Desi Henry and Liam Moynihan power to second rally victory of the season

Antrim’s Desi Henry (Skoda Fabia R5) and his Millstreet co-driver Liam Moynihan netted their second win in this season’s Valvoline National Forest Rally Championship as they cruised to victory in the Mallow based Crafted Furniture & Joinery Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally, the fourth round of the series.

They finished a minute and 8.4 seconds in front of the Mitsubishi of Omagh’s Patrick O’Brien/Aine McGuigan. Adrian Hetherington/Gary Nolan (Toyota Corolla WRC) were 2.2 seconds further behind in third.

Henry set the foundation with a dominant opening stage at Bweeng where his Skoda Fabia R5 traversed the stage 9.1 seconds better than the opposition. Series leader Michael Carbin (Mitsubishi) was best of the rest 0.2 of a second ahead of the Toyota Corolla WRC of Adrian Hetherington with former Forest champion Michael O’Brien giving the ex-Moffett Fiesta WRC its first competitive outing in the forests occupying fourth – 1.2 seconds further behind.