Sam Moffett claims spoils in Sligo

With his sixth victory of the season Monaghan’s Sam Moffett (27) clinched the Triton Showers National Rally Championship with a comfortable victory in the FAAC Simply Automatic/Sligo Park Hotel Rally.

Co-driven by Bandon’s Karl Atkinson, the pair finished a minute and 35.6 seconds in front of the Skoda Fabia R5 of Derry’s Desi Henry and his Cork co-driver Liam Moynihan. Former triple champion Niall Maguire (Subaru WRC) and his fellow Monaghan co-driver Enda Sherry were a minute and 22.2 seconds further behind in third.

Moffett (Fiesta WRC) led initially – a 3.7 second gain over former champion Declan Boyle (Fiesta WRC) on the first stage with late entry Josh Moffett (Fiesta R5) some 8.1 seconds further behind in third followed by outgoing Triton champion Roy White (Fiesta WRC).