Kelly and Boyle opt for R5 cars in 2019 championship

Two former Tarmac champions are to switch to R5 cars for next year’s Irish Tarmac Rally Championship in a move that should ease pressure on the Tarmac Rally Organisers Association (TROA).

Donegal’s Donagh Kelly, who won the West Cork Rally for a fifth successive time this year, says he will switch to an R5 car for the series opener in Galway, but he will keep his Ford Focus WRC and said he may use it on his home Donegal International Rally, depending on what competitors show up in WR cars.