2025 Hillclimb Regs

With three stages to go in the rally, James Stafford is edging that little bit closer to his third win of the Wexford rally. He took almost 14″ out of Stephen McCann on the second pass through Quitchery, no overshoot mistake like on the first attempt. Richie Moore is also putting the squeeze on McCann…

The stages will be slightly damp as overnight rain, and some more as we speak, will make driving a little trickier than yesterday. James Stafford will be the first one to tell you that he doesn’t mind the damp stuff in moderation. Mark Straker felt the Darrians are suited for damp conditions better than most…

Early new from this morning from SS10 is that Daniel Cronin has taken 3.4″ back from the 12.8″ lead that James Stafford carried over from last night, the gap between the top two is now down to 9.4″. It remains to be seen whether this is a slightly slow start by Stafford or a blistering…

Steve Wood has pulled another 9″ out of Meirion Evans after the second spin around the Shanbo test, but whatever John Dalton’s crew did to the Darrian in service has paid off, either that or the tyre choice he had talked to me about. He came within 1.4″ of the time of the grippier and…