Donnelly regains Galway Rally lead

Joint Irish Tarmac champion, Eugene Donnelly and his co-driver, Paul Kiely have regained the lead of the Galway International Rally on today’s eighth and final stage of the first leg.

On the day’s final stages, Donnelly trailed Austin MacHale by 3.6 seconds, Donnelly led from the second stage until the SS 5. A broken brake disc on SS 4 cost him time and he had to traverse part of that stage and stages five and six with the problem.