Moffett stretches the lead on SS5
Firstly our guess that James Stafford may have got to 2nd on SS4 was right but he has dropped to 3rd after SS5 where he was 3.6″ slower than Enda O’Brien, who in turn has got into 2nd by a margin of 2.1″, still a great performance by the top seed. Meirion Evans is in 4th but is within the grasp of Daniel Cronin, who was actually quicker than him on the penultimate stage, so watch this battle on SS6. Craig Breen seems to be settled in 6th, David Kelly in 7th is followed by Ed O’Callaghan, Steve Wood and Gary Kiernan looking likely to keep their positions to the end. Richard Moore looks like he will finish outside the top ten in 11th, too much time to make up on Kiernan. Richard Cleary is doing well in 15th which will see him as 3rd fastest local crew. The rest of the battles among the local crews is really hotting up for the last stage with Leon Galvin doing as we expected in moving a bit clear of Conor Moore but with 10″ gap ahead of him to James Bradley in the local battle to make up, he’ll probably settle for his day on the stages.
What we have so far
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | SS5 | Road | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (=) | 2 | Josh Moffett/Andy Hayes | Hyundai I20 R5 | 5 | O/A | 5:45.0 | 0:00 | 34:08.5 | ||
| 2 (+1) | 5 | Enda O’Brien/John Butler | VW Polo GTI R5 | 5 | O/A | 5:54.4 | 0:00 | 34:26.7 | 0:18.2 | 0:18.2 |
| 3 (-1) | 1 | James Stafford/Enda Kennedy | Darrian T90 GTR | 14 | O/A | 5:58.0 | 0:00 | 34:28.8 | 0:20.3 | 0:02.1 |
| 4 (=) | 3 | Meirion Evans/Jonathan Jackson | VW Polo GTI R5 | 5 | 1 | 5:58.1 | 0:00 | 34:35.2 | 0:26.7 | 0:06.4 |
| 5 (=) | 4 | Daniel Cronin/Shane Buckley | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 2 | 5:56.3 | 0:00 | 34:36.5 | 0:28.0 | 0:01.3 |
| 6 (=) | 144 | Craig Breen/Mikie Galvin | Subaru Legacy | 19 | 1 | 6:06.8 | 0:00 | 35:03.6 | 0:55.1 | 0:27.1 |
| 7 (=) | 152 | David Kelly/Dean O’Sullivan | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 3 | 6:01.3 | 0:00 | 35:14.5 | 1:06.0 | 0:10.9 |
| 8 (+1) | 18 | ED O’Callaghan/Kaine Treanor | Ford Escort | 14 | 1 | 6:02.2 | 0:00 | 35:19.9 | 1:11.4 | 0:05.4 |
| 9 (-1) | 6 | Steve Wood/Keith Moriarty | Ford Fiesta | 7 | 1 | 6:07.6 | 0:00 | 35:22.4 | 1:13.9 | 0:02.5 |
| 10 (=) | 7 | Gary Kiernan/Daren O’Brien | Ford Escort | 14 | 2 | 6:01.6 | 0:00 | 35:22.5 | 1:14.0 | 0:00.1 |
| 11 (=) | 11 | Richard Moore/John McGrath | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 3 | 6:11.6 | 0:00 | 35:42.4 | 1:33.9 | 0:19.9 |
| 12 (=) | 10 | David Condell/Paul Kelly | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 4 | 6:06.7 | 0:00 | 35:49.6 | 1:41.1 | 0:07.2 |
| 13 (=) | 153 | Chris O’Callaghan/Dylan Donoghue | Ford Escort | 13 | 1 | 6:11.7 | 0:00 | 35:59.0 | 1:50.5 | 0:09.4 |
| 14 (=) | 9 | Paul Barrett/Kevin Reilly | Ford Fiesta R5 | 5 | 5 | 6:13.3 | 0:00 | 36:13.1 | 2:04.6 | 0:14.1 |
| 15 (=) | 20 | Richard Cleary/Niamh Holland | Ford Escort | 14 | 4 | 6:17.8 | 0:00 | 36:25.7 | 2:17.2 | 0:12.6 |
| 16 (=) | 145 | John Warren/Ruthann O’Connor | Toyota Corolla Twincam | 13 | 2 | 6:15.8 | 0:00 | 36:29.9 | 2:21.4 | 0:04.2 |
| 17 (+1) | 19 | James Bradley/David Byrne | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 3 | 6:18.4 | 0:00 | 36:55.6 | 2:47.1 | 0:25.7 |
| 18 (+1) | 147 | Peter Wilson/John McCarthy | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 6 | 6:23.5 | 0:00 | 37:14.6 | 3:06.1 | 0:19.0 |
| 19 (+1) | 15 | Leon Galvin/Ger Foley | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 4 | 6:20.3 | 0:00 | 37:15.3 | 3:06.8 | 0:00.7 |
| 20 (+2) | 31 | Mike Quinn/Tony Healy | Ford Escort | 14 | 5 | 6:24.3 | 0:00 | 37:19.6 | 3:11.1 | 0:04.3 |
| 21 (+2) | 45 | William Nolan/Evan Downey | Toyota Corolla | 11R | 1 | 6:29.5 | 0:00 | 37:25.6 | 3:17.1 | 0:06.0 |
| 22 (+2) | 33 | Conor Moore/Leo Tector | Mitsubishi Evo 10 | 20 | 1 | 6:26.6 | 0:00 | 37:28.1 | 3:19.6 | 0:02.5 |
| 23 (-2) | 26 | Mark Straker/Michael Coady | Darrian T90 GT ‘R5’ | 14 | 6 | 6:37.3 | 0:00 | 37:32.5 | 3:24.0 | 0:04.4 |
| 24 (+2) | 17 | Padraig Egan/Tomas Ryan | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | 20 | 2 | 6:27.4 | 0:00 | 37:32.9 | 3:24.4 | 0:00.4 |
| 25 (=) | 29 | Wayne Evans/John Smithwick | Ford Escort | 14 | 7 | 6:31.8 | 0:00 | 37:37.1 | 3:28.6 | 0:04.2 |
| 26 (+3) | 25 | John Reddington/Lorcan Moore | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 7 | 6:28.0 | 0:00 | 37:37.3 | 3:28.8 | 0:00.2 |
| 27 (=) | 43 | Gwyndaf Evans/Jordan Jones | Ford Escort | 14 | 8 | 6:30.4 | 0:00 | 37:37.8 | 3:29.3 | 0:00.5 |
| 28 (+4) | 35 | Llyr Jones/Anthony Osullivan | Ford Escort RS Mk2 | 13 | 5 | 6:24.0 | 0:00 | 37:38.6 | 3:30.1 | 0:00.8 |
| 29 (+7) | 28 | Patrick McHugh/Pauric O’Donnell | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 9 | 6:22.6 | 0:00 | 37:45.3 | 3:36.8 | 0:06.7 |
| 30 (=) | 16 | Tomas O’Rourke/Tomas Scallan | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | 4 | 1 | 6:34.7 | 0:00 | 37:45.8 | 3:37.3 | 0:00.5 |
| 31 (=) | 76 | Aaron Browne/Derry Long | Honda Civic | 11F | 1 | 6:35.2 | 0:00 | 37:48.7 | 3:40.2 | 0:02.9 |
| 32 (+3) | 37 | Seamus Connolly/Gary McCrudden | Toyota Corolla Twincam | 11R | 2 | 6:29.1 | 0:00 | 37:49.7 | 3:41.2 | 0:01.0 |
| 33 (+8) | 22 | Adrian Evans/Martin Henry | Ford Escort | 14 | 10 | 6:26.0 | 0:00 | 37:58.2 | 3:49.7 | 0:08.5 |
| 34 (+4) | 36 | Eddie Doherty/Tom Murphy | Ford Escort | 11R | 3 | 6:31.7 | 0:00 | 38:00.5 | 3:52.0 | 0:02.3 |
| 35 (+5) | 27 | Jer O’Donovan/Stephen O’Donovan | Skoda S2000 | 5 | 8 | 6:34.2 | 0:00 | 38:05.5 | 3:57.0 | 0:05.0 |
| 36 (+8) | 146 | Mickey Conlon/Martin Byrne | Ford Escort | 14 | 11 | 6:46.6 | 0:00 | 38:37.8 | 4:29.3 | 0:32.3 |
| 37 (-20) | 148 | Jason Mitchell/Peter Ward | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 9 | 18:46.0 | 0:45 | 49:56.6 | 15:48.1 | 11:18.8 |
| 38 (+66) | 24R | Conor McCarthy/Gavin Sheehan | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution I X | 20 | 3 | 6:31.6 | 0:00 | 52:33.5 | 18:25.0 | 2:36.9 |
Results for the Historic category
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | SS5 | Road | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (=) | 30 | Alan Ring/Adrian Deasy | Subaru Legacy RS | 19 | 1 | 6:37.4 | 0:00 | 38:15.4 | ||
| 2 (=) | 42 | Gareth Lloyd/Wyn Thomas | BMW M3 e30 | 19 | 2 | 6:51.9 | 0:00 | 39:13.8 | 0:58.4 | 0:58.4 |
