Donegal driver Donagh Kelly and his Derry co-driver Kevin Flanagan in their Ford Focus WRC clinched the Triton Showers National Rally Championship courtesy of their second place finish on the McCormack Opel/Sligo Park Hotel Rally, round six of the eight-round series.
Outgoing champion, Declan Boyle and his co-driver Brian Boyle (Ford Fiesta WRC) won the event –finishing 30.6 seconds ahead of new champions, who were presented with the Vard Memorial Trophy at the finish ramp in Sligo.
It is the first time since the inception of the championship that two drivers from the same county have won back-to-back national titles.
Cork duo Mick O’Connell and Ger Buckley were the respective winners in 1978 and 1979.
