Donegal's Eamonn Kelly secured third place overall at the Sanremo Rally in Italy - and secured a debut victory in the FIA European Historic Rally Championship triumph.
Frosses native Kelly and his co-driver Gordon Noble finished quickest in this 'historic' class, which is being awarded for the first time in 2024.
Kelly won by 31 seconds, finishing ahead of BMW M3 crew Maciej Lubiak and Grzegorz Dachowski.
The Donegal man told fia.com: “It was an amazing event, the stages are iconic and when the weather is not too bad it’s really, really nice. Overall, it was a really good challenge.
“We had no expectations coming here but of course when you come to somewhere as iconic as Sanremo and you’re stood in front of the casino on the top step of the podium it’s a pretty cool feeling.
“I’m very lucky to have been doing it. Thank you to my sponsors, especially JKC BMW in Ireland and Michael Cullen who leant me the car for this rally. Without that offer I wouldn’t have been here so I’m really happy for that.”
Kelly was also compete in Sanremo against his Dad, Donagh, who finished 10th overall.
The full Sanremo results can be viewed here.
