O'Brien brothers get second win in Lakeland Rally

SECOND VICTORY: The Omagh crew of Patrick O’Brien/Stephen O’Brien (Skoda Fabia R5) won the Lakeland Rally in Enniskillen, round five of the Sligo Pallets Irish Forest Rally Championship. Pic: Martin Walsh.

Reigning Irish Forest Rally champions Omagh’s Patrick and Stephen O’Brien took their R317 Motorsport run Skoda Fabia R5 to a 21.2 second victory in the Lakeland Rally in Enniskillen where Strabane’s Ryan Caldwell and his Monaghan co-driver Arthur Kierans, also in an R317 Motorsport run Skoda Fabia R5 and who finished fourth, took maximum points in the Sligo Pallets Irish Forest Rally series.

The O’Brien brothers finished the six stage event 21.2s ahead of the Ford Fiesta Rally2 of Dromore’s Cathan McCourt and his Cork co-driver Liam Moynihan.