KILLARNEY’S Paul Nagle and Waterford driver Craig Breen romped to victory in the Rally of the Lakes at the weekend despite sustaining damage to their Ford Fiesta R5 when they crashed into a deer.
The collision occurred on one of the stages and it proved a significant hindrance but they were able to continue and they ultimately triumphed in round four of the Irish Tarmac.
Revealing the incident on Twitter, Breen said: “Small bit of time loss on stage 11 for us as we hit a deer”.
It was a particularly memorable win for local competitor Nagle with the Aghadoe rally ace becoming the first Killarney man to win the rally and, even more notably, he did so on its 40th anniversary.
They finished 14.9 seconds ahead of Fermanagh’s Alastair Fisher and his Tyrone co-driver Gordon Noble, with Derry’s Callum Devine and his co-driver Brian Hoy 12.5 seconds behind in third to complete a Fiesta top three.
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