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RALLY NEWS
NO.4 (a) AGHALOO IND ESTATE
SAT 5.30PM
UNOFFICIAL LEADERBOARD AFTER STAGE 10 - FINAL
1st (4) Denis Biggerstaff/Guy Carlisle (Metro 6R4) 38.54
2nd (8) Richard Hogg/Mark Hanna (Escort COS) 39.14
3rd (21) John Donnelly/Joe McAleese (Escort Cos) 40.37
4th (16) Richard Hall/Declan Campbell (Escort Cos) 40.38
= (12) Keith White/David Lyness (Escort) 40.38
6th (7) Raymond Mason/Steven Dowds (Impreza) 40.41
= (10) Brendan O'Hagan/Paul Hone (Escort Cos) 40.41
8th (9) Glenn Allen/Eugene Donnelly (Escort) 40.43
9th (3) Robin Phillips/Mike Gibson (Celica) 40.46
10th (6) Kevin O'Kane/Stephen Griffith (Impreza) 41.20
11th (25) Raymond Johnston/Ivan Fisher (Impreza) 41.30
Denis Biggerstaff and Guy Carlisle have totally dominated this
Parker Plant Dogleap Stages Rally 2000, despite some mechanical
maladies in their ageing Metro 6R4 the reigning Northern Ireland
Champion responded to the challenge brought by Richard Hogg with
a superb display of driving. Denis now moves a little closer
to Robin Phillips in the championship battle, our unofficial
reckoning is that Robin is on a total of 76 points, Denis now
on 69 points.
He may be the bridesmaid today, but Richard Hogg has adapted
well to his new ex-works Escort Cosworth, after a steady start,
he and co driver Mark Hanna really poured it on this afternoon,
closing to within 6 seconds of Denis, but never quite getting
there. John Donnelly and Joe McAleese take a well deserved
third place in their Escort Cosworth.
Fourth place at the moment is between Keith White and Richard
Hall both in their Escort Cosworths, Hall in particular driving
really well this afternoon after switching to narrow gravel tyres,
while Keith White dropped onto 3 cylinders over the final stage.
Raymond Mason takes sixth and GpN in his Impreza while tied on
time is Brendan O'Hagan suffering a loose sump guard.
Glenn Allen and Eugene Donnelly suffered all sorts of problems
over the last couple of stages to drop down the leaderboard into
eigthth, the exhaust fell off their Escort which was also suffering
serious gear box troubles. Robin Phillips feels lucky to
salvage some points towards the championship here today after
many spins and overshoots in his DGM Celica.
Last minute retirements include Jimmy Logan and Neil Fitzsimmons
who are reported to have stopped in the final stage with their
bonnet up.
Congratulations to Maiden City Motorclub and Clerk of the Course
Michael Carlin on running another great event along with the
support of Limavady Borough Council. On a personal note
we would like to take this opportunity to thank those who helped
us this morning!! (you know what we mean), and those who helped
us out today with Rally News.
Michael Patterson and Zoe Todd |
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