Donnelly on the double with win at Samsonas Fivemiletown Rally

The Tyrone duo capped a great week with another victory.

Tyrone's Mark Donnelly in his Ford Fiesta R5. Picture: Martin Walsh.

For the second time in a week the Tyrone crew of Mark Donnelly/Stephen O'Hanlon (Ford Fiesta R5) emerged victorious, on this occasion, on the Samsonas Fivemiletown Rally, the opening round of the McGrady Insurance NI Forest Rally Challenge. In a contest that hung in the balance right to the end, they finished 1.7 seconds ahead of the similar car of Gareth Mimnagh/Barry McCarney with the VW Polo GTi R5 of Vivian Hamill/Andrew Grennan nine-tenths of a second further behind in third.

Donnelly led throughout with the Fiesta R5’s Omagh’s Ryan McCullagh and Ballinamallard’s Jonny Leonard both within a 2.8s time frame after the opening stage.