Motorsport: Kelly and Barrett claim Letterkenny hat-trick

For the third successive year, the Donegal crew of Manus Kelly/Donall Barrett in their Applegreen backed Subaru WRC took victory in the Letterkenny based Joule Donegal International Rally. 

They finished 42.4 seconds ahead of the Ford Fiesta R5 of the Monaghan/Cork duo, Sam Moffett/Karl Atkinson with the Monaghan/Wexford pairing of Josh Moffett/Andy Hayes in a similar car 22.2 seconds further behind in third.

Kelly began Saturday’s eight stages with a lead of 9.3 seconds over the Ford Fiesta WRC of Declan Boyle with Fermanagh’s Garry Jennings (Subaru WRC) 13.4 seconds further behind in third. Over the wet roads of Carnhill and Knockalla, Jennings made some great headway with a pair of fastest stage times to move into second, 14.5 seconds behind Kelly. Boyle retired his Ford Fiesta WRC with a broken driveshaft.