When it was all sorted Liam reckoned it was a great job but the pressing question was how long would the warrenty last.......no definite answer was given but I reckon it has well expired by now. After a bit of a wander around to the different test sites to see how things were progressing it was looking like the start albeit delayed was approaching fast, but would you let this group loose on your autotest venue??
Into the first loop of 4 tests and it was Stephen Ferguson ho held a 1.9 second advantage over JJ Farell, both drivers in Mini Specials, best of the Mini Saloons was Eamonn Byrne who was holding third spot with a time of 182.3 for the first 4 tests just 1.6 seconds ahead of the Moke of Paddy Power
In the large Saloon class it was Mark King who was setting the early pace and was 3.5 seconds up on nearest rival Paul Mooney, a fail on test 4 for David Thompson meant he was 5.6 seconds further back Regular Munster Championship competitor Timmy Lynch brought his Westfield along and was mixing it well with Andrew O'Donogue and Darren Quille and was quickest in the Sportscar class at the end ofthe opening loop.
Stephen Ferguson continued to set a blistering pace during the second loop of 4 tests and extended his lead ove JJ by another 3 seconds and Power moved into third spot after Eamonn Byrne suffed a breakage in his Minis gearbox which resulted in a fail on test 8. This meant Daniel Byrne was fastest of the Minis with Norman Ferguson 2nd quickest on the loop and Christy Grimes 3rd quickest. In the large Saloons David Thompson steered his Nova to the top of the class with fastest in class on 3 of the 4 tests and take a 0.3 second advantage over Paul Mooney into the final loop. Andrew O'Donoghue was quickest of the Sportscars over this loop 4.7 secs ahead of Lynch with Quille another 0.5 behind, Lynche remained at the head of the class overall but Quille was reeling the Corkman in.
A great effort by a number of people saw the Byrnes back out on the third loop after Norman and Stephen Ferguson offered the use of the spare engine/box combo that they keep in their van and then set about helping to carry out the change over.
During the third loop Ferguson continued on the strong pace he started with and ended up with a 9.8second cushion over JJ Farrell, Byrnes fail and some quick times on the final loop saw local man Power take third spot overall. A fired up Eamonn set some quick times on the final 4 tests and when Daniel got a penalty on test 11 it was a class win and 4th overall for Eamonn ahead of nephew Daniel, Christy Grimes held on to third in class with Norman Ferguson 4th. Another good run for Thompson saw him increase his class lead to 4.7 seconds over Paul Mooney, a bad run for King saw him slip down the overall order but still maintain 3rd in class. It was all change in the sportscar class when Lynch had a disaster on the last loop and dropped back to third in class afer such a strong showing earlier in the day, it was Quille who benefitted the most and some steady but quick driving resulted in a class win for the Kildare man with Andrew O'Donoghue grabbing 2nd.
Best of the Novice drivers during the day was TDC Beginners Champion, Jamie McMillan with newcomer Peter Falvey coming in 2nd, Lisa Knox won the Ladies award while Seamus Anderson was best of the Carrick Club members in his Starlet.
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| Event winner Stephen Ferguson |
Sunday Results
1 Steven Ferguson
2 J J Farrell (Mini Special) 536.6s,
3 Paddy Power
(Mini Moke) 551.7s,
4 Eamonn Byrne (Mini) 567.8s,
5 Daniel Byrne
(Mini) 571.5s,
6 Chris Grimes
(Mini) 574.8s,
7 Norman Ferguson
8 David Thompson
(Nova) 578.4s,
9 Paul Mooney
(Nova) 583.1s,
10 Guy Foster
(Mini) 588.1s,
11 Paul Phelan
(Mini Special) 600.7s,
12 Ian White
(Mini) 602.9s.
Class winners:
Eamonn Byrne, J J Farrell, Darren Quille (Westfield
Semi-expert award:
Paul Mooney.
Novice awards:
Jamie McMillan (Nova) 673.8s, Peter Falvey (Corsa) 762.2s.
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