George Collister and Janet Craine lead the Black Horse Finance Stages Rally going into the final day.
They blasted their Mitsubishi Evo 3 into a four second lead over Friday's nine stages.
Collister grabbed the advantage after choosing a tyre with more cut - when others had wrongly predicted drier weather for the last three stages of the night.
Pre-event favourite Rob Watson is second and Mark Cubbon third.
The Saturday leg starts from the TT Grandstand at 10.05am for the final nine tests.
Final day to give views on future of sidecar racing
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