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MOURNE
RALLY 2000
RALLY NEWS N0.5 CARNBANE IND. ESTATE SAT 3.15PM
UNOFFICIAL LEADERBOARD AFTER STAGE EIGHT
1ST (1) Robin Phillips/Mike Gibson (Celica) 37.30
2ND (4) David Armstrong/Herbie Blackburn (Escort) 37.52
3RD (16) Camillus Bradley/Danny O'Neill (Escort) 38.06
4TH (14) Glenn Allen/Eugene Donnelly (Escort) 38.16
5TH (10) George Robinson/Francis Regan (Escort Cos) 38.21
6TH (2) Denis Biggerstaff/Guy Carlisle (Metro 6R4) 38.24
7TH (20) Alan Nesbitt/David Smith (Escort G3) 38.54
8TH (19) Micky McArdle/Ger McMonagle (BMW M3) 39.07
9TH (40) John Cairns/James Cairns (Impreza) 39.14
10TH (17) Norman Armstrong/Ciaran Kelly (Escort) 39.16
David Armstrong and Herbie Blackburn once again proved their
prowess on the challenging Cooley Mountain stage setting a time
of 8.50 2 seconds faster than Phillips. David really on
the pace over that stage, but he says he has no answer to Robin
Phillips on the tighter Slieve Gullion stage, Robin maintaining
his lead of 22 seconds here at service.
Camillus Bradley is really flying in his Mk2, setting equal second
fastest time over Cooley to match Phillips, but more importantly
he took another four seconds from his friend and rival Glen Allen
in his similar Mk2 Escort. Allen being over shadowed for
once, admits it is a great battle with Camillus and he is in
a secure fourth place.
George Robinson had a good time on Cooley of 8.53 to move ahead
once again in front of Denis Biggerstaff in his Metro 6R4, Denis
is starting to feel a little bit more comfortable on the stages.
Alan Nesbitt and David Smith actually set joint fastest time
overall on SS5 Camlough, and they feel that there may have been
a problem with their time over stage seven when they stopped
their clock ten seconds faster than the official time keeper,
though Alan admits to not being too worried about it.
In the Border Championship battles Maurice Moffett and Gavin
Campbell are reported to have stopped in their rwd 205, while
Micky McArdle holds 8th place overall in his BMW M3 in his pursuit
of the championship.
John and James Cairns continue to lead GpN in the Impreza another
storming time over Cooley keeping them well into the top ten
in nineth overall, with second place GpN man Richard Hogg just
off the leaderboard on a total of 40.05, Richard joking here
at service that everytime he goes over a bump, his windscreen
wipers come on, distracting him from the job in hand.
More News Later ....... Michael Patterson and Zoe Todd
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