Murphy has overnight lead.

Murphy has overnight lead after SS4

Enniscorthy

John Dier

Saturday 10th September

Stephen Murphy is marching relentlessly on to his seventh Wexford win having a lead of 39 seconds after today's four stages. He admits that the car is at it's ease on the wexford stages and is performing flawlessly. David Long is also happy to be in the second place that he will bring into tomorrow's nine stages. He didn't think he would be in a podium position going into the second day.
PJ McGrath is also happy with the day's work as his group n Subaru is going as well as expected, Gabriel Martin being happier having over taken him. One driver that is not so happy is Noel Redmond, his arabic registered Lancer being way down on power against cars in the same class.
There is a battle royal brewing among the Escort drivers, with a rather large smile on David James' face as he leads the battle.
On the local front just outside the top ten, James M and James F Stafford are complaining about oil getting in to the clutch, causing slip. They hope that the offending seal can be replaced at some stage. With a better forcast for tomorrow, I think we will have some superb battles in store!!
Top 10 after SS4(provisional)

1  Stephen Murphy  Michael Morrissey Carlow    Subaru S9         28'16"  
2  David Long      Dermot Harrington           Celica GT4        28'55"
3  Gabriel Martin  Donal Lennon      Wexford   Subaru Impreza    29'05"
4  PJ McGrath      Killian Duffy     Wexford   Subaru Impreza    29'07"  
5  David James     Jim Crowe         Wexford   Ford Escort Mk 2  29'27"
6  Liam Wall       Bob Kelly         Wexford   Ford Escort Mk 2  29.48"
7  Mark Kennedy    Ian O'Leary       Wexford   Vauxhall Nova     29'58"
8  Gwyndaff Evans  Alan Davies       Wales     Ford Escort Mk 2  30'11"
9  John Nolan      John Smithwick    Carlow    Ford Escort Mk 2  30'18"
10 Wayne Evans     Sion Jones        Wales     Ford Escort MK 2  30'29"