Casey Jay Coleman leading after the first 3 stages
With the leading cars just making their way back to the racecourse for a bit of TLC, and the crews getting a well deserved cuppa, her’s what we can make of it, but with the proviso that Patrick Farrell in car 87 is a full stage behind despite showing in 5th after SS1. Casey Jay Coleman Rallying is still leading from Daniel Cronin by 14.5sec. With 6 stages left today, if Cronin can find any bit of form on the second loop, this gap could possibly go down. having said that, if our leader ups the pace , the gap could grow. Ryan McHugh seems to be comfortable in 3rd ahead of John Warren, who was 6.3sec slower than McHugh. Chris Armstrong is showing in 5th for the minute but as we haven’t had an update from the timing screen in 15 minutes, everything will likely change a lot before the next post.
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | SS3 | Road | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (=) | 6 | Casey Jay Coleman/Killian McArdle | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | O/A | 6:55.4 | 0:00 | 19:29.6 | ||
| 2 (=) | 3 | Daniel Cronin/Padraid O’Donovan | Toyota Yaris | 5 | O/A | 6:56.1 | 0:00 | 19:44.1 | 0:14.5 | 0:14.5 |
| 3 (=) | 4 | Ryan McHugh/James McBrearty | Ford Fiesta | 5 | O/A | 6:57.7 | 0:00 | 19:47.5 | 0:17.9 | 0:03.4 |
| 4 (=) | 7 | John Warren/Ruthann O’Connor | Ford Fiesta Rally 2 | 5 | 1 | 7:04.0 | 0:00 | 19:58.5 | 0:28.9 | 0:11.0 |
| 5 (+2) | 8 | Chris Armstrong/Darren Curran | Ford Escort | 14 | 1 | 7:22.0 | 0:00 | 20:51.9 | 1:22.3 | 0:53.4 |
