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RALLY NEWS
NO.9 End of stage 10..Sunday 10.45
UNOFFICIAL LEADERBOARD AFTER STAGE 10
1st (2) Andrew Nesbitt/James O'Brien (Subaru WRC) 1.26.02
2nd (4) Frank Meagher/Dermot O'Gorman (Focus WRC) 1.26.34
3rd (1) Ian Greer/Dean Beckett (Corolla WRC) 1.27.23
4th (3) Austin McHale/Joe Downey (Corolla WRC) 1.28.36
5th (5) Kenny McKinstry/Sean Mullally (Subaru WRC) 1.29.29
6th (14) Niall McShea/Michael Orr (Saxo) 1.30.59
7th (24) Roy White/Des Cooney (Lancer N) 1.33.18
8th (10) Sean McArdle/Paul McCann (Celica) 1.36.01
9th (27) Liam Davis/Billy Kelleher (Lancer N) 1.36.24
10th (35)Nigel Hickland/Sam McMullan(LancerN) 1.36.49
MODIFIED NATIONAL
1st (67) Sean Gallagher/Liam Costello(EscortCos)1.34.29
2nd (39) Greg McCormack/Sean Magee (Esc.) 1.35.08
3rd (18) Eugene Donnelly/Paul Nagle (Escort G3) 1.35.31
4th (32) Tim O'Riordan/Don Montgomery(Sierra)1.38.28
5th (33) Kieran O'Neill/Diarmuid Falvey(Kad.) 1.38.36
Andrew Nesbitt was fastest over this morning's first stage, the
12.19 mile Shandangan test. The Cross Refrigeration director
stopped the clocks on 10.16, Frank Meagher 10.23, Austin McHale
10.38 and Ian Greer 10.46. Kenny McKinstry recorded 10.49. This
morning's first stage was always going to be critical, setting
the tone for the day. Andrew Nesbitt made no mistake. He
said at the finish line near Macroom "Quite a tight stage,
the sunlight was very blinding, but we went well".
When Frank Meagher's "Dance to Tipperary" backed Focus
came to a halt the Cloneen man told us "OK, good, a few
little errors, didn't know the stage as well as I'd like to".
Taranto de Pol lead driver Ian Greer said "Fell asleep".
While Kenny McKinstry remarked "A great stage but I spun
at the first hairpin left, cold tyres".
Other stories included...Niall McShea felt he was running out
of brakes. Roy White in the FESP backed Lancer said he had a
good run and holds his gpN positin. Liam Davis got caught out
badly with the bright sunshine, did not have his sun glasses
on. Tim O'Riordan was another to get unsighted, went adrift
on a 100mph easy right, his Sierra causht the grass and had a
huge spin. John Sheehan in the gpN Subaru had a spin at the last
junction.
Johnny O'Sullivan in the Escort WRC was going very slowly through
stage 9, finished the test but lost many minutes with a slipping
clutch...
More to follow..BRIAN AND LIZ PATTERSON |
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