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RALLY NEWS
NO.14 Mt. Errigal..Sunday morning early..
UNOFFICIAL LEADERBOARD AFTER STAGE 18 (OVERNIGHT)
1st (3) Andrew Nesbitt/James O'Brien (Impreza WRC) 2.15.50
2nd (1) James Cullen/Ellen Morgan (Impreza) 2.18.35
3rd (5) Ian Greer/Dean Beckett (Celica) 2.20.12
4th (9) Frank Meagher/Dermot O'Gorman (Escort WRC) 2.20.24
5th (11) Daniel & Michael Doherty (Impreza) 2.20.48
6th (8) Eamonn Boland/Damien Morrissey (Impreza WRC) 2.21.53
7th (14) Hugh M Doherty/Mike Gibson (Escort WRC) 2.23.59
8th (24) Eugene Donnelly/Paul Nagle (Escort) 2.25.20
9th (28) Glenn Allen/Adrian Johnston (Escort) 2.30.50
10th (30) Brendan Kelly/Sean Harris (Lancer N) 2.31.10
(64) Seamus Heron/Sean Devlin (Lancer N)
2.31.10
12th (19) Sean McArdle/Damien Garvey (Celica) 2.32.18
13th (20) Maurice Gass/Geoffrey Orr (Celica) 2.32.58
14th (42) Connie Smith/James Murtagh (Escort Cos)2.33.07
15th (57) Natalie Barratt/Stella Boyles (LancerN)2.33.38
86 cars are still running in the main rally, with 18 Historics
at the back, starting this 3rd day of the Shell Donegal International.
Stages 21 and 23 are being missed out today. The time schedule
will remain very much the same. Malin Head may run a few minutes
earlier than the original advertised time.
Andrew Nesbitt has a 2min45s lead over James Cullen, who has
1m37s in hand over Ian Greer. Behind these 2 there is a
massive battle for 3rd place between Ian Greer, Frank Meagher
and Daniel Doherty, so we can expect all sorts of fireworks over
today's remaining 4 stages. As Andrew Nesbitt commented
last night "The rally is far from over, anything can still
happen". Cross Refrigeration director Andrew, renowed
worldwide for his expertise in banana ripening plants, had a
superb "bash" last night in the Shandon, in conjunction
with Pirelli. Co-driver James O'Brien won a box of bananas in
the raffle!!
Class winners overnight included: Alan Henry from Billy
Gamble both in Suzuki Swifts in class 1. Chris Rogers leads class
2 from the similar Civic of Killarney man Jimmy White. Seamus
Heron suffered a smashed wheel yesterday to allow Brendan Kelly
to draw level in the gpN race, with Natalie Barratte an impressive
3rd from Eamonn Harvey. Kieran Gallagher got ahead of Noreen
McDaid in cl.5 after Noreen parked her Micra in a Knockalla ditch
for 4 minutes. Seamus Gallagher has had a brillient run to lead
cl.6 from the similar Civic of Dermot McAuley. Max McKillen slipped
to a distant 3rd after going off the road for several minutes
in Glen. The brilliant Sammy Fisher leads cl.9 in his Mini from
Paul Blackburn. Robbie Peoples has survived prop shaft dramas
to lead cl.10 from Kieran McFadden with Paul Gallagher 3rd. Terence
McHugh leads cl.11 from Tom Halliday. Eugene Donnelly leads cl.5
from Alan Nesbitt. Connie Smith leads cl.13. Alistair Glenn cl.14.
Martin Marchbank cl.15. Glen Allen leads cl.11A. Martin Freestone
leads the Post Historics. Dessie Nutt the Historics. John Keatley
& John Farrell both crashed out yesterday. Marcus Dodd won
yesterday's Kerridge from David Mann. BRIAN AND LIZ PATTERSON
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