Morrow pushed a bit too hard on the first stage after service, crashing into a bank and damaging the intercooler. Despite minimal time loss the young Irishman was rather concerned about damage to his car.
Evans, with a new differential fitted, was quickest, but was now exactly 30 seconds behind Higgins with six stages to go.
Higgins and Evans then swapped fastest stage times throughout the rest of the day - but Mark still managed to gradually pull away.
Despite the weather conditions fluctuating by the stage the Subaru pilot extended his advantage to eventually win by 46 seconds.
Morrow, who had had to nurse his car back to mid-day service with a damaged intercooler, was thrilled to take his second podium of the year - and win the Pirelli ‘Star’ driver award as well.
Conrad Rautenbach was on fine form in his Citroen C2 S1600, dominating the category and finishing fourth overall. He had expected to be challenged by local lad Darren Gass but he retired
en-route to the opening stage with a broken engine mounting.
Rob Swann ran a faultless rally and brought his Subaru home in fifth position and moves up into third overall in the championship, behind Mark Higgins and his Stobart Subaru team-mate Wyn Humphries.
Wyn had a torrid time in Ulster, struggling all event long with a dodgy fifth gear and finished in a lonely sixth position.
Heartbreak of the rally must surely go to young Matt Beebe though. The defending R3 champion was in a class of his own, outpacing all of the other 2 wheel drive Group N cars by some margin and was well inside the top 10 heading into the final loop of stages until his engine let go, with less than 9 miles remaining.
Although James Wozencroft took class victory his Suzuki team-mate Lorna Smith overcame a high speed roll to finish third in class and move back into the lead of the class.
George Thomas was the top Citroen C2 home after Jason Pritchard suffered a minor mechanical fault on Friday night and was forced to SupeRally.
