Five times Irish Tarmac champion Austin MacHale and co-driver, Brian Murphy, have a 4.1 second lead in their Ford Focus WRC after the completion of six stages of the Galway International Rally.

After six stages of today’s first leg of the Murphy Construction Cork 20 International Rally, Tim NcNulty/Eugene O’Donnell (Subaru WRC) hold a 37-second advantage over the Subaru of Derek McGarrity/Dermot O’Gorman with Eugene Donnelly/Paul Kiely (Toyota Corolla WRC) a further 21 seconds in arrears.

The opposition had no answer to Tim NcNulty in yesterday's nine stage Virginia based ALMC Rally.