MacHale closes on BRC title rival

Five times Irish Tarmac Rally Champion, Austin MacHale and British driver, David Higgins are locked in a frenetic battle to win the British Rally Championship on the Tempest Rally that concludes this afternoon.

MacHale found himself some 13 seconds down on his rival over the early stages of this second leg, but has since eked out valuable seconds to whittle the deficit to just 5.8 seconds with five stages remaining.