Stage Eight Scrapped
Rally Report 12
Sunday, September 17th, 2000 - 12:30pm
John Dier and Will Downing, Ballinaboola

Last night's final stage - Stage Eight - has been wiped from the records, with the times scratched after all but fifteen cars were held up due to the appearance on the course of an ambulance.

An SOS board displayed by a double-0 car, which turned out to produce no casualties, caused an emergency situation to be launched (storm in a teacup scenario, though).

As a result, all times for Stage Eight were disallowed. Below follows the amended leaderboard.


Sunday morning leaders after Stage 8 - PROVISIONAL AMENDED
 1 (001) Eamonn Boland/Damien Morrissey   Subaru WRC      43:29
 2 (009) Jon Mercer/Lyn Jenkins           Metro 6R4       45:36
 3 (016) Steve Fleck/Tim Neal             Subaru          45:54
 4 (008) David Armstrong/Herbie Blackburn Escort RS       45:55
 5 (155) Steve Hendy/Vanessa Cann         Escort Cosworth 46:24
 6 (012) Phil Henderson/Aled Davies       Metro 6R4       46:49
 7 (011) Johnny O'Sullivan/Pat Cashman    Escort WRC      46:51
 8 (024) Willie Carroll/Jason Mernagh     Escort          47:11
 9 (062) Jon Stangle/Paul Nagle           Darrian         47:19
10 (046) Jon Tainton/Aled Davies          Lancer grN      47:23
11 (102) Trevor Culbert/James Glynn       Escort          47:24
12 (010) Derek Smith/Darragh Cafferty     Escort          47:36 
13 (022) Gareth Lloyd/Dorian Evans        Escort          47:38
14 (021) Dave Turnbull/Graeme Dawson      Escort          47:47
15 (044) Guy Woodcock/Hu Kent             Escort RS2000   47:48