Wexford Volkswagen Stages 2017 Positions Appointed

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…

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 has increased the lead to 12.7s from Michael Boyle, but the news here is that top seed, Declan Boyle has taken 3.6s from Michael, and 0.9s from the leader. At this rate, 2nd & 3rd look almost certain to swap either on SS8 or 9, the gap is only 2.0s. I can’t see…

Mark Straker is carrying 77″ lead over Frank Kelly after the first day’s stages are complete. As he told us it is a lot of good fortune as good driving with a lot of his rivals having spins, mechanical problems and the like that has helped him build up the lead he has. While we…