Irish crew, Austin MacHale/Brian Murphy (Ford Focus WRC) finished second in the Scottish Rally, some, two minutes and 10.6 seconds behind the Ford Focus of Mark Higgins/Bryan Thomas.

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.

Finland’s, Tapio Laukkanen was never headed throughout today’s six stages of the second and final day of the Trackrod Rally in Yorkshire.

The top drivers in the Scottish Rally were dogged with punctures as Jonny Milner, in his Toyota Corolla WRC took a dramatic last stage victory over the Subaru of Tapio Laukkanen.