Round 9: F&M Contracts Down Rally, 23 OctoberStuart Biggerstaff sealed the Hankook MSA Northern Ireland Stage Rally Championship title with fifth place on the Down Rally, which was won by Kenny McKinstry. McKinstry set scratch times on all eight stages, leaving Connor McCloskey to battle with Mark Donnelly, Colin Britton and Pat O’Connell for the remaining podium positions. O’Connell retired on SS4, while Donnelly’s title chances were wrecked when a fuel pump relay worked loose. Britton eventually took second with 2008 Champion McCloskey third.Meanwhile fifth overall was enough to guarantee the Championship crown for Biggerstaff, who overcame a blown turbo to triumph.Results

1 Kenny McKinstry / Noel Orr (Subaru Impreza WRC) 42m52.0s 2 Colin Britton / Arthur Kierans (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Group N) 44m06.0s3 Connor McCloskey / Francis Regan (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6) 44m28.0s4 Raymond Mason / Peter Martin (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Group N) 44m44.0s5 Stuart Biggerstaff / Anthony Nestor (Subaru Impreza WRC) 45m13.0s6 Cyril Doherty / Vinnie Boyd (Subaru Impreza N12 Group N) 45m19.0sRound 10: Glens of Antrim, 6 NovemberChampionship positions (provisional) after Round 9  1 Stuart Biggerstaff – 72 points (CHAMPION) 2 Mark Donnelly – 593 Cyril Doherty – 574 Trevor Ferguson – 395 Drew Stewart – 37