Round 5: ALMC Stages Rally

Damian Cole took the REIS MSA Asphalt Rally Championship lead with his fourth maximum points haul from five events on the ALMC Stages Rally. Cole and co-driver Craig Drew guided their four-wheel-drive Ford Focus WRC to the Asphalt laurels ahead of the two-wheel-drive Ford Escort MkII of Simon Mauger and Ashley Trimble.Retirement from the rally has relegated Stone from first to third place in the points table, though with the scoring system accounting for the best five from nine results, all is still to play for between now and the season finale in October.

Results (Asphalt competitors emboldened)1 Damian Cole / Craig Drew (Ford Focus WRC) 1h16m31s 2 Michael Barrable / Damien Connolly (Ford Focus WRC) 1h16m44s3 Simon Mauger / Ashley Trimble (Ford Escort MkII) 1h17m41s4 Trevor Mulligan / Sean Hayde (Ford Escort MkII) 1h18m23s5 Michael O’Brien / Patrick Walsh (Ford Focus WRC) 1h18m28s

Championship (provisional) after Round 51 Damian Cole – 100 points 2 Simon Mauger – 843 John Stone – 824 Roger Donnan – 515 Jim Sharp – 496 James Martin – 44