Moore takes advantage of McGurk’s retirement to win Toshiba rally

TREVOR MOORE, in an Escort Cosworth, won the Toshiba Rally after he capitalised on the retirement of Robbie McGurk (Subaru) who set the pace through the first five stages.

At the completion of the ten stages in the Antrim forests, Moore headed the Subaru of Derek McGarrity by nine seconds with Eugene Donnelly (Toyota Celica) taking third, another 13 seconds behind.

McGurk took a three second advantage from the first stage with Eugene Donnelly a second ahead of Eamonn Boland and McGarrity a further second back. The opening test claimed the Escort Cosworth of Dominic McNeill, who slid off at a hairpin and Glen Allen (Escort WRC), who retired with engine difficulties.