Motors: Fourth national rally championship victory for Josh Moffett

FOURTH VICTORY: Monaghan’s Josh Moffett (Hyundai i20 R5) and Limerick’s Keith Moriarty clinched the Triton Showers National Rally Championship on the Letterkenny based Donegal Harvest Rally, the final round of the series. Moffett is the first driver to win the series four times. Picture: Martin Walsh.

Four was certainly the magic number in the Donegal Harvest Rally the final and deciding round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship as Monaghan’s Josh Moffett (Hyundai i20 R5) netted an unprecedented fourth national rally championship victory and Derry’s Callum Devine (Skoda Fabia RS Rally2) won the rally for a fourth successive time.

Four drivers were in with a chance of lifting the Vard Memorial Trophy as top seed Devine free of the shackles of the series, set the pace on the opening stage 6.6s ahead of title protagonists Ballylickey’s Daniel Cronin and Monaghan’s Sam Moffett (Hyundai i20 Rally2) 0.1s further behind in the tricky conditions due to overnight rain. The remaining title contenders Josh Moffett and Eddie Doherty (Skoda Fabia R5) were sixth and seventh respectively, the latter 10.3s off top spot.