Victory for Kelly on first forest mission in three years

On his first forest rally in some three years Donegal’s Donagh Kelly, driving the McGeehan Motorsport Mini WRC, won the Samdec Security Lakeland Forest Rally in Enniskillen.

Kelly, who also had a new co-driver – Mark Cassidy — finished 33 seconds ahead of the Antrim/Cork combination of Desi Henry/Liam Moynihan (Mitsubishi). Monaghan’s Josh Moffett/Jason McKenna (Mitsubishi) had a terrific duel with the winners but they retired on the final stage.

Moffett led Kelly by a mere second on the opening stage with Tipperary’s Pat O’Connell (Mitsubishi) another second behind in third. Moffett doubled his lead on the second stage but made an error at a chicane on the third stage where he also had a major moment.