RALLY NEWS NO.1 Ballybofey/Donegal Town road/Service/Fri. 1.30

Happily all the top drivers as listed in the programme appeared in Letterkenny this morning for the Shell Donegal International Rally. All seemed in good form, although Andrew Nesbitt’s co-driver James O’Brien was suffering from ‘flu. The most important change to the entry list is that Mark Higgins, co driven by Mike Gibson, slots in a 6^th on the road but with number 175 on the David Greer Toyota, David relinquishing his entry to give the world class Manxman his first crack at the Donegal International. There were a few non-starters from outside the top 10 – Tim McNulty, David Armstrong and Adrian McElvaney not appearing. Weather conditions are pretty wet, but that has not dampened the enthusiasm for this first Shell Donegal for 2 years…..

1^st (1) Andrew Nesbitt/James O'Brien (Subaru) 5.58

2^nd (175) Mark Higgins/Mike Gibson (Toyota) 6.01

3^rd (5) Daniel Doherty/Michael Doherty (Subaru) 6.03

4^th (6) Peadar Hurson/Ian Porter (Toyota) 6.06

5^th (2) Derek McGarrity/Chris Patterson (Subaru) 6.08

(7) Paul Harris/Eugene O'Donnell (Subaru) 6.08

7^th (4) Austin McHale/Brian Murphy (Toyota) 6.10

8^th (11) Trevor Cathers/Gordon Noble (Lancer N) 6.13

9^th (3) Eamonn Boland/Damien Morrissey (Subaru) 6.14

10^th (15) Seamud Leonard/Kevin O'Brien (Subaru N) 6.18

(25) Andrew Stewart/Fabian McShane (Lancer N) 6.18