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LinksWexford Single Stage (No 2) - 16 Dec 01
Posted: December 17, 2001 8:14 AM - 15943 Hits
By Will Downing & John Dier
Ardfinnan's Jimmy Lambert finally rewrote the record books by storming to victory in the December running of the Crosbie Cedars Hotel Wexford Single Stage Rally by 14 seconds - his first ever win in a Slaneyside rally.
Posted: December 17, 2001 8:14 AM
Vanquished once more was Gorey's David James, 14 seconds down, thus losing another title on the final stage - and a side-bet with Lambert following last month's Wexford roadshow.
Lambert had trailed James by eight seconds following the opening stage, but had plugged the gap and was level on time with the Wexfordian going into the third and decisive stage - in the dark - and it's there where the Tipperary man worked the oracle, claiming the stage and the rally by 14 seconds.
Fermanagh's Philip Shaw finished third, six seconds back on James, with Carlow's John Nolan fourth and Kerryman Tom Randles fifth.
The entire top five were driving Escorts. Group N went to Wexford's Thomas O'Rourke, partnered in his Astra by brother John, who pipped Ranelagh man Willie Fannin - on the day neighbour Ken Doherty got walloped in the UK Championship snooker final.
Carlow's John Nolan may have finished outside of the podium positions - but there's still a consolation for him, as he has taken the Class 13 title in his Escort.1 Jimmy Lambert/James Coleman (Escort 2.0)....31.44 2 David James/Ron Guha (Escort BDX)...........31.58 3 Philip Shaw/Derek Brennigan (Escort 2.0)....32.04 4 John Nolan/John Smithwick (Escort 2.0)......32.34 5 Tom Randles/Diarmuid Lynch (Escort 2.5).....32.45 6 James & Ann Foley (Honda Civic 1800)........32.59 7 Thomas O'Rourke/John O'Rourke (Opel Astra)..33.08 8 Tom Lawless/Brian Sharkey (Honda Civic Vti).33.12 9 Garry Jennings/James O'Brien (Peugoet 106)..33.18 10 Mark Kennedy/Derek Kennedy (Corsa)..........33.20 Other class winners include: Class 1 - Ray Martin/Stephen McCaffrey - Wexford Class 2 - Vivian Noone/Jim O'Brien - Tipperary Class 3 - Thomas O'Rourke/John O'Rourke - Wexford Class 4 - Willie Fannin/Brian Duggan - Dublin/Kerry Class 5 - James Fogarty/Stephen Fogarty - Kilkenny Class 6 - Thomas Lawless/Brian Sharkey - Louth Class 7 - Joe Curran/Ollie Garry - Meath Class 8 - Padraig Price/David Nooney - Westmeath Class 9 - James M Stafford/James F Stafford - Wexford Class 10 - Lar Murphy/Ian O'Leary - Wexford Class 11 - Mark Kennedy/Derek Kennedy - Wexford Class 12 - Patrick Dunne/Patrick Moloney - Wexford Class 13 - John Nolan/John Smithwick - Carlow Class 14 - Thomas Randles/Diarmuid Lynch - Kerry
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