Stafford looks to be out

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…

Now that we have a few spare minutes, here’s a brief recap on the rally after SS3. Daniel Cronin leads the rally by 6.02 from Declan Boyle, who in turn is 2.9″ ahead of Michael Boyle, these two having swapped to the two lower podium places on SS3. Gary Kiernan seems to be making 4th…

Eddie Doherty still leads the rally, but the 1.5s gap that existed before the cars started the stage in Twelveacre is now down to exactly 1s, Michael Boyle is laying down his marker for the day. Declan Boyle lost 2s from the rally leader on SS10, but is the only other car to come within…

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…