Donnelly leads Galway International Rally

Today’s eights stages of the First Choice Flooring Galway International Rally, the opening round of the Global Group Irish Tarmac Championship featured a terrific duel between World rally ace, Finland’s Marcus Gronholm (Ford Focus WRC) and the Subaru WRC of Derry driver, Eugene Donnelly.

Overnight, Donnelly holds a 5.4 second lead over Gronholm with another Irish driver, Gareth MacHale (Ford Focus WRC) in third place.