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RALLY NEWS
NO.6 Finish...Sunday 7.20
UNOFFICIAL LEADERBOARD AFTER STAGE 9 - LAST STAGE
1st (1) Niall Maguire/Paul McLoughlin (Impreza) 1.22.01
2nd (20) Tim McNulty/Julian Nangle (Celica GT4) 1.23.34
3rd (4) Eugene Donnelly/Paul Nagle (Escort G3) 1.23.45
4th (6) David Armstrong/Herbie Blackburn (Escort Cos)1.23.54
5th (12) Mac McKenna/John Loughran (Peugeot rwd) 1.25.14
6th (10) Norman Armstrong/Ciaran Kelly (Escort) 1.25.33
7th (15) Patrick Elliott/Martin Cahill (Lancer N) 1.26.03
8th (11) Glenn Allen/Adrian Johnston (Escort) 1.26.34
9th (18) Joe & Dermot McHugh (Escort Cos N) 1.26.35
10th (7) Sean McArdle/Paul McCann (Celica GT4) 1.26.41
Niall Maguire's victory here today on this Hotel Kilmore backed
Cavan Rally moves him into the lead of the Dunlop National Championship
with 67 points, Paul Harris stays 2nd on 60 and Denis Cronin
3rd on 52. Maguire had a ball today, thoroughly enjoyed
himself and laughed when he came off the last stage, telling
us "We had gear linkage trouble towards the end and I was
trying not to use the gears, but I wasn't using my head either,
and I put the car up the bank. I'm really pleased with
the win, and of course it throws the championship wide open".
Tim McNulty did an absolute flier to charge through into 2nd
place over the last few stages. His time on the final stage
9, which wet,slippy and treacherous a full 17s faster then Maguire,
14s faster then David Armstrong. Eugene Donnelly held 2nd
place for most of the day,but was just overhauled towards the
end. Eugene had an overshoot on that last stage, which cost time
and probably 2nd place. Fourth placed David Armstrong had
little bits of time loss during the day and told us "We
couldn't have gone much harder at the end".
Patrick Elliott wins group N from Joe McHugh. Mac McKenna
had a brilliant run to take class 11A from Norman Armstrong.
Norman saying "It was slippy all day, but we never stopped
trying". Trevor Lancashire was delighted to at long
last finish an event, his bonus being winning class 11.
Trevor was just outside the leaderboard on a total of 1.27.10.
James & Ann Foley had a mixed day with many spins and problems,
but should have done enough to take the class.
Other stories include - Micky McArdle easing back over the last
couple ofstages as the smell of gearbox oil permeated the BMW.
Sean McArdle went through a wall on the last stage and dropped
from 6th to 10th, lucky to make the finish. Mervyn Wedlock
had a stage 8 spin at the hairpin, that was on cold tyres, Mervyn
just outside the leaderboard on 1.27.29. Provisionally Paul Gallagher
looks to have pipped Charlie Beatty by 16s for cl.10 lead. Looking
back slightly - Derek Jobb/Ivan Fisher rolled out of the rally
in stage 3, the Nissan was badly damaged, driver and co-driver
OK. Mick McQuaid/Victor Fields unfortunately had a bad
accident on stage 6, both have been taken to hospital, hopefully
the injuries are not too serious. John Tully/Brian Duggan
retired their Escort with broken suspension earlier on.
No more space..many thanks to all who helped us during the day
and congratulations to the club for keeping the event going so
well in such difficult weather conditions..BRIAN AND LIZ PATTERSON
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