Having lost a few seconds on the first test of the morning, Steve Wood has done what he does best, put the pedal to the metal. Where Meirion Evans took 2.1″ advantage on SS10, Wood paid him back in heaps by taking just under 13″ back from the younger Welshman on the first trio through…
Steve Wood has retained his overnight lead albeit with Meirion Evans taking 2.1″ off the overnight leader on the first pass through Boolaboy. The big news of the morning is that Gary Kiernan is out of the rally. His not so terminal clutch problem from last night has turned into a terminal ditch problem on…
Steve Wood is our overnight leader and hoping not to put a jinx on him, he would very very odds on for the hat trick, don’t rush out to the bookies to put a few bob on him, you would win almost nothing. Meirion Evans is growing into the rally and the Hyundai i20 as…
Almost forgot to keep everyone informed, no real change in what is a stable top 5 at the moment. Steve Wood is looking to be heading to another Wexford stages rally, one of the elite few to to a three in a row. Meirion Evans is making a good show of it in the i20,…
Steve Wood laid down another fastest stage time to keep a nice cushion over the second place car of Meirion Evans with the latter almost matching Wood’s time over the Buck’s Bridge test. His 4″ advantage on that stage over the hard charging Dalton has arrested the slip a bit and given him a slight…
Steve Wood has pulled another 9″ out of Meirion Evans after the second spin around the Shanbo test, but whatever John Dalton’s crew did to the Darrian in service has paid off, either that or the tyre choice he had talked to me about. He came within 1.4″ of the time of the grippier and…
As we wait for the crews to get going on SS4, Shanbo for the second time, interesting insights from some of the field. Steve Wood, despite his lead and the obvious grip he has over most of the field, and power to boot as well, he is frustrated a bit by having to hold back…
Steve Wood has made hay while the sun doesn’t shine here in Enniscorthy, but the roads are drying. he took a massive 14.5″ out of Meirion Evans on the Long Lane test. The battle for 3rd to 5th couldn’t be more exciting, Gary Kiernan, John Dalton and Frank Kelly couldn’t be seperated my more than…
Results coming in thick and fast now, Steve Wood has put down fastest time in Shanbo but was was almost matched on the Buck’s Bridge test, 0.5″ difference between the 2nd place car of Meirion Evans leaving the gap between the two at 8.6″. Gary Kiernan is the best place Irish driver…
The cars are just starting SS1 up near Templeshanbo, Steve Wood will be anxious to take up where he left off 12 months ago by setting out a marker on the first test of the day. It is a tad slippy out there after more than a little rain during the night. One car that…