Killarney driver Alan Ring tops the FIA European Historic Rally Championship Pre-2000 (Category 5) standings following last weekend’s Rallye Elba Storico in Italy.

Campaigning his Subaru Impreza alongside West Cork co-driver Adrian Deasy, Ring holds 101 points at the top after a class win Elba last weekend , moving 22 points clear of Dutch driver Arnold Van Der Smeede (79pts) with one round remaining.

The title decider takes place at the Rallye Sanremo Storico on October 16–17. A solid finish on the Italian tarmac will secure Ring and Deasy the FIA European Pre-2000 championship crown.

Killarney rally driver Colin O’Donoghue will tackle the Beatson’s Building Supplies Rally Mull in Scotland next month, marking his first competitive outing of the year.

O’Donoghue returns to the driver’s seat for the first time since taking victory in the modified section of the Killarney Historic Rally last December.

The Scottish event marks only his second career rally appearance outside Ireland.

Navigated by Donegal co-driver Evan MacBride, O’Donoghue will field his Ford Escort MK2 as car number 11 in a packed Class 3 field.

The grueling three-day tarmac event runs across 220 kilometres of asphalt stages on the Isle of Mull from October 9 to 11.

Also making the trip across the Irish Sea are Cork crew Kevin Kelleher and Sean Hyde, who start directly behind O’Donoghue at car number 18 in a matching Ford Escort MK2.