Maguire top choice to take Tipp rally

ALTHOUGH there are few certainties in rallying, Niall Maguire should wrap up the Dunlop National Rally Championship at the Clonmel Arms Hotel/FESP-sponsored Tipperary Stonethrowers Rally on Sunday.

The Monaghan ace has dominated this season’s campaign with six outright wins from seven starts, making him odds-on favourite for his second national title in four years.

The decision by four crews to opt out of the series after just three rounds diluted the national series.