Higgins wins Murphy Construction Cork 20 International Rally

British rally champion Mark Higgins and his Letterkenny co-driver Rory Kennedy in the Fitz Samuel Insurance-backed Subaru WRC have won the Cork 20 International Rally, the final round of the Pirelli Irish Tarmac Championship.

At the end of the 14-stage rally, Manx born Higgins and Kennedy were a minute and 17 seconds ahead of team mates, Markko Martin and his co-driver, David Senior also in a McKinstry prepared Subaru WRC. Eugene Donnelly and Paul Kiely, the Irish Tarmac champions were third in their Toyota Corolla WRC.