Donagh Kelly and Conor Foley continued their winning ways in Killarney on the May Bank Holiday weekend with outright victory in the Cartell.ie International Rally of the Lakes.

It was a convincing win in the rain after nearest rival Garry Jennings crashed out on stage 10. Kelly kept his composure from there to the end the wrap up the win from Alastair Fisher in second and Sam Moffett.

Fisher with Gordon Noble on the notes in a Ford Fiesta R5 scored maximum points with second overall, a result that sees them move into the lead of the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship. Third place was enough to move Sam Moffett up to second in the series despite a puncture early on the second day which put him too far behind Fisher to seriously challenge the Fermanagh driver. An excellent drive to fourth place for Stephen Wright is enough to move him into third overall in the championship.

Group N was won by David Guest in a Mitsubishi Lancer which extended his lead in the series while Callum Devine out in a stunning performance to finish eighth overall in his Opel Adam and move back into a clear lead in the 2WD championship.

The Modified championship sees Eugene Meegan and Sarah Whelan finally end their run of bad luck to take maximum points to move back into contention, while Jack Newman who was making his first championship appearance of the season was an excellent second place. Championship leaders Ross Marshall and Dave Robson also crashed out of the event leaving Davy Armstrong provisionally leading the series after four rounds by two points from Marshall.

Galway crew Frank Cunningham and Ross Forde took victory in the Historic category and as a result extended his lead in the Historic championship while the Junior category was won by Kieran O’Donoghue who takes maximum points for this round in his Honda Civic. Justin Ryan maintains his overall championship lead after a good result in Killarney.