Rally News No.3            Service Saturday 1.15pm     

Unofficial Leaderboard After Stage Four

1^st (1) Kevin Lynch/Francis Regan (Impreza WRC) 20.22

2^nd (2) Glenn Allen/Damien Connolly (Corolla WRC) 20.56

3^rd (7) Johnny McKenna/Frank McConville (Lancer N) 21.07

4^th (14) Neil McCance/Sean Ferris (Lancer N) 21.11

5^th (6) Seamus Donnelly/Damien Duffin (Lancer N) 21.14

6^th (5) Kieran Shaw/Crawford Henderson (Escort WRC) 21.23

7^th (15) Seamus Heron/Gerry McVeigh (Lancer N) 21.34

8^th (17) Craig Bennett/Roger Bennett (Focus WRC) 21.35

9^th (8) Raymond Mason/Peter Martin (Lancer N) 21.36

10^th (12) John McGlaughlin/David McIlroy (Lancer N) 21.42

11^th (19) Cathal Rodgers/Paul McLaughlin (Lancer N) 21.50

12^th (11) Terry McGonigle/Stephen Casey (Lancer N) 21.55

Kevin Lynch continues to move ahead after fastest times through stages two and three while Glenn Allen matched Lynch through stage four.  Kevin is still suffering from brake problems and it seems that the brakes are not cooling properly, and at the end of the longer stages the brakes are actually going on fire and the crew are having to pour water on them to put out the flames.  Glenn Allen is driving hard in second overall but is finding his Corolla WRC a bit of a handful.  The car is floating on the gravel roads and Glenn is struggling to get the diffs working to his liking but made an adjustment for stage four that he feels was a move in the right direction.  Missing from the leaderboard is Raymond Johnston who is reportedly pulled up in stage three.  Kieran Shaw has adjusted the seat in his Escort WRC and is much happier with his new seating position.  Denis Biggerstaff suffered a time consuming puncture in stage two caused by the tyre rubbing against the strut and the crew have taken a spacer from the back wheel and put it on the front and are much happier with the Impreza WRC now. 

The GpN race is now headed by a flying Johnny McKenna who has sorted out his earlier intercom problems but it is last years GpN winner Seamus Donnelly who is in bother.  His Lancer has no second gear and with minimal service time there is no chance to fix it,  Seamus is going to try and drive around the problem.   Stephen Moore is getting on the pace and is just off the leaderboard on a total of 21.57 while Martin Elliott is coming to terms with the gravel stages and has a total of 22.16.  A change to earlier on is that Sean Moriarty is co driving for American Laim Egan and not Sean Mulaly.  The team are bedding themselves in well and have a total of 22.27.  More News Later Michael Patterson & Zoe Todd