Jason Mitchell and Caolan McKenna take an impressive win on the Dogleap Rally. Mitchell records his third gravel rally victory, leading the rally from the first stage.
They set the benchmark time on the Dogleap Rally’s opener, Springwell with Vivian Hamill and Jordan Hone are not far behind.
Mitchell has doubled his stage win tally as Jordan Hone dropped out of third with a minute time-loss on stage 2. Hone set his first fastest time of the day on Springwell 2 to move into second. His stage two time was corrected so he now lied 7.1s adrift of Mitchell.
Vivian Hamill bounced back on stage four to take second from Jordan Hone. Jason Mitchell posted another stage win to strengthen his rally lead. It would soon become a three way fight for the lead.
With one to go, Jordan Hone took 3.3 seconds out of Vivian Hamill through Springwell to put the Polo pilot under threat with one stage left for second place.
Mitchell maintained his cool to take the win nearly 30 seconds clear from Jordan Horne with Hamill making a mistake on the final stage to finish third.
McGirr and Denver Rafferty were untouchable in two-wheel-drive taking a 32.8-second win from Adrian Hetherington and Ronan O’Neill.
The result ensured McGirr clinches the 2WD NI Forest Challenge title with Rafferty sealing the overall co-drivers title.
