At the recent Hillgrove Hotel Monaghan Stages Rally, the fourth round of the Dunlop National Championship VSM had two customers competing on the event, Danny MacBride / Ambrose Given and Trevor Bustard / Kenny Bustard both driving Mitsubishi Evo 8’s.

Danny and Ambrose had a good run in the JB Homes Evo 8 on the rally setting four fastest times in Group N during the day but unfortunately he finished second in Group N after a tie break with Sam Moffett.

Both crews tied on 1.27.26 with the tie break rule stating that “fastest on the last stage wins” so they had to settle for second in Group N and 8th overall after being one second slower on the last stage.

Trevor and Kenny also had a bit of back luck on the rally as they spun on the very first stage and also picked up a puncture in their StockHouse Furniture Evo 8 on stage 6 and dropped over a minute to the other Group N competitors. Trevor and Kenny finished the rally third in Group N and were 19th Overall.

Next For Danny MacBride will be the Cartell.ie Killarney International Rally this weekend. Also doing the rally is Brian and Carol O'Keeffe in their Subaru N11.

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