Keith Cronin, and his co-driver, Mikie Galvin, are the overnight leaders of the Galway International Rally, the opening round of the 2024 Irish Tarmac Rally Championship.
They were fastest on four of today’s eight stages, and hold an advantage of 15.6 seconds in their Lyons Motor Group/Shane Casey Electrical Services/M O’Brien Group Ford Fiesta Rally 2 going into Sunday’s six further tests, which will take place in the area around Monivea.
Their closest challengers are Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan, the reigning Tarmac champions, who set the fastest time on Saturday’s final test in their Volkswagen Polo R5.
Josh Moffett and Andy Hayes found the suspension set up on their Citroen C3 Rally 2 somewhat soft for the Galway bumps, but still hold third place overnight.
Three time BRC driver Matt Edwards had to retire on stage 2 after a trip onto the grass and rock spinning us round breaking a front suspension component.
Frank Kelly leads modifieds by a slender 2.3 seconds after day one’s slippery stages. Leader Mark Alcorn who lost two minutes after suffering a high-speed tyre blowout on stage seven.
Meirion Evans punched in two rapid times to end Saturday with a 16.1-second lead over Tomas Davies in the historic class.
