E.Crowe Northern Ireland Rally Championship heads into the forests of Co Antrim for the grand finale - the Toshiba Rally.

Following his victory in the Windscreen Centre Cork Forest Rally, Eugene Donnelly (Toyota Celica) is the new leader of the KBB Doors National Forest Championship.

In the Windscreen Centre sponsored Cork Forest Rally, a counting round of the KBB Doors National Forest Championship, Eugene Donnelly and co-driver, Paul Nagle arrived at the service halt with a 19 second advantage over the Escort WRC of Dermot Kelly/John Brennan.

After the summer break the forestry season will recommence on Sunday September 8 with the Cork Forest Rally.

Irish driver, Michael Keohane won a brilliant victory in the third round of the British Formula 3

Robbie McGurk/Rory Kennedy, in a Group N Subaru were impressive winners of the Willie Loughman Memorial Forest Rally in Carrick on Suir.

Robbie McGurk, from Omagh, driving a Group N Subaru, has set a cracking pace on the Willie Loughman Forest Rally.

Setting fastest times on the first three stages, Dominic McNeill/Francis Regan, in an Escort WRC, have opened up a substantial lead in the Sean Conlon Memorial Forest Rally in Mitchelstown.

Massive interest from the clubman circuit has guaranteed a full entry list for this Sunday’s Crosbie Cedars Hotel Wexford Single Stage Rally - the second Slaneyside event of the year.

Ballymena’s, Dominic McNeill/Francis Regan, in the ex-Eamonn Boland Escort WRC, won the Lismore Forest Rally by a 48 second margin.

Finishing second in Group N and seventh in overall classification in the Tour of Flanders in Belgium, Roy White, boosted his chances in the showroom category championship.

Punchestown Racecourse is the venue for the first rally action since the foot-and-mouth restrictions.