MULLMURMURSMULLMURMURSMULLMURMURS – Chapter 6
– published on the island, during the event by Jaggy Bunnet
Provisional Top Times after 11 out of 19 Special Stages:
| Posn | Driver/Co-Driver | Car | Mins:Secs |
| 1 | Neil MacKinnon/Mike Stayte | Subaru Impreza | 82:14 |
| 2 | Calum Duffy/Hugh Duffy | Ford Escort | 83.01 |
| 3 | Chris Griffiths/Aled Davies | Subaru Impreza | 85.32 |
| 4 | John Price/Caroline Broad | MG Metro 6R4 | 86.08 |
| 5 | John Cressey/Ian Grindrod | Opel Manta | 88.28 |
| 6 | Billy Bird/Plug Pulleyn | Vauxhall Astra RWD | 89.04 |
| 7 | Steve Davies/Pete Pinnington | Ford Escort | 90.06 |
| 8 | Bill Bonniwell/Tom Smith | Ford Escort | 92.08 |
| 9 | Eddie O'Donnell/Eddie O'Donnell | Ford Escort | 92.28 |
| 10 | Rob Barry/Allan Whittaker | Mitsubishi Lancer | 90.33 |
| 11 | Mark Jasper/Alan Snell | Ford Escort Cos) | 90.57 |
| 12 | Dave Miller/Andrew Bailey | Ford Escort | 91.34 |
| 13 | Ian Colman/Alison Colman | Nissan Sunny | 93.15 |
The weather's cold, the roads are dry but the competition is white hot in this year's Philips Tour of Mull Rally but rally leader Neil MacKinnon has put a little more daylight between himself and Calum Duffy despite coming out Mishnish Lochs with a front wheel puncture on the John Allan Motors Subaru … Calum Duffy has lost out, his tyres are just a bit too soft, getting too hot and going 'off' which is giving him a lot more understeer than he really wants … Chris Griffiths is still 3rd despite breaking a front wheel and puncturing a tyre on Calgary … John Price is going OK and after fears that the front suspension was damaged last night, everything was fine for to-day … bad news for Daniel Harper, a wheel came off in Calgary taking all the studs with it and he limped into emergency service at Dervaig but has lost time … Steve Davies has been stuck in top gear since Calgary and can't get any other gears … Eddie O'Donnell had a funny time on the first stage so don't treat the above times as gospel … Bill Bonniwell is having the same trouble as Duffy, tyres going off – me, I think the buggers are just melting them out there!
That's yer lot meantime,
Yer auld pal, Jaggy Bunnet,
Island Bakery, Saturday, Mid Afternoon.
