McVeigh Stretches Over Night Lead to 18 seconds
Paddy McVeigh holds a 18 second over night lead going into day 2 of the Wexford Volkswagen Stages Rally. He leads fellow Subaru driver Steve Wood, who in turn is 15 seconds advantage over Enda O’Brien. Garry Kiernan is breathing hard down the neck of O’Brien with only 2 seconds separating the two Ford Escorts Adrian Hetherington is 38 seconds further back but has over a minute and a half to spare over Keven Barret. 12 seconds further back is Micheal Conlon in 7th who has 34 seconds to spare over Patrick McHugh. Thomas Davis is only 9 seconds further back in 9th but has Richard more breathing down his neck 5 seconds further back in 10th place. 10th place is not secure as Simon Reid is only 2 seconds behind him. On a local note Graham Scallan is in 12th 23 seconds further back waiting to pick up the pieces should a battle in front of him end in tears. In a rally that has had 3 different leaders, a rare occurrence in Wexford, we wonder how different the top 10 will look after tomorrow 6 stages. If tomorrow is as exciting as today, 2016 will be one of the best rallies for many a long year.
Wexford Volkswagen Stages Rally
Overall Results after Stage 9
Pos No Driver/Co-driver Class Vehicle Total
1 1 Paddy McVeigh/Gary McElhinney 7 Subaru WRC S12b 1:12:51
2 2 Steve Wood/Keith Moriarty 7 Subaru Impreza WRC S10 1:13:09
3 6 Enda O’Brien/John Butler 14 Ford Escort RS Mk2 1:13:24
4 3 Gary Kiernan/Ryan Moore 14 Ford Escort 1:13:26
5 5 Adrian Hetherington/Gary Nolan 14 Ford Escort 1:14:04
6 8 Kevin Barrett/Declan Tumilty 7 Subaru S14 1:15:42
7 11 Michael Conlon/Ciaran McPhilips 13 Ford Escort Mk2 1:15:54
8 14 Patrick McHugh/Pauric O’Donnell 13 Ford Escort Mk2 1:16:27
9 17 Tomas Davies/Eurig Davies 5 Ford Fiesta 1:16:36
10 21 Richard Moore/Brian Halligan 14 Ford Escort Mk2 1:16:41
11 18 Simon Reid/Billy Ryan 11F Honda Civic 1:16:43
12 12 Graham Scallan/Tom Scallan 5 Mitsubishi Evo 10 1:17:06
13 4 Wesley Patterson/Johnny Baird 14 Ford Escort 1:17:52
14 32 Neil Hickey/David Byrne 13 Ford Escort Mk2 1:17:59
15 24 Wayne Evans/John Smithwick 13 Ford Escort 1:18:07
16 42 Conor Moore/Leo Tector 11F Honda Civic 1:18:31
17 25 Adrian Evans/Martin Henry 13 Ford Escort 1:20:02
18 29 Joe Connolly/Richard Connolly 5 Ford R5 1:20:05
19 39 Tom Barber/Jaime Barber 14 BMW M3 Compact 1:20:07
20 28 Jason O’Brien/David O’Brien 11F Honda EG6 1:20:23
21 34 Jp Warnock/Jordan Murphy 13 Ford Escort 1:21:28
22 37 Christy Gallagher/Lee Cullen 11R Toyota Starlet RWD 1:21:38
23 31 Tommy Kelly/Frank Dwyer 11F Honda Civic 1:21:44
24 41 Andy Nash/Ray Nash 11F Honda Civic EK4 1:22:07
25 19 Eddie Power/John Rafter 20 Toyota Corolla 1:22:34
26 102 Sarah Purcell/Seamus O’Grady 20 Mitsubishi Evo 1:23:08
27 49 Eamon Bates/Aaron Kavanagh 1 Honda Civic 1:23:12
28 99 Leo Doyle/Aidan Kent 13 Ford Escort Mk1 1:23:22
29 47 Tony Rees/Craig James 13 Talbot Sunbeam 1:23:56
30 57 Leon Galvin/Ger Foley 11R Ford Escort Mk2 1:24:17
31 61 Joe Gallagher/Ashley Boulton 4 Mitsubishi Evo 9 1:24:39
32= 48 Eoin Neville/Tommy Hayes 4 Mitsubishi Evo 9 1:25:25
32= 58 Ciaran Cloke/David Creane 3 Peugeot 306 1:25:25
34 27 Richard Cleary/Niamh Holland 13 Ford Escort Mk2 1:26:11
35 54 Brian Harney/Richard Harney 11R Ford Escort Mk2 1:26:39
36 84 Joe Nacey/Shay Byrne 11R Toyota Corolla RWD 1:26:45
37 52 Llyr Jones/Jason Davies 12 Ford Escort RS Mk2 1:26:59
38 44 Kieran O’Kane/John Frew 14 Opel Ascona 1:27:29
39 71 Bobby Hennessy/Darragh Smyth 1 Honda Civic 1:27:38
40 100 Seamus Heaney/Michael Culleton 11F Honda Civic 1:27:39
41 74 Adrian May/Simon May 13 Ford Escort 1:27:54
42 80 Richie Dalton/Ger Brett 4 Subaru Impreza 1:28:12
43 78 Ray Kirwan/David Busher 2 Honda Civic 1:29:24
44 70 Kenny O’Brien/Sarah Jane Stamp 9A Vauxhall Nova 1:29:27
45 63 Fran Kinsella/Stephen McElroy 10 Vauxhall Nova 1:29:31
46 59 Emyr Davies/Gethin Sollis 14 Ford Escort 1:29:52
47 81 Peter Lewis/Andrew Rees 14 Ford Escort Mk6 1:30:14
48 88 Ger Kelly/Des Curtis 10 Peugeot 205 GTi 1:30:46
49 68 Graham Bradley/Garry Bradley 11F Honda Civic 1:32:05
50 98 John Reddington/Noel Coogan 14 Ford Escort Mk2 1:32:36
51 60 David Walsh/Martin Lynch 13 Ford Escort 1:32:45
52 96 Paul Dempsey/James Sinnott 11R Toyota Starlet 1:32:58
53 82 Joey Leacy/Michael Leacy 11R Ford Escort 1:33:08
54 87 Alan Maloney/Mark Furlong 9 Suzuki Swift 1:33:24
55 91 Brian Walker/Paul Walker 11F Ford Puma 1:34:11
56 94 James Fennelly/Alistair Wyllie 11F Honda Civic EK4 1:34:42
57 89 Pierce Snr Doheny/Eilish Dunne 10 Opel Corsa 1:35:53
58 97 Shane Caulfield/Liam Walsh 12 Honda Civic 1:35:56
59 85 Tonya Fortune/Damian Lawlor 3 Honda Civic Type R 1:37:03
60 43 Barry Jones/Iwan Griffiths 18 Ford Escort Mk2 1:37:07
61 72 Tommy Foley/Adam Darcy 11F Honda EG6 1:39:03
62 75 Thomas Walsh/John Byrne 10 Peugeot 205 1:39:32
63 30 Graham Kelly/Thomas Treanor 14 Ford Fiesta S2500 RWD 1:40:19
64 33 Johnny Murphy/Martin Nolan 13 Ford Escort 1:40:48
65 101 Kevin O’Dowd/Shane O’Dowd 11F Honda Civic 1:49:20
66 92 Christopher Lewis/Christopher Johns 12 Ford Escort Mk1 1:50:03
67 90 Colin Roche/Lisa Knox 10 Ford Escort 1:54:06
68 55 John Pettit/Michael Coleman 11R Ford Escort Mk2 1:57:22
Results by North East Rally Services. Issued at 18:16 on 10 Sep 2016.
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