GRN's cars: Ulster Rally

Car No. R1 Keith Cronin/Marshall Clarke Citroen DS3 R3T

1^st Rally NI

Keith Cronin showed everybody why he is a double BRC Champion over the weekend of the Ulster Rally by claiming a dominating win over the narrow Ulster lanes. Finishing 1 min 37.2 secs ahead of Elfyn Evans' Ford Fiesta, Cronin was never headed. His pace was such that only twice was he headed on stage times, and his final time was good enough for fifth overall in the WRC section of the rally. Level on points with Elfyn Evans, it's shaping up to be a thrilling final round of the British Rally Championship.

Car No. R10 Osian Pryce/Iestyn Williams Citroen DS3 R3

3^rd Rally NI

An extremely consistent run for the Welsh driver Pryce saw him claim an impressive third place behind the flying Cronin and Evans. Only being ousted from third twice, Pryce moved into the fourth place in the BRC standings with his best result of the year.

Car No. R7 Tommy Doyle/Liam Moynihan Citroen DS3 R3

5^th Rally NI

Tommy and Liam endured a rally that can only be described as roller-coaster of fairground proportions. Finding a nail in their tyre, cracked brake discs and a bad tyre choice, plus the issues related to trying to get used to a new car, were all present at some point during the rally. However, contending with all these problems, he still managed to take a fine fifth place overall and, somewhat remarkably, he lay second overall after the first stage to Cronin!

Car No. M33 Amy Cox/Emmet Sherry Honda Civic R3

23^rd National Rally.

When Amy's trusty Ford Escort G3 failed to run properly in the weeks leading up to the Ulster National Rally, it was the start of a rather strange rally for the County Tyrone ace. A quick call was placed to DJ Rally Hire and few days later a nice shiny Honda Civic R3 was sporting the name Cox. Factoring in a lack of lights on the rally's night stage and a lack of brakes on the final day of the rally to the strange car, Amy and Emmet were lucky to get to the end of the rally!

Car No. H22 Gary Owens/Denver Rafferty Ford Escort MK2 RS1800

Retired (gearbox)

Problem's with the immaculate Escort's gearbox plagued the pairing more or less from the offset. Originally thought to be the clutch, the car's gearbox cried enough, leaving Gary and Denver on the wrong list four stages from home. The retirement list.

Car No. H37 William Todd/Aaron Johnston Mini Cooper

Retired (crashed out)

Both of GRN's cars in the Historic Section of the rally both had torrid times. The Mini crew of William Todd and Aaron Johnston were running second in Class B2, only 12.1 secs off the lead, before a crash on SS10, two stages from home, put paid to their hopes. Cruelly, they had lead their class after the first stage and were slowly climbing the leaderboard overall.