Rally News No.3 Hillgrove Hotel Service Sunday 1.30pm

Unofficial Leaderboard After Stage Three

1st (2) Niall Maguire/Paul McLaughlin (Impreza WRC) 25.23

2nd (5) Adrian McElvanney/Paul Goodman (Impreza WRC) 25.37

3rd (8) Ray Breen/Andrew Purcell (Impreza WRC) 25.42

4th (14) Cathal Arthurs/Jakes Kelly (Accent WRC) 25.48

5th (10) David Armstrong/Ciaran Kelly (Escort WRC) 26.07

6th (12) Sean Gallagher/Francis Kenny (Escort) 26.08

= (15) Kevin Barrett/Barry Goodman (Impreza WRC) 26.08

8th (17) Dessie Keenan/Fabian McShane (Lancer N) 26.09

9th (18) Gabriel Martin/Mark Kane (Lancer N) 26.20

10th (21) David McNulty/Keefe Kilcoyne (Escort COS) 26.24
= (24) Mac McKenna/John Loughran (Peugeot 205) 26.24

12th (26) Enda Keenan/Sean Moriarity (Escort) 26.33

Niall Maguire although he holds a fourteen second lead over Adrian McElvanney the rally leader nearly threw it all away on stage three when he stalled his Triton Impreza, Niall explained that they were going just a little bit to hard into a junction and the car stopped under braking, co driver Paul McLaughlin reckoned they lost about 15 seconds. James Harrison’s retirement has been confirmed as a light roll in the McKinstry Subaru, both crew members are okay, but unfortunately they blocked the second stage which had to be stopped, all crews being awarded Niall Maguire’s time.

Also out is Kevin Lynch, the KPL driver is pulled up in a farmyard on the third stage. Alan Nesbitt has made it here to service, but only after struggling through stage three with no clutch in his Celica, and with no means to fix the stricken machine he and co driver Enda Sherry have been forced to retire in service.

David Armstrong has no fifth gear in his Escort WRC, while the same problem is also affecting Mark Courtney in his Celica. Glenn Allen still has no intercom, his total is now 26.46 which puts him just off the above leaderboard. Cathal Arthurs reports no problems with his recently acquired Hyundia Accent WRC, he and Jakes Kelly lying in a strong 4th overall.

Kevin Barrett is having a good run and is well inside the top ten, but the Triton man reported that he was lucky on the first stage this morning when he broke a rim on his Impreza.

Dessie Keenan continues to lead GpN but Gabriel Martin is putting in a strong showing and lies only eleven seconds down in that race. The 2wd battle is just as close, Mac McKenna leads from Enda Keenan, Enda was late starting the first stage when his intercom broke. Maurice Moffett is another one with intercom problems in his Starlett, the local engineer loosing time with a spin in stage three.

More News Later Michael Patterson and Zoe Todd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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