Lynch aiming for three in-a-row

WITH three different leaders after each of the opening three rounds, the Dunlop National Rally Championship is shaping up to be an intriguing contest.

Sunday's fourth round action is the Adare-based Woodland's House Hotel Circuit of Munster and includes all the championship protagonists infiltrated by a number of other drivers that boost the quality line-up.

Defending Dunlop champion Niall Maguire has freely admitted that the pace of this season's Dunlop series has moved up another gear; he finished fifth in Cavan on Sunday last and although he drove as hard as possible, he was some way off the pace of his rivals.