RALLY NEWS NO.8                 End of Jenny's Hill - Sunday 11.30am

UNOFFICIAL LEADERBOARD AFTER STAGE 9 Jenny's Hill
1st  (4) Jonny Milner/Nicky Beech (Corolla WRC) 1.05.56.8
2nd (5) Tapio Laukkanen/Miika Anttila (Impreza WRC) 1.06.05.8
3rd (6) Jari-Matti Latvala/Carl Williamson (Focus WRC) 1.08.38.8
4th (3) Austin MacHale/Brian Murphy (Impreza WRC) 1.09.45.7
5th (16) Dougie Hall/Steve Egglestone (Lancer) 1.10.08.1
6th (9) Gwyndaf Evans/Claire Mole (MG) 1.10.08.4
7th (7) Julian Reynolds/Ieuan Thomas (Impreza) 1.10.34.2
8th (20) Barry Johnson/Stewart Merry (Impreza) 1.10.48.6
9th (10) Gareth Jones/Marc Jones (Impreza) 1.10.51.1
      (13) Kris Meeke/Chris Patterson (Corsa) 1.10.51.1

Through the short Jenny's Hill stage at Glentrool forest Tapio Laukkanen was fastest by just under a second from Jari-Matti Latvala, with Jonny Milner a further 2s back. In overall terms the short stage didn't prove a lot, especially with the 18.5 mile Glentrool test next on the menu, but it still showed Tapio Laukkanen's determination to try to pull back the lead.  Tapio said "We had quite a good stage, and it was nice, twisty and flowing." Jonny Milner described the road as "tricky" and went on to say "We kept it tight and tidy".  Latvala commented "I'm going now a bit slower, avoid the risks, I cannot catch Jonny or Tapio". 

In the race for Super 1600 honours Gwyndaf Evans was 2s faster than young Colin McRae Scholar, Kris Meeke, with the other leading Super 1600 cars finishing the stage without problems.  Ryan Champion commented "That's the first stage we've had without a single problem". Barry Clark retired his Puma stage 7.

Drivers not happy at the end of the stage included Barry Johnson and Dougie Hall.  Both their cars had broken windscreens, smashed from the top right corner in by a branch from a fallen tree. Dougie said "It certainly upset my concentration for a few corners". 

In the Scottish National B part of the rally Raymond Munro led after the first 2 stages this morning from John Gray with Brian Bell 3rd.

The Peugeot 206 Super Cup runners are mixed in with the Scottish championship contenders and Jack Ingleby was leading after the first 2 stages from Joan Roca, 11s separating the two.  Yesterday's winner Mike Faulkner is 3rd, Sebastian Ling 4th, Shaun Gallagher 5th and young Philip Morrow 5th.

LEX ARMY LAND ROVERS - Anton Mitchell still leads.  Andrew Tidbury (No.304) still going after putting his example on it's roof in stage 7 Fuffock Hill.
More news after stage 11.      BRIAN & LIZ PATTERSON ww.rallynews.net
(our thanks to Chris Ritchie and Stephen Morris and Andrew)