Doherty extends the lead again, but don’t write off Boyle the elder

The lead Eddie Doherty now has in the rally is 9.9s over Michael Boyle, who now must be looking very nervously over his shoulder for “the ould fella”. Declan took quite a sizeable 4.9s out of Michael on SS6 and as good as matched Doherty’s time, only 0.2s slower. Would it beyond the bounds of…

Doherty eeks out a little bit more from Michael Boyle

On the second pass through Saltmills, Eddie Doherty has extended his lead from Michael Boyle to 3.2s. Albeit by small margins Declan Boyle has taken almost 2s out of Michael, setting the fastest stage time into the bargain. James Stafford seems to have found his feet as well with the 5th fastest stage time and…

All go after SS1

The news from the 1st stage is that Kilkenny’s Eddie Doherty is holding 0.5s lead over Michael Boyle. James Stafford is making the best of the dry weather, where he feels is his only chance of staying with the 4WD cars, and is only 1.8s off the lead time. Daniel Cronin is only 0.1s back…