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Garry Jennings and Rory Kennedy celebrate their win
Letterkenny navigator Rory Kennedy was alongside Kesh driver Garry Jennings for victory in the Manx Rally on Saturday.
After two days of action on the Isle of Man, Jennings and Kennedy were in command in the Ford Fiesta Rally 2.
The pair led from the end of SS4, Tosaby, and at the close of action on Saturday they were 38.7 seconds ahead of the Toyota GR Yaris of Jason Pritchard and Phil Clarke.
Next weekend, Jennings and Kennedy will head for the Circuit of Ireland looking to make it three-from-three in 2025.
The win at the Manx Rally was the 12th time for Jennings and Kennedy to pop the champagne.
At the Tour of the Sperrins at the start of April, Jennings and Kennedy won by almost 17 seconds from Aidan Wray and Patrick McCrudden in a VW Polo GTI R5.
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Donegal co-driver Gareth Doherty was ninth overall with Ryan Loughran in a Fiesta while the all-Inishowen pairing of Aaron McLaughlin and Darren Curran, in a VW Polo, placed 18th.
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