Ravens Rock Marshals Meeting point for stage 1

Right, after a deep inhale of breath, we can now see the wood for the trees after SS5. James Stafford has repeated his fastest stage time on SS4 into SS5, he took a further 1.6″ out of Daniel Cronin to have the near minimum of gaps back to Cronin, the gap is a massive 0.2″,…

The big news this morning is that overnight leader Paddy McVeigh has crashed out on SS10 and his rally is over. The lead at the end of the stage had passed to Steve Wood going into SS11, but a spin by Wood on the Tullycanna stage passed the lead to Gary Kiernan by 3″. As…

The leading cars have just left service and are just starting SS1 in Clohamon. James Stafford d will be trying to become the first Irish winner since 2013, ironically he was that last Irish winner. He seemed in relaxed yet focused mind as he made his way out, hoping the stages will stay dry. It…

Daniel Cronin has hit back on SS3 by taking just under 3″ from James Stafford on the test by JFK park, bring the gap between the two to 5.8″. The big loser on the stage was Andrew Purcell, he was 35.1″ behind Cronin on stage time causing him to drop 3 places to 7th. Enda…