Jon Stangle was leading Class 11A and was lying ninth overall, before suffering mechanical catastrophe out on the course. Trevor Culbert's taken up the story.

It was a similar tale of woe in Class 12, as Chris Garden and Nigel Thomas waved goodbye to their chances, with Seamus Behan snatching the Class lead.

Wexford's Eamonn Boland, meanwhile, has extended his overall lead in the Subaru over Metro-driving Englishman Jon Mercer to almost three minutes, and dare we say it, has the title wrapped up.