Fitzmaurice edges out O’Mahony

Remarkably, for the fifth time in recent years, the Carlton Hotel Circuit of Kerry Rally, the third round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship, ended in a tie-break.

Yesterday, after eight absorbing stages around Tralee, Abbeydorney’s Thomas Fitzmaurice and co-driver Fionn Foley (Subaru WRC) edged out the similar car of Cork’s Brian O’Mahony and his Mayo co-driver, John Higgins, to take the laurels. Both crews finished the rally with the same overall time, but, by virtue of the fact that the Kerry duo were quickest on the last stage (albeit by a second), they won on the tie-break rule.

Monaghan’s, Niall Maguire/Enda Sherry (Subaru) were third.