Stafford almost home
James Stafford is within touching distance of the win now, even able to give a bit of time away to Stephen McCann on the last run through Quitchey and still leave nearly two minutes of a gap back to the leading 4WD car. Wesley Patterson is all but assured of 4rd but the battle royale could be behind him between Leon Galvin and Tomás O’Rourke for 4th & 5th. There is only 6″ gap between the two and the latter was 7.2″ quicker on the stage so it could all come down to the wire on the last stage of the rally. John Reddington got ahead of Darren O’Brien with Paul Rowley, Justin Smyth and James Bradley moving into the top 10.
What we have after SS14
Results for the Main Field category
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | SS14 | Road | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (=) | 1 | James M Stafford/Jeff Case | Darrian T90 GTR | 14 | O/A | 7:42.2 | 0:00 | 1:30:08.9 | ||
| 2 (=) | 5 | Stephen McCann/Damien Fleming | Ford Fiesta R5 | 5 | O/A | 7:35.9 | 0:00 | 1:32:07.9 | 1:59.0 | 1:59.0 |
| 3 (=) | 8 | Wesley Patterson/Johnny Baird | Ford Escort RS Mk2 | 14 | O/A | 7:40.6 | 0:00 | 1:32:48.7 | 2:39.8 | 0:40.8 |
| 4 (=) | 16 | Leon Galvin/Ger Foley | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 1 | 7:49.1 | 0:00 | 1:33:48.8 | 3:39.9 | 1:00.1 |
| 5 (=) | 7 | Tomas O’Rourke/Tomas Scallan | Hyundai I20 R5 | 5 | 1 | 7:42.0 | 0:00 | 1:33:54.8 | 3:45.9 | 0:06.0 |
| 6 (+1) | 21 | John Reddington/Kenny Bustard | Ford Fiesta | 20 | 1 | 7:42.2 | 0:00 | 1:34:49.9 | 4:41.0 | 0:55.1 |
| 7 (-1) | 17 | Darren O’Brien/Eamonn Creedon | Honda Civic | 13 | 2 | 7:54.0 | 0:00 | 1:35:01.5 | 4:52.6 | 0:11.6 |
| 8 (=) | 11 | Paul Rowley/Darragh Mullen | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 2 | 7:52.8 | 0:00 | 1:35:13.3 | 5:04.4 | 0:11.8 |
| 9 (=) | 26 | Justin Smyth/James McEneaney | Ford Escort Mk2 | 12 | 1 | 7:56.7 | 0:00 | 1:36:02.1 | 5:53.2 | 0:48.8 |
| 10 (+1) | 22 | James Bradley/David Byrne | Ford Escort | 12 | 2 | 7:22.3 | 0:00 | 1:36:06.4 | 5:57.5 | 0:04.3 |
| 11 (-1) | 23 | Adrian Evans/Martin Henry | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 1 | 8:11.1 | 0:00 | 1:36:54.7 | 6:45.8 | 0:48.3 |
| 12 (=) | 33 | Alan Nesbitt/Rodney Hughes | Ford Escort | 14 | 2 | 8:18.0 | 0:00 | 1:38:28.3 | 8:19.4 | 1:33.6 |
| 13 (=) | 29 | John Boland/William Treacy | Ford Escort Mk2 | 12 | 3 | 8:03.4 | 0:00 | 1:38:29.8 | 8:20.9 | 0:01.5 |
| 14 (=) | 101 | Mickey Conlon/Ciaran McPhilips | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 3 | 8:06.8 | 3:45 | 1:38:37.3 | 8:28.4 | 0:07.5 |
| 15 (=) | 53 | Andy Nash/Dan Nash | Honda Civic Vtec | 11F | 1 | 8:32.2 | 0:00 | 1:40:03.3 | 9:54.4 | 1:26.0 |
| 16 (=) | 35 | Eoin Duffin/Mike Cleary | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 4 | 8:27.0 | 0:00 | 1:40:09.1 | 10:00.2 | 0:05.8 |
| 17 (=) | 36 | Bobby Hennessy/Darragh Smyth | Honda EG6 | 13 | 3 | 8:29.2 | 0:00 | 1:41:21.5 | 11:12.6 | 1:12.4 |
| 18 (=) | 95 | Kieran O’Kane/Barry McGleenon | Opel Ascona | 14 | 5 | 8:31.0 | 0:00 | 1:41:39.6 | 11:30.7 | 0:18.1 |
| 19 (=) | 56 | Tommy Kelly/Andy Firman | Ford Escort Mk2 | 11R | 1 | 8:18.9 | 0:00 | 1:41:40.2 | 11:31.3 | 0:00.6 |
| 20 (=) | 51 | John O’Rourke/Brian Commons | Opel Corsa | 12 | 4 | 8:34.0 | 0:00 | 1:41:59.3 | 11:50.4 | 0:19.1 |
| 21 (=) | 39 | JT Warnock/Kieran Rafter | Ford Escort | 13 | 4 | 8:35.3 | 0:00 | 1:42:37.0 | 12:28.1 | 0:37.7 |
| 22 (=) | 34 | Paschal O’Shea/Robert Hennessy | BMW 325 | 14 | 6 | 8:37.0 | 0:00 | 1:43:02.1 | 12:53.2 | 0:25.1 |
| 23 (=) | 49 | Richie Dalton/Ger Brett | Subaru Impreza N11 | 4 | 1 | 8:39.5 | 0:00 | 1:43:19.3 | 13:10.4 | 0:17.2 |
| 24 (=) | 46 | Sam Stewart/Stephen Peoples | Ford Escort Mk2 | 11R | 2 | 8:48.7 | 0:00 | 1:43:36.3 | 13:27.4 | 0:17.0 |
| 25 (=) | 45 | Tony Canny/Joe O’Brien | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 5 | 9:06.8 | 0:00 | 1:44:44.4 | 14:35.5 | 1:08.1 |
| 26 (=) | 58 | Kenny O’Brien/Gavin Croke | Vauxhall Nova | 9A | 1 | 8:24.6 | 0:00 | 1:44:53.0 | 14:44.1 | 0:08.6 |
| 27 (=) | 97 | Darragh Rafferty/Aoife Rafferty | Peugeot 208 | 2 | 1 | 8:49.3 | 0:00 | 1:46:00.3 | 15:51.4 | 1:07.3 |
| 28 (+4) | 41 | William Nolan/Shane O’Mahony | Toyota Corolla Twin Cam | 11R | 3 | 8:21.7 | 0:00 | 1:46:20.8 | 16:11.9 | 0:20.5 |
| 29 (=) | 68 | Anthony Roche/Tomas Delaney | Toyota Starlet | 13 | 6 | 8:48.0 | 0:00 | 1:46:30.1 | 16:21.2 | 0:09.3 |
| 30 (+1) | 102 | Paul Dowling/Myles Redmond | Peugeot 106 GTi | 11F | 2 | 8:42.3 | 0:00 | 1:46:40.5 | 16:31.6 | 0:10.4 |
| 31 (-3) | 57 | Mark Hayden/Peter Ryan | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 7 | 9:20.4 | 0:00 | 1:46:48.8 | 16:39.9 | 0:08.3 |
| 32 (+2) | 60 | James Boland/John McCay | Ford Fiesta | 2 | 2 | 8:50.2 | 0:00 | 1:47:11.5 | 17:02.6 | 0:22.7 |
| 33 (+10) | 12R | Richard Cleary/Niamh Holland | Ford Escort | 14 | 7 | 7:36.2 | 0:00 | 1:51:44.9 | 21:36.0 | 4:33.4 |
| 34 (+10) | 28 | Neil Tohill/Gerard Tohill | Mitsubishi Evo 10 | 4 | 2 | 8:17.6 | 0:45 | 1:52:27.9 | 22:19.0 | 0:43.0 |
| 35 (+16) | 52 | Mark O’Connor/Dean Kelly | Ford Escort Mk2 | 11R | 4 | 8:34.6 | 1:45 | 1:59:33.4 | 29:24.5 | 7:05.5 |
| 36 (+20) | 89R | Paul Quinlan/Sean Lambert | Ford Fiesta Mark 1 | 12 | 5 | 9:22.1 | 1:30 | 2:05:07.7 | 34:58.8 | 5:34.3 |
| 37 (+25) | 38R | Quentin Park/Shane Farrel | Ford Escort Mk2 | 12 | 6 | 8:18.1 | 0:00 | 2:18:18.2 | 48:09.3 | 13:10.5 |
Results for the Historic category
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | SS14 | Road | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (=) | 19 | Neil Williams/Anthony O’Sullivan | Ford Escort | 18 | 1 | 8:02.7 | 0:00 | 1:36:15.7 |
