Cronin stretches the lead after SS8
Daniel Cronin is still leading after SS8, with the lead now extended to 12.3sec. What’s more important though is that he was only 2.8sec slower than Casey Jay Coleman Rallying, well within the safety net with 10 stages to go. He has the luxury, if you want to call it that of concentrating with the battle back to Ryan McHugh rather than the fast charging Coleman. John Warren is stretching away from Simon Reid going into the last stage of the day, with us having to hold fire on 5th down until we have a few more cars in. we’ll update shortly, and can’t wait until the field is re-seeded overnight!!
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | SS8 | Road | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (=) | 3 | Daniel Cronin/Padraid O’Donovan | Toyota Yaris | 5 | O/A | 6:21.9 | 0:00 | 51:09.8 | ||
| 2 (=) | 4 | Ryan McHugh/James McBrearty | Ford Fiesta | 5 | O/A | 6:22.4 | 0:00 | 51:22.1 | 0:12.3 | 0:12.3 |
| 3 (=) | 7 | John Warren/Ruthann O’Connor | Ford Fiesta Rally 2 | 5 | O/A | 6:23.8 | 0:00 | 51:40.8 | 0:31.0 | 0:18.7 |
| 4 (=) | 10 | Simon Reid/John Murphy | Ford Escort | 14 | 1 | 6:37.7 | 0:00 | 53:48.7 | 2:38.9 | 2:07.9 |
| 5 (+1) | 12 | James Bradley/Shane O’Dowd | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 2 | 6:41.5 | 0:00 | 54:03.9 | 2:54.1 | 0:15.2 |
| 6 (+1) | 14 | Adrian Hetherington/Gary Nolan | Ford Escort | 14 | 3 | 6:46.7 | 0:00 | 54:11.8 | 3:02.0 | 0:07.9 |
| 7 (+2) | 6 | Casey Jay Coleman/Killian McArdle | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | 1 | 6:19.1 | 0:00 | 54:22.4 | 3:12.6 | 0:10.6 |
| 8 (+5) | 11 | Brian Bolger/James McEneaney | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 5 | 2 | 6:40.9 | 0:00 | 55:13.9 | 4:04.1 | 0:51.5 |
