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Meeke in front at end of opening day

Kris Meeke and Liam Regan are the leaders of the Donegal International Rally after the first day.

Meeke performed impressively over the six stages and has an 11.8 second lead over reigning champions Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan.

There was little between Meeke and Devine after the first two stages and it’s all set up for a tasty Saturday.

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Josh McErlean and Eoin Tracey are 23.4 seconds behind Meeke in third.

There’s then a bit of a gap to fourth with Josh Moffett and Andy Hayes 47 seconds behind the leaders but they did pick it up on the second loop on Friday.

The leading Donegal man is David Kelly in eighth spot, one ahead of Michael Boyle, while Kevin Eves is tenth.

In the Modified section, Aaron McIntyre and Darren O’Brien are in the lead.

Robert Duggan/John McCarthy are second with Christopher O’Callaghan and Gavin Doherty third.

Rathmullan man Kevin Gallagher lost over two minutes on stage six and is in 19th place going into Day Two. It’s a long way back but his local knowledge of Knockalla and Drumhallagh will help.

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