Author: John Dier

Steve Wood has made hay while the sun doesn’t shine here in Enniscorthy, but the roads are drying. he took a massive 14.5″ out of Meirion Evans on the Long Lane test. The battle for 3rd to 5th couldn’t be more exciting, Gary Kiernan, John Dalton and Frank Kelly couldn’t be seperated my more than…

      Results coming in thick and fast now, Steve Wood has put down fastest time in Shanbo but was was almost matched on the Buck’s Bridge test, 0.5″ difference between the 2nd place car of Meirion Evans leaving the gap between the two at 8.6″. Gary Kiernan is the best place Irish driver…

The cars are just starting SS1 up near Templeshanbo, Steve Wood will be anxious to take up where he left off 12 months ago by setting out a marker on the first test of the day. It is a tad slippy out there after more than a little rain during the night. One car that…

Steve Wood has won by 40″, more later on the story but here are what times we have.   Pos Car Driver/Codriver Make Class Pos Carried SS13 SS14 SS15 Road Total 1 1 Steve Wood/Keith Moriarty Subaru Impreza 7 1:32:52 4:37 6:45 9:23 1:53:37 2 4 Ian Barrett/Eoin O’Flaherty Ford Fiesta WRC 7 1:33:38 4:28…

Unless the world ends, or his luck for that matter, Steve Wood has retained hi crown as the Wexford Volkswagon stages rally winner. He is 46″ clear of Ian Barrett who is following at this stage onto the podium along what it looks like will be Gary Kiernan in 3rd despite the best efforts of…

Steve Wood has all but won the Wexford Volkswagon stages rally barring some accident or breakdown. His lead is now 46″ from Ian Barrett who has told us coming into service he is more than welcome to hold on to what he has, a nice place on the podium and some nice trophies. the battle…

Without putting the hex on Steve Wood, he looks like he has all but wrapped up the title for 2017, we will try get some reaction from him as he comes in for his final service. Ian Barrett looks nailed on for 2nd, but hey, we have a battle royal going on behind these two…

Steve Wood is inching ever closer to retaining his Wexford crown as he took another second out of Ian Barrett, but for good measure, our 3rd place man, Stephen McCann, decided to match the rally leader on the short Screen stage, the shortest of the rally. Tyre choice could be the thing that might have…

We have more times in now and seem to be able to sort out drivers going missing etc. Richard Moore has appeared back on the timesheet, as has Liam Howlett, albeit way down the field. Most of the field have been given a nominal time after the stoppage on SS9, but Howlett seems to be…