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Mull Murmur 3- published on the island, during the event by Jaggy Bunnet MULLMURMURS, Chapter 3 Provisional leaderboard after SS3 (of 20) 1 Hall/Williams (Mitsubishi Lancer) 27 mins 50 secs It very much looks as though Dougi Hall has taken an early lead on this 33rd
Philips Tour of Mull Rally first time out in a 4WD Mitsubishi Lancer despite
claiming: “I seem to be going sideways an awful lot.” It’s slippy out there, as this year’s event once again has started with a
splash, so what’s new? Everyone has reported problems with conditions, but
making the best of it so far are Hall and second placed Daniel Harper, second
time out in a 4WD Lancer. MacKinnon lies third, but remember he hadn’t driven the car before today
and he’s also had a wee problem with vision and can’t use all the spotlights
so hoping to do something about that at service. But this event wouldn’t be
Mull without problems. Callum Duffy was quick over the first stage but a really
bad vibration from the rear set in on the second followed by a loud bang. He’s
still got drive to the rear wheels but dropped heaps of time taking it easy to
try and reach service. Eddie O’Donnell had to stop the Salen Silver Escort in the first stage to
replace two punctured tyres and dropped 4 minutes … Willie Bonniwell was in
similar trouble, dropping 5 minutes with a puncture and bemoaning the fact that
Steve Bannister wasn’t nearby so he could nick another wheel and tyre from him
(as he did on the Park Rally last month!) … John Cressey broke a driveshaft in
the first stage and then broke his glasses on the second … Tony Bardy spun the
Nissan and dropped a few seconds … John Cope had a “6th gear tank
slapper” in Loch Tuath but the Escort is severely testing their heart muscles
– the accelerator is intermittently sticking on at full throttle! … Paul
Kirtley is slow out of the start blocks and reckons he’s going to spend the
first few stages “tweaking” the brand new car as the set-up still isn’t
quite right … Theo Bengry is taking a minute or two to settle in: “This is a
young boy’s game, it’s really slippy out there” … Stephen Clark spun the
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