Josh Moffett and Andy Hayes claim Cork '20' spoils

TASTING VICTORY: Monaghan' Josh Moffett (right) and his Wexford co-driver Andy Hayes (Hyundai i20 R5) celebrate their victory in the O'Connell Group Cork 20 International Rally, the penultimate round of the Acesigns Irish Tarmac Rally Championship. Picture: Martin Walsh.

Monaghan’s Josh Moffett and his Wexford co-driver Andy Hayes (Hyundai i20 R5) took a hard earned victory in the O’Connell Group Cork ‘20’ International Rally, the penultimate round of the Acesigns Irish Tarmac Rally Championship.

They finished 8.4 seconds ahead of the VW Polo GTi R5 of Derry’s Callum Devine and his Killarney co-driver Noel O’Sullivan with the all-Welsh crew of Meirion Evans/Jonathan Jackson, also in a VW Polo, 40.6 seconds further behind in third.