Josh Moffett does enough for Irish Forest Rally Championship title

The Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship went down to the final stage of the final round, the Glens of Antrim Rally, where fourth place was enough for Monaghan’s Josh Moffett to lift the crown after his only title rival, former champion Michael O’Brien, slid his Ford Focus WRC off the track towards the end of the final stage.

The rally was won by Mark Donnelly (Subaru WRC). On the first stage Desi Henry (Subaru WRC) set the pace and led O’Brien by 4.1 seconds with Donnelly 1.6 seconds further behind and a fraction of a second ahead of Kenny McKinstry (Subaru WRC).

Moffett (Mitsubishi) was eighth overall — fourth in championship terms and shy of a championship-winning position.