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Moffett/Rowan keep title hopes on track

Dominating the Ballina based Mayo Forest Rally from the start, Monaghan’s Josh Moffett and his co-driver John Rowan took their Mitsubishi Evo IX to an important victory to remain in contention to win the Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship.

Moffett/Rowan keep title hopes on track

Mon, 19 Oct, 2015 - 01:00

Martin Walsh, Motorsport

They finished 36.6 seconds ahead of the Ford Focus WRC of title rivals and series leaders Michael O’Brien/James O’Brien. The Tyrone/Donegal pairing of Martin Cairns/Gary McElhinney (Subaru WRC) were just four tenths of a second behind the Cork crew in third.

Moffett demoralised the opposition on the opening stage where he was 24.5 seconds quicker than the Subaru WRC of Martin Cairns with O’Brien another 1.4 seconds behind in third.

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Place: Ballina Place: Tyrone Place: north Wales Place: Scotland Place: S.S.Place: Cork Place: Ballymaloe Person: Moffett Person: Rowan Person: Josh Moffett Person: John Rowan Person: Michael O’Brien Person: James O’Brien Person: Martin Cairns Person: Gary McElhinney Person: O’Brien Person: Frank O’Brien Person: Ballyvourney Person: James Lucey Person: John Gordon Person: Lucey Person: John Reid Person: Gordon Person: Gerard Lucey Person: James Person: David Bogie Person: Josh Person: Sam Person: Bogie Person: Luke Francis Person: Jonny Greer Person: Sam Moffett Person: Karl Atkinson Person: Greer Person: Francis Person: Dean Raftery Person: Matt Griffin Person: Aaron Scott Person: Duncan Cameron Person: Sam McDonnell Person: Luca Allen Event: Mayo Forest Rally Event: Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship Event: Cambrian Rally Event: 4 Hours of Estoril Event: Iame World Karting Finals Event: Le Mans Organisation: Ford Focus WRC Organisation: Subaru WRC Organisation: Mitsubishi Organisation: Toyota Corolla WRC Organisation: Honda Organisation: Ford Organisation: Bandon Organisation: AF Corse Organisation: Motorsport Ireland Junior team

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