Wood widens a big gap after SS3
Steve Wood has made hay while the sun doesn’t shine here in Enniscorthy, but the roads are drying. he took a massive 14.5″ out of Meirion Evans on the Long Lane test. The battle for 3rd to 5th couldn’t be more exciting, Gary Kiernan, John Dalton and Frank Kelly couldn’t be seperated my more than the with of a piece of paper on SS3 with only 0.3″ difference on their stage times. the gaps between them you might as well say didn’t change. Local driver Liam Howlett seems to have had a short rally, he went off shortly after the start of SS2, hence his no show in the results. Richard Moore is the leading local so far with Leon Galvin just outside the top 10.
What we have so far after SS3
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | SS3 | Road | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (=) | 1 | Steve Wood/Keith Moriarty | Subaru Impreza S11 | 7 | O/A | 8:14.5 | 0:00 | 17:31.6 | ||
| 2 (=) | 8 | Meirion Evans/Jonathan Jackson | Hyundai I20 R5 | 5 | O/A | 8:29.0 | 0:00 | 17:54.7 | 0:23.1 | 0:23.1 |
| 3 (=) | 3 | Gary Kiernan/Darren O’Brien | Ford Escort | 14 | O/A | 8:31.2 | 0:00 | 18:02.1 | 0:30.5 | 0:07.4 |
| 4 (=) | 4 | John Dalton/Gwynfor Jones | Darrian T90 GTR | 14 | 1 | 8:31.5 | 0:00 | 18:04.7 | 0:33.1 | 0:02.6 |
| 5 (=) | 5 | Frank Kelly/John McGrath | Ford Escort | 14 | 2 | 8:31.4 | 0:00 | 18:17.2 | 0:45.6 | 0:12.5 |
| 6 (=) | 10 | Tomas Davies/Eurig Davies | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 3 | 8:53.2 | 0:00 | 18:44.2 | 1:12.6 | 0:27.0 |
| 7 (=) | 11 | Richard Moore/Brian Halligan | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 4 | 8:53.5 | 0:00 | 18:51.6 | 1:20.0 | 0:07.4 |
| 8 (=) | 9 | Wesley Patterson/Johnny Baird | Ford Escort RS Mk2 | 14 | 5 | 8:55.1 | 0:00 | 18:56.2 | 1:24.6 | 0:04.6 |
| 9 (+13) | 7 | Mark Straker/Michael Coady | Darrian T90 GT ‘R5’ | 14 | 6 | 9:12.1 | 0:00 | 19:31.8 | 2:00.2 | 0:35.6 |
| 10 (+26) | 12 | Simon Chapman/Neil Colman | Proton Millington | 20 | 1 | 9:08.0 | 0:00 | 19:41.0 | 2:09.4 | 0:09.2 |
