McNulty overcomes problems to maintain unbeaten run

EVEN though he had to replace the power steering pump on three separate occasions, Meath’s, Tim McNulty (Subaru WRC) maintained his unbeaten sequence in the Dunlop National Rally Championship.

Yesterday, at the Mount Wolseley Country Resort Carlow Rally (Round 3), he finished 25 seconds ahead of the Skoda Fabia S2000 of Robert Barrable with the Escort of Daniel McKenna a further 40 seconds behind in third.

The Group N category was won by Andrew Cullen (Subaru). McKenna topped the timesheets on the opening stage that saw both Kevin Barrett and Colm Murphy lose time with off road excursions. Sam Moffett (Mitsubishi) retired with rear differential trouble as Trevor Mulligan crashed his Escort soon after the start.