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RALLY NEWS
NO.2 SERVICE IN SAT 1.45PM
UNOFFICIAL LEADERBOARD AFTER STAGE 5
1ST (4) Denis Biggerstaff/Guy Carlisle (Metro 6R4) 19.41
2ND (8) Richard Hogg/Mark Hanna (Escort Cos) 19.51
3RD (5) James Gillen/Victor Carruthers (Escort Cos) 20.04
4TH (9) Glenn Allen/Eugene Donnelly (Escort) 20.23
5TH (7) Raymond Mason/Steven Dowds (Impreza) 20.27
6TH (10) Brendan O'Hagan/Paul Hone (Escort Cos) 20.28
= (12) Keith White/David Lyness (Escort) 20.28
8TH (21) John Donnelly/Joe McAleese (Escort Cos) 20.29
9th (16) Richard Hall/Declan Campbell (Escort Cos) 20.31
10TH (3) Robin Phillips/Mike Gibson (Celica) 20.45
11TH (6) Kevin O'Kane/Stephen Griffith (Impreza) 20.46
12TH (18) Jimmy Logan/Neil Fitzsimmons (Escort Cos) 20.49
13TH (25) Raymond Johnston/Ivan Fisher (Impreza) 20.51
Denis Biggerstaff has stretched his advantage to 10 seconds despite
some minor problems over stages 3, 4 and 5. His Metro 6R4
blew the exhaust off on stage three and they stalled just before
the control into stage four and were unable to restart the car,
only just getting it going in time to check in without incurring
penalties, Denis not able to turn the engine off now for fear
of it not restarting.
Richard Hogg says he is settling in to his new Escort Cosworth,
but both he and co driver Mark Hanna were suprised that they
had gone so quickly through stage five but reporting no problems.
Third place man James Gillen was fastest overall on stage 2,
following intercom failure for the first two stages, James much
happier now he can hear co driver Victor Carruthers.
Championship leader Robin Phillips along with Mike Gibson in
their DGM Celica are reporting spins in almost every stage so
far, Robin saying "We are feeling a bit rusty, it has been
some time since the Sperrins, while most of these guys have been
on the loose in Scotland since then".
Glenn Allen and Eugene Donnelly struggled a bit on the uphill
sections in stage 5 in their 2 wheel drive Escort but still hold
fourth overall, while Richard Hall changed to narrow tyres for
SS5 and admits that they really made all the difference and he
was third fastest overall in there.
In GpN Raymond Mason reports no problems leading the category
and running fifth overall and Fermanagh's Raymond Johnston going
well in 13th place, Jim Crozier not far behind on a total of
21.10.
Retirements include Frank Kelly who arrived into service on a
trailer while Peter Martin broke a drive shaft at the start of
SS2 on some rough stuff, in Formula One we hear provisionally
that Hakinen is on poll from Trulli and Schumacher in third.
More News Later Michael Patterson and Zoe Todd |
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