Saturday morning and the cars are about to hit the road.

Rally HQ, Riverbank House Hotel

John Dier

Saturday 8th September, 08.30hrs

It's a good morning for rallying here at Rally HQ as 151 eager crews are about to hit the highways and byeways of the county for the next two days. Who will lead the cars in tomorrow evening, and more to the point how many will follow, will make for great entertainment for the rally mad followers that will be found on the ditches of county Wexford. Eamon Boland will try be the first one home to creat the record number of Wexford wins, but Gareth McHale will try create a unique record of being the only second generation winner of the event, following in the footsteps of his father Austin. The withdrawal of Stephen Murphy from the start line, due to the car not being ready after the off in Donegal, will rob us of the dice we have all being waiting for since 1995. We can hope we see it next year. Also missing from the start line is Michael Barrable, but still we have one of the strongest fields for years. Will Melvyn Evans be the first Welsh winner of the event or will we have a second local winner in the shape of PJ McGrath, David James or Noel Redmond?
Could we have a dream winner of the event in the shape of a two wheel drive Darrian piloted by John Dalton? John will surely miss the dice with fellow Darrian drivers, James Stafford and Washinton James, the fore of those two having to pull out of the rally due to a dissagreement with a dog!! We wish you a speedy recovery James. With the two-whell challenge creating a huge stir in the rally community, it looks like one of the hottest Wexford rallies for years, sit back and enjoy!!!!



The top 10 for the Riverbank House Hotel Dick Bailey Stages Rally 2007
No Driver           County       Navigator       Address   Car            CC    Class
1 Eamonn Boland     Wexford      Francis Regan   Antrim    Ford Focus     1998  8
2 Gareth Machale    Dublin       TBA             TBA       Ford Focus WRC 2000  8
4 Melvyn Evans   Carmarthenshire Sean Mullally   Limerick  Subaru WRC     1998  8
6 Noel Redmond      Wexford      Andrew Purcell  Waterford Subaru WRC     2000  8
7 PJ McGrath        Wexford      Killian Duffy   Mayo      Subaru S9 WRC  1998  8
8 David James       Wexford      Jim Crowe       Kilkenny  Ford Focus WRC 2000  8
9 John Dalton       Ceredigion   Gwynfor Jones   Llandysul Darrian T90GTR 2500  14
12 Phil Collins     Herefordshire Derek Branigan           Escort MkII    2500  14
14 Eoin Doyle       Kilkenny     Paul Walsh      Waterford Subaru Impreza 1998  8
15 Neil Willams     Pembs        Eurig Davies    Pembs     Escort         1998  13