LIVE - Killarney Historic Rally

ITRC

December 2, 2023

RallyFish

Welcome to Live text commentary of the Killarney Historic Rally 2023

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Here we go, Crews making their way to Liebherr

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Reports Eamonn Kelly is a non starter

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A very crisp morning here, very tricky in places after a very light shower last night followed by a slight frost.

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ITINERARY

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Start - Killarney 08:50am - Service A - Liebherr, Killarney - 30 mins

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SS1 DROMIN (12.40 km) 09:38am

‍SS2 CARAGH LAKE (13.53 km) 10:17am

SS3 SHANERA (13.06 km) 10:57

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Service B - Liebherr, Killarney - 45 mins 11:32am

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SS4 DROMIN (12.40 km) 12:35pm

SS5 CARAGH LAKE (13.53 km) 13:14pm

SS6 SHANERA (13.06 km) 13:54pm

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Service C - Liebherr, Killarney - 30 mins 14:29pm

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SS7 ROCKFIELD (8.20 km) 15:18pm

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Service D - Liebherr, Killarney - 80 mins 15:45pm

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SS8 ROCKFIELD (8.20 km) 17:24pm

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Total stage 94.38 km

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Rain becoming heavier and more consistent on SS2 Caragh Lake

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Cars are into SS1

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SS1 FINISH (PROVISIONAL)

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Most crews on a medium slick, Fastest on the first stage is Greer on a time of 7:17.6 with Donagh kelly one second down, Melvyn Evans 19.3s down in third

Donagh kelly went with 2 wets and 2 slicks.

A lot of crews caught out by the heavy rain

Reports stage blocked, More to follow

We will clarify timings very shortly.

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Provisional Top 10 (Historics)

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Waiting on Modifieds on SS1

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SS2 CARAGH LAKE

PROVISIONAL

A mega time from Donagh Kelly, Reports Ring out with engine issue, awaiting confirmation.

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Overall after SS2 - Historics

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Top 10 Modified after SS1 (PROVISIONAL)

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SS3 SHANERA - HISTORICS

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Cars are into the stage

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Greer responds on SS3 taking the fastest time ahead of rally leader Kelly, Moynihan takes third fastest in the stage.

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SS3 SHANERA - MODIFIED'S

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Overall Top 10 - Provisional

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SS4 DROMIN 2 - HISTORICS

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Overall top 3 Historics after SS4

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Overall top 10 Historics after SS4

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SS5 CARAGH LAKE 2- HISTORICS

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Back to the Modifieds on SS4 Dromin 2

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SS5 CARAGH LAKE 2 - MODIFIED OVERALL TOP 10 (PROVISIONAL)

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SS6 SHANERA 2 - HISTORICS

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Breaking - Modified leader Conor Murphy off (CREW OK)

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We have a new leader of the modified section, Kevin Eves leads Rob Duggan by 1.2s with two stages remaining, Declan Gallagher holds third 7.8s off the leader.

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Top 10 - Modified after SS6

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SS7 ROCKFIELD 1 - HISTORICS

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Donagh Kelly drops to second on the penultimate stage

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SS7 MODIFIED

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Rob duggan takes the overall lead on the penultimate stage with Eves dropping to second overall, Just 0.7s seperate the top two heading into the final stage

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