Barrable set to lead in Dunlop

EVER since he lost the National Rally Championship in 1990 in agonising circumstances, Michael Barrable has vowed to win the series.

In the intervening years since Richard Smyth capitalised on Barrable’s retirement while he led the final round in Glandore, Barrable has made a number of unsuccessful attempts to capture the title.

On Sunday, in the Seven Oaks Hotel Carlow Rally, the third round of the Dunlop-backed championship, the Dubliner has an ideal opportunity to take the outright lead as fellow joint leader Eugene Donnelly is not competing, Niall Maguire is a late withdrawal and Jim Harrison is also absent from the entry list.