Doherty eeks out a little bit more from Michael Boyle
On the second pass through Saltmills, Eddie Doherty has extended his lead from Michael Boyle to 3.2s. Albeit by small margins Declan Boyle has taken almost 2s out of Michael, setting the fastest stage time into the bargain. James Stafford seems to have found his feet as well with the 5th fastest stage time and taking 5th place back from Gary Kiernan. Ahead of Stafford, Daniel Cronin, while matching Michael Boyle exactly on SS4, has dropped nearly another 2s back fro Declan. Mathew Boyle is now 3.5s back from Kiernan, and has to watch Casey Jay Coleman behind him, who took almost 2s out of him on that stage. Shane Quinn and Aidan Wray make up the top 10, Coleman having leap frogged them.
What we have so far.
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | SS4 | Road | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (=) | 2 | Eddie Doherty/Tom Murphy | Skoda Fabia | 5 | O/A | 7:30.7 | 0:00 | 26:23.1 | ||
| 2 (=) | 3 | Michael Boyle/Declan Boyle | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | O/A | 7:31.3 | 0:00 | 26:26.3 | 0:03.2 | 0:03.2 |
| 3 (=) | 1 | Declan Boyle/Patrick Walsh | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | O/A | 7:29.4 | 0:00 | 26:38.0 | 0:14.9 | 0:11.7 |
| 4 (=) | 7 | Daniel Cronin/Padraig O’Donovan | Citroen C3Rally2 | 5 | 1 | 7:31.3 | 0:00 | 26:42.2 | 0:19.1 | 0:04.2 |
| 5 (+1) | 5 | James Stafford/Richard Cleary | Darrian T90 GTR | 14 | 1 | 7:32.0 | 0:00 | 26:47.6 | 0:24.5 | 0:05.4 |
| 6 (-1) | 4 | Gary Kiernan/John McCabe | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 2 | 7:40.6 | 0:00 | 26:56.1 | 0:33.0 | 0:08.5 |
| 7 (=) | 6 | Matthew Boyle/Gary Byrne | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 5 | 3 | 7:41.6 | 0:00 | 26:59.6 | 0:36.5 | 0:03.5 |
| 8 (+2) | 15 | Casey Jay Coleman/Michael Gilbey | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | 4 | 7:39.7 | 0:00 | 27:07.2 | 0:44.1 | 0:07.6 |
| 9 (-1) | 9 | Shane Quinn/Stephen Reynolds | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 5 | 5 | 7:43.7 | 0:00 | 27:09.4 | 0:46.3 | 0:02.2 |
| 10 (-1) | 14 | Aidan Wray/Paddy McCrudden | VW Polo GTI R5 | 5 | 6 | 7:45.2 | 0:00 | 27:11.6 | 0:48.5 | 0:02.2 |
| 11 (+1) | 8 | Andrew Purcell/Eoghan Doherty | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | 7 | 7:45.1 | 0:00 | 27:30.8 | 1:07.7 | 0:19.2 |
| 12 (-1) | 17 | Mark Alcorn/John O’Donnell | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 2 | 7:56.6 | 0:00 | 27:34.8 | 1:11.7 | 0:04.0 |
| 13 (=) | 21 | Joseph Kelly/Killian McArdle | Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | 5 | 8 | 7:52.4 | 0:00 | 27:52.2 | 1:29.1 | 0:17.4 |
| 14 (=) | 11 | Cal McCarthy/Eric Calnan | Citroen C3 Rally 2 | 5 | 9 | 7:58.8 | 0:00 | 28:01.4 | 1:38.3 | 0:09.2 |
| 15 (+5) | 23 | Frank Wray/Joe McNulty | VW VW Polo Gti R5 | 5 | 10 | 7:54.9 | 0:00 | 28:14.5 | 1:51.4 | 0:13.1 |
| 16 (+2) | 18 | Richard Moore/Enda Kennedy | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 11 | 8:14.0 | 0:00 | 28:31.3 | 2:08.2 | 0:16.8 |
| 17 (+2) | 20 | Aaron McLaughlin/Darren Curran | VW Polo GTI R5 | 5 | 12 | 8:13.1 | 0:00 | 28:31.4 | 2:08.3 | 0:00.1 |
| 18 (+6) | 19 | Brian O’Neill/John McGrath | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 13 | 8:01.0 | 0:00 | 28:31.8 | 2:08.7 | 0:00.4 |
| 19 (+18) | 29 | Richard Dalton/Martin Brady | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 14 | 8:07.1 | 0:00 | 29:00.3 | 2:37.2 | 0:28.5 |
| 20 (+19) | 28 | Seamus Leonard/John McCaffrey | VW Polo | 5 | 15 | 8:08.5 | 0:00 | 29:03.7 | 2:40.6 | 0:03.4 |
