Simon McKinley RIP

As we write this, the rally leader, Eddie Doherty is just about to go towards the start of the first of nine stages that will take place today. With only a little over 9s separating the top three, we’re probably going to have the hardest rally for years to predict who will be the top…

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…

The first three cars were literally separated by the blink of an eye on SS4, James Stafford was 0.2″ quicker than Andrew Purcell, who in turn was 0.8″ quicker than Gary Kiernan, time that close it would only be separated by the proverbial cigarette paper. If anyone tells you that this is not entertaining, send…

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…