Unofficial Leaderboard After Stage Six

1^st (3) Michael Barrable/Dermot O’Gorman (WRC) 50.45

2^nd (2) Eugene Donnelly/Paddy Toner (Celica) 51.05

3^rd (1) Niall Maguire/Paul McLaughlin (WRC) 51.33

4^th (5) David Armstrong/Herbie Blackburn (Escort WRC) 51.45

5^th (8) Adrian McElvaney/Paul Goodman (WRC) 51.59

6^th (17) Alan Nesbitt/Enda Sherry (Celica) 53.10

7^th (11) Sean Gallagher/Liam Costello (Escort) 53.29

8^th (16) George Robinson/Francis Regan (Escort COS) 54.03

9^th (12) Mac McKenna/John Loughran (Peugeot) 54.20

10^th (25) David McNulty/Keefe Kilcoyne (Escort COS) 54.37

11^th (18) George Cullen/Derek Brannigan (Celica) 54.39

12^th (28) Patrick Boyle/Marty Sherlock (Escort) 55.05

Niall Maguire brought his battered Impreza back to service holding a strong third place despite handling problems "I am struggling, she is really not handling". Rally leader Michael Barrable overheard Maguire and said "I am the same, it is the conditions, my car is all over the road" going on to say that he thought it was just the roads and that most of the drivers had gone out on wet tyres, only for the sun to come out. Eugene Donnelly summed it up pretty well, Eugene saying "I went out on wets and it didn’t bloody rain".

David Armstrong continues to go well in the ex Mel Evans Escort WRC, despite a failing intercom on that loop of stages, Davy saying "it is nothing really bad, I just can’t hear the notes right". Adrian McElvaney continues to set good times but was a little bit slow on stage four, and like most others put it down to a wet tyre choice.

Ivan Stewart is persevering with his misfiring Escort Cosworth , while Sean McArdle has no boost on his Celica.

Retirements from that loop include Glen Allen whose Escort WRC has blown a head gasket, Glen scalding his hand quite badly while inspecting the car and has gone to hospital to have it checked out. Also gone is fellow Escort WRC driver Kieran Shaw who broke a driveshaft in stage four.

Mac McKenna continues to lead the 2wd race but other drivers just off the leaderboard include Pat Boyle who is on a total of 55.05 and Norman Armstrong on 55.19. Norman having burned out his wet tyres on that loop and whatever the weather does he will have to do the final three stages on slicks. Finally MSI safety officer Gerry Burke would like to thank Paul Gallagher’s service crew for patching up his exhaust. More News Later Michael Patterson & Zoe Todd