Irish Tarmac Rally championship celebrates 50th different winner

The Irish Tarmac Rally Championship celebrated its 50th different winner of a round of its series since its inception in 1978 when Darren Gass won last weekend’s Safety Direct Galway International Rally, the opening round of the 2012 campaign.

Irish Tarmac Rally championship celebrates 50th different winner

The 23-year-old Armagh driver claimed a dramatic late victory when he overhauled long-time leader, Tim McNulty (who had damaged his Subaru’s suspension) and then fended off the challenge of Eugene Donnelly in the MINI John Cooper Works WRC.

The Tarmac series enjoyed a terrific opening round in Galway where thousands of spectators watched the ten-stage encounter. However, the compact location of the loop of three stages around Headford brought its own difficulties given the large volumes of spectators and traffic.

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