Donegal’s Donagh Kelly (Ford Focus WRC) netted his fourth straight win in the Quality Hotel West Cork Rally, the second round of the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Rally Championship.

EVEN though Sebastien Loeb (Citroen DS3) leads the Monte Carlo Rally by a considerable margin, the world champion is taking nothing for granted given the vagaries of the weather and road conditions.

It was a day of changing fortunes for the competitors in the Letterkenny-based Shell Donegal International Rally, the fourth round of the Pirelli Irish Tarmac Championship.

A puncture on S.S. 13, Lough Allua, near Inchigeelagh close to the Cork/Kerry border, has brought a change to the top of the leader board in the Killarney based Rally of the Lakes, the second round of the Toshiba Computers Irish Tarmac Championship.