Rally Ireland 2009
 

I don't normally take many shots like this of the cars not on stages but I decided since it was just in town and within walking distance of my house I would take a run down and take a few pictures. It was wet and cold but I think I got a few good shots from it, here's what I've edited so far. Tune in tomorrow for pictures from the first days stages.

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Will be there on Saturday - very much doubt my pics will be as good as yours though! :D

Day 1
Ok so here's the shots from a rather wet Day 1. You know stage 1 is going to make interesting photos when the camera gives you readings like:
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Cracking shots Stephen...looks a wee bit damp in places......:p

There was the odd bit of water about.

Most of the top runners were using the Pirelli 'SNOW' tyre rather than the 'Wet' tyre supplied.
Fair bit of standing water especially in some places they are reaching 140 kph:cry:

Results after day 1, loeb starting as he left off last year 45 seconds ahead of second place.

1.S Loeb/D Elena FRA Citroen C4 1hr 09min 35.2sec
2.D Sordo/M Marti ESP Citroen C4 1hr 10min 19.6sec
3.M Hirvonen/J Lehtinen FIN Ford Focus RS 1hr 10min 40.0sec
4.H Solberg/C Menkerud NOR Ford Focus RS 1hr 12min 44.6sec
5.C Rautenbach/D Barritt ZIM Citroen C4 1hr 13min 53.5sec
6.S Ogier/J Ingrassia FRA Citroen C4 1hr 13min 58.4sec
7.C Atkinson/S Prévot AUS Citroen C4 1hr 14min 26.4sec
8.M Wilson/S Martin GBR Ford Focus RS 1hr 14min 31.2sec
9.G MacHale/B Murphy IRL Ford Focus RS 1hr 14min 40.3sec
10E Boland/D Morrissey IRL Subaru Impreza 1hr 15min 29.7sec

mole2k those pic's are fantastic fella keep them coming, love the second shot down in black/white:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Day 2
Not quite as wet today although with the stage structure we could only actually see 2 stages instead of the 4 that we saw yesterday. Seen a group of people out at the Ballintempo stage with camera's I wonder if any of them were from here!

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C&C welcome as always!

I take it you sell these photos? They are awesome. :thumbsup:

Just made it Stage 14 today @ Ballinamallard - still drying out now.

I sell the occasional one but I don't actually market them at all so it's mostly friends that they are sold too.

I was at Ballintempo for both runs through, it was pretty dry today compared to yesterday :D Although it was noticeably colder today.

Any Day 3 pics, or was it too dry for you? :D

I decided day 3 would be to dry and wouldn't have the fun of the previous two days so stayed in bed :D

Ace stuff in tricky conditions, well done that man :thumbsup:

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