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December Rally Report 18
Sunday, December 16 2001 - 3:10pm
Will Downing and John Dier - Ballinaboola

It may be slick at the start and quick at the finish, but David James has best adapted to the scizophrenic race conditions so far.

The Goreyman has been fastest on the opening stage of the Crosbie Cedars Hotel Wexford Single Stage Rally in South-West Wexford.

The Wexfordian traversed the 10-mile stage from Aughboy Bridge to Newbawn three seconds faster than Fermanagh's Philip Shaw, with Tipperary's Jimmy Lambert a further five seconds back in third.

Carlow's John Nolan lies fourth nine seconds behind leader James - completing an Escort 1-2-3-4 - closely followed by Thomas O'Rourke in his Opel Astra and Waterford's Eamonn Murphy in an Escort.

Early disasters appear to have second seed Willie Carroll of Wexford and Kilkenny's Willie O'Dwyer, who are nowhere to be seen on the provisional Stage 1 leaderboard.

Have they fallen asunder already?

Carroll was second on the stage behind James, and reportedly clipped an obstacle along the way, and is apparently out. Definite casualties are Noel Redmond's Lancer Evo 6, Joe Curran's Astra, Shay White - whose car halted on the opening stage - and Larry Delaney, who went out on the familiarisation stage.

For full provisional Stage 1 results in Excel format CLICK HERE.

For those of you without Excel.....

Seed
2
17
6
5
39
19
135
16
18
51
7
38
25
67
14
33
35
22
57
44
48
43
45
21
65
80
58
59
52
149
47
15
56
32
133
40
63
49
143
152
86
90
74
132
66
97
73
46
61
50
100
96
68
60
93
78
153
92
95
128
137
72
70
161
88
169
55
130
102
113
119
110
109
105
108
123
138
106
12
117
103
127
118
131
98
76
114
140
91
167
116
121
120
156
139
141
129
10
124
126
89
31
23
75
189

Crew
DAVID JAMES / RON GUHA 
PHILIP SHAW / DEREK BRENNIGAN 
JIMMY LAMBERT / JAMES COLEMAN 
JOHN NOLAN / JOHN SMITHWICK 
THOMAS O' ROURKE / JOHN O' ROURKE 
EAMONN MURPHY / KEITH MARTIN 
GARY JENNINGS / JAMES O' BRIEN 
WILLIE FANNIN / BRIAN DUGGEN 
SHAY POWER / MARTIN CROKE 
GRAHAM SCALLAN / JOHN SINNOTT 
THOMAS RANDLES / DIARMUID LYNCH 
JAMES TRAVERS / NIALL KEOGH 
JOHN SHANAHAN / OWEN O NEILL 
MARK KENNEDY / DEREK KENNEDY 
JAMES FOLEY / ANN FOLEY 
OLLIE O'REILLY / GERRY GUMLEY 
THOMAS LAWLESS / BRAIN SHARKEY 
PADRAIG PRICE / DAVID NOONEY 
EUGENE FITZPATRICK / MARY FITZPATRICK 
PATRICK DUNNE / PATRICK MOLONEY 
TOMAS SCALLAN / JOE KENNY 
MARTIN MCGRATH / DOROTHY MCGRATH 
DAVE SLATTERY / STEF MACSWENNEY 
PAT BOLGER / PAUL GRIFFIN 
WILLIE WHITTY / JOHNNY WHITTY 
DOUGLAS RICHARDSON / JOHN RICHARDSON 
WILLIE KEHOE / OWEN KEHOE 
LAR MURPHY / IAN O'LEARY 
JOHN REDMOND / JAMES SIDNEY 
NOEL LAPPIN / NICHOLAS BURKE 
LARRY BRADY / ANNE BRADY 
PADDY O' REILLY / PAUL KELLY 
JOHN KEHOE / PAUL KEHOE 
MARK NANGLE / GREG MCCARTHY 
DANNY McEVOY / BILL COLLINS 
AARON MACHALE / DAMIEN CONNOLLY 
SEAMUS DOYLE / TREVOR KELLY 
JASON DOOLEY / EUGENE MCGRATH 
WESLEY DALY / ROY DALY 
DEREK BRENNAN / ROBBY WEBSTER 
EAMONN POWER / ADRIAN CULLEN 
PAUL CLOKE / LIAM O LEARY 
ROBERT MORAN / CONOR HICKEY 
GER CONNORS / WALL MICHAEL 
JAMES KELLY / PAUL O'BREIN 
DONAL CROSSAN / DAVID ROE 
DAVID WHITTY / ROBERT DUNNE 
MICK KEHOE / JOE STAFFORD 
JOHNNY MURPHY / MARTIN NOLAN 
JOHN SOMERS / GERALDINE SOMERS 
KEVIN DALTON / RAY FITZPATRICK 
NIGEL MOLLOY / BRENDAN MOLLOY 
TONY MULCAHY / WILLIAM WALSH 
TOMMY RYAN / GARY NOLAN 
EDDIE POWER / MICHAEL MORRISEY 
FRANCIS COURTNEY / MICHAEL COURTNEY 
DAVID CONDELL / TERENCE O' SHAUGHNESSY 
DONAL HEALY / PETER KEOHANE 
PAUL DEMPSEY / MAI DEMPSEY 
JUSTIN MORGAN / LIAM HOWLETT 
JOHN MURPHY / TED MURPHY 
GABRIEL MARTIN / KEVIN MURRAY 
PATRICK CULLETON / PHILIP POWER 
KEITH WHITE / DAMIEN GOUGH 
KEVIN O' DONOHOE / BARRY MURPHY 
DENIS BARNETT / FRANK BARNETT 
JAMES CASSIDY / CATHERINE CASSIDY 
KEVIN WHELAN / ALAN MACKEY 
RAY MARTIN / STEPHEN McCAFFERY 
MARK HALLIGAN / KIERAN WHITTY 
MICHAEL DILLION / AMBROSE McNAMARA 
MICHAEL DONOVAN / ADRIAN CODD 
JIMMY KEHOE / JOHN PAUL FRENCH 
JOEY LACEY / MARY TYNAN 
VIVIAN NOONE / JIM O' BRIEN 
DONIE O' DOWD / MARGARET FIELDING 
DAVID FLYNN / DAMIEN MORRISSEY 
PAT BRACKEN / JOHN BRACKEN 
JOHN HENNESSY / CHRIS FINNEGAN 
BRIAN WARREN / WILLIAM COLFER 
WILLIE SINNOTT / CIARAN FORTUNE 
DAMIAN MORRIS / DANIAL MORRIS 
BRIAN SWEENEY / MICK FITZPATRICK 
KENNETH STAMP / MILES STAMP 
ERIC JACKSON / SHANE RINGWOOD 
ALAN BOGGAN / BRIAN BOGGAN 
ANTHONY MYLETT / PATRICK CROSBIE 
JAMES RYAN / LIAM O' SHEA 
NICHOLAS CAHILL / PAUL MARTIN 
MARTIN McGUIGAN / GERARD TIERNEY 
EDDIE GARRY / KEVIN KELLEHER 
JOHN WHELAN / DERRICK O' NEILL 
COLM KELLEHER / JOHN TWOMEY 
JAMES FOGARTY / STEPHEN FOGARTY 
LIAM O' NEILL / DECLAN O NEILL 
BRENDAN FURLONG / TREVOR BYRNES 
MICHAEL BYRNE / THOMAS BREEN 
TREVOR CULBERT / JAMES GLYNN 
JJ FURLONG / RAY CODD 
DOLORES BEHAN / SEAMUS BEHAN 
CIARAN CLOKE / BARRY BARROW 
JAMES KENT / NEIL HICKEY 
JOE CURRAN / OLLIE GARRY 
PAT McCAFFERY / MARK COOPER 
BARRY MCGLEENON / RODNEY HUGHES 

Car
ESCORT BDX 2000 
ESCORT 2000 
ESCORT 2000 
ESCORT 2000 
ASTRA GSI 1998 
ESCORT 2000 
PEUGEOT 106 1600 
LANCER EVO 6 2000 
ESCORT 2000 
ESCORT 1998 
ESCORT MKII 2400 
PEUGEOT 106 GTI 1600 
CIVIC 1600 
CORSA 1600 
CIVIC 1800 
ESCORT G3 2000 
CIVIC 1600 
SIERRA 2000 
ESCORT G5 2000 
ESCORT 2000 
ASTRA GSI 1988 
STARLET 1396 
ESCORT MKII 2000 
CHEVETTE 2200 
ESCORT MKII 1600 
ESCORT 2500 
ESCORT MKII 1600 
ESCORT MKII 1600 
ESCORT 2000 
ESCORT 1300 
SUNBEAM 1900 
ESCORT PR5 2000 
ESCORT 1600 
COROLLA 1600 
ESCORT 2000 
CIVIC 1598 
ESCORT 2000 
ESCORT 1600 
ESCORT 1600 
ESCORT MKI 1600 
PEUGEOT 205 1600 
PEUGEOT 205 1600 
COROLLA 1600 
ASTRA 1998 
PEUGOET 301 1998 
ESCORT 1600 
TOYOTA COROLLA 
PEUGEOT 205 1600 
ESCORT 2000 
NOVA 1600 
CORSA 1600 
ESCORT 1600 
STARLET 1350 
ESCORT MKII 1600 
COROLLA 1600 
CIVIC 1600 
ESCORT 1630 
SUNBEAM 1598 
SUNBEAM 1600 
VW GOLF 1600 
COROLLA 1600 
PEUGEOT 205 1600 
MINI 1300 
PEUGEOT 205 GTI 1600 
SUZUKI SWIFT 1300 
SWIFT 1298 
RENAULT 1600 
NOVA 1300 
SWIFT GTI 1298 
CORSA 1300 
ESCORT 1587 
NOVA 1600 
MAZDA 323 1600 
STARLET 1300 
ASTRA MKI 1600 
SUNBEAM 1600 
COROLLA 1600 
PEUGEOT 205 GTI 1580 
ESCORT MKII 2000 
SUNBEAM 1600 
PEUGEOT 205 GTI 1600 
CIVIC 1596 
STARLET 1331 
SUZUKI SWIFT GTI 129 
SUNBEAM 1600 
MINI 1380 
OPEL KADETT 1600 
CIVIC 1595 
FIAT UNO 1300 
STARLET 1600 
PEUGEOT 205 GTI 1600 
ESCORT MKII 1587 
ESCORT MKII 1600 
FAVORIT 1298 
ESCORT MKII 1595 
COROLLA 
KADETT 1298 
ESCORT 2000 
SUNBEAM 1300 
CORSA 1300 
PEUGEOT 205 1900 
PEUGEOT 106 1598 
ASTRA 1998 
PEUGEOT 309 GTI 1900 
ESCORT G4 

Class
13
13
13
13
3
12
6
4
13
13
14
6
10
11
13
12
6
8
13
12
3
9
13
14
11
14
11
10
12
9
13
13
10
11
12
6
12
11
11
11
10
10
11
12
13
16
11
10
12
10
10
10
9
10
11
6
10
11
10
10
11
11
9
10
1
1
11
7
1
9
11
10
11
9
2
10
11
10
12
10
10
11
9
9
10
9
10
11
9
2
10
10
10
5
10
11
9
13
99
9
12
6
7
13
13

SS1
10:36
10:39
10:44
10:45
10:52
10:58
10:59
11:00
11:02
11:06
11:07
11:12
11:13
11:13
11:15
11:17
11:18
11:23
11:23
11:28
11:29
11:29
11:30
11:30
11:34
11:35
11:36
11:37
11:41
11:43
11:45
11:48
11:53
11:53
11:54
11:54
11:57
11:57
11:59
12:05
12:09
12:10
12:11
12:11
12:12
12:14
12:17
12:17
12:17
12:19
12:20
12:22
12:22
12:22
12:27
12:28
12:29
12:32
12:33
12:37
12:38
12:41
12:42
12:44
12:47
12:47
12:47
12:49
12:49
12:52
12:55
12:55
12:57
13:06
13:08
13:09
13:17
13:19
13:19
13:20
13:21
13:21
13:23
13:23
13:30
13:32
13:34
13:34
13:40
13:45
13:46
13:49
14:03
14:03
14:05
14:14
14:16
14:18
14:33
15:07
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