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…
Wesley Patterson seems to be missing after SS5, he may reappear on our screens shortly. It looks good for James Stafford however, he had the fastest time on SS5 and is lying 7th. Graham Scallan in 5th, Liam Howlett in 6th and John Stafford in 8th, making 4 local cars bumper to bumper. james Stafford…
More on James Stafford and Graham Scallan. Stafford came down heavily coming over a jump and broke part of his left rear suspension. Looking at the car in regroup, there was a noticable camber out at the top of the wheel, so it is a credit to the skills of the Clonmines man that he…
Good new is that both Graham Scallan and James Stafford are now showing on the results, Stafford had kept in touch with Straker on SS3 but looks like he lost about 90″ on the other Darrian on SS4. We will try to find out a bit more on this when the cars come in for…