THE fickleness of rallying was underlined on Stage 16 of last weekend’s Wexford Volkswagen Rally when Ballylickey’s Daniel Cronin and his Dunmanway co-driver lost the lead and the opportunity of back-to-back victories when their Cronin’s Centra backed VW Polo GTi R5 developed an issue with a turbo sensor.
Although they rectified the problem after the stage finish, the pair, who are one of four crews in contention to win this season’s Triton Showers National Rally Championship, had lost too much time and they withdrew from the event. It was a cruel blow as they had led from the start of the two-day event.
