Cronin puts them all in their places
Stage times coming in from SS14 and Daniel Cronin has definitely turned up the wick, he was about 10 seconds faster on the Monamolin stage. What is more important is that he took exactly 4 seconds out of Ryan McHugh and the gap is now exactly 17 seconds. Casey Jay Coleman Rallying has set the 2nd fastest stage time , although it is too much of a gap between him and McHugh to bridge in 4 stages, barring an off of some form. To add to the intrigue, it now looks like we may have lost Simon Reid towards the end of the stage, will the knock on finally move the unfortunate Bobby Hennessey in to the top ten, he must have every joint in his body crossed!! Jack Brennan is in 4th, but James Bradley took almost 12 seconds out of Brennan is is within striking distance, possibly on the last stage of the rally. Steve Wood is in 6th, but was nearly 10 seconds slower than Bradley, so doesn’t look to be threatening him. We’ll bring you more on the stage in the next update as there was a slight gap after Wood.
What we have so far after SS14
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | SS14 | Road | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (=) | 3 | Daniel Cronin/Padraid O’Donovan | Toyota Yaris | 5 | O/A | 5:57.6 | 0:00 | 1:27:35.1 | ||
| 2 (=) | 4 | Ryan McHugh/James McBrearty | Ford Fiesta | 5 | O/A | 6:01.6 | 0:00 | 1:27:52.1 | 0:17.0 | 0:17.0 |
| 3 (=) | 6 | Casey Jay Coleman/Killian McArdle | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | O/A | 6:00.3 | 0:00 | 1:31:19.4 | 3:44.3 | 3:27.3 |
| 4 (=) | 15 | Jack Brennan/John McGrath | Ford Fiesta Rally 3 | 4 | 1 | 6:24.4 | 0:00 | 1:32:03.9 | 4:28.8 | 0:44.5 |
| 5 (+1) | 12 | James Bradley/Shane O’Dowd | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 1 | 6:12.9 | 0:00 | 1:32:34.2 | 4:59.1 | 0:30.3 |
| 6 (+2) | 22 | Steve Wood/Kenny Hull | VW Polo GTI R5 | 5 | 1 | 6:22.3 | 0:00 | 1:33:06.9 | 5:31.8 | 0:32.7 |
