RALLY NEWS NO.4

UNOFFICIAL POSITIONS AFTER STAGE 4 – Lurgan Park…Saturday 2.15

1st (1) Kevin Lynch/Gordon Noble (Impreza WRC) 9.24.2

2^nd (3) Kenny McKinstry/Noel Orr (Impreza WRC) 9.31.9

3^rd (2) Eugene Donnelly/Andrew Mullan (Corolla WRC) 9.32.8

4^th (11) Glenn Allen/Kieran McCracken (Corolla WRC) 9.42.0

5^th (8) Paul Bird/Andy Richardson (Focus WRC) 9.42.4

6^th (10) Maurice Gass/Andrew Cullen (Fabia WRC) 9.51.2

7^th (5) Niall McShea/Willie McKee (Cordoba WRC) 9.51.9

8^th (25) Garry Jennings/Pamela Ballantine (Lancer N) 9.56.6
9^th (19) Raymond Johnson/Mark Johnson (Impreza WRC) 10.00.2

10^th (12) James Gillen/Rodney Johnston (Impreza A) 10.01.4

Another fastest time from Kevin Lynch on the first run on Lurgan Park’s second layout. Last years winner might not have the huge advantage that he had earlier today, but he is still adding to what is a comfortable lead by Lurgan park standards. He posted 1.53.7 that time, with Eugene Donnelly 2^nd on 1.54.1 and Kenny McKinstry 3^rd on 1.54.4.

No major dramas among the top three, although Kenny did arrive back in service with the right side of his Subaru sporting some battle scars, “We grazed the tyres at the bus stop chicane, “ said Noel Orr. “It’s probably about 1500 pounds worth of damage!” 

Niall McShea suffered a disaster in that stage. The Production car world champion stalled on the line and lost nearly 10 seconds. “Something went wrong with the launch control” Said Niall. The problem has dropped him to 7^th overall. McShea’s dramas moved Glenn Allen into 4^th and Paul Bird into 5^th, after what the Englishman described as a “tidy run.”

Garry Jennings was quickest in GpN again, pipping Mike Curran by just 0.1 of a second as the 2 youngsters fight it out in the standard category. Indeed, such is Jennings pace, that he is now 8^th overall, ahead of several WR Cars.

Other dramas included an off from Neil Dougan. “We had a big moment on the gravel in the trees. We thought we were going to hit something hard” said Neil. The incident cost him about 10 seconds.

In the Escort MkII challenge, Alistair Cochrane set a stunning time to beat Wesley Patterson by a tenth of a second on that run. The overall lead in the section is still held by David James, but he dropped 2 full seconds to Patterson and is now only 0.6 of a second clear.

More news later… When normal service will be resumed… Shammii and the Mother Superior (hope Dunge and Scully enjoy their tea ;o)