Kyle McBride pips Ryan McHugh and Kallum Griffin to class win at BRC
Inishowen man McBride battled it out with fellow Donegal natives McHugh, Frosses, who was making his BRC debut and Downings' Griffin, who took third in the same race
Kyle McBride took first place in the RC4 class at the Jim Clark Rally in Scotland - a round of the British Rally Championship.
The Inishowen man battled it out with fellow Donegal natives Ryan McHugh, Frosses, who was making his BRC debut and Downigns' Kallum Griffin, who took third in the same race.
A nip-and-tuck battle for top spot extended throughout the weekend as the Fiesta Rally4 of MacHugh and the Peugeot 208 Rally4 of McBride swapped seconds across each one of the fourteen stages.
It was McBride who edged out an early advantage in the daylight of Friday but once the night drew in, McHugh responded blissfully to take up the mantle.
However, a trip into a field on the final stage of the night handed the baton back to McBride; as a position he and co-driver Darragh Mullen wouldn’t relinquish.
“This feels good, it was great to have a good race with the two Donegal men so it’s very good,” said McBride.
“I`m really pleased to get finished, everything was working well. The main aim is the Junior BRC fight and we had to play it steady over the last loop to finish nice and clean. It’s a long year and a tough championship.”
McHugh was happy enough with second on the first event outside of Ireland and with the promise of further trips in the future, second spot is a positive result for him and co-driver Arthur Kierans.
“After 14 challenging stages, anda few battle scars, we settled for second on our British Rally Championship debut.
“Scotland threw everything at it - fog, sun and rain! Congratulations to Kyle on taking the class win”.
Kallum Griffin, Dowings, was third in in the same class to round off a fine weekend’s driving for Donegal crews.