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release – 27 April 2015
Burton dominates WWRS R.A.C. Rally Championship in Kielder
Phil Burton and Mal Capstick were the big winners on the third round of the West
Wales Rally Spares R.A.C. Rally Championship, the Pirelli Carlisle Stages
(Saturday 25 April).
Burton was in fighting form to be top R.A.C. finisher in his Open Category Ford
Escort Mk2, while James Potter and Bob Duck were leading historic finishers in
their Ford Escort Mk2. Barry Stevenson-Wheeler and John Pickavance were third
overall and second in the Open Category. “Fantastic: the car’s been brilliant,”
said Burton after taking a resounding victory.
James Potter and Bob Duck (Ford Escort Mk2) topped the historic R.A.C
contenders, despite having to steer around bits of broken BMW on the opening
stage. Fortunately, the only damage to the re-liveried Escort was a broken
headlight. “The speed is getting back,” said Potter on only his second rally
since a high-speed off in Yorkshire last September.
On a day of tough conditions and high attrition, Stuart and Linda Cariss did
well to be first Category 2 crew home in their Escort Mk1, finishing ahead of
class winners Matthew Honeybourne/James Curtis (Ford Escort Mk1). “It’s been a
good day but a bit of an eye opener; it’s a different world back there,” said
Cariss of running well down the field.
Notable non-finishers included Grahame Standen/Jane Edgington (Escort Mk2),
Simon Crook/Alister Crook (Opel Manta), Tim Mason/Graham Wild (Porsche 911),
Will Midgely/Graham Wride (Toyota Corolla) and Bob Bean/Malcolm Smithson (Escort
Mk1). Sadly, the Crooks suffered a big roll at the deceptive crest that earlier
caught out BHRC contender Ernie Graham and inflicted considerable damage on the
Manta.
Meanwhile, ditches claimed Mason and Bean, with Mason being particularly unlucky
to spear off the road with a suspected breakage in the final stage when only
seven seconds down on Potter.
Out on the opening stage with electrical issues went Grahame Standen and Jane
Edgington (Ford Escort Mk2), which left the way open for a class victory for
David Hopkins/Tony Vart (Talbot Sunbeam).
The Pirelli Carlisle Stages was organised by the Cumberland Sporting Car Club.
Full results are available at:
http://results.djames.org.uk/results/?m=79
Press release –
29 September 2014
Hill wins WWRS R.A.C. Rally Championship round seven
 Richard
Hill and Steffan Evans claimed a superb victory on the Trackrod Historic Cup
(Friday/Saturday 26/27 September), the seventh and final round of the West Wales
Rally Spares R.A.C. Rally Championship.
A fabulous field of historic rally cars tackled the classic Yorkshire forest
stages, including Staindale and Dalby in the darkness of Friday evening and it
was Matt Edwards and Paul Morris who made the early pace in their Ford Escort
Mk2. However on Saturday morning Hill/Evans started a major attack to try and
claw back Edwards’ 15-second overnight lead.
Going into the final stage in Langdale, the gap was down to just two seconds and
Hill pushed hard to secure victory by seven seconds after a fine performance by
both crews. Next up in the Rob Smith Rallying Category 3 were the Escorts of Tim
Pearcey/Neil Shanks and Tim Freeman/Paul Williams.
David Stokes and Guy Weaver turned in yet strong performance to win the Capital
Construction Category 2 in their Ford Escort Mk1, underlining their status as
Category 2 champions. The Holton Homes Category K went to Tom Coughtrie/Calvin
Cooledge (Escort Mk2) while in Category O it was Barry Stevenson-Wheeler/John
Pickavance on top in their Open Category Escort Mk2.
The opening two stages in Staindale and Dalby on Friday evening and they proved
to be full of drama and incident. James Potter/Bob Duck and David Goose/Caron
Tomlinson both had scary high-speed accidents in Dalby, fortunately without
injury.
Ray Cunningham and Phil Clarke (Mini Cooper) took championship victory in the
Walker Diecastings Category 1 for the Irish ace, finishing clear of the Volvo
Amazon of title rivals Graham Waite and Gill Cotton. Category 1 victory on the
event went to local legend Bob Bean with Malcolm Smithson (Lotus Cortina), who
made a welcome return to the stages after their accident on the Tour of
Hamsterley.
Cunningham, teamed with Clarke for the first time, took class B2 and the
Category One title in his mighty Mini Cooper. Clarke, co-driving in a Mini for
the first time in about 40 years, loved the experience after his recent WRC
outings with 2013 R.A.C. champion Marty McCormack. Class B4 and overall Category
One victory went to the evergreen Bean in his Lotus Cortina. An off on Friday
evening cost Graham Waite and Gill Cotton (Volvo Amazon) any chance of beating
Cunningham to the title. Meanwhile, Stephen Higgins and Dom Bramfoot topped
class B1 in their wonderful two-stroke Saab 96.
Dave Watkins and Linda Cariss teamed up for the first time to win C2 in Watkins’
famous Escort Mk1. However, it might have been different if Baz Jordan/James
Gratton-Smith had not suffered damaged steering on Friday evening. Robin
Shuttleworth and Ronnie Roughead also lost a lot of time with a puncture.
There was a great Escort Mk1 battle in class C3 as Steve Magson and Darren Smith
took a much deserved win on home ground after a big tussle with David
Kirby/Chris Rixon on what Rixon claimed to be his final rally. Peter Smith and
Patrick Walsh had a tough time with the Opel Ascona, with an off on Friday and a
broken halfshaft the following day. The result left Kirby as a worthy class C3
champion after a season of tremendous competition.
Ceiriog Hughes and Emyr Hall were welcome class D2 winners in their Toyota
Corolla after Chris Skill and Glenn Hall slid their Escort Mk2 into a Dalby
ditch. Class D3 featured a cracking battle between the Pinto-powered Escort Mk2s
and top points’ scorers were Paul Fry and Mike Steele, despite starting their
rally with a spin after three miles of Staindale.
After the drama of the opening leg, Edwards was 15s up on Hill, but when
Saturday morning dawned Hill was wide awake and immediately on the attack. He
pulled back time on each of the next three stages and went into the final
10-miler in Langdale only two seconds behind. By the end of the stage, Hill had
gone nearly 10 seconds quicker than everyone else and pipped Edwards by seven
seconds to claim a deserved victory.
“We didn’t have a brilliant run last night and we slid wide on the fourth corner
of the first stage, but this morning we pushed really hard from Dalby onwards,”
said Hill. “We struggled for traction a bit this afternoon but no excuses: he
was just quicker than us at the end,” said Edwards.
The first six-miler in Staindale significantly shaped the event when Matthew
Robinson and Sam Collis slid off less than two miles in. They lost two and a
half minutes, but Robinson made amends the following morning by beating everyone
by 10 seconds in Gale Rigg.
Overnight, Nick Elliott and Dave Price ran third despite giving themselves the
challenge of running on maps rather than notes. “It was a complete baptism of
fire,” said Elliott. They dropped a place to Tim Pearcey/Neil Shanks on Saturday
morning but sadly went out with a not too damaging roll at Mikkola’s Bend in
Dalby.
“It was like a car park in there,” said Pearcey of the opening two stages. Once
into the daylight of Saturday, the Yorkshireman upped his pace and was never too
far away from the lead contest to score a strong third place overall.
Behind Pearcey, the battle for the glory of Gloucestershire fell to Stokes and
Weaver (Escort Mk1) by less than three seconds from the Escort Mk2 of
Freeman/Williams. Both crews had run very well, with Stokes also claiming
overall honours in Category Two.
In pursuit of Stokes in Category Two was another excellent contest between the
Escort Mk1s of Warren Philliskirk/Nigel Hutchinson and Chris Browne/Ali
Cornwell-Browne. The final gap was only 26s as Philliskirk revelled in his local
stages. Running nicely in the top 10, and shaking off the effects of a year away
from competitive driving, was Tim Mason with Graham Wild on the notes in the
class C4-winning Porsche 911.
Clutch dramas eliminated both Alan Walker/Jez Rogers and Richard Lane/Frank
Richer but not before Walker had posted top six stage times. Lane was one of
many to drop a lot of time after going off in Staindale. Even quicker, despite a
fair lay-off, was Ryan Champion in the Tuthill Porsche 911 with Craig Thorley
alongside. A detached fan belt in Dalby wrecked any chance of a good result, but
fastest overall in Cropton showed what might have been.
Gearbox failure sidelined the leading Open Category Opel Manta of Simon and
Alistair Crook early in the opening Staindale stage. Instead, their season-long
rivals Stevenson-Wheeler and Pickavance took the Category in their Ford Escort
Mk2. They had a minute and a half in hand over the similar car of Dave Hemingway
and Simon Ashton. “I’d nearly forgotten what to do,” admitted Stevenson-Wheeler
after several moments on Friday evening and an off in Staindale, but it all came
back together on Saturday.
The Trackrod Historic Cup was organised by the Trackrod Motor Club.
Press release – 19
September 2014
WWRS R.A.C. Championship heads for Yorkshire finale
 The
West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C. Rally Championship heads to the mighty Yorkshire
stages for the seventh and final rally of the season, the Trackrod Historic Cup
(Friday/Saturday 26/27 September).
The event will also mark the final event in the championship’s 2014 Northern
Challenge as well as the last round of the highly successful Kumho Clubmans
Challenge for crews competing on a maximum of six tyres for the event.
Although the overall championship has now been won by Nick Elliott and Dave
Price (Ford Escort Mk2), another tremendous entry will gather in Pickering for
the chance to tackle classic Yorkshire stages, some of them in the darkness of
Friday evening. This event will mark the end of the first chapter in the
R.A.C. Rally Championship story as in 2015 the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor
Club will take over the running of the MSA British Historic Rally Championship.
But for now the focus is firmly on round seven of what has been a superb season
of competition and there is still much to play for as the championship heads to
Yorkshire.
Leading the field away will be the pre ’68 cars in the Walker Diecastings
Category 1, where the Mini Cooper of Ray Cunningham and Arron Forde heads the
entry and is looking good to secure the overall category title. Ranged against
the incredibly rapid Mini will be the Lotus Cortina of the evergreen Bob Bean
and his youthful co-driver Malcolm Smithson. Bob has been rallying for half a
century and is as competitive as ever for what will be a welcome return to the
stages after an accident on the Tour of Hamsterley back in April. Adding great
variety to the Category 1 field will be the rapid Volvo PV544 of Ian Beveridge/Graham
Wride and the wonderful Saab 96 of Stephen Higgins/Don Bramfoot.
In the Capital Construction Category 2, David Stokes and Guy Weaver head the
field in their Ford Escort Mk1 and have already clinched the category title
during a very busy season. They’ll be aiming to sign off their championship
campaign with another win, but could face a big challenge from local aces Warren
Philliskirk and Nigel Hutchinson and Chris Browne/Ali Cornwell-Browne in their
similar cars.
There is a class title to be resolved in Class C3 where Peter Smith and Patrick
Walsh (Opel Ascona) go up against the Ford Escort Mk1 of David Kirby and Chris
Rixon. Although Kirby has a small lead, the dropped scores scenario could push
the advantage back towards local legend Smith in his fabulous Opel. Another
strong local contender is Steve Magson from Pickering who is co-driven by Darren
Smith in his Escort Mk1, while packing out the quality C3 entry is the
Pinto-powered Escort Mk1 of Phil Jobson and Arwel Jenkins.
Running alongside the Category 1 cars at the head of the field will be the
1600cc cars from Category 2 with the Escort Mk1 of Robin Shuttleworth/Ron
Roughead leading the way from the increasingly rapid Hillman Avenger of Barry
Jordan/James Gratton-Smith.
The Holton Homes Category K is topped by the FIA specification Ford Escort Mk2
of Tom Coughtrie and Calvin Cooledge, while Elliott and Price head yet another
mighty entry for the Rob Smith Rallying Category 3 in their Ford Escort Mk2.
With the title secure, Elliott can go all out to show his pace in forests that
are less familiar than those in Wales for the Cheltenham driver.
Out to take the fight to Elliott will be 2013 winner Matt Edwards. Edwards has
shown tremendous pace on limited outings in his Escort Mk2, despite a dose of
misfortune, and his speed this weekend will be watched with great interest.
More major contenders for overall victory include Matthew Robinson and Sam
Collis after a stellar season in their Escort Mk2 and Richard Hill/Steffan Evans
who are fighting for the runner-up position in the overall championship. More
very quick Escorts line up in class D5 in the hands of local ace Tim Pearcey and
his Scottish co-driver Neil Shanks, Tim Freeman/Paul Williams and, after a year
out of the driving seat, Alan Walker and Jez Rogers.
In class D3, the season-long contest between the Ford Escort Mk2s of John Baker/Seyyan
John and Paul Fry/Mike Steele continues, while welcome newcomers in class D4 are
Gary Cooper and Jon Riley in a Sunbeam Lotus.
An encouraging entry of Class D2 cars will run at the head of the rally,
including new class champions Dave Hopkins and Tony Vart (Talbot Sunbeam).
However, they face a fierce challenge here in Yorkshire from the Ford Escort
Mk2s of Chris Skill/Glenn Hall and David Goose/Caron Tomlinson, while Keith
Davison and Henry Richardson are back in their Chrysler Avenger. Also in D2,
Welsh crew Ceiriog Hughes and Emyr Jones make a welcome return in their Toyota
Corolla.
Running alongside the historics are the cars in R.A.C. Category O for open
two-wheel drive cars and the entry is headed by the very rapid Opel Manta of
brothers Simon and Alister Crook. Their opposition includes the Ford Escort Mk2s
of Barry Stevenson-Wheeler/John Pickavance and brothers Neil and Simon Dwyer as
well as the Escort Mk1 of Alan and Liam Carfrae.
The Trackrod Historic Cup is organised by the Trackrod Motor Club. For more
details about the event please visit
www.trackrodmotorclub.co.uk
Press release –
9 August 2014
Elliott wins WWRS R.A.C. Rally Championship round six
 Nick
Elliott and Dave Price were in control over the classic stages of South Wales
when they charged to a 20-second victory on the Zutec Neath Valley Stages
(Saturday 9 August), the penultimate round of the West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C.
Rally Championship.
While other leading contenders hit trouble, including Jason Pritchard and Phil
Clarke who rolled out of the rally, Elliott threw his Ford Escort Mk2 around the
stunning gravel stages to move very close to securing the 2014 championship
title. “No real problems,” reported Elliott. “A good tyre choice made a big
difference and the stages were great.”
Category victories fell to Tomas Davies/Eurig Davies (Ford Escort Mk2), David
Stokes/Guy Weaver (Ford Escort Mk1) and Graham Waite/Gill Cotton (Volvo Amazon).
Once again, the fast and flowing stages received rave reviews from competitors,
with unanimous praise for both the condition of the stages and the organisation
of the event.
Ray Cunningham and Arron Forde (Mini Cooper) set a fearsome early pace in the
Walker Diecastings Category 1, but it all went wrong on Rheola 2 when they lost
first and second gears. They elected to battle on, but dropped four places in
the process. “Starting stages in third gear was hard work,” said the Irishman.
Instead, Waite took over at the head of the category, but just 40s covered the
top four cars at the finish. Ian Beveridge and Paul Price had the Volvo PV544
buzzing along to take an excellent second from the Lotus Cortinas of Paul Mankin/Desmond
Bell and Gwilym Roberts/Don James.
Stokes took a commanding victory in the Capital Construction Category 2, with
his only concern coming when he lost the handbrake on the opening stage. Chris
Browne and Ali Cornwell-Browne (Escort Mk1) led the chase of Stokes in Category
2 on Browne’s first taste of these stages. “The stages here are absolutely
incredible,” he said.
Peter Smith had his Opel Ascona flying along and, partnered by Patrick Walsh,
took a commanding win in class C3 as David Kirby and Tom Hutchings (Escort Mk1)
headed the pursuit. “These flowing stages really seem to suit the car,” said
Smith. Meanwhile, in class C2 Barry Jordan and James Gratton-Smith had a ball en
route to class spoils in their Hillman Avenger.
In the Rob Smith Rallying Category 3, Elliott was on it from the start,
finishing the opening Rheola stage six seconds up on Pritchard. Hill signalled
his intentions for the day with third best, ahead of Matthew Robinson/Sam Collis
(Escort Mk2). Robinson made good pace as they ran on maps rather than route
notes in preparation for the Roger Albert Clark Rally, but elected to retire at
main service with overheating concerns.
Out in a rather more spectacular style went Pritchard when he slid wide on a
fast left-hander and barrel-rolled out of the rally in what he described as the
biggest accident he’s ever had. Thankfully both crew members were unharmed and
the car will repair.
Elliott pressed home his advantage on the second run through Rheola, but could
never relax as Hill maintained a fierce challenge and the winning margin was
just under 20s as crews headed back to the finish at Resolven. “We had a couple
of little overshoots, but otherwise okay,” reported Elliott. Hill, meanwhile,
acknowledged that Elliott’s pace in Rheola was critical. Over the Margam and
Bryn stages, there was little between them. “Rheola is where he’s done it all,”
said Hill. Never far adrift to take a fine third were Meirion Evans and Iwan
Jones (Escort Mk2), but they rued a wrong tyre choice for Bryn 2 that cost them
as much as 15s.
One of the drives of the rally came from young Ben Friend who, partnered by Sean
Kennedy, almost got his Pinto-powered Escort Mk2 into the top 10 overall as he
claimed a first victory in the highly competitive class D3.
While Friend drove a mighty rally to win class D3, Adrian Young and Gwynfor
Jones (Escort Mk2) pushed all the way to finish only 13s adrift. Young lost the
time when the car cut out twice on the opening stage and spent the rest of the
day trying to claw time back. In class D2, Dave Hopkins and Tony Vart took the
spoils in their Talbot Sunbeam. “We loved every minute of it,” said Hopkins.
Fifth overall and winners of the Holton Homes Appendix K category were Tomas and
Eurig Davies (Escort Mk2) after a strong run only hindered by a brake scare in
Rheola 2 after a change of pads at service.
The Zutec Neath Valley Stages was organised by the Three Counties Car Club.
Press release – 04
August 2014
WWRS R.A.C. Championship heads for Neath Valley
 The
West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C. Rally Championship switches focus to the superb
stages of South Wales for round six, the Zutec Neath Valley Stages (Saturday 9
August). Another cracking entry, covering 50 championship contenders, will
tackle some of best stages of the season as the title races head for a final
showdown.
The event will mark the final event in the championship’s 2014 Welsh Challenge
as well as the penultimate round of the highly successful Kumho Clubmans
Challenge for crews competing on a maximum of six tyres for the event.
As the championship heads into the closing stages, the major title contest is
now between Nick Elliott/Dave Price and Jason Pritchard/Phil Clarke and once
dropped scores are factored in (crews count their best five results from seven
events), Elliott has just a four-point advantage. More than anything, both crews
need to finish strongly overall on the Neath Valley Stages as Richard Hill and
David Stokes/Guy Weaver are still firmly in contention.
Leading the field away will be the pre ’68 cars in the Walker Diecastings
Category 1, and it is the ever-spectacular Volvo Amazon of Graham Waite and Gill
Cotton at the head of the pack. Chasing the Volvo will be the Mini Cooper of Ray
Cunningham and Arron Forde, and there is sure to be another big battle for
category victory. Paul Mankin should be well in contention in his Lotus Cortina,
along with the similar car of Gwilym Roberts and Don James. Ranged against the
Cortinas will be wonderful Volvo PV544 of Ian Beveridge/Paul Price, while Callum
Barney/Ron Channon (Ford Cortina GT) and Chris and Jo Tooze (Singer Chamois) add
further quality to the Category 1 field.
In the Capital Construction Category 2, Stokes and Weaver head the field in
their Ford Escort Mk1 from the similar car of Chris Browne and Ali-Cornwell
Browne. More quality is added to the class C5 field by the welcome return of
Warren Philliskirk/Nigel Hutchinson after they rolled out of the Severn Valley
Stages and also by the presence of Roger Matthews/Tom Marrott.
Class C3 has another very strong entry as Peter Smith and Patrick Walsh pit
their Opel Ascona against the flying BMW 2002 of Terry Cree/Richard Shores and
the Ford Escorts of Nick Danks/Martin Corbett, David Kirby/Chris Rixon, Phil
Jobson/Arwel Jenkins and Simon Pickering/Colin Jenkins.
Running alongside the Category 1 cars at the head of the field will be the
1600cc cars from Category 2 with the Escort Mk1 of Robin Shuttleworth/Ron
Roughead leading the way from the Hillman Avenger of Barry Jordan/James Gratton-Smith.
The Holton Homes Category K continues to build support and is headed by the
front-running Ford Escort Mk2 of Pritchard/Clarke, overall winners of the DMACK
Carlisle Stages. Tomas Davies/Eurig Davies, Gareth Lloyd/Ryland James and Tom
Coughtrie/Jamie Edwards pack out the Category K field in more Escort Mk2s.
Elliott and Price head yet another mighty entry for the Rob Smith Rallying
Category 3 in their Ford Escort Mk2 and will want to go one better than last
year when they finished a very close second to Marty McCormack and Phil Clarke.
Out to take the fight to Elliott will be Richard Hill, who has Steffan Evans
back in the co-driver’s seat for this rally. However, right in contention will
be crews like Matthew Robinson/Sam Collis, Meirion Evans/Iwan Jones, Terry
Brown/Tomos Whittle and Tim Freeman/Paul Wakeley. Lining up to battle with the
Escort Mk2s will be the mighty Talbot Sunbeam Lotus of Owen Murphy/James
O’Brien.
In class D3, another great battle is in prospect as local crew Adrian Young/Gwynfor
Jones take on Gareth Lewis/Dan Holley and more Escorts for Ben Friend/Sean
Kennedy, John Baker/Seyyan John and Paul Fry/Mike Steele. Meanwhile, the class
D2 cars run at the head of the rally as the Hillman Avenger of Graham
Thatcher/Robert James goes up against the Talbot Sunbeam of Dave Hopkins/Tony
Vart and the Ford Escort Mk2 of David Goose/Caron Tomlinson.
Running alongside the historics are the cars in R.A.C. Category O for open
two-wheel drive cars and the entry is topped by the very rapid Opel Manta of
brothers Simon and Alister Crook. Their opposition includes the Ford Escort Mk2
of Barry Stevenson-Wheeler/John Pickavance and the Toyota Starlet of Layton
Waters/Kevin Bowcott.
The Neath Valley Stages is organised by the Three Counties Car Club. For more
details about the event please visit
www.neathvalleystages.co.uk.
Press release
– 23 June 2014
Pritchard wins WWRS R.A.C. Rally Championship round five
 Jason
Pritchard and Phil Clarke claimed a fine victory on the DMACK Carlisle Stages
(Saturday 21 June), the fifth round of the West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C. Rally
Championship.
From a field packed with quality, Pritchard (Ford Escort Mk2) topped a fierce
battle that raged over six dry and dusty stages in the Kershope region as the
top three crews were covered by 23 seconds and less than a minute covered the
top six at the end of a rally that drew rave reviews from the competitors.
Second to Pritchard were Matthew Robinson and Sam Collis, while Meirion Evans
and Iwan Jones turned in a fine performance on unfamiliar stages to take third
overall. Crews were fulsome in their praise for the event, with first class
forest stages and a compact format that included limited road mileage. The pace
at the head of the field was tremendous and it could have been a different
result had stage one pacesetter Matt Edwards not gone out on stage two with
ignition failure.
Graham Waite and Gill Cotton had a fine run in their Volvo Amazon to take
Category 1 from the Lotus Cortina of Paul Mankin/Desmond Bell. David Stokes and
Guy Weaver turned in another accomplished performance to win Category 2 in their
Ford Escort Mk2, while in Category O brothers Simon Crook and Alister Crook
(Opel Manta) took another victory.
Heading into the western block of Kielder, this was perhaps the most open round
of the season so far. Few, if any, of the drivers could claim much local
knowledge and the warm weather added to the challenge of tyre choice.
Edwards was awesome from the start, going five seconds up on Robinson in the
opening 10-miles of Kershope. But his Ford Escort Mk2 went little further and
Pritchard set the pace across just the river in Newcastleton. After five miles
in Ash Park, Pritchard arrived at service four seconds down on the consistently
fast Robinson. Evans was right in the mix in third from Tim Pearcey/Neil Shanks,
Nick Elliott/Dave Price and Richard Hill/Pat Cooper. Half a minute covered six
of the fastest Escort drivers in the country.
After service at Murray’s near Longtown came a repeat of the three stages, now
in even better condition after being swept on the first run. Pritchard flew
through Kershope and took 10 seconds off Robinson to take the lead. Strong runs
through Newcastleton and Ash Park sealed a first historic victory for Pritchard.
“It’s been awesome,” he said. “We had a good clear run and the stages were
really nice and flowing.”
“Safe and tidy all day,” said Robinson, who ended the rally 10s down in second.
In turn, he was 13s up on Evans who had delivered a very impressive run on his
first rally in the region. “Brilliant stages: we were sleeping a bit in the
morning but we really wanted a finish,” said Evans.
Fourth overall was a great result for Pearcey on only his second rally of the
season. “The stages were superb: we had a couple of moments, two on the same
corner,” he said. Hill ended the day on good pace to take fifth, but a wrong
tyre choice in the morning had cost him time. Elliott, meanwhile, was even more
downbeat about tyre selection for the first loop. “We changed tyres at service
and the car was transformed,” he said.
Darren Moon/Alan Walker battled home seventh with an engine that would only run
at more than 3000rpm and were chased by Category 2 winners Stokes/Weaver. “No
problems: the stages were brilliant,” said Stokes. Chasing them in the Category
were Chris Browne and Ali Cornwell-Browne (Ford Escort Mk1) and there was less
than half a minute between them at the finish.
Category 1 featured a tremendous battle between Waite’s Volvo and the Mini
Cooper of Ray Cunningham/Andrew Bushe. At service, they were dead level on
times, but it went wrong for Cunningham when a driveshaft failed near the end of
Newcastleton 2 and his rally was over. That took the pressure off Waite, who had
lost 15s on the second Kershope stage with an off at a hairpin. Running first on
the road had given Waite a sweeper role on the first loop of stages.
Elsewhere in Category 1 Steven Higgins and Don Bramfoot were out early in the
first stage with a wheel missing from Saab 96 after a broken stub axle.
Meanwhile, John Everard and Mark Sharpley unfortunately rolled their lovely Alfa
Romeo Junior. Into second in the Category to Waite’s Volvo went Paul Mankin and
Desmond Bell, who were glad to finish in their Lotus Cortina after a troubled
season to date.
In Category 2, there was a great win in class C3 for David Kirby and Chris Rixon
(Ford Escort Mk1), with Phil Jobson and Arwel Jenkins second in their similar
car. Kirby only finished repairing his car at 10pm on Thursday after its roll on
the Severn Valley. “We kept it on its wheels this time,” said Kirby. A
first-stage puncture put the Opel Ascona of Peter Smith/Patrick Walsh out of
contention in class C3, though they rejoined in the afternoon and set
competitive times.
In Class C2 a relieved Robin Shuttleworth and Ronnie Roughead got to the finish
ahead despite a broken steering rack on their Escort Mk1. Fortunately it was
late in the final stage when the rack failed. Just 14s down in second was the
Hillman Avenger of Barry Jordan/James Gratton-Smith. “Mint: a cracking day,”
reported Jordan.
Class D3, for the non-BDG powered Category 3 cars, heralded another win for
Adrian Young/Gwynfor Jones in their Ford Escort Mk2. They dropped some time
behind the ailing Peter Smith in the opening stage but otherwise had a strong
run. Mike Reed/Joe Sturdy rolled their Escort out on the first Kershope and
second in class went to Paul Fry/Mike Steele after a tussle with the similar
Escort Mk2 of John Baker/Ian Jones.
In class D2, for the 1600s, there was another sporting contest between Keith
Davison/Henry Richardson (Hillman Avenger) and Dave Hopkins/Tony Vart (Sunbeam
Talbot). The stages were new to Hopkins and he dropped time in the morning, but
they traded times in the afternoon as Davison stayed ahead.
In the Open category of the championship, brothers Simon and Alister Crook
emerged for another victory despite spending 15s in a ditch in Kershope 2.
However, a storming recovery from the Sunbeam Lotus of Owen Murphy and James
O’Brien took them close after dropping a lot of time in the morning with a pedal
box problem. Murphy’s pace in the afternoon against the leading Escorts showed
that the project continues to get stronger and stronger.
The DMACK Carlisle Stages was organised by the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor
Club Ltd.
Press release – 17
June 2014
Carlisle date next for WWRS R.A.C. Championship
The West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C.
Rally Championship heads north to the Kielder region for round five, the DMACK
Carlisle Stages (Saturday 21 June). A fantastic line-up of historic cars will
tackle stages in the Kershope and Newcastleton forests on this very compact
rally.
The event will mark the second event in
the championship’s Northern Challenge as well as the next round of the highly
successful Kumho Clubmans Challenge for crews competing on a maximum of six
tyres for the event.
Leading the field away will be the pre
’68 cars in the Walker Diecastings Category 1, and it is the flying Volvo Amazon
of Graham Waite and Gill Cotton at the head of the pack. However, right behind
the Volvo will be the Mini Cooper of Ray Cunningham and Andrew Bushe, which has
been in mighty form this season, and there should be another big battle for
category victory. Paul Mankin and Desmond Bell should be in contention in their
Lotus Cortina, while quality is added to the Category 1 field by the Alfa Romeo
Junior of John Everard/Mark Sharpley and the Saab 96 of Stephen Higgins/Don
Bramfoot.
In the Capital Construction Category 2,
David Stokes and Guy Weaver head the field in their Ford Escort Mk1 from the
similar car of Chris Browne and Ali-Cornwell Browne, while class C3 is set for
another great contest as Peter Smith and Patrick Walsh (Opel Ascona) take on the
Ford Escorts of David Kirby/Chris Rixon, Steve Magson/Jim Goodman, Phil Jobson/Arwel
Jenkins and Simon Pickering/Colin Jenkins.
Running alongside the Category 1 cars
at the head of the field will be the 1600cc cars from Category 2 and it is the
Escort Mk1 of Robin Shuttleworth/Ronnie Roughead that will go up against the
similar cars of Paul and Daniel May, Stuart and Linda Cariss and the Hillman
Avenger of Barry Jordan/James Gratton-Smith.
The Holton Homes Category K continues
to build support and is headed by the front-running Ford Escort Mk2 of Jason
Pritchard/Phil Clarke. Darren Moon/Alan Walker, Tomas Davies/Dai Roberts, Gareth
Lloyd/Ryland James and Tom Coughtrie/Calvin Cooledge pack out the Category K
field in more Escort Mk2s.
Nick Elliott and Dave Price head
another superb entry for the Rob Smith Rallying Category 3 in their Ford Escort
Mk2 in a field which, when added to the Category K entries, contains many of the
fastest drivers in historic rallying.
Elliott and Price head to Carlisle
leading the overall title race by a single point from Richard Hill, who has
Patrick Cooper back in the co-driver’s seat for this rally. Right in contention
will be crews like Matthew Robinson/Sam Collis, Matt Edwards/Paul Morris,
Meirion Evans/Iwan Jones, Tim Pearcey/Neil Shanks and Tom Freeman/Paul Wakeley.
Lining up to battle with the Escort Mk2s will be the mighty Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
of Owen Murphy/James O’Brien.
In class D3, another great battle is in
prospect as Adrian Young/Gwynfor Jones take on Mike Reed/Joe Sturdy and more
Escorts for John Baker/Ian Jones and Paul Fry/Mike Steele. Meanwhile, the class
D2 cars run at the head of the rally as the Hillman Avenger of Keith
Davison/Henry Richardson goes up against the Talbot Sunbeam of Dave Hopkins/Tony
Vart.
Running alongside the historics are the
cars in R.A.C. Category O for open two-wheel drive cars and the entry is led by
the crowd-pleasing Opel Manta of brothers Simon and Alister Crook. Their
opposition includes the Ford Escort Mk2s of Barry Stevenson-Wheeler/John
Pickavance and Martyn Hawkswell/Nick Welch.
The event also includes the DMACK
Modern Carlisle Stages and competitors in this event will run directly behind
contenders in the WWRS R.A.C. Rally Championship, Heading the Modern field away
will be the sensational Ford Fiesta R5 of David Bogie and Kevin Rae.
The DMACK Carlisle Stages and DMACK
Modern Carlisle Stages are organised by the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club
Ltd. For more details about the event please keep watching this website or visit
www.racrallychamp.org/Carlisle_Stages/carlisle_stages_home.htm
Press release – 2 June
2014
Elliott on top on Severn Valley Historic Stages
 Nick
Elliott and Dave Price took their second championship win of the season on the
Severn Valley Historic Stages (Saturday 31 May), the fourth round of the West
Wales Rally Spares R.A.C. Rally Championship.
From a field packed with quality, Elliott and Price (Ford Escort Mk2) revelled
in stages in Crychan, Cefn and Halfway but had to keep pushing hard to see off a
concerted challenge from the similar car of Richard Hill/Steffan Evans. However,
one of the drives of the rally came from young Ben Llewellin and co-driver Paul
Williams on their first full historic outing. They took third overall in their
Ford Escort Mk2, just nine seconds adrift of Hill.
Ray Cunningham and Andrew Bushe were mighty in their Mini Cooper S to win
Category 1, but only by 14 seconds from the Lotus Cortina of Simon Wallis and
Graham Wride. Cunningham also took maximum points in the Aldon Automotive Mini
and Imp Cup.
 Championship
newcomers and father and son crew Ernie and Will Graham (Ford Escort Mk1) took a
fine victory in Category 2. Meanwhile, other category winners included Jason
Pritchard/Phil Clarke (Ford Escort Mk2) in Category K and brothers Simon Crook
and Alister Crook (Opel Manta) in Category O.
With 70 registered contenders starting the rally, the Builth Wells-based event
maintained the high level of entries for the 2014 WWRS R.A.C. Rally Championship
and also marked the third round of the Geoff Jones Motorsport Welsh Challenge.
 Fresh
from his trip to Morocco to service for his brother Frank, Ray Cunningham had a
new co-driver in Andrew Bushe alongside and, after Bob Gibbons put his Ford
Cortina Mk2 off on stage three, Cunningham led the Walker Diecastings Category 1
for the rest of the day. “It was okay until the last three stages when we lost
second gear. So we just held on and kept it safe,” said Cunningham.
Peter Stimson and Mark Butler had been flying in their Ford Anglia. “We spun on
stage two, but have more speed and confidence,” said Stimson. They remained
Cunningham’s closest challenger, but Simon Wallis and Graham Wride (Lotus
Cortina) were gaining on them too. Stimson and Wallis started stage four one
second apart but by the end Wallis was ahead by ten and into a secure second
place.
Stimson’s push continued but now Ian Beveridge and Paul Price (Volvo PV544) were
closing in. The Anglia was still six seconds up as they started the penultimate
stage through Crychan, where sadly Stimson rolled into retirement.
Geoff Taylor/Steve Greenhill (Sunbeam Imp Sport) lost three minutes in Halfway
when they had to stop. “We had a rock jammed between the carburettor and
manifold and it left the throttle stuck wide open. So we had to stop and chip it
out,” Taylor explained. They still won class B1 but with only 14 seconds in hand
over the Saab 96 of Stephen Higgins/Don Bramfoot.
Stimson’s Anglia dominated B3 after Gibbons had put his Cortina off the road on
stage three. But the late demise of the Anglia handed the class win back to the
recovering Gibbons while Callum Barney and Ron Channon picked up four minutes
road penalty in their return with a re-shelled Ford Cortina GT.
 Wallis
led class B4 all day, with Beveridge consolidating second despite overheating
worries after Graham Waite/Gill Cotton (Volvo Amazon) retired at service. “The
gearbox mount broke, so it was leaning on the engine and before that we had a
rear brake problem and had to use the handbrake,” said Waite.
Ernie and Will Graham collected the Capital Construction Category 2 spoils with
a tremendous performance in their Escort Mk1 but had trailed David Stokes/Guy
Weaver similar until stage five. “It was a normal day at the office until then,”
said Stokes. Victory for Graham was a great start to their R.A.C. Championship
campaign.
Warren Philliskirk/Nigel Hutchinson had led the chase to the Stokes versus
Graham duel, but found Chris Browne/Ali Cornwell-Browne closing. Going into the
penultimate stage they were tied, but Philliskirk hit a rock and rolled, handing
the place to Browne. “I just had to get a finish this time, so I’m really
pleased with the result,” said Browne.
Stuart and Linda Cariss (Ford Escort Mk1) topped class C2 and did a great job
without any service crew, with rivals Robin Shuttleworth/Mark Midgley out after
the opening stage with clutch failure. Championship newcomers Nick Danks and
Martin Corbett (Escort Mk1) showed impressive pace and headed Peter Smith/Paul
Spooner (Opel Ascona) in C3. Hamsterley winners Dave Kirby/Chris Rixon also went
out with an off on stage four when lying second, bringing Kirby’s impressive
R.A.C. finishing record to a temporary halt.
There were dramas from the start in the Rob Smith Rallying Category 3 when Tour
of Hamsterley winner Matt Edwards, with Sam Collis back alongside, went OTL
after water was found in his Escort Mk2’s fuel. A contaminated supply at a
filling station was the likely cause.
Elliott and Price went straight into a three-second lead over Hill on the
opening stage. “I didn’t want to push too hard but just keep a balance,” said
Elliott. But Hill found the Halfway stage a different challenge. “I just
couldn’t get into it,” he said, which was reflected in the times as he lost
second place to Llewellin.
But it was Llewellin’s turn to make a mistake in stage four. “I was too fast
into a right hander and stalled,” he admitted. Not only did Hill go back ahead,
but Meirion Evans/Iwan Jones did too and it became a tie for second place. Hill
was just managing to keep Evans at bay, while Elliott survived a couple of minor
excursions on the last stage to take a second win of the year. With Evans off in
the penultimate stage, Llewellin took a most impressive third in Category 3 and
overall.
Terry Brown and Den Golding brought their Escort Mk2 home in a strong fourth
despite damaging the steering rack during the morning stages while Tomas Davies/Eurig
Davies were a creditable fifth in D5 after changing cars on the morning of the
event after hitting engines dramas on Friday in their own car.
The Hillman Avengers of Graham Thatcher/Robert James and Keith Davison/Henry
Richardson battled it out for class D2 honours. “We had water leaking onto the
clutch pedal from the heater matrix, which was fun at hairpins,” said Thatcher
after taking the win. “We had a new engine and we have got power now,” said
Davison.
There was a close finish in D3 among the Pinto-powered Escort Mk2s with Adrian
Young/Gwynfor Jones taking the win by only three seconds from Ben Friend/Sean
Kennedy after an enthralling day-long duel. Owen Murphy/James O’Brien (Talbot
Sunbeam Lotus) comfortably led home the similar car of James Stait/Mike Harris
in class D4.
Pritchard and Clarke were never headed in the Holton Homes Category K, but had
their share of early problems. “We almost ran out of fuel on stage three, even
though we had filled it to the brim,” said Pritchard. Tom Coughtrie/Calvin
Cooledge were next up after Darren Moon/Tim Sayer stopped in the opening stage
and retired after three stages with coil failure.
In the Open Category Simon and Alister Crook had a cracking day in their Opel
Manta and led all the way to finish almost a minute up on the Toyota Starlet of
Layton Waters and Kevin Bowcott. Barry Stevenson-Wheeler/John Pickavance (Escort
Mk2) closed on Waters towards the end as Neal Dwyer/Simon Dwyer (Escort Mk2) and
Alan Carfrae/Liam Carfrae (Escort Mk1) were next up.
27 May 2014
WWRS R.A.C. Championship heads for the Severn Valley
The West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C.
Rally Championship heads back to Wales for round four on the Severn Valley
Stages (Saturday 31 May). The classic stages in the Crychan region will deliver
another great event for 70 championship contenders on a rally that is one of the
most popular on the schedule.
The event will mark the third event in
the Geoff Jones Motorsport Welsh Challenge as well as the next round of the
highly successful Kumho Clubmans Challenge for crews competing on a maximum of
six tyres for the event.
Once again, there is a tremendous
line-up of 19 pre ’68 cars in the Walker Diecastings Category 1, which includes
contenders in the Aldon Automotive Mini and Imp Cup. Heading the field away,
thanks to two victories in Wales already this season, is the Mini Cooper of Ray
Cunningham and Gary McElhinney and the Irish crew will fly on these stages.
However, Tour of Hamsterley winners Graham Waite/Gill Cotton will be hurling the
Volvo Amazon around in fine style and a trio of Lotus Cortinas will be right in
the mix in the hands of Gwilym Roberts/Don James, Simon Wallis/Graham Wride and
Paul Mankin/Desmond Bell. Ranged against the Cortinas in class B4 will be the
Volvo PV544 of Ian Beveridge/Paul Price and the Alfa Romeo Junior GT of John
Everard/Mark Sharpley.
Class B3 should be a battle of three
classic Fords: the Cortina Mk2 of Bob and Dale Gibbons, the Ford Anglia of Peter
Stimson/Mark Butler and the Cortina Mk1 of Callum Barney and Ron Channon, who
make a welcome return after rolling out of the opening event of the season.
Adding tremendous depth to the Mini and
Imp Cup are the Minis of Ross and Arron Forde and Clive King/Bob Ward as well as
the Sunbeam Imp Sport of Geoff Taylor/Steve Greenhill. With the Porsche 911 of
Edmund Peel/Jane Edgington and the Saab 96 of Stephen Higgins/Don Bramfoot, it
is another glorious Category 1 entry for the R.A.C. Championship.
In the Capital Construction Category 2,
David Stokes and Guy Weaver are in fine form in their Ford Escort Mk1 and head
to an event they know well on the back of two victories. Offering opposition in
the category and class C5 are similar cars for Warren Philliskirk/Nigel
Hutchinson, Chris Browne/Ali Cornwell-Browne, Roger Matthews/Paul Morris and
welcome championship newcomers Ernie and Will Graham.
Class C3 is enjoying a great season of
varied competition and the entry is topped by the Opel Ascona A of Peter
Smith/Paul Spooner, who will expect a tough challenge from the Pinto-powered
Ford Escort Mk1s of David Kirby/Chris Rixon, Peter Egerton/Alun Cook, Simon
Pickering/Colin Jenkins and championship newcomers Nick Danks/Martin Corbett and
Ian Drummond/Hu Kent.
Class C2 is home to the 1600cc cars in
Category 2 and the benchmark is the Escort Mk1 of Robin Shuttleworth/Mark
Midgley. But the Leeds crew can expect a big challenge from similar cars of Paul
and Daniel May and Stuart and Linda Cariss as well as the fresh Hillman Avenger
in the very capable hands of Barry Jordan/James Gratton-Smith.
The very fastest cars are spilt across
class D5 in Category 3 and Category K for FIA specification cars and the event
has drawn a stunning entry of most of the leading contenders in this type of
car.
From the Holton Homes Category K comes
the very rapid Ford Escort Mk2 of Jason Pritchard/Phil Clarke, who will be fresh
from victory on the Isle of Man in their Ford Focus WRC. Other Category K
Escorts include those of Tomas Davies/Eurig Davies and Darren Moon/Tim Sayer and
all three crews are capable of a top overall result.
Nick Elliott and Dave Price head
another superb entry for the Rob Smith Rallying Category 3 in their Ford Escort
Mk2 and will be keen to repeat their victory on round two, the Mid Wales Stages.
Tour of Hamsterley winner Matt Edwards, with Sam Collis back in the co-driver’s
seat, will head the chase of Elliott along with Richard Hill/Steffan Evans,
Meirion Evans/Llion Williams and Talbot Sunbeam Lotus crew Owen Murphy/James
O’Brien, who head the class D4 runners. Add in accomplished Escort pilots like
Terry Brown, Tim Freeman, James Potter, Gareth Lloyd and Richard Lane and it all
makes for a sensational entry.
Class D3 for the Pinto-engined Escort
Mk2s is enjoying a great season of competition and is wide open going into the
Severn Valley. Gareth Lewis/Dan Holley, Mike Reed/Joe Sturdy, Adrian Young/Gwynfor
Jones, Ben Friend/Sean Kennedy and Paul Fry/Mike Steele are all in the mix is
this very open and competitive class.
Meanwhile, class D2 for the 1600cc cars
in Category 3 is set to be a contest between the Hillman Avengers of Keith
Davison/Henry Richardson, Graham Thatcher/Robert James and the Sunbeam Talbot of
David Hopkins/Tony Vart.
Running alongside the historics are the
cars in R.A.C. Category O for open two-wheel drive cars and the entry includes
the lovely Opel Manta of Simon and Alister Crook. They face the rapid Toyota
Starlet of Layton Waters/Kevin Bowcott and the Escorts of Barry
Stevenson-Wheeler/John Pickavance, Alan and Liam Carfrae and Neil and Simon
Dwyer.
The rally will be based at the Royal
Welsh Showground, Builth Wells. The first historic car will start at 8.30am and
return to the finish shortly before 3pm.
The Severn Valley Stages is organised
by Midland Manor Motor Club. For more details about the event please visit:
www.severnvalleystages.co.uk
The championship Spectator Guide for next
weekend's event is available to download and print
here:
Alternatively you can read the guide
online:
Press release
– 28 April 2014
Edwards wins WWRS R.A.C. Rally Championship round three
Matt Edwards and Kim Baker scored a fine victory on the SG Petch Tour of
Hamsterley historic rally (Saturday 26 April), the third round of the West Wales
Rally Spares R.A.C. Rally Championship.
 The
45-mile event made use of the Hamsterley forest complex as well as the mixed
surface stage at Raby Castle and it was Edwards who took control from the start,
despite feeling decidedly unwell. Edwards and Baker went into the final loop of
three stages just 12s up on the similar Ford Escort Mk2 of Matthew Robinson/Sam
Collis, but when Robinson hit electrical dramas on the penultimate stage,
Edwards was clear of Nick Elliott/Dave Price by 47s.
Graham Waite and Gill Cotton had a great run in their Volvo Amazon to win the
Walker Diecastings Category 1 while brothers Ross and Arron Forde took maximum
points in the Aldon Automotive Mini and Imp Cup in the Mini Cooper usually
driver by Frank Cunningham. David Stokes and Guy Weaver (Ford Escort Mk1) won
Category 2. Other category winners included Jason Pritchard/Phil Clarke (Ford
Escort Mk2) in Category K and Dave Hemingway/Simon Ashton (Ford Escort Mk2) in
Category O.
With 65 registered contenders starting the rally, the Shildon-based event was
another strong event for the WWRS R.A.C. Rally Championship and also marked the
opening round of the championship’s Northern Challenge.
Waite and Cotton emerged convincing winners in Category 1 despite a nervous
moment on the first Raby stage when the Amazon was sideways on the grass for
about 60 yards and in close proximity to a stone wall. The first Raby stage
claimed the Lotus Cortina of Bob Bean/Malcolm Smithson after a hefty impact with
a large bale.
“Very pleased with that,” said Waite at the finish as they headed Simon
Wallis/Graham Wride (Lotus Cortina). An electrical problem left Wallis seriously
short on revs and there was a late scare when the engine cut out on the road
section to the final stage. Then, on the run to the finish they struggled to
keep the car running and had to be pushed into the final control.
 Ray Cunningham and Gary McElhinney were denied a hat-trick of Category 1 wins
after an early off followed by a driveshaft coming out on the startline of Raby
Castle. The off came at a notorious bend in Hamsterley, but willing hands had
the Mini back on track just as Waite arrived a minute later. Team mates Ross and
Arron Forde duly took class B2, while Stephen Higgins/Don Bramfoot (Saab 96) and
Peter Stimson/Graham Wild (Ford Anglia) also won their classes. Higgins had a
clear run but struggled with the hills, while Stimson was just pleased to be
there after a family illness for Mark Butler meant a very late change of
co-driver. Out of luck were John Everard and Mark Sharpley in the Alfa Romeo,
who slid into the mud a mile from the finish of the final stage and could not
get out.
Stokes/Weaver won the Capital Construction Category 2 despite struggling all day
with a bent steering rack and were only 11s up on the similar Ford Escort Mk1 of
Warren Philliskirk/Nigel Hutchinson at the finish. It very nearly went wrong for
Stokes as he bent a steering arm on the final forest stage and struggled to Raby
Castle with the front wheels pointing in different directions. Fellow
competitors Alan Walker and Gareth Lloyd got under the car in the queue for the
stage and improved it enough for Stokes to get to the finish. Second in Category
2 was a good result for Philliskirk. “We had one or two moments: we’re still
learning the car and picking up the pace,” he said.
 Other Category 2 class winners included Robin Shuttleworth/Ronnie Roughead (Ford
Escort Mk1) and welcome championship newcomer Duncan Pearcey/Fred Roberts in the
immaculate Datsun 240Z. Shuttleworth enjoyed a good battle with class D2
pacesetter Chris Skill, which Shuttleworth won by just nine seconds.
David Kirby/Tom Hutchins (Ford Escort Mk1) clinched class C3 as Peter Smith/Pat
Walsh retired the Opel Ascona with clutch failure and Terry Cree/Richard Shores
parked the BMW 2002 with a rattling engine. “We landed in a hole in Hamsterley
and flattened the exhaust,” said Kirby after his ninth straight finish in the
R.A.C. Championship. In a close battle for second in C3, Phil Jobson/Arwel
Jenkins headed Simon Pickering/Colin Jenkins by just six seconds.
A driver error on the opening Hamsterley stage cost Edwards around 10s, but
after that he flew, taking six or seven seconds out of everyone on the longer
stages. Despite this being the first event together for Edwards and Baker, the
partnership gelled immediately and the pace was mighty. “It’s now handling like
I expected a Mk2 would,” said a delighted winner. They duly headed the Rob Smith
Rallying Category 3.
The final winning margin was 47s, but Robinson and Collis led the chase despite
battling an electrical drama that was costing pace. “In fourth gear it was hard
to get the last 1500rpm,” said Robinson, who was still only 12s down heading
back into Hamsterley. But the electrics cut dead near the end of the last
Hamsterley stage and second place was gone. The battery had blown up like a
balloon as the alternator had been over-charging.
That promoted Elliott and Price to second. “We were steady all day,” said
Elliott, who dropped around 10s in a ditch on the penultimate stage. Elliott had
a major starter motor drama the day before the rally, but for Pritchard the same
issue developed on Saturday. “It was a stressful morning,” he said after
stalling on stages two and three in Hamsterley. Pritchard lost around 30s and
ended the rally only 33s down on Elliott to underline ever increasing pace.
Championship leaders Richard Hill and Steffan Evans were a strong fourth, while
Meirion Evans/Iwan Jones took a fine fifth on the driver’s first gravel rally
out of Wales. A big escape from a Hamsterley ditch topped their day. “You’ve got
to be very precise: it’s a very, very tricky event,” said Evans.
Tim Pearcey and Alan Walker teamed up for the first time and took sixth on the
driver’s first rally for six months and only Walker’s second time in the
co-driver’s seat. “I was really rusty in the morning, but don’t think I could
have gone any faster in the afternoon,” said Pearcey. Tim Freeman and Paul
Wakely bagged another good result in seventh and did it on just six tyres within
the championship’s Clubman’s Challenge, while Owen Murphy/James O’Brien were
denied a top five finish by gearbox dramas in the Sunbeam Lotus. They had only
fifth gear in Raby Castle and had to get out and push the car back after an
overshoot. They took eighth after a ‘box change despite losing at least 1m30s
and still won class D4.
Chris Skill/Glenn Hall (Ford Escort Mk2) flew to class D2 victory, with David
Hopkins/Tony Vart upping their pace in the Talbot Sunbeam to take second.
Meanwhile, Adrian Young and Gwynfor Jones (Ford Escort Mk2) were worthy class D3
victors. Mike Reed and Joe Sturdy, on the driver’s championship debut, had a
cracking run to second on his first rally for nine years and his first in
rear-wheel drive for 30 years. Into third in D3 went John Baker and Ian Jones in
their Pinto-powered Escort Mk2.
 Pritchard and Clarke topped the Holton Homes Category K for FIA specification
cars with their excellent third overall, while Tomas Davies and Carl Williamson
were second after losing time in a ditch. Tom Coughtrie and Calvin Cooledge had
a good run to third in their Escort Mk2, despite a close encounter with a large
bale in Hamsterley.
In the Open category, Dave Hemingway and Simon Ashton were top runners and
headed all the two-wheel drives in their Ford Escort Mk2. “Very good, but we
buckled a few things in the first two stages,” said Hemingway. Barry
Stevenson-Wheeler/John Pickavance (Escort Mk2) battled to the finish next up,
but had lost eight minutes in a Hamsterley ditch. “Raby was a cracking little
stage,” said Stevenson-Wheeler. Robert Cholmondeley and Dave Evans (Ford Escort
Mk2) were just pleased to make the end of the rally for their first finish in
five years!
The West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C. Rally Championship is the only championship
that runs historics first on the road on all events. Round four is the Severn
Valley Stages on Saturday 31 May.
The Tour of Hamsterley is organised by the Stockton and District Motor Club in
association with Teesside Motor Sport Group. Full results are at
www.rallies.info
Press release – 20 April
2014
Hamsterley next for WWRS R.A.C. Championship
The challenging Co Durham stages of the Tour of Hamsterley will be the setting
for round three of the West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C. Rally Championship
(Saturday 26 April).
Another superb line-up of cars will gather for the first northern round of the
R.A.C. Rally Championship with an impressive 65 championship contenders on the
entry list. The event will mark the opening event in the championship’s
three-round Northern Challenge as well as the next round of the highly
successful Kumho Clubmans Challenge for crews competing on a maximum of six
tyres for the event.
Once again, there is a tremendous line-up of pre ’68 cars in the Walker
Diecastings Category 1, which includes contenders in the Aldon Automotive Mini
and Imp Cup. Heading the field away is the incredibly quick Mini Cooper S of Ray
Cunningham/Gary McElhinney, which has taken victory on each of the first two
rounds. This will be new territory for the Galway asphalt ace, but the fact that
there is some asphalt included in the non-spectator Raby Castle stage suggests
he will again be tough to beat. In the second car from the Galway Mini Centre
will be brothers Ross and Arron Forde and it will be very interesting to see how
Ross compares to the team boss.
Top of the Lotus Cortina pack are the cars of Simon Wallis/Graham Wride and Bob
Bean/Malcolm Smithson and either could prove to be the biggest rival to
Cunningham. However, that also applies to the Volvo Amazon of Graham Waite/Gill
Cotton and the Porsche 911 of Paul Mankin/Peter Scott. In class B3, the Ford
Anglia of Peter Stimson/Mark Butler makes the long journey from Devon while
class B1 should be a straight battle between the Singer Chamois of Chris and Jo
Tooze and the Saab 96 of Stephen Higgins/Don Bramfoot.
In the Capital Construction Category 2, David Stokes and Guy Weaver head the
field in their Ford Escort Mk1 as they prepare for their debut on this event.
Rivals in class C5 include the similar cars of Warren Philliskirk/Nigel
Hutchinson and Chris Browne/Ali Cornwell-Browne. Meanwhile, the contest for
class C3 promises to be even more intense as Peter Smith and Patrick Walsh lead
the pack away in their Open Ascona A. Right in contention will be Terry
Cree/Richard Shores (BMW 2002Ti), Steve Magson/Darren Smith (Ford Escort Mk1)
and David Kirby/tba (Ford Escort Mk1).
A pair of Datsun 240Zs will make a fine spectacle in class C4 as Jeremy Easson/Mike
Reynolds line up against welcome championship addition Duncan Pearcey in his Z
Farm entry.
The 1600cc cars in class C2 run alongside the Category 1 cars at the head of the
field and it is the Escort Mk1 of Robin Shuttleworth/Ronnie Roughead that leads
them away. Local crew Paul and Daniel May will chase Shuttleworth, while Tony
Ginns and Mark Ellis make a welcome return to competition with their similar
car.
Nick Elliott and Dave Price head another superb entry for the Rob Smith Rallying
Category 3 in their Ford Escort Mk2. However, Hamsterley a year ago was not kind
to them after they went off very early on the opening stage and the Mid Wales
winners will be looking for a rather different experience this time around.
Elliott has a gaggle of challengers, headed by Matthew Robinson/Sam Collis and
Richard Hill/Steffan Evans. Robinson crashed out of the 2013 event, but has been
going superbly so far this season, while Hill will be aiming to be right back at
the head of the action after a modest Mid Wales result compared to his usual
high standard.
Welsh crew Meirion Evans and Iwan Jones will be making the driver’s first visit
to these stages and will be right in the hunt while Owen Murphy/James O’Brien
will surely take the fight to the Escort Mk2s with their Sunbeam Lotus. Also
running in the incredibly competitive top 12 are Matt Edwards/tba and Terry
Brown/Den Golding, while crews like Tim Freeman/Paul Wakely, Gareth Lloyd/Dorian
Evans, Richard Lane/Frank Richer, James Potter/Bob Duck, Jerry Bailey/Graham
Lacey and Phil and Mick Squires add tremendous quality in depth to the D5 field.
The Holton Homes Category K for FIA specification cars is getting stronger and
stronger as the season develops and four front-running Ford Escort Mk2s will be
in the hunt for both the category and overall success. Jason Pritchard has 2013
Hamsterley winning co-driver Phil Clarke alongside, while Tomas Davies/Carl
Williamson, Darren Moon/Tim Pearcey and Tim Pearcey/Alan Walker are all very
strong contenders.
Class D3 for the Pinto-powered Ford Escort Mk2s has drawn a fabulous
eight-strong entry and it is Welsh crews Gareth Lewis/Dan Holley and Adrian
Young/Gwynfor Jones who head the pack. Meanwhile, in class D2 at the head of the
rally will be the Sunbeams Talbots of Pip Coulson/John McNichol and David
Hopkins/Tony Vart as well as the Hillman Avenger of local crew Keith
Davison/Henry Richardson.
Running alongside the historics are the cars in R.A.C. Category O for open
two-wheel drive cars and it is the Ford Escort Mk2 of Dave Hemingway/Simon
Ashton that heads the category away within the event’s modern section. Barry
Stevenson-Wheeler/John Pickavance (Escort Mk2), Geraint Davies/Chris Williams
(Peugeot 205 GTi), Will Midgley/Jonathan Driver (Toyota Corolla) and Robert
Cholmondeley/Dave Evans (Ford Escort Mk2) will all be chasing Hemingway.
The rally will be based at the National Railway Museum at Shildon. The first
historic car will start at 8.45am and return to the finish shortly before 3pm.
The Tour of Hamsterley is supported by SG Petch.
The Tour of Hamsterley is organised by the Stockton and District Motor Club in
association with Teesside Motor Sport Group. For more details about the event
please visit
www.tourofhamsterley.co.uk.
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Press release –
3 March 2014
Elliott wins WWRS R.A.C. Rally Championship round two
 Nick
Elliott and David Price took a resounding victory on the Mid Wales Historic
Stages (Sunday 2 March), the second round of the West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C.
Rally Championship. It was their fourth win in five years on the rally that
takes in classic stages in the Myherin and Hafren forest complexes.
Once again, Ray Cunningham and Gary McElhinney (Mini Cooper) were the stars of
Category 1 as they saw off a very strong field to take the spoils and maximum
points in the Aldon Automotive Mini and Imp Cup. Meanwhile, David Stokes and Guy
Weaver (Ford Escort Mk1) made a strong championship debut to win Category 2.
Other category winners included Darren Moon/Alan Walker (Ford Escort Mk2) in
Category K and Simon Crook/Alister Crook (Opel Manta) in Category O.
With 75 registered contenders starting the rally, the Newtown-based event set a
new record for the R.A.C. Rally Championship and fans packed the stages to watch
the action despite poor weather.
The classic Welsh forest stages were made slippery and extremely challenging by
steady rain, but Elliott and Price took control from the opening stage at Pikes
Peak. With a 28s lead going into the final stage, Elliott took a steady approach
and that helped Matthew Robinson/Sam Collis to pull back 10s to leave the margin
of victory at 17.6s. Meirion Evans and Iwan Jones made it three Ford Escort Mk2s
on the overall podium before the flying Sunbeam Lotus of Owen Murphy/James
O’Brien.
Right from the start, Elliott stamped his authority on the event. He went seven
seconds ahead and then extended his lead with another push in Myherin. The long
15-miler that started in Sweet Lamb and then moved into Hafren added another 10s
to Elliott’s lead and, after the shorter Hafren South, he headed out of the
second service for the final Pikes Peak stage with a 28s margin.
As co-driver Price pointed out, it was a repeat of the Red Kite scenario and
that had ended in disaster. Elliott admitted to feeling under some pressure, but
he drove within himself and allowed Robinson to nibble back 10s. “I just wanted
to get through that one cleanly and I did back off a bit,” said Elliott.
“It’s been a tough day and there was very little grip,” added Elliott, who had a
scare on Saturday when an ignition problem developed during a shakedown test.
Fortunately, it was finally traced to a faulty rotor arm and all was well for
the start on Sunday morning.
However, Robinson was content with second and another strong result. “We had a
steady day: the last stage was mega and I loved the downhill section,” said
Robinson. He had 40s in hand over Evans and Iwan Jones, but it was another
result that showed just what rapid progress road rally ace Evans is making on
gravel.
Meanwhile, Murphy drove a fine rally to get right up among the Escorts on stages
he’d not seen before. “The stages are great, but we just don’t know them,” said
the Irish driver. “But we’re getting there,” he added of the ever-improving
Sunbeam project, which also topped class D4.
Early championship leader Richard Hill and new co-driver Steffan Evans had an
average day and a minute lost on Myherin to what Hill described as pilot error
left them down in fifth and just clear of Darren Moon/Alan Walker, who had a
great run as Walker delivered notes for the very first time. “The co-driver has
been faultless,” said Moon. They topped the FIA class for Appendix K cars, and
edged Tomas Davies/Eurig Davies back to seventh overall by two seconds.
Notable retirements in Category 3 included Jason Pritchard/Phil Clarke with a
broken halfshaft and Terry Brown/Den Golding with a broken anti-roll bar in the
Sweet Lamb bowl. Brown had been well on the pace over the first two stages.
Once again, one of the drives of the rally came from Ray Cunningham and Gary
McElhinney as they claimed Category 1 victory in their Mini Cooper S against
some serious opposition. “Absolutely brilliant,” said the Galway driver. “Pikes
Peak was something else: I loved it!”
Simon Wallis and Graham Wride made the initial Category 1 pace and still set the
best time as they finished Myherin on three cylinders. That was down to a
suspected dropped valve and they retired the Lotus Cortina at first service.
Meanwhile, Bob Bean and Malcolm Smithson went out with steering damage in their
Cortina.
Following up their impressive pace from the Red Kite, Gwilym Roberts and Don
James ran home an excellent second in their Lotus Cortina with newly-registered
Graham Waite/Gill Cotton third after a misfire in the ever-spectacular Volvo
Amazon. Father and son Bob and Dale Gibbons (Ford Cortina Mk2) were also in the
mix, while Stephen Higgins/Don Bramfoot (Saab 96) won class B1 despite dropping
seven minutes in Sweet Lamb after a detached throttle spring sent them into a
ditch. “Too many hills for the Saab, but going down Pikes Peak was awesome,”
said Higgins.
Category 2 was the domain of championship newcomers David Stokes and Guy Weaver
(Ford Escort Mk1), who had to change the clutch release bearing at second
service. Stokes won the category by 48s from the hugely impressive Stanley Orr
and Brian Cairns in their Pinto-powered Escort Mk1. The Northern Ireland crew
loved the quality of the stages and headed many BDG-powered cars in the process.
Behind the flying Irishman, Peter Smith and Patrick Walsh forged the Opel Ascona
into second and went clear of a mighty battle for third as 25s covered Terry
Cree/Richard Shores (BMW 2002) and the Escort Mk1s of Steve Magson/Darren Smith
and David Kirby/Chris Rixon. “Good rally, good stages but tricky conditions,”
reported Peter Smith. “We lacked a bit of commitment in the morning,” admitted
Kirby, while Cree reported a catalogue of dramas. The gear lever jumped out of
its socket on the first two stages, making gear changes difficult, they spun
twice on SS3, stalled and got the handbrake jammed on. But it all came together
on the final stage. “Absolutely mint: loved it,” said Cree. Magson agreed: “I
could go down Pikes Peak all day long,” he said.
Warren Philliskirk/Eurig Evans ran third in class C5 despite stopping in Hafren
to assist Jonathan Brace from his upended Escort Mk2. In class C2, for the
1600cc cars no-one was ever likely to trouble the Escort Mk1 of Robin
Shuttleworth and Ronnie Roughead, but they were frustrated to drop three minutes
limping out of Hafren South with a puncture.
Bouncing back from a first stage gearbox failure on the Red Kite came Graham
Thatcher and Robert James to clinch class D2 in their Hillman Avenger, while
Shawn Rayner and Declan Dear were the class of D3 in their Pinto-powered Escort
Mk2 ahead of Gareth Lewis and Dan Holley.
In the Open category, brothers Simon and Alister Crook were top in their Opel
Manta after a day that started badly on the wrong tyres but ended well. Layton
Waters and Kevin Bowcott took second in the Toyota Starlet, but the loss of
power steering left Waters exhausted at the end of the 15-miler in Hafren.
Geraint Davies and Chris Williams ran strongly in their Peugeot 205GTi for third
as Dave Hemingway, rallying in Wales for only the second time, took fourth with
Simon Ashton alongside in his Escort Mk2.
The West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C. Rally Championship is the only championship
that runs historics first on the road on all events. Round 3 is the Tour of
Hamsterley on Saturday 26 April.
The Mid Wales Stages was organised by Newtown and District Automobile Club and
supported by Viking Motorsport and Links Electrical Supplies Ltd.
Aldon Automotive Mini and Imp Cup
Round 1: Red Kite Stages
 The
Aldon Automotive Mini and Imp Cup, which runs within the West Wales Rally Spares
R.A.C. Rally Championship, got off to a great start on the opening round on the
Red Kite Historic Stages (Sunday 2 February).
Four Minis and a Hillman Imp was a most
encouraging start for the new series, which has the Paddy Hopkirk Trophy as the
major end of season award.
The Red Kite lived up to all
expectations as crews competed over superb forest stages in the Caio and Crychan
complexes. Despite all the pre-event rain, the stages were in excellent
condition though heavy rain that returned as the leading crews tackled the
deciding 15-mile stage in Crychan made conditions very challenging.
The big winners were Irish crew Ray
Cunningham and Gary McElhinney (Mini Cooper) who took top points in the Mini and
Imp Cup and actually won Category 1 (for pre ’68 cars) overall. They ended the
rally tied with Simon Wallis/Graham Wride (Lotus Cortina) but the Mini crew took
the Category on a tie-break by dint of the faster time on the opening stage.
“The stages were fantastic,” said
Cunningham after a tremendous performance. Wallis was quick to give credit to
his rival: “I couldn’t have gone any faster on that last stage and Ray pulled
back three seconds to leave it level,” said Wallis who had earlier borrowed an
intercom battery from the Irish crew.
Ray had to change co-drivers at the
last minute as his intended co-driver Ross Forde is a fireman in Galway and his
weekend leave was cancelled at 7pm on Friday night due to expected flooding.
Fortunately, McElhinney was on stand-by to deputise.
Despite his lack of previous experience
on gravel stages, Cunningham set a mighty pace from the start and pulled clear
of his Mini rivals on the opening stage. Ray’s elder brother Frank, co-driven by
Aaron Forde, led the chase and ended the day second of the Minis. “I’ve
absolutely loved it,” said Frank of his return to driving a Mini.
However, even getting to Llandovery for
the start of the rally had been a big challenge for Frank. The US-based Irishman
first flew from Florida to Boston and then to Dublin, before driving to Galway.
His planned ferry crossing from Dublin to Holyhead on Saturday morning was
cancelled with gales forecast, but the Galway Mini Centre team managed to get on
the earlier overnight ferry. “It was 29 degrees in Florida and five degrees in
Wales,” said Cunningham.
There was no luck for Clive King and
Russ Joseph as a failed piston sidelined them on the first run through Crychan,
while Paul Kendrick and Anton Bird made the finish, but only after taking a
maximum stage time in Crychan after problems with ignition leads. With his own
car still being prepared, Paul hired the Mini Cooper of Terry Cree for the
event.
Hill takes opening WWRS R.A.C. Rally Championship counter
 Richard Hill and Pat Cooper took a dramatic final stage victory on the Red Kite
Historic Stages (Sunday 2 February), the opening round of the West Wales Rally
Spares R.A.C. Rally Championship. In what proved to be a perfect start for the
championship season, Ray Cunningham and Chris Browne won Category 1 and 2
respectively but only after two tie-breaks!
With a fine 60-car line-up of championship contenders, the Red Kite lived up to
all expectations as crews tackled superb stages in the Caio and Crychan
complexes. Despite all the pre-event rain, the stages were in excellent
condition though heavy rain that returned as the leading crews tackled the
deciding 15-mile stage in Crychan made conditions very challenging.
After leading from the start, Nick Elliott and Dave Price took a lead of 28s
into the final stage in their Ford Escort Mk2. However, with two miles to go
they were caught out by a bump and crashed out of the rally, leaving Hill and
Cooper to win by 45s from the flying Terry Brown/Den Golding and Tomas Davis/Eurig
Davies.
“It’s not the way I want to win a rally,” said Hill, but for a first run in a
car finished three days earlier it was still an impressive start to his title
bid. However, that final Crychan stage was not easy for them as the wipers
packed up for the last five miles.
Pensioners Brown and Golding were two stars of the rally on their way to second
overall after a mighty run on some of their favourite stages. Brown went into
the final stage less than 10s up on the Sunbeam Lotus of Owen Murphy/James
O’Brien, but a detached oil pipe put the Irish crew out at the start of the
stage.
Instead, Davies fended off Darren Moon/Elgan Davies for what became third after
a day-long tussle. Davies was another in a car finished only just before the
rally. Tim Freeman/Paul Wakely moved up well after a slow start to fend off
Gareth Lloyd/Ryland James for sixth. Meanwhile, Meirion Evans and Iwan Jones
showed strong pace despite a couple of problems, including a puncture in SS1,
and were fastest of all on the final stage.
Retirements included James Potter and Bob Duck with a blown engine in the last
mile of the opening stage. They coasted over the finish line and still set a
strong stage time, while a good run for Jerry Bailey and Graham Lacey ended with
a roll in Caio 2. Vince Bristow and Tim Sayer ran in D5 in the Rally Xtreme
Escort Mk2 and were unlucky to retire near the end of the final stage with a
non-damaging off after running at a very good pace.
Local ace Gareth Lewis and Dan Holley took first blood in class D3 within the
Rob Smith Rallying Category 3 in their Ford Escort Mk2, but there was
frustration for Shawn Rayner/Declan Dear who lost the class spoils after sliding
into a ditch at the finish line of Caio 2. They recovered to claim second while
James Stait/Mike Harris took class D4 in their Sunbeam Lotus despite stopping to
change a puncture on Crychan 2. In class D2, championship newcomers Dave Hopkins
and Tony Vart took the spoils in their Sunbeam Talbot despite a jammed throttle
cable on Caio 2.
There was an absolute cliff-hanger in the Capital Construction Category 2 as
Chris Browne/Ali Cornwell-Browne beat fellow Escort Mk1 crew Roger Matthews/Paul
Morris on another tie-break after pulling back a 1s deficit on the final stage.
Browne got the nod after being a single second faster than Matthews over the
opening stage. “That 15-miler is why we go rallying,” said Browne after a great
performance.
Class C3 netted a fine debut victory for the Opel Ascona A of Peter
Smith/Patrick Walsh after an excellent day, though Peter Egerton and Alun Cook
chased hard in their Ford Escort Mk1. Class C2 went to father and son Paul and
Daniel May, who made the trip from Newcastle worthwhile with a good day in their
Escort Mk1.
There was a fabulous start in the Walker Diecastings Category 1 for the Paddy
Hopkirk Trophy as Ray Cunningham/Gary McElhinney (Mini Cooper) ended the rally
tied with Simon Wallis/Graham Wride (Lotus Cortina). The Mini crew took the
Category on a tie-break by dint of the faster time on the opening stage and also
claimed first blood in the Aldon Automotive Mini and Imp Cup.
“The stages were fantastic,” said Cunningham after a tremendous performance.
Wallis was quick to give credit to his rival: “I couldn’t have gone any faster
on that last stage and Ray pulled back three seconds to leave it level,” said
Wallis who had earlier borrowed an intercom battery from the Irish crew. With 15
Category 1 cars in action, it marked the best field of pre ’68 cars for several
seasons and it could have been a three-way lead battle had the Lotus Cortina of
Gwilym Roberts/Don James not suffered brake failure at the start of SS4. Roberts
was fastest of all over the first three stages and only finished 16s adrift,
while father and son Bob and Dale Gibbons claimed Class B3 in their Ford Cortina
GT. Steven Higgins and Don Bramfoot took Class B1 in their Saab 96, but the
Porsches of Paul Mankin/Desmond Bell and Edmund Peel/Dessie Nutt both retired,
with electrical and clutch problems respectively.
Other category winners included Tom Coughtrie/Calvin Cooledge (Ford Escort Mk2)
in the Holton Homes Category K and Layton Waters/Kevin Bowcott (Toyota Starlet)
in Category O. Coughtrie’s strong run was interrupted by a puncture and then a
problem with the jack. Waters was second among the two-wheel drives in the
modern rally and had a decent gap over the second R.A.C. contenders, Barry
Stevenson-Wheeler and Jon Pickavance (Ford Escort Mk2).
The West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C. Rally Championship is the only championship
that runs historics first on the road on all events. Round 2 is the Mid Wales
Stages on Sunday 2 March.
The Red Kite Stages was organised by Amman and District Motor Club.
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