It's back-to-back success for Keith Cronin & Mikie Galvin.
The pair have won the 2025 Clonakilty Park Hotel West Cork Rally partnered with C103.
However, the win wasn't as straightforward as hoped, an issue arose in relation to the car driven by Jon Armstrong which had crossed the line in first place.
It was subsequently found to have breached the rules of the rally and following an enquiry Jon Armstrong was excluded with the second placed driver Keith Cronin being declared the winner.
Steering issues which cost Cronin time, along with a few scares along the way, saw Jon Armstrong and Shane Byrne (Fiesta) move into the lead on the second stage of the day at Glandore.
Cronin and Galvin are expected to appear next on the Carlisle Rally, round two of the British Championship.
"It's a strange way to win, I'd rather have taken it on stage times alone," said Cronin.
"Jon and Shane were very unfortunate to have that issue right at the end, they were on a great pace all weekend. We'll all be keeping a close eye on their progress in the European Championship, and I look forward to competing against them again in Wales later in the year."
Josh Moffett and Andy Hayes were promoted to second place in West Cork in another Citroën, over a minute down on Cronin and Galvin, and 43.8 seconds ahead of Eddie Doherty and Tom Doherty, who were classified third in their Skoda Fabia.
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