Doherty ain’t giving up
Did we speak too soon about the winner maybe being decided, maybe we did, Doherty has taken 3s out of Boyle on SS16 and the gap is down to 3s. Daniel Cronin is almost nailed on for 3rd, as is Matthew Boyle for 4th. Behind that is a corker of a tussle, Shane Quinn has moved ahead of Aidan Wray, but the gap is only 0.2s, if there wasn’t electronic timing, how would you separate these two? Casey Jay Coleman and Andrew Purcell just have to keep it between the ditches for the last two stages, made easier now by a bit of sunshine to dry the roads a bit, but the battle between Cal McCarthy and James Stafford, is going down to the wire, McCarthy has leapfrogged Stafford, with a gap of 3.7s between the two.
What we have so far
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | SS16 | Road | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (=) | 3 | Michael Boyle/Declan Boyle | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | O/A | 5:34.2 | 0:00 | 1:40:53.6 | ||
| 2 (=) | 2 | Eddie Doherty/Tom Murphy | Skoda Fabia | 5 | O/A | 5:31.2 | 0:00 | 1:40:56.6 | 0:03.0 | 0:03.0 |
| 3 (=) | 7 | Daniel Cronin/Padraig O’Donovan | Citroen C3Rally2 | 5 | O/A | 5:46.7 | 0:00 | 1:42:51.8 | 1:58.2 | 1:55.2 |
| 4 (=) | 6 | Matthew Boyle/Gary Byrne | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 5 | 1 | 5:38.7 | 0:00 | 1:43:13.8 | 2:20.2 | 0:22.0 |
| 5 (+1) | 9 | Shane Quinn/Stephen Reynolds | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 5 | 2 | 5:43.6 | 0:00 | 1:44:10.4 | 3:16.8 | 0:56.6 |
| 6 (-1) | 14 | Aidan Wray/Paddy McCrudden | VW Polo GTI R5 | 5 | 3 | 5:48.1 | 0:00 | 1:44:10.6 | 3:17.0 | 0:00.2 |
| 7 (=) | 15 | Casey Jay Coleman/Michael Gilbey | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | 4 | 5:50.9 | 0:00 | 1:45:10.4 | 4:16.8 | 0:59.8 |
| 8 (=) | 8 | Andrew Purcell/Eoghan Doherty | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | 5 | 5:49.8 | 0:00 | 1:46:26.0 | 5:32.4 | 1:15.6 |
| 9 (+1) | 11 | Cal McCarthy/Eric Calnan | Citroen C3 Rally 2 | 5 | 6 | 5:52.3 | 0:00 | 1:47:11.0 | 6:17.4 | 0:45.0 |
| 10 (-1) | 5 | James Stafford/Richard Cleary | Darrian T90 GTR | 14 | 1 | 5:56.0 | 0:00 | 1:47:14.7 | 6:21.1 | 0:03.7 |
| 11 (=) | 23 | Frank Wray/Joe McNulty | VW VW Polo Gti R5 | 5 | 7 | 6:03.0 | 0:00 | 1:47:48.7 | 6:55.1 | 0:34.0 |
| 12 (=) | 25 | Frank Kelly/Lauren Kelly | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 2 | 6:08.7 | 0:00 | 1:48:50.0 | 7:56.4 | 1:01.3 |
| 13 (=) | 18 | Richard Moore/Enda Kennedy | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 8 | 6:05.7 | 0:00 | 1:49:11.4 | 8:17.8 | 0:21.4 |
| 14 (=) | 20 | Aaron McLaughlin/Darren Curran | VW Polo GTI R5 | 5 | 9 | 6:02.0 | 0:00 | 1:49:17.1 | 8:23.5 | 0:05.7 |
| 15 (=) | 33 | Wayne Jones/Rhys Jones | Darrian T90 GTR | 14 | 3 | 6:14.5 | 0:00 | 1:49:39.0 | 8:45.4 | 0:21.9 |
| 16 (=) | 36 | Cian Caldwell/Paul McPhillips | Peugeot 208 Rally4 | 2 | 1 | 6:09.6 | 0:00 | 1:50:05.0 | 9:11.4 | 0:26.0 |
| 17 (+1) | 29 | Richard Dalton/Martin Brady | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 10 | 6:01.0 | 0:00 | 1:50:06.6 | 9:13.0 | 0:01.6 |
| 18 (-1) | 47 | James Bradley/Shane O’Dowd | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 1 | 6:10.8 | 0:00 | 1:50:16.1 | 9:22.5 | 0:09.5 |
| 19 (=) | 31 | Gary Cairns/Mark Preston | VW Polo | 5 | 11 | 6:01.0 | 0:00 | 1:50:41.3 | 9:47.7 | 0:25.2 |
| 20 (=) | 44 | Tomas O’Rourke/Dylan Harrington | Mitsubishi Evo 10 | 20 | 1 | 6:10.4 | 0:00 | 1:50:51.7 | 9:58.1 | 0:10.4 |
| 21 (=) | 37 | Ben McFall/Damian McAuley | Ford Fiesta Rally 4 | 2 | 2 | 6:13.5 | 0:00 | 1:50:55.3 | 10:01.7 | 0:03.6 |
| 22 (=) | 170 | Jason O’Brien/Ger Clancy | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 2 | 6:11.3 | 0:00 | 1:51:25.1 | 10:31.5 | 0:29.8 |
| 23 (=) | 45 | James Boland/John McCay | Ford Rally 3 | 4 | 1 | 6:10.9 | 0:00 | 1:51:38.5 | 10:44.9 | 0:13.4 |
| 24 (=) | 53 | Bobby Hennessy/Tadhg Delaney | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 3 | 6:14.4 | 0:00 | 1:51:45.9 | 10:52.3 | 0:07.4 |
| 25 (+2) | 30 | Brian Bolger/James McEneaney | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 12 | 6:06.1 | 0:00 | 1:52:00.1 | 11:06.5 | 0:14.2 |
| 26 (=) | 38 | Jack Byrne/Eurig Davies | Peugeot 208 Rally 4 | 2 | 3 | 6:14.0 | 0:00 | 1:52:05.3 | 11:11.7 | 0:05.2 |
| 27 (-2) | 54 | Alan Doherty/Colm Doherty | Toyota Starlet | 13 | 4 | 6:17.4 | 0:00 | 1:52:08.5 | 11:14.9 | 0:03.2 |
| 28 (+1) | 48 | Kevin Cole/Bernard Farrell | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 5 | 6:17.4 | 0:10 | 1:53:25.4 | 12:31.8 | 1:16.9 |
| 29 (-1) | 46 | Scott Williams/Iwan Griffiths | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 4 | 6:37.9 | 0:00 | 1:53:40.0 | 12:46.4 | 0:14.6 |
| 30 (+3) | 49 | Stewart Morrison/Johnny Baird | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 6 | 6:10.7 | 0:00 | 1:54:06.5 | 13:12.9 | 0:26.5 |
| 31 (+1) | 58 | Alan Nesbitt/Quentin Park | Ford Fiesta Mark 1 | 5 | 13 | 6:28.5 | 0:00 | 1:54:13.5 | 13:19.9 | 0:07.0 |
| 32 (-2) | 85 | Danny Brady/Liam Callaghan | Ford Fiesta R2T | 2A | 1 | 6:38.7 | 0:00 | 1:54:14.5 | 13:20.9 | 0:01.0 |
| 33 (-2) | 76 | Shane Purcell/Tommy Cuddihy | Ford Fiesta R5 Rally 2 | 5 | 14 | 6:35.9 | 0:00 | 1:54:15.7 | 13:22.1 | 0:01.2 |
| 34 (+1) | 71 | Tom White/David Doyle | Honda Civic | 11F | 1 | 6:37.4 | 0:00 | 1:54:40.2 | 13:46.6 | 0:24.5 |
| 35 (+1) | 90 | Damian Campbell/Declan McGarrity | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 7 | 6:26.3 | 0:00 | 1:54:48.8 | 13:55.2 | 0:08.6 |
| 36 (+2) | 51 | Gavin McGivney/Daniel McConnon | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 8 | 6:38.7 | 0:00 | 1:55:26.1 | 14:32.5 | 0:37.3 |
| 37 (+35) | 34R | Craig Rahill/Conor Smith | Peugeot 208 | 2 | 4 | 6:05.1 | 0:00 | 2:10:31.3 | 29:37.7 | 15:05.2 |
| 38 (+38) | 26R | Adrian Hetherington/Gary Nolan | Ford Escort | 14 | 5 | 6:09.0 | 0:20 | 2:18:17.1 | 37:23.5 | 7:45.8 |
