Boyles bring home the bacon

It was a victory to savour for the locals as Donegal cousins Declan Boyle and Brian Boyle (Subaru) won the Letterkenny-based Donegal International Rally, round four of the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship.

At the end of the three-day spectacular, which incorporated some of the most iconic stages in Irish rallying, they finished 34.8 seconds ahead of Monaghan’s Sam Moffett/James O’Reilly (Ford Fiesta WRC). Garry Jennings/Rory Kennedy (Subaru WRC) were a distant third.

On Saturday’s opening stage Moffett cut the deficit to 3.3 seconds, but that was as close as he got to Boyle, who was in superb form through the two runs over Knockalla where he gleamed some 20 seconds from Moffett. In the afternoon stages the Donegal man pressed hard — scuffing a chicane bale in the process.