Boyle in driving seat to retain title

The Dunlop National Rally Championship will be decided tomorrow, with the nine-stage Downings Bay Hotel Donegal Harvest Rally determining whether reigning Dunlop champion Declan Boyle, current leader Clonmel’s Roy White (MG ZR) or Welsh ace Hugh Hunter (Subaru WRC) will win the prestigious Vard Memorial Trophy.

Although Tyrone’s Paddy McVeigh and Welsh driver Steve Wood both have an outside chance of the title, they will not start in Donegal.

Maximum points for either Boyle or White will deliver the silverware.