The gap gets closer
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 2s of fastest stage time and has increased his cushion back to Daniel Cronin in 4th. Matthew Boyle is in 5th, with Aidan Wray in 6th posting an almost identical stage time. Shane Quinn in 7th is the only other driver to get under the 6m mark for the stage, with James Stafford in 8th conceding 6.1s to Casey Jay Coleman in 9th, the gap here is down to7.9s. Andrew Purcell in in a safe spot in 10th for the moment, he has a cushion of 42s between him and Mark Alcorn in 11th.
What we have so far
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | SS10 | Road | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (=) | 2 | Eddie Doherty/Tom Murphy | Skoda Fabia | 5 | O/A | 5:49.8 | 0:00 | 1:03:12.8 | ||
| 2 (=) | 3 | Michael Boyle/Declan Boyle | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | O/A | 5:49.3 | 0:00 | 1:03:13.8 | 0:01.0 | 0:01.0 |
| 3 (=) | 1 | Declan Boyle/Patrick Walsh | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | O/A | 5:51.8 | 0:00 | 1:03:24.6 | 0:11.8 | 0:10.8 |
| 4 (=) | 7 | Daniel Cronin/Padraig O’Donovan | Citroen C3Rally2 | 5 | 1 | 5:55.1 | 0:00 | 1:04:26.0 | 1:13.2 | 1:01.4 |
| 5 (=) | 6 | Matthew Boyle/Gary Byrne | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 5 | 2 | 5:57.2 | 0:00 | 1:04:40.2 | 1:27.4 | 0:14.2 |
| 6 (=) | 14 | Aidan Wray/Paddy McCrudden | VW Polo GTI R5 | 5 | 3 | 5:57.0 | 0:00 | 1:05:07.1 | 1:54.3 | 0:26.9 |
| 7 (=) | 9 | Shane Quinn/Stephen Reynolds | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 5 | 4 | 5:58.1 | 0:00 | 1:05:11.4 | 1:58.6 | 0:04.3 |
| 8 (=) | 5 | James Stafford/Richard Cleary | Darrian T90 GTR | 14 | 1 | 6:09.7 | 0:00 | 1:05:40.6 | 2:27.8 | 0:29.2 |
| 9 (=) | 15 | Casey Jay Coleman/Michael Gilbey | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | 5 | 6:03.6 | 0:00 | 1:05:48.5 | 2:35.7 | 0:07.9 |
| 10 (=) | 8 | Andrew Purcell/Eoghan Doherty | Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 5 | 6 | 6:07.1 | 0:00 | 1:06:11.1 | 2:58.3 | 0:22.6 |
| 11 (=) | 17 | Mark Alcorn/John O’Donnell | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 2 | 6:13.7 | 0:00 | 1:06:53.1 | 3:40.3 | 0:42.0 |
| 12 (+1) | 11 | Cal McCarthy/Eric Calnan | Citroen C3 Rally 2 | 5 | 7 | 6:09.9 | 0:00 | 1:07:06.6 | 3:53.8 | 0:13.5 |
| 13 (-1) | 21 | Joseph Kelly/Killian McArdle | Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | 5 | 8 | 6:16.2 | 0:00 | 1:07:11.7 | 3:58.9 | 0:05.1 |
| 14 (=) | 23 | Frank Wray/Joe McNulty | VW VW Polo Gti R5 | 5 | 9 | 6:14.7 | 0:00 | 1:07:35.6 | 4:22.8 | 0:23.9 |
| 15 (=) | 35 | Keelan Grogan/Darragh Mullen | Peugeot 208 Rally 4 | 2 | 1 | 6:20.9 | 0:00 | 1:07:54.5 | 4:41.7 | 0:18.9 |
| 16 (+1) | 18 | Richard Moore/Enda Kennedy | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 10 | 6:19.4 | 0:00 | 1:08:33.6 | 5:20.8 | 0:39.1 |
| 17 (+2) | 25 | Frank Kelly/Lauren Kelly | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 3 | 6:09.2 | 0:00 | 1:08:36.0 | 5:23.2 | 0:02.4 |
| 18 (=) | 36 | Cian Caldwell/Paul McPhillips | Peugeot 208 Rally4 | 2 | 2 | 6:21.4 | 0:00 | 1:08:39.5 | 5:26.7 | 0:03.5 |
| 19 (-3) | 33 | Wayne Jones/Rhys Jones | Darrian T90 GTR | 14 | 4 | 6:30.0 | 0:00 | 1:08:43.4 | 5:30.6 | 0:03.9 |
| 20 (+1) | 20 | Aaron McLaughlin/Darren Curran | VW Polo GTI R5 | 5 | 11 | 6:18.8 | 0:00 | 1:08:52.9 | 5:40.1 | 0:09.5 |
| 21 (-1) | 29 | Richard Dalton/Martin Brady | Ford Fiesta | 5 | 12 | 6:24.4 | 0:00 | 1:08:54.9 | 5:42.1 | 0:02.0 |
| 22 (=) | 47 | James Bradley/Shane O’Dowd | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 1 | 6:17.5 | 0:00 | 1:09:06.6 | 5:53.8 | 0:11.7 |
| 23 (=) | 31 | Gary Cairns/Mark Preston | VW Polo | 5 | 13 | 6:28.1 | 0:00 | 1:09:22.4 | 6:09.6 | 0:15.8 |
| 24 (=) | 59 | Eugene Meegan/Anthony McDonald | BMW 1M CSL | 14 | 5 | 6:36.8 | 0:00 | 1:09:34.9 | 6:22.1 | 0:12.5 |
| 25 (=) | 44 | Tomas O’Rourke/Dylan Harrington | Mitsubishi Evo 10 | 20 | 1 | 6:36.5 | 0:00 | 1:09:35.9 | 6:23.1 | 0:01.0 |
| 26 (=) | 40 | Shane Murray/Gary Hade | Ford Fiesta Mark 1 | 5 | 14 | 6:36.0 | 0:00 | 1:09:50.2 | 6:37.4 | 0:14.3 |
| 27 (+1) | 37 | Ben McFall/Damian McAuley | Ford Fiesta Rally 4 | 2 | 3 | 6:23.4 | 0:00 | 1:09:51.8 | 6:39.0 | 0:01.6 |
| 28 (-1) | 170 | Jason O’Brien/Ger Clancy | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 2 | 7:02.1 | 0:00 | 1:10:20.0 | 7:07.2 | 0:28.2 |
| 29 (+19) | 49 | Stewart Morrison/Johnny Baird | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 3 | 6:31.6 | 0:00 | 1:12:23.8 | 9:11.0 | 2:03.8 |
| 30 (+70) | 26R | Adrian Hetherington/Gary Nolan | Ford Escort | 14 | 6 | 6:24.0 | 0:00 | 1:24:15.0 | 21:02.2 | 11:51.2 |
| 31 (+73) | 34R | Craig Rahill/Conor Smith | Peugeot 208 | 2 | 4 | 6:19.2 | 0:00 | 1:29:40.1 | 26:27.3 | 5:25.1 |
