Cronin still leads although the gap narrows slightly
Stage times are just coming in from SS13 and Daniel Cronin is holding on to the lead, even though Ryan McHugh took 2.7sec out of the leader on the stage. Mind you, that happened the first time on the Blackwater stage only for Cronin to take time back on the next two stages, we will have to wait and see if the same happens this time around. The big news though is that John Warren is stopped in the middle of the stage, no new yet as to why, which has elevated Casey Jay Coleman Rallying up to 3rd, remarkable when he started the day in 6th. Jack Brennan is stretching the gap between himself and Simon Reid, who in turn is losing time to James Bradley, the gap there is one that Bradley could bridge over in the remaining 5 stages, watch this space. Adrian Hetherington has taken 7th back from Steve Wood with Brian Bolger and Stewart Morrison rounding out the top 10 having overtaken Bobby hennessey, what does Bobby have to do to get into the top ten?
What we have so far after SS13
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | SS13 | Road | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (=) | 3 | Daniel Cronin/Padraid O’Donovan | Toyota Yaris | 5 | O/A | 5:36.9 | 0:00 | 1:21:37.5 | ||
| 2 (=) | 4 | Ryan McHugh/James McBrearty | Ford Fiesta | 5 | O/A | 5:34.2 | 0:00 | 1:21:50.5 | 0:13.0 | 0:13.0 |
| 3 (+1) | 6 | Casey Jay Coleman/Killian McArdle | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | O/A | 5:39.5 | 0:00 | 1:25:19.1 | 3:41.6 | 3:28.6 |
| 4 (+1) | 15 | Jack Brennan/John McGrath | Ford Fiesta Rally 3 | 4 | 1 | 5:46.8 | 0:00 | 1:25:39.5 | 4:02.0 | 0:20.4 |
| 5 (+1) | 10 | Simon Reid/John Murphy | Ford Escort | 14 | 1 | 5:54.3 | 0:00 | 1:25:51.0 | 4:13.5 | 0:11.5 |
| 6 (+1) | 12 | James Bradley/Shane O’Dowd | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 2 | 5:46.5 | 0:00 | 1:26:21.3 | 4:43.8 | 0:30.3 |
| 7 (+2) | 14 | Adrian Hetherington/Gary Nolan | Ford Escort | 14 | 3 | 5:58.1 | 0:00 | 1:26:43.3 | 5:05.8 | 0:22.0 |
| 8 (=) | 22 | Steve Wood/Kenny Hull | VW Polo GTI R5 | 5 | 1 | 6:00.5 | 0:00 | 1:26:44.6 | 5:07.1 | 0:01.3 |
| 9 (+1) | 11 | Brian Bolger/James McEneaney | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 5 | 2 | 5:51.3 | 0:00 | 1:27:35.2 | 5:57.7 | 0:50.6 |
| 10 (+2) | 19 | Stewart Morrison/Ben Teggart | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 1 | 5:53.7 | 0:00 | 1:27:41.3 | 6:03.8 | 0:06.1 |
| 11 (=) | 20 | Bobby Hennessy/Tadgh Delaney | Ford Escort | 13 | 2 | 5:58.7 | 0:00 | 1:27:43.3 | 6:05.8 | 0:02.0 |
| 12 (+3) | 16 | Tomas O’Rourke/Tomas Scallan | Mitsubishi Evo 10 | 20 | 1 | 5:53.7 | 0:00 | 1:28:27.5 | 6:50.0 | 0:44.2 |
