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RallyNews
No.6 Carraig Hotel Carrick On
Suir 5.45pm
Unofficial
Leaderboard After Stage 10
1st
(5) John McCarthy/Dan Maguire (Impreza)
53.35
2nd
(6) Eddie Kinirons/ Greg
Shinnors (Celica) 55.07
3rd
(4) Garry Jennings/Gordon Noble
(106 MAXI) 55.59
4th
(2) Kevin O’Kane/Steven
Griffith (Impreza) 56.20
5th
(12) John Shanahan/Liam
McLaughlin (Impreza) 56.56
6th
(1) Dermot Kelly/John Brennan
(Escort WRC) 56.57
7th
(3) John Donnelly/Greg McCarthy
(Escort WRC) 57.37
8th
(9) John McGaffin/Tom Graham
(Legacy) 58.26
9th
(39) Paul Mulcahy/Kenny Walsh (Starlett)
59.56
10th
(19) Alan Mulcahy/Dermot
Harrington (Starlet) 1.00.42
John
McCarthy and co driver Dan
Maguire were pleased as punch
as they scored an unchallenged
victory on this years Willie
Loughman Memorial Rally.
McCarthy who only recently
switched to his Impreza has
been threatening to win a round
of the forestry championship
for some time, and today he led
from the start to score his
first ever rally victory.
Eddie
Kinirons drove an almost
perfect rally to finish a
fantastic second, he and co
driver Greg Shinnors struggled
without a handbrake in their
Celica, this result a fine
starter for their KBB Doors
Forestry Championship campaign.
Garry Jennings drove superbly
in the little 106 Maxi, but was
lucky to make the finish when
the rear suspension had totally
collapsed over the final stage,
another indication of just how
good this young driver is.
Kevin
O’Kane was competitive for
the whole rally and had a
trouble free run to fourth,
while Dermot Kelly solved his
mechanical worries to set
fastest time over stage nine,
enough to secure him sixth
overall. It was heartbreak
though for Paul Staunton, the
Escort driver holding a top
five place before the final
stage only to get a puncture
and loose almost five minutes,
dropping him out of the top
ten. P J O’Connor was another
looking for a top ten finish,
but the Sierra Cosworth driver
has failed to appear at the
final control.
Gareth
McHale was another driver to
suffer suspension woes in his
206, but once again the young
Dublin driver did a good job to
bring his ailing machine home
just outside the top ten.
Vivienne Noone led the Ford KAs
after stage seven, Eoin Fogarty
in second, Chadwick third and
Martin Laverty in fourth. In
the classes Lloyd Hutchinson
has had another storming run in
his mini and looks like he is
the class victor, finishing
just off the leaderboard.
Well
done once again to Carrick On
Suir Motor Club on another
great Willie Loughman Rally and
to COC George Clancey for
keeping it all under control in
his usual demanding style. Many
thanks to all those who helped
and supported the RallyNews
service today and don’t
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Michael Patterson & Zoe
Todd
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