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RALLY
NEWS NO.6 Lurgan
Park/Saturday/15:30
UNOFFICAL
LEADERBOARD AFTER STAGE 6
1ST
(6) Kevin Lynch/Francis Regan (Impreza WRC) 11.06.7
2nd
(2) Mark Higgins/Michael Gibson (Accent WRC) 11.12.4
3rd
(1) Jonny Milner/Shelley Rogerson (Octavia WRC) 11.17.5
4th
(10) Denis Biggerstaff/Robin McCandless (Metro 6R4) 11.23.9
5th
(20) James Gillen/Rodney Johnston (Impreza WRC) 11.28.1
6th
(14) Kevin Barrett/Rory Kennedy (Impreza WRC) 11.28.1
7th
(15) Daniel Doherty/Kevin McGowan (Impreza WRC) 11.31.7
8th
(8) Maurice Gass/Andrew Cullen (Impreza WRC) 11.39.0
9th
(11) Glenn Allen/Kieran McCracken (Escort WRC) 11.41.8
10th
(22) Ollie O'Donovan/Ed Synan (Impreza WRC) 11.43.0
With two stages to go in this
Triton Showers Lurgan Park rally, Kevin Lynch appears to have
assumed control at the top of the leaderboard. The Subaru driver set
another stunning time through stage 6, to extend his lead over Mark
Higgins by another second. Kevin remarked, "There’s still a
little bit left in the car, but I’m not about to try get it out of
it. This is a strong pace but we can’t make any mistakes".
Mark commented, "There was one corner in there where I dropped
a couple of tenths but it was otherwise fine. I think Kevin has the
pace today".
Double British Champion Jonny
Milner has pegged back any charge from 4th placed Denis
Biggerstaff. The Metro man was two-tenths of a second faster in
stage 6 but Milner still has over six seconds in hand in the battle
for the final podium position.
The battle for fifth is much
closer. Another strong time from James Gillen has moved him level on
time with Kevin Barrett. Both men reported no dramas so this looks
set to be a clean scrap through the final two stages. Daniel Doherty
holds seventh in his Subaru. Daniel commented "We don’t have
much forest experience so we are learning more about the loose with
every run". Maurice Gass, Glen Allen and Ollie O’Donovan
round out the top ten but the hard charging Keith White is only
three seconds off Ollie in eleventh and determined to get a 2WD car
into the top ten. Keith said "We had another clean run in there
but our time was exactly the same as it was in stage five. We just
have to keep pushing".
Mike Curran leads class 1,
almost five seconds clear of father Dick. Fastest class 1 on stage
six was actually Raymond Johnston, who is catching the elder Curran
as he gets used to his new Mitsubishi.
More news later – when
normal service will be resumed …… maybe….. we’ll see…
SHAMMII AND MOTHER SUPERIOR
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