Unofficial Leaderboard After
Stage Six
1st
(1) Kevin Lynch/Francis Regan (Impreza WRC) 26.46
2nd
(4) Glen Allen/Damien Connolly (Escort WRC) 27.35
3rd
(3) Kieran Shaw/Crawford Henderson (Impreza WRC) 27.39
4th
(5) Denis Biggerstaff/Derek Brannigan (Impreza WRC) 28.00
5th
(11) Kevin OâKane/Martin Hanna (Impreza WRC) 28.02
6th
(7) Richard Hogg/Mark Hanna (Lancer N) 28.04
7th
(10) Dermott Kelly/Greg Shinnors (Escort WRC) 28.15
8th
(20) Keith White/David Lyness (Escort G5) 28.23
9th
(18) James Murphy/Mark Bowens (Escort COS) 28.44
10th
(12) Brendan OâHagan/Paul Hone(Escort WRC) 28.54
Rally leader Kevin Lynch was
quickest once again in stages five and six. No sooner had the
Stan Harper mechanics restored the KPL Imprezaâs sixth gear, an
electronic tweak sorted that problem out, then Kevin snapped off
the Carbon Fibre paddle-shift. The ragged edge sliced through
his driving glove into his finger, but undeterred Kevin rigged
up a pair of vice-grips as a gear changer and promptly set a time
17 seconds faster than anyone on the second run through Cam, that
is almost two seconds a mile. Glen Allen is holding onto second
but his Escort WRC has lost sixth gear, Glen struggling in the
faster parts of Cam and explained that unlike Kevin Lynch his
sixth gear is lost for good.
KBB Doors man Kieran Shaw
is definitely settling into his RHD Impreza and was second fastest
through stage six, Kieran describing his performance as "getting
it together". Dermott Kelly drove his heart out through stage
five but was a little bit down beat to find he had set to same
time as stage one, but a real charge through Cam saw him fourth
quickest on 8.31. Former NI Champion Denis Biggerstaff is another
one who admits to have woken up, Denis fifth fastest in Cam on
a time of 8.32. James Murphy has lost all his brakes but still
holds ninth overall.
Keith White is in devastating
form in his 2wd Escort and is now up to 8th overall after an impressive
time of 8.40 in Cam but he is struggling to keep rear types on
the car. Just off the leaderboard in the Mk2 race is Mark Barnett
on a total of 30.01 with Alistair Cochrane just three seconds
behind. Andy Magee has dropped back to a total of 30.19 following
a spin on stage six. John McGlaughlin had a big overshoot in Cam
loosing around fifteen seconds and reducing the GpN lead to seven
seconds from Stephen Moore. Tristin Pye had led GpN earlier in
his N10 Impreza but despite running further down the field he
seems to have disappeared. Eamon McErlean is also featuring strongly
in GpN, we had him second after stage five.
More News Later ·. Michael
Patterson & Zoe Todd
