Lead extended to 41″ after SS6

The old saying of there being many a slip between cup and lip is very true. The slip in this instance is the slip that Andrew Purcell had with his car on the last stage of the day, well a spin to be more precise. It turned an 11″ advantage into just over 4″ of…

Mark Straker is carrying 77″ lead over Frank Kelly after the first day’s stages are complete. As he told us it is a lot of good fortune as good driving with a lot of his rivals having spins, mechanical problems and the like that has helped him build up the lead he has. While we…

Steve Wood has just come into service with a 47″ cushion ahead of the overnight stop here in Wexford racecourse. He is followed by Ian Barrett and Gary Kiernan in the other two provisional podium places ahead of the testing 9 stages tomorrow. Stephen McCann is charging hard to get one of those places, only…

Daniel Cronin has found a new lease of life at the top of the heap by posting the fastest time on the Kilthomas stage. Also Michael Boyle was 5.32 seconds slower than Cronin, but also 3″ slower than Declan Boyle, who has taken 2nd place back. Gary Kiernan posted the 2nd fastest time on the…