Wood extends the lead on SS11
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 the Redgate stage. John Dalton in comfortably in 3rd, 1.28.03 being the advantage back to Frank Kelly but Richard Moore is not going down without a fight for that 4th spot, he took almost 13″ out of Kelly’s lead over the Kilmore Man. He also took time out of Wesley Patterson putting a little bit of breathing space between the two of them. Richard Cleary, Leon Galvin and James Bradley are putting in steady shifts out there on the drying roads, four tests for everyone of the top drivers left in the field.
Results we have so far
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | SS11 | Road | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (=) | 1 | Steve Wood/Keith Moriarty | Subaru Impreza S11 | 7 | O/A | 9:03.3 | 0:00 | 1:09:31.4 | ||
| 2 (=) | 8 | Meirion Evans/Jonathan Jackson | Hyundai I20 R5 | 5 | O/A | 9:16.0 | 0:00 | 1:10:24.6 | 0:53.2 | 0:53.2 |
| 3 (=) | 4 | John Dalton/Gwynfor Jones | Darrian T90 GTR | 14 | O/A | 9:21.1 | 0:00 | 1:11:09.6 | 1:38.2 | 0:45.0 |
| 4 (=) | 5 | Frank Kelly/John McGrath | Ford Escort | 14 | 1 | 9:35.0 | 0:00 | 1:12:37.8 | 3:06.4 | 1:28.2 |
| 5 (=) | 11 | Richard Moore/Brian Halligan | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 2 | 9:23.3 | 0:00 | 1:13:48.1 | 4:16.7 | 1:10.3 |
| 6 (=) | 9 | Wesley Patterson/Johnny Baird | Ford Escort RS Mk2 | 14 | 3 | 9:26.5 | 0:00 | 1:13:51.6 | 4:20.2 | 0:03.5 |
| 7 (+2) | 10 | Tomas Davies/Eurig Davies | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 4 | 9:27.7 | 0:00 | 1:14:02.9 | 4:31.5 | 0:11.3 |
| 8 (-1) | 24 | Paul Rowley/Daragh Mullen | Ford Fiesta R5 | 5 | 1 | 9:35.1 | 0:00 | 1:14:04.3 | 4:32.9 | 0:01.4 |
| 9 (-1) | 17 | Patrick McHugh/Pauric O’Donnell | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 5 | 9:43.0 | 0:00 | 1:14:15.1 | 4:43.7 | 0:10.8 |
| 10 (=) | 21 | Richard Cleary/Niamh Holland | Ford Escort | 14 | 6 | 9:36.5 | 0:00 | 1:14:43.3 | 5:11.9 | 0:28.2 |
| 11 (=) | 18 | Leon Galvin/Ger Foley | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 1 | 9:48.3 | 0:00 | 1:15:45.5 | 6:14.1 | 1:02.2 |
| 12 (=) | 20 | Brendan McDaid/Damien McGettigan | Ford Escort | 14 | 7 | 9:44.5 | 0:00 | 1:15:51.1 | 6:19.7 | 0:05.6 |
| 13 (=) | 7 | Mark Straker/Michael Coady | Darrian T90 GT ‘R5’ | 14 | 8 | 9:44.4 | 0:00 | 1:16:04.3 | 6:32.9 | 0:13.2 |
| 14 (=) | 96 | Keith Power/Seamus O’Grady | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | 20 | 1 | 9:54.0 | 0:00 | 1:16:14.3 | 6:42.9 | 0:10.0 |
| 15 (=) | 15 | James Bradley/Maria Kehoe | Honda Civic | 11F | 1 | 9:53.1 | 0:00 | 1:16:15.7 | 6:44.3 | 0:01.4 |
| 16 (=) | 16 | Adrian Evans/Martin Henry | Ford Escort | 14 | 9 | 9:46.8 | 0:00 | 1:16:45.3 | 7:13.9 | 0:29.6 |
| 17 (=) | 29 | Llyr Jones/Sion Jones | Ford Escort RS Mk2 | 13 | 2 | 10:03.4 | 0:00 | 1:17:03.4 | 7:32.0 | 0:18.1 |
| 18 (+1) | 12 | Simon Chapman/Neil Colman | Proton Millington | 20 | 2 | 9:55.4 | 0:00 | 1:17:05.6 | 7:34.2 | 0:02.2 |
| 19 (-1) | 26 | Gareth Lloyd/David Byrne | Ford Escort | 13 | 3 | 10:13.5 | 0:00 | 1:17:22.3 | 7:50.9 | 0:16.7 |
| 20 (=) | 25 | Robert Jones/Gary Kinghorn | Ford Escort | 14 | 10 | 10:02.8 | 0:00 | 1:17:28.3 | 7:56.9 | 0:06.0 |
| 21 (+1) | 27 | Tony Rees/Geraint Thomas | Darrian It’s a GTR+ | 14 | 11 | 9:50.6 | 0:00 | 1:17:36.8 | 8:05.4 | 0:08.5 |
| 22 (-1) | 38 | Justin Smyth/Gregory McQuillan | Ford Escort Mk2 | 12 | 1 | 10:03.3 | 0:00 | 1:17:44.5 | 8:13.1 | 0:07.7 |
| 23 (=) | 33 | Niall Fitzpatrick/Gary Fitzpatrick | Ford Escort Mk1 | 12 | 2 | 10:12.0 | 0:00 | 1:18:21.8 | 8:50.4 | 0:37.3 |
| 24 (+2) | 19 | Roger Moran/Ashley Trimble | Ford Escort | 14 | 12 | 10:01.8 | 0:00 | 1:18:44.2 | 9:12.8 | 0:22.4 |
| 25 (-1) | 40 | Sean Crowley/Emma Crowley | Peugeot 205 GTi | 12 | 3 | 10:28.4 | 0:00 | 1:18:54.3 | 9:22.9 | 0:10.1 |
| 26 (+1) | 36 | Conor Moore/Leo Tector | Honda Civic | 11F | 2 | 10:01.3 | 0:15 | 1:18:54.5 | 9:23.1 | 0:00.2 |
| 27 (+1) | 32 | Jason Tuthill/Ben Teggart | Ford Escort | 13 | 4 | 10:20.5 | 0:00 | 1:19:15.2 | 9:43.8 | 0:20.7 |
| 28 (+2) | 22 | Brian O’Keeffe/Sean Hayde | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | 4 | 1 | 10:05.4 | 0:00 | 1:19:16.1 | 9:44.7 | 0:00.9 |
| 29 (=) | 34 | Emmet Cronin/Seamus McTigue | Ford Escort Mk2 | 12 | 4 | 10:15.8 | 0:00 | 1:19:19.0 | 9:47.6 | 0:02.9 |
| 30 (-5) | 43 | JT Warnock/Lorcan Moore | Ford Escort | 13 | 5 | 10:41.5 | 0:00 | 1:19:20.1 | 9:48.7 | 0:01.1 |
| 31 (=) | 92 | Barry McKenna/Mac Kierans | Ford Escort | 13 | 6 | 10:18.4 | 0:00 | 1:19:44.9 | 10:13.5 | 0:24.8 |
| 32 (=) | 59 | Paddy McDaid/Timmy Lunn | Ford Escort | 11R | 1 | 10:27.0 | 0:00 | 1:19:58.1 | 10:26.7 | 0:13.2 |
| 33 (=) | 35 | Richie Dalton/Ger Brett | Subaru Impreza N11 | 4 | 2 | 10:36.5 | 0:00 | 1:20:12.9 | 10:41.5 | 0:14.8 |
| 34 (=) | 52 | Nick Barnett/Martin Brady | Mitsubishi Lancer | 4 | 3 | 10:30.8 | 0:00 | 1:20:26.8 | 10:55.4 | 0:13.9 |
| 35 (+1) | 37 | Tommy Foley/Aarron Watters | Honda Civic | 11F | 3 | 10:46.7 | 0:00 | 1:20:51.2 | 11:19.8 | 0:24.4 |
| 36 (+31) | 28R | Jason O’Brien/Ger Clancy | Honda Civic | 11F | 4 | 9:37.6 | 0:00 | 1:36:00.0 | 26:28.6 | 15:08.8 |
