Gallagher wins Midland Rally

Leading from the start, Sean Gallagher and co-driver, Liam Costello (Escort Cosworth) dominated the Midland Mini Stage Rally in Carrick on Shannon and ran out convincing winners by 39 seconds.

They set fastest times on all four stages – opening up a 24 second lead at the service halt. Alan Nesbitt in a Toyota Celica finished second ahead of the similar cars of Sean McArdle and George Cullen.