McRae Still Leads, Burns Chasing Ford's Colin McRae continued to lead the Rally of Argentina for a second day on Saturday, with Subaru's Richard Burns pushing hard to close the gap. Leading since the start of Rally Argentina, Ford's Colin McRae managed to hold off Subaru s Richard Burns to maintain his lead by 37 seconds at the end of the second day of competition. Even after 11 months without a win, a disastrous record caused as much by car failure as driver error, McRae looked relaxed with his comfortable cushion to Burns. But everything is going to plan. The hard work isn't over, though.
Today is the calm before the storm.
Tomorrow s leg is more risky. The final two stages are difficult, and it won't be decided until then. Burns set fastest times on three of the first five stages of the day, but the margins to McRae were not big enough to close the gap by more than a handful of seconds. But past experience shows that I can't do anything but keep the pressure up. Rally Argentina is one of the roughest rallies of the year.