RALLY NEWS NO.7                           Cork - Sunday 10am

UNOFFICIAL LEADERBOARD AFTERE STAGE 8 - overnight
1st (3) Eamonn Boland/Damian Morrissey (Impreza WRC) 1.05.23
2nd (1) Derek McGarrity/Dermot O'Gorman (Impreza WRC) 1.05.44
3rd (2) Austin MacHale/Brian Murphy (Impreza WRC) 1.06.01
4th (11) Tim McNulty/Anthony Nestor (Impreza WRC) 1.06.51
5th (7) Donie O'Sullivan/Paul Nagle (Impreza WRC) 1.07.26
6th (8) Melvyn Evans/Marc Jones (Impreza WRC) 1.07.27
7th (6) Liam McCarthy/Kieran Murphy (Corolla WRC) 1.07.29
8th (10) Maurice Gass/Andrew Cullen (Impreza WRC) 1.07.58
9th (15) Tommy Graham/Bob Kelly (Impreza WRC) 1.08.32
10th (17) Seamus Leonard/Paul McLaughlin (Impreza N) 1.08.43
11th (18) Roy White/Greg Shinnors (Lancer N) 1.08.45
12th (22) JJ Fleming/Jakes Kelly (Impreza WRC) 1.08.45     
13th (12) Denis Cronin/Helen O'Sullivan (BMW M3) 1.08.47
14th (14) Ray Breen/John Purcell (6R4) 1.09.16
15th (33) Guy Woodcock/David Williams (Esc.Maxi) 1.10.24

Starting Day 2 of this Cork 20 International Rally Eamonn Boland has a 21s lead over Derek McGarrity with Austin MacHale a further 17s back meaning there is still a lot to play for over today's 6 special stages.  The character of the roads change somewhat from yesterday, today's stages being much more fast and flowing, much of it through farmland, so hopefully the weather stays dry, as any rain at all will make the going slippy in the extreme.

Various class leaders include - Denis Cronin leading cl.12 in his BMW M3 and Ray Breen class 13 in his 6R4.  John Moynihan is 2nd in class 12 to Denis Cronin. Dominic McNaughton 3rd.  James O'Sullivan leads class 11 from David James, 023 Tiles man O'Sullivan had a good run yesterday, while James was hampered by some small mechanical glitches.  Wesley Daly leads cl.10 in his Escort from John Sinclair in his Toyota Starlet.  Martin Browne leads class 2 in his Civic and is a long way ahead of Ed O'Neill, 2nd in class in another Civic.  Guy Woodcock leads cl.7 in his Escort Maxi. Martin Kirwan class 6 in his Renault Clio and that was despite panic at the parc ferme on Saturday morning when the car refused to fire up. Keith McQuillan leads cl.3 in his new model Civic.  Kenneth Mulvaney leads cl.1 in his Ford Ka from Emily O'Mahony in her Ford Ka. John Foley is the highest placed Ford Ireland Focus championship contender with Colm Murphy back into 2nd following his off road excursion. David Delaney 3rd and Oliver Stanley 4th.  Martin Sheehan leads cl.9 in his Starlet and Alyn Spiers leads cl.5 in his Suzuki Swift.  Martin Ward leads the Historics in his Manta with Sean Treacey 2nd in the BMW 2002.  The latter had led but lost time with a broken gearbox.

News from San Remo World Championship Rally - Kris Meeke & Chris Patterson have just texted to say that unfortunately their Corsa is off the road and out. Both OK but 2nd in the Juniors kissed goodbye…..

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