Search
14 Jan 2026
Search
14 Jan 2026
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Eamonn Kelly and Conor Mohan get lift off in Finland
Eamonn Kelly earned a stage win at Rally Finland on Friday morning.
The Frosses man, in a Ford Fiesta Rally3, was the fastest driver over SS3, Saarikas 1.
With Conor Mohan on the pace notes, Kelly completed the stage in 8:08.5.
In the Junior World Rally Championship category, Kelly is now in second spot, behind Sweden’s Johansson Mille, also in a Fiesta Rally3.
The margin is just 1.2 seconds while Kelly has a 4.9-second buffer on Turkkan Ali from Turkey, who is just ahead of New Zealand’s Gill Taylor.
Kelly was third overall in the Junior WRC at Rally Sweden.
"I felt we were slightly slow at the start and there was hanging dust on some of the very quick corners, but it's brilliant to get a stage win here in Finland,” Kelly beamed after SS3.
Read next: Mark English with an eye on Tokyo as he heads for National Seniors
On the second stage, Kelly reflected that he was “a bit safe” and felt he “could have attacked a small bit more in places”.
There are a total of 20 stages in Rally Finland, which runs until Sunday.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
