The damp conditions we related to in the previous post seem to be suiting Stafford better than Straker, Stafford took 20″ out of the similar car of Straker on SS8, the only stage run on the first loop after the cancellation of SS7. Wesley Patterson and Frank kelly are still 3rd & 4th respectively but…
The stages will be slightly damp as overnight rain, and some more as we speak, will make driving a little trickier than yesterday. James Stafford will be the first one to tell you that he doesn’t mind the damp stuff in moderation. Mark Straker felt the Darrians are suited for damp conditions better than most…
Now that the dust has settled in the service area and the cars are put to bed in Parc Ferme, we can bring you an updated look at the top 10 and some stories from below. The top 10 is dominated by the two Darrians of Mark Straker and James Stafford. The gap of 50″…
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…
Wesley Patterson seems to be missing after SS5, he may reappear on our screens shortly. It looks good for James Stafford however, he had the fastest time on SS5 and is lying 7th. Graham Scallan in 5th, Liam Howlett in 6th and John Stafford in 8th, making 4 local cars bumper to bumper. james Stafford…
More on James Stafford and Graham Scallan. Stafford came down heavily coming over a jump and broke part of his left rear suspension. Looking at the car in regroup, there was a noticable camber out at the top of the wheel, so it is a credit to the skills of the Clonmines man that he…
Good new is that both Graham Scallan and James Stafford are now showing on the results, Stafford had kept in touch with Straker on SS3 but looks like he lost about 90″ on the other Darrian on SS4. We will try to find out a bit more on this when the cars come in for…
After the first few times we have in for SS3, we see no times or sign of either local drivers James Stafford or Graham Scallan. we can only hope there is some reason they are not showing that leaves them in the rally, as soon as we know, we will let you know. Wexford…
The 2WD cars are showing their metal at the moment as Mark Straker is leading the rally after SS2 by 15″ from local man James Stafford. Wesley Patterson is a further 11″ in arears in the MK2 before we have the leading 4WD of Steve Wood in 4th a further 7″ back. This is where…
The Wexford Stages Rally 2015 in association with the Riverbank House Hotel is officially under way this evening following the ceremonial start on Wexford’s quay front. Despite wet weather, a hardened bunch of rally followers turned up to hear Dougie Hughes doing his stuff introducing some of the cars that will leave rally HQ for…