Irish driver Austin MacHale took the early lead of the British Rally Championship after winning the opening round in Wales this weekend.
MacHale finished over two minutes ahead of Sebastian Ling in his Ford Focus WRC car with Jon Ingram third.
The Rathcoole-based driver built on his overnight lead of 59 seconds to win two of today's three stages, with Ling setting the pace on the final stage to pip Ingram to the runners-up spot.
Mitsubishi driver Rory Galligan was the winner of the production category and finished fourth overall after team-mate and reigning champion David Higgins retired on stage seven following a suspension problem. Gareth MacHale was fifth in his Toyota.
Last year's ladies champion Lorna Smith ended up ninth overall in her production-spec Subaru ahead of team-mate Barry Clark.
Former champion Mark Higgins had dominated the opening day of the event, winning four of yesterday's five stages to build a two-minute advantage at the top of the leaderboard from Eddie Stobart team-mate Matthew Wilson but a gearbox problem on stage five forced him out of the rally.
Wilson also retired from the event on day one after an accident on stage five which saw the stage cancelled.
The 18-year-old and his co-driver Scott Martin were subsequently taken to hospital where they spent the night.
Only eight cars had made it through the stage before it was abandoned and all competitors were handed the same time of 14minutes 56.8secs.
The series now heads to Carlisle for the Pirelli International Rally in four weeks time.
