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Day 2 - Cork to Killarney

Typically Irish weather welcomed the cars to the start control at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork as the Rally prepared to move southwards to the picturesque town of Killarney. Two competitors failed to cross the start line today - Car 3, the Rover 12 of Chris Denham & Tom Hendy which experienced differential problems; and Car 48, Tony Arnold's Cooper S navigated by Beatty Crawford, due to a broken clutch.

The Day's route took crews away from the City of Cork along the West Cork Coast, en route to the harbour of Glandore before starting the twisting challenging coastal Toe Head Regularity Section taking competitors through to their lunch halt at the Eccles Hotel, Glengarriff.

The afternoon run was spent in the Beara pennisula with a couple of Observed Regularity Sections on tiny roads before passing through the famous Tim Healy Pass and onto two regularities on two classic coastal special stages, Ardgroom and Cod's Head.

The crews then took roads inland via Killmackillogue to another great stage road before pressing on to the attractive town of Kenmare. The Day's route finished at the summit of one of Ireland's most famous rally stage, Moll's Gap, in the Avoca Knitwear shop.

John Brown found out what all that clear liquid was falling from the sky in the afternoon - he passed a sign saying "Care Road Cleaning in Progress"!

Unfortunately the day took three casualties: Graham Whitaker and Bill Currie's Hornet Special with a broken front axle; Hanns Werner Wirth and Ursula Schmitt's Jaguar MkIX after a minor bump; and finally, Chris and Connie Podger's Alvis.

However, some people have all the luck. Car 78, Neil and Ian Beresford in their 1965 Austin Healey 3000 with a crumpled wing and dented radiator found local support, "I've got one of those (radiator)on the shelf in my garage and my pal can fix that wing". Hey presto - instant re-build job!

So after Day 2 Geoff Stewart and Peter Murray have overtaken Paul and Jayne Wignall with 77 penalty marks to 142, with the Harrisons, in their fantastic TR4, hot on their heels …or should I say tyres with 161 marks.