Wood leads after SS12 but Evans closes in a bit
With not much more than the top 10 times from SS12 in yet, it is looking very good for the hat trick for Steve Wood. He managed to ease off a small bit on the second run around Boolaboy where the gap reduced by just over 11 seconds, but last time around when the cars did Redgate, Wood hauled that back in heaps, will he do the same on the second pass through? John Dalton looks almost certain to take 3rd ahead of Frank Kelly, unlikely now that Richard Moore will have enough stage miles to haul Kelly in, 5th looking safe as he is pulling away a small bit from Wesley Patterson.
Richard Cleary is holding nicely to 10th but Leon Galvin has little more than the thickness of a coat of paint to separate him and Brendan McDaid, a possible drop of one place there. Meanwhile James Bradley is closing in on Mark Straker fast and could be in 14th before the final service of the rally.
Results in so far
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | SS12 | Road | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (=) | 1 | Steve Wood/Keith Moriarty | Subaru Impreza S11 | 7 | O/A | 8:04.8 | 0:00 | 1:17:36.2 | ||
| 2 (=) | 8 | Meirion Evans/Jonathan Jackson | Hyundai I20 R5 | 5 | O/A | 7:53.3 | 0:00 | 1:18:17.9 | 0:41.7 | 0:41.7 |
| 3 (=) | 4 | John Dalton/Gwynfor Jones | Darrian T90 GTR | 14 | O/A | 8:10.4 | 0:00 | 1:19:20.0 | 1:43.8 | 1:02.1 |
| 4 (=) | 5 | Frank Kelly/John McGrath | Ford Escort | 14 | 1 | 8:11.8 | 0:00 | 1:20:49.6 | 3:13.4 | 1:29.6 |
| 5 (=) | 11 | Richard Moore/Brian Halligan | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 2 | 8:10.4 | 0:00 | 1:21:58.5 | 4:22.3 | 1:08.9 |
| 6 (=) | 9 | Wesley Patterson/Johnny Baird | Ford Escort RS Mk2 | 14 | 3 | 8:11.1 | 0:00 | 1:22:02.7 | 4:26.5 | 0:04.2 |
| 7 (=) | 10 | Tomas Davies/Eurig Davies | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 4 | 8:11.3 | 0:00 | 1:22:14.2 | 4:38.0 | 0:11.5 |
| 8 (=) | 24 | Paul Rowley/Daragh Mullen | Ford Fiesta R5 | 5 | 1 | 8:13.9 | 0:00 | 1:22:18.2 | 4:42.0 | 0:04.0 |
| 9 (=) | 17 | Patrick McHugh/Pauric O’Donnell | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 | 5 | 8:22.7 | 0:00 | 1:22:37.8 | 5:01.6 | 0:19.6 |
| 10 (=) | 21 | Richard Cleary/Niamh Holland | Ford Escort | 14 | 6 | 8:20.2 | 0:00 | 1:23:03.5 | 5:27.3 | 0:25.7 |
| 11 (=) | 18 | Leon Galvin/Ger Foley | Ford Escort Mk2 | 13 | 1 | 8:35.8 | 0:00 | 1:24:21.3 | 6:45.1 | 1:17.8 |
| 12 (=) | 20 | Brendan McDaid/Damien McGettigan | Ford Escort | 14 | 7 | 8:30.9 | 0:00 | 1:24:22.0 | 6:45.8 | 0:00.7 |
| 13 (+1) | 96 | Keith Power/Seamus O’Grady | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | 20 | 1 | 8:28.5 | 0:00 | 1:24:42.8 | 7:06.6 | 0:20.8 |
| 14 (-1) | 7 | Mark Straker/Michael Coady | Darrian T90 GT ‘R5’ | 14 | 8 | 8:38.8 | 0:00 | 1:24:43.1 | 7:06.9 | 0:00.3 |
| 15 (=) | 15 | James Bradley/Maria Kehoe | Honda Civic | 11F | 1 | 8:31.9 | 0:00 | 1:24:47.6 | 7:11.4 | 0:04.5 |
| 16 (+4) | 25 | Robert Jones/Gary Kinghorn | Ford Escort | 14 | 9 | 7:42.6 | 0:00 | 1:25:10.9 | 7:34.7 | 0:23.3 |
| 17 (-1) | 16 | Adrian Evans/Martin Henry | Ford Escort | 14 | 10 | 8:27.1 | 0:00 | 1:25:12.4 | 7:36.2 | 0:01.5 |
| 18 (-1) | 29 | Llyr Jones/Sion Jones | Ford Escort RS Mk2 | 13 | 2 | 8:34.4 | 0:00 | 1:25:37.8 | 8:01.6 | 0:25.4 |
| 19 (-1) | 12 | Simon Chapman/Neil Colman | Proton Millington | 20 | 2 | 8:35.4 | 0:00 | 1:25:41.0 | 8:04.8 | 0:03.2 |
| 20 (-1) | 26 | Gareth Lloyd/David Byrne | Ford Escort | 13 | 3 | 8:34.2 | 0:00 | 1:25:56.5 | 8:20.3 | 0:15.5 |
| 21 (=) | 27 | Tony Rees/Geraint Thomas | Darrian It’s a GTR+ | 14 | 11 | 8:35.2 | 0:00 | 1:26:12.0 | 8:35.8 | 0:15.5 |
| 22 (=) | 38 | Justin Smyth/Gregory McQuillan | Ford Escort Mk2 | 12 | 1 | 8:40.8 | 0:00 | 1:26:25.3 | 8:49.1 | 0:13.3 |
| 23 (=) | 33 | Niall Fitzpatrick/Gary Fitzpatrick | Ford Escort Mk1 | 12 | 2 | 8:47.5 | 0:00 | 1:27:09.3 | 9:33.1 | 0:44.0 |
| 24 (=) | 19 | Roger Moran/Ashley Trimble | Ford Escort | 14 | 12 | 8:46.1 | 0:00 | 1:27:30.3 | 9:54.1 | 0:21.0 |
| 25 (+3) | 22 | Brian O’Keeffe/Sean Hayde | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | 4 | 1 | 8:40.1 | 0:00 | 1:27:56.2 | 10:20.0 | 0:25.9 |
| 26 (+38) | 28R | Jason O’Brien/Ger Clancy | Honda Civic | 11F | 2 | 8:27.4 | 0:00 | 1:44:27.4 | 26:51.2 | 16:31.2 |
