Daniel Cronin has an overnight lead of 8.8″ going into the stages at the south end of the county tomorrow. He lost 1.5″ to Declan Boyle on the last stage of the day but in the big scheme of things, could be the best way of making sure he is fighting fit to go for the win tomorrow. Michael Boyle had dropped a further 6.3″ back on Declan, but has kept the gap the same to David Kelly, who in turn has extended the gap to Desi Henry to 24.1″. Gary Kiernan is fighting back reducing the gap to Henry by 3.5″ to leave just over 16″ to make up tomorrow to make up a place. Cal McCarthy, Jason Black, Jonathan Pringle and Johno Doogan finish out the top ten with Richie Moore gaining yet another place to 17th to be the leading local driver. Brendan Cumiskey seems to have not gone into SS9, that could explain his bad time on SS8, looks mechanical.
The damp conditions we related to in the previous post seem to be suiting Stafford better than Straker, Stafford took 20″ out of the similar car of Straker on SS8, the only stage run on the first loop after the cancellation of SS7. Wesley Patterson and Frank kelly are still 3rd & 4th respectively but…
The old saying of there being many a slip between cup and lip is very true. The slip in this instance is the slip that Andrew Purcell had with his car on the last stage of the day, well a spin to be more precise. It turned an 11″ advantage into just over 4″ of…
**** Rounds 3&4 Wexford Hillclimb Report **** The Sunny South East lived up to its name last weekend as the Wexford Motor Club hosted rounds 3&4 of the Alekto Irish Hillclimb and Sprint Championship. A new venue in Newbawn challenged drivers with some super high speed sections and heavy braking zones including the occasional bump…
