Callum Devine leads top entry for 2022 Donegal Harvest Stages Rally

County Derry driver Callum Devine heads the entry list for the 2022 Donegal Harvest Stages Rally.

The 2021 winner Devine and co-driver Noel O’Sullivan are the number one seeds in their VW polo GTi R5.

Organisers have confirmed a stacked entry for the October 8 event, which is based in the Cloughaneely area. The official launch took place on Sunday evening at Teac Bhillie in Gort a'Choirce, the rally sponsors.

Sam Moffett, in a WRC Fiesta, and Robert Barrable, with Kilmacrennan’s Paddy Robinson on the notes in a Ford Fiesta R5 Mk2, are included in a top field.

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The Kilmacrennan rider is still in fifth place overall in the championship standings.

Glenties’ Declan Boyle goes in a VW Polo with Donegal drivers Aaron McLaughlin, Joseph McGonigle and recently-crowned Junior British Rally Championship winner Eamonn Kelly all in the top ten.

Kelly, who will have regular navigator Conor Mohan alongside, will tackle the Donegal Harvest Stages Rally in the VW Polo GTI R5 previously driven by his father, the former Irish Tarmac champion Donagh Kelly.

Donagh Kelly goes this time in a BMW M3 while Carndonagh’s Kyle McBride, who won the British Rally Championship’s Academy Trophy, is another to look out for.

"This years event is a counting round of both the Border Rally Championship and the National Rally Championship,” Clerk of the Course Tony Boyle said.

“It will run in a 3x3 format with approx 110 stage kilometres with a centralised service in the Falcarragh area.”