Moffet in drive for clean sweep of titles

Monaghan’s Sam Moffett (Ford Fiesta WRC) produced a start-to-finish victory in the Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally, to increase his chances of winning all three major Irish rally championships.

Yesterday, in round four of the Valvoline Irish Forest Championship and co-driven by Darragh Kelly, he finished 51.4 seconds ahead of fellow Ulster pair Jonny Leonard/Arthur Kierans (Mitsubishi EvoVI). David Crossen/Damien Fleming (Ford Escort) were 7.9 seconds further behind in third.

Moffett was three seconds quicker than Adrian Hetherington (Toyota Corolla WRC) on the opening stage but an electrical issue forced the latter’s retirement. Although he stretched his advantage to over 30 seconds on S.S. 2, Moffett lost well over 20 seconds on the third stage with a front right wheel puncture.