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RALLY NEWS
NO.3
Service/Saturday Noon
UNOFFICIAL LEADERBOARD AFTER STAGE 2 Clogagh
1st (2) Tim McNulty/Anthony Nestor (Impreza WRC) 13.05.8
2nd (7) Michael Barrable/Dermot O'Gorman (Focus WRC) 13.14.4
3rd (1) Melvyn Evans/Sean Mullally (Impreza WRC) 13.20.4
4th (16) Tony Davies/Brian Hardie (Impreza WRC) 13.45.9
5th (8) Jon Ingram/Ian Allsop (Impreza WRC) 13.47.4
6th (6) Denis Cronin/Helen O'Sullivan (Impreza WRC) 13.48.8
7th (5) Liam McCarthy/Kieran Murphy (Impreza WRC) 13.49.8
8th (10) John Dalton/Gwynfor Jones (Darrian) 13.57.6
9th (12) Kevin & Martin Kelleher (Lancer N) 14.15.6
10th (14) Bob Fowden/Llinos Jones-Edwards (Impreza) 14.16.6
On our last RallyNews we reported that Donie O’Sullivan was
having some clutch problems with his Subaru WRC, unfortunately Donie
has had to retire the car before stage 2. We also reported
on the last RallyNews that Liam McCarthy led after the first stage.
This would appear to be incorrect and it was Michael Barrable who
led after stage 1. Michael was just 0.7 of a second faster
than McNulty on that stage.
In stage 2 Barrable felt that he fell asleep a little in the middle
of the stage whereas McNulty flew to move into the lead. When
Tim brought his Pierse backed Subaru into service he said. “I
was just settling in, the first stage was a bit of a race track
anyway. The second stage was good, plenty of grip”.
Last year’s winner Melvyn Evans said. “It is a
quick pace this morning. I think we made a wrong tyre choice, too
soft a compound”. Denis Cronin commented that he was
being cautious, after all his problems last year. Jon Ingram
went well on the first stage but then had a puncture on the 2nd
one and was very nearly caught out, his Subaru brushing the bushes
at over 100mph when it got sideways on a straight. Tony Davies
had a little bit of clutch slip on stage 2 but still set good times.
Group N Leader Kevin Kelleher felt that his Lancer was jumping about
a bit on the bumps. Bob Fowden reckoned that he needed his
Subaru caster and camber angles set. James O’Sullivan
was having trouble settling in to the Kevin O’Donoghue Lancer,
the seat and wheel angles quite foreign to the 023 Tiles man. Gwyndaf
Evans had no intercom through those first 2 stages. Wesley Patterson
took a jump very hard on the first stage and has disturbed the steering
or suspension on his Escort and was forced to back off. Willie Power
in his Darrian had 2 spins. Rodney White in the lovely Sunbeam
could hardly see where he was going he has such a bad flu.
Conor Curley reckons the gearing is all wrong in his Escort, and
the car is revving flat out in top gear. Adrian Heatherington was
just a little slow through stage 2 having survived a spin with his
Escort. Martin McGee was held up by a lower car through stage 1,
dropped maybe 20s or so.
Unofficially we have Kevin O’Donoghue fastest of the Mk2 Escorts
on 14.22.5. Neil Williams is on 14.27. Gwyndaf Evans 14.38.
Wesley Patterson 14.43.
We reported earlier that Owen Murphy was having turbo problems with
his Lancer – it would appear that the car never got out of
parc ferme. Also missing here for the moment at service in is Tom
Randles in the Celica and Brian Brogan in his Escort.
More news later. BRIAN & LIZ PATTERSON www.rallynews.net |
