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RALLY NEWS NO.8
Killarney/Sunday morning early..
UNOFFICIAL LEADERBOARD AFTER STAGE 11 (OVERNIGHT)
1st (5) Eugene Donnelly/Paul Kiely (Impreza WRC) 1.28.13.2
2nd (2) Austin MacHale/Brian Murphy (Impreza WRC) 1.28.33.2
3rd (7) Donie O'Sullivan/Paul Nagle (Impreza WRC) 1.29.47.3
4th (10) Liam McCarthy/Kieran Murphy (Corolla WRC) 1.30.07.3
5th (3) Derek McGarrity/Dermot O'Gorman (Impreza WRC) 1.30.42.7
6th (8) Maurice Gass/Geoffrey Orr (Impreza WRC) 1.32.00.6
7th (167) Trevor Cathers/David Moynihan (Impreza N) 1.32.06.0
8th (24) Denis Cronin/Helen O'Sullivan (BMW M3) 1.32.49.0
9th (22) Dickie Curran/Billy McCullins (Lancer N) 1.33.28.0
10th (4) Eamonn Boland/ Damien Morrissey (Impreza WRC) 1.33.46.6
11th (13) Tim McNulty/Anthony Nestor (Impreza WRC) 1.33.47.7
12th (21) Aaron MacHale/Damien Connolly (Lancer N) 1.35.00.2
13th (19) Roy White/Greg Shinnors (Lancer N) 1.35.07.7
14th (29) Michael Curran/Dessie Wilson (Lancer N) 1.36.04.2
15th (15) Johnny O'Sullivan/Jakes Kelly (Escort WRC) 1.36.04.3
102 cars from the original 147 are still running on this Killarney Rally of the
Lakes and there were no major changes to the overnight results.
Main points of interest this morning at the top end of the leaderboard - will
Eugene Donnelly's Impreza head gasket hold out and can he resist the pressures
of Austin MacHale behind. Austin really got into his stride on the late
Saturday afternoon stages, and is looking extremely relaxed and confident.
Derek McGarrity slipped back to 5th with his penultimate Saturday stage
accident, and can he climb back up the leaderboard this morning. It looks like
another extremely wet start to the day - hopefully drying up later.
Overnight class leaders include - Harry Cathcart, despite his Suzuki Swift
breaking a front strut on Molls Gap yesterday. Martin Browne leads class 2
from the similar Civic of local man Jimmy White. Kevin O'Donoghue leads cl.3
from the Honda Integra of Alan McMahon. O'Donoghue finished well up the
leaderboard on the Circuit and is on his way to doing it here also, 26th
overnight. James Cullen has retired his Civic. Class 4 is for the big gpN
machinery, with the amazing Trevor Cathers leading from Dickie Curran. Aaron
MacHale 3rd despite a puncture and suspension damage in Ardgroom. Roy White 4th.
In Class 5 Pat Kearney in his Peugeot 206 leads from the Micra of Michael
Herbert. Despite a final Saturday stage accident Alan Ring still leads cl.7 from
young Glenn Wilson, both in Peugeots, Alan in a 206, Glenn in a 106. Colm
Murphy leads cl.7 from John Foley with Oliver Stanley 3rd. These 3 are all part
of the Ford Ireland Focus Championship. Ken O'Neill leads cl.9 from Noel
O'Sullivan, Corsa and Escort respectively. John Tully leads cl.10 in his Escort
from Lloyd Hutchinson in his amazing Mini Cooper. Tom Halliday leads the hotly
contested cl.11 from the similar Escort of Wesley Patterson, with Padraic Price
3rd in another Escort, James Foley 4th in a Honda Civic. Halliday has pushed his
Escort up to 19th overall.
Denis Cronin leads cl.12 in his BMW M3 from the Vauxhall Chevette of Willie
Power. Kieran O'Neill put his Kadett off the road on Molls Gap. John Hickey
leads cl.13 in his Celica. Tom Holton retired his Celica, not with
mechanical problems, but because he could not see out the misted up screen.
Class leaders in the Historic section of the rally are….Martin Freestone in
his RS1600. Liam Sheehan in his Escort. Niall Creighton in his Cortina and
Eddie Cronin (Morris Cooper). Frank Cunningham leads the Historics overall in
his Mini Cooper S. More news later. BRIAN AND LIZ PATTERSON
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