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| Charlie Beattie/Camillus Bradley 1st Overall 1st Open Class |
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| Declan McNaughton/Jimmy Graham 2nd Overall |
There were accidents aplenty during the
rally, with Stephen Smith & John McCann going out on the first
stage. Gary McEvoy retired his Subaru Impreza before the event with
mechanical problems. Arnold Lutton crashed out of the rally of the
very next stage in what was said to be a big accident. Andrew
McCormick crashed his Vauxhall Chevette into a tree on the same
stage, leaving the front of the car 5ft off the ground, up the tree.
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| James Kennedy/Heather Kennedy 3rd Overall 1st Class 5 |
SS3 took out three cars, including the
then class 1 leader Corey McKay, who was sent into a rather deep
ditch after locking his brakes. Before the accident, McKay lead class
1 by nearly 30 secs. After the drama of the first three stages,
systematically more cars were knocked out of the rally until 24
finishers remained.
If there was an award for “entertainer
of the rally”, it would have been a hotly contested affair. Mark
McDonald in his Escort G3, Allan McKay's Ford Anglia 'WRC', Keith
Hall's 'Twin-Cam' Corolla and Martin Toner's Talbot Sunbeam would
have all been in the running.
In the Class battles, Class 1 went to
James Convery's Ford Ka by a single second to Declan Smith's Starlet.
Class 2 was taken by the spectacular Martin Toner. Raymond Doyle won
Class 3, while Class 4 went to Aaron Cunningham. James Kennedy took
Class 5 and third overall. Overall victory and the Open Class went to
Charlie Beattie's Mitsubishi Lancer.
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| James Convery/Grainne O'Kane 1st Class 1 |
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| Martin Toner/Tony Naugher 1st Class 2 |
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| Raymond Doyle/Mark Nugent 1st Class 3 |
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| Aaron Cunningham/Ryan O'Connor 1st Class 4 |
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