The  Valvoline Forest Rally Championship heads to Northern Ireland for its final fling in Saturday's Bushwhacker Rally and the Glens of Antrim on Oct 27th. With drivers dominate the leader board of this year’s seven round series with five rallies already held.

Monaghan's Stephen Wright is the championship leader with 83 points in his Mitsubishi Evo 6, just one point behind is Garry Jennings in a Subaru Group A. In third place is Colin Britton with 77 points.

Fifth sixth and seventh places are taken up by Munster drivers. Ger Lucey has 63 points followed by fellow county man and reigning Valvoline champion Owen Murphy is sixth with 61 points.

When dropped scores and bonus points are taken into account Jennings remains favourite to claim the 2012 Valvoline Forest Crown. Britton and Mc Aree and possibly Wright will keep Jennings honest till the end. For the former champs Murphy and O' Connell, the title is still mathematically possible but in reality a very big ask. Much will depend on Saturday's rally.

The Bushwhacker is based in Omagh with the rally HQ at the Silverbirch Hotel. It starts at 9.00am Saturday September 22nd.There will be 10 special stages with a total distance of 56km, with service at Omagh market yard  Dromquin Rd Omagh. The rally is also counts as tenth and final round of the Northern Ireland Rally Championship.

Class Leaders:

Class 1:Andrew Fanning (Ford Ka)

Class2:Pierce J.Doheny (Opel Corsa)

Class3:Adrian Mc Elhinney  (Peugeot 206)

Class4:Raymond Benskin Jnr (Ford Escort)

Class5:Shay Power (Ford Escort)

Class6:Stephen Wright (Evo6)

Class7:Martin Cairns (Impreza WRC)

Class8:Colin Britton (Evo9)

Class9(Juniors) Dean Raftery (Honda Civic)

Class10:Joe Mc Gonigle (C2R2)

Class11;(Historic) Tommy O'Connell (Escort)

2WD:Dean Raftery (Honda Civic).