In a rally that the one thing we know that we are going to have a first time winner for the first time in donkeys years, Enda O’Brien’s Escort is setting the fastest pace on the Oldcourt test being the only car so far under 10 minutes. He has a 7″ advantage over the Subaru…
After two days of hard faught rallying, Mark Straker won the Wexford Stages Rally in association with the Riverbank House Hotel. From the first stage of the rally it was clear two wheel drive cars were going to equal or better there more expensive four wheel drive counterparts. The two Darrians of Straker and local…
Apologies at the moment if you are looking at the results and wondering what is happening and are scratching your head widely as to who is actually winning and losing. problems with time clocks and computer inputs are not making it easy to keep tabs on things. as soon as our experts, Ron & Charlie…
James Stafford;s charge to try catch Mark Straker has come to an abrupt end as he tried a bit of on stage gardening with the nose of the Darrian. This also caused the bulk of the cars immiadiatly after him to have slow stage times as the stage was blocked and the time taking to…
If you are looking at the live times on SS8 and scratching your head and wondering how so many of the cars are carrying time penalties, there seems to be a problem with the remote inputs at stage end so we will have to wait here in the results room to get the master sheets…
The news we have for you to update the situation with Graham Scallan & Liam Howlett, Scallan’s car suffered an engine blow and fire, which him and Thomas managed to put out quickly, but put an end to their charge. They were 2nd fastest car at the time at mid point of the stage, so…
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 stages will be slightly damp as overnight rain, and some more as we speak, will make driving a little trickier than yesterday. James Stafford will be the first one to tell you that he doesn’t mind the damp stuff in moderation. Mark Straker felt the Darrians are suited for damp conditions better than most…
Now that the dust has settled in the service area and the cars are put to bed in Parc Ferme, we can bring you an updated look at the top 10 and some stories from below. The top 10 is dominated by the two Darrians of Mark Straker and James Stafford. The gap of 50″…
Mark Straker is carrying 77″ lead over Frank Kelly after the first day’s stages are complete. As he told us it is a lot of good fortune as good driving with a lot of his rivals having spins, mechanical problems and the like that has helped him build up the lead he has. While we…