Donegal driver Donagh Kelly, the former National and Tarmac champion, added to his long list of achievements by becoming the first driver ever to win the Quality Hotels West Cork International Rally four years in a row.

At the finish in Clonakilty yesterday, he and co-driver Conor Foley had almost two minutes to spare over runners up Josh Moffett and James Fulton, who led the R5 challenge to Kelly's more powerful Ford Focus World Rally Car. The Monaghan-Cavan pair took their Fiesta to maximum points towards the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac title, as WRC cars are no longer eligible for the series.

Moffett had a good day yesterday, as he climbed from fourth place at the end of Saturday's nine stages, to overtake his brother Sam, the runner up on Saturday night. Dubliner Rob Barrable, giving his new Hyundai i20 its Irish debut, held a strong third place after the opening day, but a brake problem forced him to retire with only a couple of stages left to
the finish.

Fermanagh's Alastair Fisher was another to climb the leaderboard, improving from fifth to third yesterday to take the Tarmac title points lead, with Sam Moffett ending the weekend in fourth position after losing several minutes when he was forced to stop on a stage to change a punctured tyre on his Fiesta.

Robert Barrable was extremely impressive in the new Hyundai i20 R5 and was looking good for a nice haul of points until he picked up a puncture. However, em proved to be terminal as a cracked brake disk was diagnosed forcing his retirement before the penultimate stage.

Kevin Eves won the National Rally category from Kevin Gallagher, while Eugene Meegan overcame numerous niggling problems to take third overall. Barry Jones and Iwan Griffith won the Historic Rally. Jones had over 40 seconds to spare over the Escort of Ernie Graham while Owen Murphy brought his Avenger back in third place. The Junior Rally was won by Kieran Reen and Andrew Cronin from Kerry in a Honda Civic.