O’Brien still leading the way after SS4 but Condell seems to have had problems

Enda O’Brien still seems to be setting the times alight out on the stages with another fastest time on SS4 and now has a 12″ advantage over Steve Wood, who in turn has 11″ advantage over Paddy McVeigh. The gaps seem to be wider as we look further down the top 10, this seems to be helped by a a very slow stage time by David Condell, he is around 8 minutes off the pace on this stage, a puncture or a bit of automotive gardening we wonder. As soon as we  find the reason, we will hope to enlighten you. Gary Kiernan is 7″ behind McVeigh with Adrian Hetherington being a further 5″ adrift in 5th. Kevin Barrett is 47″ behind, but there is a chasing group of two cars of Wesley Patterson and Michael Conlon who are only 1″ and 3″ in arrears of Patterson in that order. Tomas Davies is only 6″ further back, with Richard Moore only another 12″ back in 10th. There is a battle Royale building behind to get into that coveted top 10 with Graham Scallan Patrich McHugh and Simon Reid only a few seconds behind and making a good effort to make the top 10.

Wexford Volkswagen Stages Rally
Overall Results after Stage 4

Pos No Driver/Co-driver Class Vehicle Total
1 6 Enda O’Brien/John Butler 14 Ford Escort RS Mk2 0:34:26
2 2 Steve Wood/Keith Moriarty 7 Subaru Impreza WRC S10 0:34:38
3 1 Paddy McVeigh/Gary McElhinney 7 Subaru WRC S12b 0:34:47
4 3 Gary Kiernan/Ryan Moore 14 Ford Escort 0:34:54
5 5 Adrian Hetherington/Gary Nolan 14 Ford Escort 0:35:03
6 8 Kevin Barrett/Declan Tumilty 7 Subaru S14 0:35:50
7 4 Wesley Patterson/Johnny Baird 14 Ford Escort 0:35:51
8 11 Michael Conlon/Ciaran McPhilips 13 Ford Escort Mk2 0:35:53
9 17 Tomas Davies/Eurig Davies 5 Ford Fiesta 0:35:59
10 21 Richard Moore/Brian Halligan 14 Ford Escort Mk2 0:36:11
11 12 Graham Scallan/Tom Scallan 5 Mitsubishi Evo 10 0:36:14
12 14 Patrick McHugh/Pauric O’Donnell 13 Ford Escort Mk2 0:36:15
13 18 Simon Reid/Billy Ryan 11F Honda Civic 0:36:16
14 35 Kyle McGettigan/Dale McGettigan 11R Toyota Corolla 0:36:36
15 22 Ian Barrett/Owen O’Flaherty 14 Darrian 0:36:40
16 24 Wayne Evans/John Smithwick 13 Ford Escort 0:36:46
17= 32 Neil Hickey/David Byrne 13 Ford Escort Mk2 0:36:49
17= 42 Conor Moore/Leo Tector 11F Honda Civic 0:36:49
19 27 Richard Cleary/Niamh Holland 13 Ford Escort Mk2 0:37:10
20= 29 Joe Connolly/Richard Connolly 5 Ford R5 0:37:15
20= 43 Barry Jones/Iwan Griffiths 18 Ford Escort Mk2 0:37:15
22 25 Adrian Evans/Martin Henry 13 Ford Escort 0:37:20
23 39 Tom Barber/Jaime Barber 14 BMW M3 Compact 0:37:22
24 28 Jason O’Brien/David O’Brien 11F Honda EG6 0:37:23
25 98 John Reddington/Noel Coogan 14 Ford Escort Mk2 0:37:24
26 41 Andy Nash/Ray Nash 11F Honda Civic EK4 0:37:29
27 53 Fergal Kelly/Tim Maher 13 Ford Escort G4 0:37:44
28 37 Christy Gallagher/Lee Cullen 11R Toyota Starlet RWD 0:37:57
29 31 Tommy Kelly/Frank Dwyer 11F Honda Civic 0:38:07
30 34 Jp Warnock/Jordan Murphy 13 Ford Escort 0:38:11
31 99 Leo Doyle/Aidan Kent 13 Ford Escort Mk1 0:38:14
32 102 Sarah Purcell/Seamus O’Grady 20 Mitsubishi Evo 0:38:27
33 57 Leon Galvin/Ger Foley 11R Ford Escort Mk2 0:38:36
34 61 Joe Gallagher/Ashley Boulton 4 Mitsubishi Evo 9 0:38:48
35= 44 Kieran O’Kane/John Frew 14 Opel Ascona 0:38:51
35= 49 Eamon Bates/Aaron Kavanagh 1 Honda Civic 0:38:51
37 48 Eoin Neville/Tommy Hayes 4 Mitsubishi Evo 9 0:39:05
38 19 Eddie Power/John Rafter 20 Toyota Corolla 0:39:15
39 58 Ciaran Cloke/David Creane 3 Peugeot 306 0:39:20
40 71 Bobby Hennessy/Darragh Smyth 1 Honda Civic 0:39:27
41 100 Seamus Heaney/Michael Culleton 11F Honda Civic 0:39:28
42 60 David Walsh/Martin Lynch 13 Ford Escort 0:39:35
43 52 Llyr Jones/Jason Davies 12 Ford Escort RS Mk2 0:39:56
44 50 Kelvin Lyons/Paul O’Leary 2 Honda Civic 0:40:11
45 51 Fergal Allen/Brian Sharkey 14 BMW M3 0:40:32
46 68 Graham Bradley/Garry Bradley 11F Honda Civic 0:41:43
47 7 David Condell/Eugene McGrath 14 Ford Escort 0:42:36

Results by North East Rally Services. Issued at 13:47 on 10 Sep 2016.
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