MacHale leads all star cast at Mayo rally

OVER two years since he last competed, five times Irish Tarmac champion Austin MacHale makes a return to action behind the wheel of a BMW M3 on Sunday.

Driving the same car that brought the Dubliner four Irish Tarmac wins – two in Galway (1990 and 1991) and one each in Cork (1990) and Donegal (1990) he will be one of the main attractions at the McWilliam Park Hotel Mayo Rally in Claremorris.

MacHale, on his first outing since Rally Ireland 2009, will drive the Billy Coogan BMW M3 that has been restored to the Xtra vision livery, an association that worked extremely well for him in the 1990s.