Nicky Grist Stages Spectator Programme 2016

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9th/10th July 2016

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Welcome to the 2016 Nicky Grist Stages

We are now over the mid-way point for most of the Championships entered into the Nicky Grist Stages and what a fantastic, action packed season it has been so far! We have all the ingredients for another nail biting, adrenalin fuelled event, with the anticipation growing as the entries flooded in.

The organisers continuously strive to make this rally the very best on all the championship calendars and this year is no exception. To start, we are delighted to welcome the MSA British Rally Championship to the rally for the first time. They join the Ravenol BTRDA Rally Series, the Pirelli MSA Welsh Rally Championship, The FMP Rally Challenge and, another new championship to our stages - the HRCR Stage Masters Challenge. To add to the spice of watching a full range of fabulous cars, this year the Nicky Grist Stages will run over two days, with all championships competing on the 45 miles of gravel stages on the Saturday and then the BRC crews and Nicky Grist 100 entrants competing on the new 60 miles of fast, undulating asphalt stages on Sunday; making ours the only mixed surface rally on the BRC calendar.

It will not be an easy weekend for the crews or the cars, that is for sure, but it is set to give all spectators a thrilling watch, particularly as we have a full entry list again this year, with many of our favourites entered.

It is also great to see how strong the entries have been across all the Championships this season, showing that rallying is alive and flourishing in Britain. Which makes the threat that appeared earlier this year, for Welsh Rallying, all the more shocking. For any of you who are unaware of the situation check out the MSA link with the open letter from the Chief Executive - https://www. msauk.org/Open-letter-from-the-MSA-Chief-Executive.

We are also delighted that this year the Stages enjoys an unprecedented level of broadcast time on not just one TV channel but four – Channel 4, BT Sport, Motors TV with a 30-minute special on S4C’s Ralio. There are to be seven in position cameras with six cars carrying on board cameras, so we are assured of some fantastic action viewing. Times and dates to be announced on the website.

But until that time comes, relax and enjoy the 2016 Nicky Grist Stages with what, we are sure, will be a really thrilling couple of days of rallying.

In This Programme: Welcome Forwards from the Organising Club & Title Sponsor From the Clerk of the Course Please Read & Observe Spectator Viewing Areas The 2016 Nicky Grist Stages Senior Officials Championships & Classes GoSafe - There Is A Reason!

The

MSA British Championship

Rally

The BTRDA Rally Series 2016 West Wales Rally Spares HRCR Stage Masters Challenge The FMP Challenge Pirelli

MSA Welsh Championship

Rally

From Acorns Oak Trees Grow - The Quinton M.C. History Driver Seeding

Want to know about the MSA Rally Future

EMERGENCY CONTACT

01982 551102 FIRE RISK At this time of the year the forests and heath-lands are very dry and inevitably there is a considerable risk of fire. The rally organisers, Forestry Commission and Army would appeal to everyone to follow a few simple precautions: • • • • •

Do not smoke in areas of risk.

Do not discard cigarettes or matches without ensuring they are completely extinguished.

Do not light any fires or barbecues.

Be careful where you park your car – it is not unknown for hot exhausts to set fire to dry grass.

And please take your entire litter home with you, Thank you.

Please remember that if the Fire Services have to be called out it will almost certainly delay the rallies progress and could lead to the stage(s) being cancelled.

The event will be held under the General Regulations of the MSA Limited (incorporating the Provisions of the International Sporting Code of the FIA), these Supplementary Regulations, any written instructions that the organisers may issue.

Organising Club & Title sponsor’s forward s Quinton Motor Club

Nicky Grist

Welcome to the 36th running of Quinton Motor Club’s forest stage rally. For the sixth year the event is titled the “Nicky Grist Stages” to acknowledge the involvement of our sponsor Nicky Grist, to whom we remain extremely grateful for his knowledge and great enthusiasm. This year is the 29th consecutive year that the event has been a round of a BTRDA® Championship. This year, as well as welcoming our friends from the BTRDA and all our other championships, we welcome the competitors from the new MSA British Rally Championship to compete on the new “Nicky Grist Stages 100”. As noted above there will be two rallies. The one on Saturday 9th July is a National B event featuring the classic WRC gravel stages on the Epynt Ranges and in the Halfway and Crychan forest blocks. This event features 45 stage miles and 96 road miles with either an auxiliary service or service after each stage.

The Nicky Grist Stages has become a highlight of the year for all rally enthusiasts, both competitors and supporters alike. I am now into my sixth year of sponsorship of the event. This year I am delighted that the event has been chosen to be a round of the revamped MSA British Rally Championship in its return to the sport we all love. The inclusion of our rally in this championship is just reward for all the hard work and dedication that the successful organising team from Quinton Motor Club have put in over many years. This success was acknowledged last year when the event was voted the best round of the Pirelli MSA Welsh National Championship and shortlisted for the best event award in the BTRDA Series. Our aim is to make sure every competitor has a fantastic time, and is challenged and pushed to the limit of his or her abilities. I am very excited with the route we have designed this year and look forward to seeing our old friends as well as the new breed of competitor and cars in the British Rally Championship.

Alongside the National B event is a 2 day National A event that runs with the National B competitors on the Saturday and then on Sunday 10th July continues on the legendary asphalt roads of the Epynt Ranges.

This features 10 stages totalling 60 miles with around 40 road miles. The Rally Headquarters remains at the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells with servicing for both events on the Saturday. On Sunday remote service will be on the Epynt Ranges. We have worked extremely hard to produce the sort of rally people can’t wait to compete on.

We wish you all an enjoyable and safe day’s motor sport.

Neil Cross, Clerk of the Course The Organising Team.

This year safety regulations have dictated that organisers set up dedicated spectator areas. This is something all organisers have to abide by. Also, the event safety officer has the power to cancel stages should spectators be found to not be behaving correctly or are standing in the wrong location.

So, I ask you all to please listen to the marshals requests as I am sure you would not want to ruin your own spectating pleasure should a stage be cancelled.

I hope you will all have a very enjoyable weekend of motorsport.

Nicky Grist

Neil, Clerk of the Course and the Organising Team

Quinton Motor Club The Old Halesonians Association Community Centre, Wassell Grove,Hagley, Halesowen, DY9 9JP President - Mike Broad Emergency - contact 01982 551102 Spectator programme bySilverback Design Steve Lysandrou Editor Anouska Mclernan-Cardis

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–Acknowledgements Nicky Grist Natural Resources Wales. Chief of Staff, Army Field Training Sennybridge, Royal Welsh Showground, Keith Ashley, Forestry Liaison Officer, Andrew Thomson, Route Liaison Officer, Powys and Carmarthen County Councils The Various Championship Co-ordinators All Residents on and around the route All Volunteer Officials, Marshals and Safety Teams

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Organising Club

From the Clerk of the Course

Official’s Cars To help make the event as safe as possible a number of cars will travel through the stages to ensure everything and everyone is in place to make this possible. These cars will have warning lights and sirens and will be clearly identified

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000

You may not see this car, especially on the first run, as it will be travelling around 2 hours before the first car. The crew will be looking at the general set up of the stage and distributing last minute paperwork and instructions to the marshals.

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00

Car 00 is manned by the event Chief Marshal and they will be checking that the marshals are in place and that the timing kit is set up and working properly. The crew will advise early spectators of the best vantage points and move those that are considered in a place of danger.

This car will enter the stage 60-50 minutes before first car

You may or may not see these two cars depending on what happens elsewhere on the event. These Cars contain the two more Senior Officials of the Rally and they have the ability to delay or cancel stages if the Spectators are not in areas considered safe.

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MSA Safety Delegate

The crew of this car represent the sport’s governing body, the Motor Sports Association (MSA) they will advise the Clerk of the Course of any issues out on the stages and they can recommend that stages are delayed or cancelled if necessary.

They will enter the stage around the same time as the Spectator Safety Car

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Spectator Safety

The crew of this Car includes the Event Spectator Safety Officer.

This crew will ensure that the designated Spectator Areas are set up in accordance with the plan and ensure that those spectators outside of these areas are safe.

This is a competitive Safety Car and will travel the stages at near competitive speed, checking the stages from a competitive perspective.

This car will enter the stages 10 minutes before first competitive car Nicky Grist Stages

This is the car that travels at the back of the field and checks that the competitive cars have made it through each control, or notes where they are stopped. For the first run through this car will also be looking out for Spectators and ensuring their vantage point is safe.

This Car will enter the stage around 20 minutes before first car

Nicky Grist Stages

Clerk of the Course

Nicky Grist Stages

Safety Officer

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE MEDIA HAVE NO PRIVILEGES OVER THE SPECTATOR.

Please read & observe the following guidelines

Spectator Viewing Areas

Thank you for spectating

Find your spot, Sit back and enjoy

Spectator Viewing Areas

Thank you for spectating

Find your spot, Sit back and enjoy

The 2016 Nicky Grist Stages Senior Officials

There are a lot of people who come together to organise this event, many not even seen by spectators, as they are the ‘behind-the-scenes’ people, making sure we have a smooth and well run rally – all volunteers listed below are just the tip of the iceberg of people who make sure the Nicky Grist Stages has become one of the best rallies on the calendar.

MSA Steward

Clerk of the Course

Deputy Clerk of the Course

Peter Bowles

Mike Hawthorn Steve Gregg

Dave Lucas

Neil Cross (MSA Licence 144132)

Club Stewards

Chief Scrutineer

Andrew Farrington

Susan Butcher

Chief Timekeeper

Vaughan Alcock

Entries Secretary

Helena Mayall

Child Protection Officer

Gill Cross

Chief Marshal

Ian Evans

MSA Safety Delegate

Neil Fuller

Results Co-ordinator

Mike Adams

Spectator Safety Officer

Paul Farley

Stage Commanders

Keith Wain, Simon Rogers, Mike Kennett, Ian Jarrett, Mark Wilkinson, Tim Harding

Assistant Clerks Secretary of the Meeting

Safety Officer/Deputy Clerk of the Course Results Service

Pete Cross

Tynemouth Computer Services

John Arnold / Chris Tomley

Competitor Liaison Officers Ryland James & Mike Sones Media Officer*

Paul Evans

The Championships 1. The Nicky Grist Stages 100 Event • Open to holders of a MSA Competition Licence valid for a 2016 National ‘A’ Stage Rally or above (R 5.2) entered into both the Saturday and Sunday stages and are competing in the MSA British Rally Championship 2. The 2016 MSA British Rally Championship incorporating • MSA British Rally Championship for Teams • MSA British Rally Championship for Drivers & Co Drivers • DMACK Tyres MSA British Rally Championship Juniors • MSA National Rally Cup

Classes & Groups BRC1 • S2000-Rally: 1.6T engine with a 28mm restrictor • S2000-Rally: 2.0 Atmospheric • Group R5 (VR5) • Group R4 (VR4) BRCR-GT • RGT cars BRC2 • Group NR4 over 2000cc DMACK • Junior BRC R2 (atmospheric over 1390c) • Group A over 1600cc and up to 2000cc • Super 1600 • R2 (atmospheric over 1600cc and up to 2000cc – VR2C and turbo over 1067cc and up to 1333cc – VR2C) • R3 (atmospheric / over 1600cc and up to 2000cc – VR3C and turbo over 1067cc and up to 1333cc – VR3C)

Championships & Classes

BRC3 • R3 (turbo / up to 1620cc / nominal – VR3T) R3 (diesel / up to 2000cc / nominal – VR3D) BRC4 • For competitors with R2 cars that are not eligible for the BRC Junior BRC5 • Group N up to 1600cc • R1 (atmospheric up to 1600cc - VR1A/VR1B and turbo up to 1067cc - VR1A/VR1B) National Rally Cup • Class 7 - Any derivative of FIA R5 car out with its homologation 3. THE 2016 Ravenol BTRDA Rally Series incorporating • Ravenol BTRDA Gold Star Championship • Ravenol BTRDA Silver Star Championship • BTRDA Production Cup • Thomas Panels BTRDA 1400 Championship • Vital Equipment Rally First Championship • BTRDA Rally Challenge 4. Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship 5. West Wales Rally Spares HRCR Stage Masters Challenge 6. ANWCC historic Stage rally Championship 7. FMP Rally Challenge 2016

Classes & Groups Class RF1.0 • BTRDA® Rally First cars up to and including 1000cc.

Class RF1.4 • BTRDA® Rally First cars over 1000cc up to and including 1400cc Class RF1.6 • BTRDA® Rally First cars over 1400cc up to and including 1600cc • Class 1400C - Cars up to 1400cc with: - (a) 8 valve engines (b) Engines with more than 8 valves that retain the standard fuel and inlet manifold systems (c) Engines up to 1000cc not eligible for the BTRDA RF1.0 class (d) Current and former FIA Group N1 cars.

Class 1400S • All other cars up to and including 1400cc.

Class N3* • Current and former FIA Group N cars over 1400cc up to and including 2000cc Class NR4* • Current and former FIA Group N cars over 2000cc Class B10 • Over 1400cc up to and including 1600cc Class B11 • Over 1600cc up to and including 2000cc

Class B12 • Over 2000cc two wheel drive Class B13 • Over 2000cc four wheel drive cars that do not qualify for Classes N4 or B14, and FIA R4 cars Class B14 • Current and former World Rally cars with a sequential gearbox, plus current and former S2000 and FIA R5 cars and any derivatives there from. All forced induction engines (except diesel engines) are subject to an additional capacity coefficient of 1.7 to 1. [J 5.4.1] except when FIA Appendix J, Art 260 applies.

Class H1 • All Historic Category 1 cars / Category 2 and 3 cars up to 1600cc / Category 4 cars up to 1400cc Class H2 • Historic Category 2 and 3 cars with single cam engines over 1600cc / Category 4 cars up to 1600cc Class H3 • Historic Category 2 and 3 cars with multi cam engines over 1600cc / Category 4 cars over 1600cc

Championship Calendars

Remaining Rounds MSA British Rally Championship 19th & 20th August Ulster Rally Asphalt 5th & 17th September

Rally Isle of Man, Douglas Asphalt Ravenol BTRDA Rally Series 3rd September

Woodpecker Rally, Ludlow/ Shropshire 1st October

Trackrod Rally Yorkshire/ Scarborough Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship 3rd September

Woodpecker Rally, Ludlow/ Shropshire 12th November

Wyedean Rally, Forest of Dean West Wales Rally Spares HRCR Stage Masters Challenge 15th – 17th September

Rallee Classicagh – Rally Isle of Man 12th November

Wyedean Rally, Forest of Dean 3rd & 4th December

Killarney Stages

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FMP Rally Challenge 2016 31st July

Harry Flatters Rally 20th August

Red Dragon Stages 3rd September

Woodpecker Stages 25th September

Patriot Stages 23rd October

Peter Lloyd Stages October Asphalt reserve 14th November

Wyedean Rally

Second forest reserve ANWCC Forest Rally Championship 10th July

Greystoke Stages/ West Cumbria 20th August

Red Dragon Rally/ Port Talbot 1st October

Trackrod Rally Yorkshire/ Scarborough

GoSafe

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There is a reason !

Nicky Grist Stages teams up with GoSafe to help ensure every road user has a safe and enjoyable rally Welsh roads is not just about enforcing the law. The partnership encourages motorists to drive legally and safely through education, and by offering permanent engineering solutions to roads. GoSafe is made up of 22 local authorities in Wales, four Welsh Police Forces and the Welsh Government, and works closely with the National Public Health Service and Fire Services in Wales.

The Nicky Grist Stages (910 July) has teamed up with the GoSafe Safety Camera Partnership for a third year, to help make sure that all spectators travelling to, from and around the event, plus competitors and officials using rally route road sections, adhere to the speed limits and enjoy a safe event.

Nicky Grist, international co-driver James Morgan, Welsh Rally Championship driver Dylan Davies, Sergeant David Edwards (Dyfed-Powys Police) and Chris Hume, the GoSafe Partnership Manager, met in Cross Hands to discuss this year’s joint awareness initiative – where they took the opportunity to pose for a photoshoot with a GoSafe mobile safety camera van, a GoSafe motorcycle and Tom Cave’s Ford Fiesta R5, courtesy of Llandysulbased Spencer Sport.

GoSafe will have a highly visible roadside presence around the rally’s host town of Builth Wells and routes around the Epynt military ranges, encouraging all road users to drive responsibly and within the speed limits.

It will also be looking out for seatbelt and mobile phone offences. GoSafe will also have a stand at the event’s rally headquarters at the Royal Welsh Showground, where information on their work will be available.

Whilst GoSafe is responsible for red light and speed camera enforcement, its aim of reducing casualties on

Sergeant David Edwards from Dyfed-Powys Police said: “GoSafe is delighted to once again be working in conjunction with the Nicky Grist Stages. The aim of the GoSafe partnership is to make people safer on Welsh roads by reducing casualties and saving lives. We’ll have a very visible presence at this year’s event, and we hope all competitors and spectators enjoy Wales and our Welsh roads, and that your time with us is an enjoyable one. Please drive safely and respect the speed limits.”

Neil Cross, Nicky Grist Stages Clerk of the Course, said: “Rallying in Wales is a huge sport and for a concentrated period of time may cause disruption to the local communities we pass through. I’m pleased that we are continuing our partnership with GoSafe to ensure the competitors, officials and spectators are aware of the high profile presence of this initiative on this year’s Nicky Grist Stages so there is no excuse for bad or antisocial driving. Safety of other road users is paramount to a good relationship between events and the local community.”

Nicky Grist said: “Motorsport takes place on closed and marshalled roads, and is a safe and controlled environment that allows competitors to show their skill and expertise behind the steering wheel. That’s not the same on the open public road, where there are immeasurably more hazards and variables to consider, like pedestrians and on-coming traffic. It’s very important to drive in a safe and responsible manner, and that’s why the Nicky Grist Stages has once again teamed up with the GoSafe partnership, to make sure everyone who attends this year’s event has a safe and enjoyable weekend in and around the Epynt military ranges.”

The MSA British Rally Championship

What a fantastic season so far!

After an eight week break the fourth round of the MSA BRC at the RSAC Scottish Rally had everyone on the edge of their seats. This round was held over 62 gravel miles in the fast and challenging forests around Dumfries with the crews joined by the MSA Scottish Rally Championship competitors; who with their local knowledge were expected to dominate and certainly gave many of the BRC crews a real run for their money.

Heavy rain in the afternoon added to the excitement.

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With the opening three rounds of the British Championship seeing three different winners take the spoils, World Championship star Elfyn Evans, highly talented Irishman Josh Moffett and Swedish sensation Fredrik Ahlin each claiming the top spot over the course of the opening three events. Adding to the excitement was the joker selection.

David Bogie, who took the advantage of the Scottish Rally being his local event and one he knew intimately, having won it four times was an obvious player of his joker. The surprise was Tom Cave who decided that the

Scottish Rally was likely to be his strongest event and also played his joker.

As it turned out it was Elfyn Evans and Craig Parry who dominated the event, taking an 8.8 second lead on the first stage, which the pair continued to develop by taking the fastest times on all the stages and giving them a resounding win, returning the DMACK British Rally Team driver to the top of the leaderboard by 20 points. Fredrik Ahlin, who led the series heading into Scotland gave local guy and teammate, David Bogie a real run for his money over the morning but was forced to retire on stage four with a broken propshaft.

This brought Tom Cave

and co-driver, James Morgan into the fray despite suffering a lack of power in the early stages and keeping them from seriously attacking Elfyn at the front. Tom showed a continuation of his consistent form and was able to keep local man, Bogie, who was putting on a real show for his local crowd, behind him. As it turned out David Bogie suffered too much damage to his Skoda Fabia’s radiator on the final stage and was deemed not to finish the rally due to not being able to make it back for the ceremonial finish in the centre of Dumfries, resulting in him losing any points he could have made on his joker. So it was Tom who gained a well-deserved second on the podium. Bogie’s demise meant Irishman Desi Henry (Skoda Fabia R5) recorded his best finish on a British Championship event by chalking up a fine third overall. This means Tom enters the Nicky Grist Stages in third on the leaderboard with 56 point, behind Fredrik Ahlin on 65 points in second and Elfyn on 85.

blocks on the opening stage and could not be touched throughout the day. Irishman Robert Duggan had a nightmare in the early stages of the event. A clutch and gearbox gremlin hampered the Vauxhall ADAM R2 and to remain in the event his Vauxhall Motorsport mechanics had to change a complete gearbox in 30 minutes. It was a feat they triumphantly achieved, with minutes to spare, allowing Duggan and co-driver Ger Conway to continue in the event and take a solid second, adding lucrative points to their

The DMACK Junior BRC always sees entertaining action from the under 26-year-olds in the front-wheel-

championship campaign.

Vauxhall stablemate Mattias Adielsson took a fine third in the DMACK Junior category.

drive, pocket-rockets and the Scottish Rally was to be no exception. Norwegian Sindre Furuseth took the early advantage in his Renault Twingo R2 as he flew out of the

Matt Edwards and codriver Will Rogers took the spoils in BRC2, further extending their championship lead. The duo once again delivered a superb performance in their Mitsubishi Evo 9 finishing 11th overall and seventh in the BRC.

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Chris Wheeler in his Citroen DS3 R3 also played his ‘Joker’ on the Scottish Rally, elevating him in the BRC3 points table and overhauling BBC Top Gear presenter Chris Harris in the process. Tony Simpson bounced back after a troubled Pirelli Carlisle event to take the BRC4 honours. He too played his ‘Joker’ putting him in the running going into the second half of the season. In the BRC National Rally Cup, Robert Blomberg scored his first win of the year and the second for the Mitsubishi Mirage after guest star Osian Pryce won the opening round in Wales.

The winner of the SORT Oil Spirit of the Rally Award was Australian Guy Tyler in the DMACK Junior BRC. Tyler was declared the unanimous winner by the BRC team and SORT Oil for his sheer dedication and commitment to the series. After making the mammoth move from the other side of the world to compete in the series, the young Australian showed great pace, finally recording his first BRC finish with fifth in the Junior series.

Now they all descend on the Nicky Grist Stages. As the only mixed surface event of the season the crews and teams have a very challenging time ahead of them. First off will be the selection of set up for the two days. The mechanics have not yet encountered an event in the championship where they need to change the cars from a gravel set up of Saturday to an asphalt set up for the stages of Sunday. On Saturday

evening they will only have 2½ hours in the service, at HQ in Builth Wells for this to occur. The cars will then be placed in Parc Ferme and no one can touch them again until the next morning when they have 15 minutes to put on tyres and do the last tweaks before the start.

Then there are the challenges of the stages themselves. Day one is all gravel and the number one seed, Elfyn Evans, is certainly going to be the man to beat, having tested the R5 on these stages with M Sport a couple of years ago on this rally. The crews travelling behind him and Craig could also be at a disadvantage if areas, such as Crychan dry out enough for the dust to be a factor in timings.

Day two is the one where we could see some dramatic action on the notoriously fast Epynt asphalt stages.

These are not your normal

closed road but military roads, where a ribbon of asphalt has been laid to the contours of the land with jumps, blind crests, fast straights and tight corners that have no levelling or camber normally associated with the open road. This could easily catch out anyone of the crews who has never encountered Epynt before and it will be interesting to see who can survive the first passage through, to gain the experience of what to expect for the second run. Tom Cave’s codriver James Morgan is one who has previous knowledge and experience of Epynt, having won the Tour of Epynt with Damian Cole previously and so the pair are likely to be strong contenders.

All in all, this weekend is set to bring some thrilling action from all MSA British Rally Championship contenders.

MSA British Rally Championship for Drivers points (after 4 of 7 rounds) 1: Elfyn Evans 85 2:Fredrik Ahlin 65 3:Tom Cave 56 4:Josh Moffett36 5:Jonathan Greer31 6: Desi Henry 19 7:David Bogie18 8:Matthew Wilson15 9:Jamie Anderson13 10:Matt Edwards 8.

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THE BTRDA RALLY SERIES 2016

The BTRDA Rally series enters its sixth round on the Nicky Grist Stages with only two rounds remaining after this weekend – the Woodpecker Rally and the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire. The winners of this rally are often the ones who go on to win their championships and after, what is turning out to be a thrilling set of championships so far, the BTRDA Rally Series is all set to give everyone a great day of rallying.

Gold Star Championship leaders Charlie Payne and Carl Williamson came away from the Pirelli Carlisle Stages with a BTRDA win and a respectable 4th overall, only losing out on the podium spot by 1 sec. This consolidates their positions in the Gold Star championship with Charlie leading on 147 points over Andy Davies on 99 in second

in the driver’s championship and Carl heading the field on 140 over Patrick Walsh on 99 in the co-drivers.

After consecutive retirements on the Malcom Wilson and Plains rallies it was good to see Stephen Petch and Michael Wilkinson register a solid set of points coming in second on the Carlisle, to put them back in the running.

However, a selection of tyres with sidewalls more suited to the Keilder forest tracks (or so they thought) held them back in eighth in the early stages of the day the pair only clawed back up after they were able to switch to more conventional rubber. Coming in just four seconds behind Petch was Paul Benn and Richard Cook in their Focus WRC02.

Ones who have shown great form recently are Andy Davies and Max Freeman. Having taken maximum Production Cup points on the Plains Rally they repeated this on the Carlisle Stages in their Impreza to jump over their rivals and now lead the Production Cup, whilst Andy lies in second in the Gold Star Drivers leaderboard with Max in third on 98 points in the co-drivers, just one point behind Patrick Walsh.

Despite only competing in three events so far this season Sacha Kakad and James Aldridge take second place honours in the Production Cup by coming second on each event. Cameron Davies and Lee Taylor were able to take third place in the Production Cup on the Carlisle which also gives them both a third overall in the championship.

Those in the Silver Star Championship must have given a sigh of trepidation in Carlisle when Mathew Robinson in his Rally Sport Development historic spec Fiat 131S took 21st overall and the top 2WD honours and maximum Silver Star points.

Mathew dominated the championship between 2012 and 2014. Is he set to

return? Second in the Keilder forest were Allan McDowell and Gavin Heseltine in their Escort RS1800 with Cameron Davies coming in third.

Considering in the last five events four different crews have won, with defending champions Boyd Kershaw and Bryan Hull being the only ones to win twice anyone could take the title and Boyd has already dropped two events so really needs to push to take back to back titles.

Jordan Hone, co-driven by his brother Paul, put up a faultless display to take his Proton Satria to a confidence-boosting victory in the Thomas Panels BTRDA 1400 Championship on the Carlisle Stages.

The Ulstermen had registered a DNF last time out but came back strongly and are, so far, the only crew to have two maximums to their credit. Second place, after a superb drive on what was their first Championship event of the season, went to Joe Evett and Phil Hall in a 1400C MG ZR. Matt Jackson and Claire Williams had a character building (or should that be ‘suspension building?) day in their Micra which required plenty of TLC to a rear anti-roll bar before managing to get them back to the finish in 3rd place!

THE BTRDA RALLY SERIES 2016

By all accounts, Freddy & Toby Brick had an equally exciting day as they continually tried to persuade their Nova to face the front on the Keilder gravel! 2nd in class and seven seconds ahead of Championship leaders Neil Andrew/Dom Adams, keeps them in contention, but with two retirements they need to keep up the pressure on each of the remaining three events and not just the Nicky Grist Stages.

Dominic Hodge and co-driver Stefan Arndt were back to their winning ways in the Vital Equipment Rally First Championship in Carlisle. Their 1.4 Micra took its third maximum of the season, ahead of Richard Wells and Calvin Houldsworth’s 1600 VW Polo, with the Fiesta R1 of Tom Williams and Emma Morrison third in the category.

Emily & Eliot Retallick in their Peugeot 205XS finished 2nd in the RF1.4 class, keeping them in touching distance of Hodge and Arndt, while the 1.0 litre class was the preserve of Phil

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Spilsted and Osian Owen.

An interesting footnote here and one the organisers of the Nicky Grist Stages are keen to match is that, out of the 30% of original starters who were forced to retire on the Carlisle Stages, not one was a Rally First car!

West Wales Rally Spares HRCR Stage Masters Challenge

This year the Nicky Grist Stages welcomes the West Wales Rally Spares HRCR Stage Masters Challenge, a brand new challenge series for 2016. The Historic Rally Car Register Club, formed in 1984, is the first organisation of its kind dedicated to all types of cars that were rallied in the Golden era of the 1950’s – 1980’s with their members competing all over the UK and Europe.

The aim for the HRCR, with the launch of the Stage Masters Challenge, is to put the fun into historic stage rallying and give their members the opportunity to test their mettle on various gravel events as well as country lane events. Gareth Lloyd from West Wales Rally Spares is backing the series with a determination to

see people rallying their historic cars rather than moth-balling them after the recent changes to seeding and running orders. The points system set up by the Club means that any crew has the opportunity of winning, making it a highly competitive series and a superb viewing experience for all fans of the historic icons of a past era.

20 crews have registered this year, in a fantastic mix of cars, from Minis; Hillman Avengers, Datsun 240z, Opel Ascona, Porsches and not forgetting the Ford Escort both

the Mk1 and Mk2 versions and the Nicky Grist Stages marks the midway point in the series.

Northern Ireland’s Stanley Orr has teamed up with David Stokes former co-driver Guy Weaver and is currently leading the standings, having scored maximum points in all three previous rounds. However, Stanley cannot make the start line this weekend due to business commitments, so Guy will be sitting in with Rudi Lancaster to maintain his challenge position. This gives the other crews great opportunity to close the gap and we are expecting to see a strongly contested day of action.

In the battle of the Ford Escort Mk2’s Ben Friend and Cliffy Simmons won the last round, the Rallynuts Motorsport Severn Valley Stages, some 27 secs ahead of Shawn Rayner and Declan Dear in a similarly powered machine. However, both crews are also missing this weekend, as they are now looking towards getting the cars ready for action later in the year.

This opens the door for Peter

Barlow and Mark Dillon in another Ford Escort Mk2 after deciding they couldn’t miss their home motor club’s event – the club had not seen them since last year when they damaged the car in an off, so it will be very interesting to see how the car behaves on such a challenging set of stages.

Dessie Nutt and Geraldine McBride will also be present in their Porsche 911, trying to score some valuable points and keep hot on the heels of Rikki Proffitt who’s had some bad luck in his Datsun 240Z, retiring from the two earlier gravel rounds.

Nutt - a retired GP - is coming back into the sport after time out and was unlucky in his previous outing, due to a misfire in the morning loop of stages so we are hopeful he has a smooth run to his day.

After this event crews will be changing the cars to an asphalt spec for a double points scoring round on the Ralleigh Classic on the Isle of Man, followed by the Wyedean Rally and then we cross over to Ireland for the Craic of Killarney. But, right now, the Nicky Grist Stages is all set to give the crews a challenging and exciting day of action.

I mages 1.

2.

3.

in order

Stanley Orr and Guy Weaver Gwilym Roberts Andrew Stokes

The FMP Challenge 2016

Junior title. BTRDA Production Cup leader Andy Davies with Max Freeman will be their closest rivals. A certain top 10 current position in the standings was thwarted when Chepstow’s Sacha Kakad had to retire on the Lawrence Landfill Stages in May, in a hired Evo X. However Sacha scored a class win on his reserve round of the Severn Valley Stages and he and Chesterfield driver Rhys Yates could still potentially become overall victors.

In the co-driver’s league the current junior and overall leader is 22-year-old Siobhan Pugh, from Newton, despite missing the Midsummer Stages at Caerwent.

She has entered the NG Stages with fellow contender Sion Ellis in a Nissan Sunny and will be looking to keep Chris Davies behind her in the standings.

The Nicky Grist Stages is the sixth round of the 2016 FMP Challenge with three asphalt and two forestry rallies having been completed out of the thirteen rounds in the season. The Seven Valley Stages and Wyedean Rally counting as reserve gravel rounds and the Peter Lloyd Stages as reserve asphalt round with the points from these only being counted if a rally is cancelled.

This year, 48 crews have entered the Nicky Grist Stages for, what many consider to be, the highlight of their season.

After an outing on the Red Kite Stages, current leading driver Wynne Watkins has vowed to stick to asphalt and a 3rd in class on his optional nominated overseas round, the Manx Trophy Rally, gave him a 4 point lead but being absent from the Nicky Grist Stages the door is open for a new leader to emerge.

Company Director Nev Jones is one of the biggest challengers and he has brought his Vulcan Fasteners Subaru S7 WRC from Staffordshire. Nev is also keen to take the FMP Gravel Cup from Cardiganshire’s Dylan Davies this year, and could climb into the top 3 in the current standings. Nev’s co-driver Chris Davies is in the running to win the FMP

In addition, Siobhan is hoping to emulate inaugural FMP Champion Claire Williams, who took both titles in 2013 and who is competing with the John Easson award winner Matthew Jackson. Claire is currently the leading BTRDA female co-driver but is unable to properly challenge Siobhan this year due to her other rally commitments.

In a bid to help raise the profile of the championships chosen charity, Wales Air Ambulance, Elfyn Evans, Osian Pryce and Max Vatanen have registered and will carry FMP colours on selected rounds which coincide with the BRC.

C h a l l e n g e updates and latest scores are at:

PIRELLI MSA WELSH RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP

With three events, including today’s, remaining in the 2016 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship anyone looking to stop Luke Francis and John H Roberts from claiming the title need to make their move now.

ahead of reigning Group N champion Paul Davy and Surrey’s Wug Utting.

Andy’s co-driver, Max Freeman, meanwhile leads the co-driver standings in the Vital Equipment Welsh Junior Championship.

The Rhuddlan driver and his codriver, from Colwyn Bay, have taken maximum points in their Mitsubishi Evo 8 on all four Championship rounds that they have entered so far and overhauling them will be no easy task…but it is possible.

There are also plenty of class battles to be settled, such as Class 4 where just two points separate the Ford Ka of Alun Roberts and Bob Vardy’s R2 Fiesta while in Class 5, five points separate the Peugeot 309 of leader Tim Cains from the Ford Escort of Flying Kiwi Boyd Kershaw. In Class 3 there are six points between the top two, James Williams and Matthew Jackson.

Perhaps the biggest threat comes from Dylan Davies. The Subaru Impreza driver from Llanon currently lies second despite two non-finishes so far this year. With competitors only counting their six best scores from the eight round series Dylan remains firmly in contention.

Early season leader Andrew Jones has slipped to third place in the overall standings but the Ford Escort driver still heads the Vital Equipment Junior Welsh Championship for drivers under 25 as well as the two-wheel drive category. Another driver to have had more than his fair share of misfortune this season is Andy Davies. That includes a retirement from the last round, the Rallynuts Severn Valley Stages with fuel pump problems on his Subaru Impreza.

Nevertheless, he currently lies fourth overall in the Championship and leads the Group N category

Another tight battle is the one being fought in the Ravenol Welsh Challenge, run in conjunction with the Championship. With points determined by drivers’ performances within their class, it’s Luke Francis who leads from Andrew Jones but four drivers are tied on points in third place with just two points separating the next four drivers.

All in all, the Championship’s competitors have plenty to fight for this weekend.

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2.

3.

4.

in order

Andy Davies/ Max Freeman Luke Francis/John H Roberts Davies/Llion Williams Andrew Jones

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From Acorns Oak Trees Grow……..

Rising from a passion of rallying It is the people of the Quinton Motor Club who are the ones, behind the scenes, who work tirelessly throughout the year to ensure that the Nicky Grist Stages is a rally that every competitor and spectator looks forward to with great anticipation. The Stages is also at the very heart of why the Club was formed in the first place, 58 years ago.

In 1959, rallying was growing rapidly in popularity and the inaugural meeting of the club was attended by around 30 people, who all wanted to get involved in the rally scene and activate a calendar of activities and

events to feed their passion. The Club’s early road rallies bore a distinctly continental theme; their titles bearing the pseudo-French names of “Rallye du Soleil”; “Rallye Acropolis Replique”; “Rallye d’Isis” and “Rallye des Flocons”. This is understood to have been done to add an ‘air of sophistication’ to them (something that was very ‘hip’ and popular in the 60’s) as well as make them stand out from the crowd. Most of the reports in the technical and motoring press in those days covered the continental rallies that were beginning to capture the public’s imagination. Quinton’s “Acropolis Replique” was named after the Acropolis Rally, Greece’s round of the World Championship. This had the reputation for being a tough event so the Club held their ‘Acropolis’ in Wales and, without apology, made it as tough and challenging as possible – a tradition the Nicky Grist Stages emulates with pride!

For those of you who think that the current crisis with National Resources Wales is the first crisis encountered by rallying but in October 1973 the Yom Kippur War between Israel and its Arab neighbours resulted in a trebling in the price of petrol and even the threat of petrol rationing; ration books were issued but never used. As a result, not only did car rally entries drop off dramatically memberships fell as well, despite the Club being determined to keep ‘business as usual’. The Acropolis Rally, used to entries in the 120-130’s suddenly found in 1975 a 70 car entry list. It took until the late 70’s before the Acropolis Rally began to get a full entry list back.

With the generous backing of the Collier Group, the Quinton Motor Club were invited by the MSA to provide a Rally Help Service for all competitors participating

THE QUINTON (M.C.) STAGES A-SNAP-SHOT

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• in the 1978 Lombard RAC Rally, which was based in Birmingham for 6 days. As in previous years this service supplemented the Lombard RAC organisation, in the days long before mobile phones and the internet. Apart from the general messaging and information services the tasks undertaken included: • • •

finding and providing a Japanese interpreter when one crews English was not as good as they thought; buying and transporting parts for a French competitors Fiat to Keilder Forest..!!; obtaining several ‘out of hours’ prescriptions for

competitors that were taken ill; being supplied with a large bundle of cash to go to Hardy Spicer’s to get a new prop shaft for one of the course cars, and then delivering it to the north of England; transporting Peter Ashcroft and other Ford team personnel to the NEC for the finish ceremony.

After the success of the “Help Service” the MSA informed the Club that they had been included as first reserve on the forestry allocation list. This was a Holy Grail licence that the Club had been applying for over many years. In July 1980 the licence was awarded to the club and less than six months later, they put on a 35 mile stage rally using Radnor and the smaller forest of Knillwood.

By 1987 the forest stage rally was growing in popularity, but sadly the Acropolis Rally had to be cancelled due to the increased regulations and controls being placed on the organisers by the rally liaison officer, the police and local residents to the rally. The Club has not run a road rally since, a fact many of the original members mourn, as this was the main reason they came together in the first place.

Fortunately, there was still the forest stage rally and this grew in popularity and strength throughout the 90’s and 00’s. Over the 90’s the Club also developed its marshalling abilities with a large part of the Club organisation concentrating on the marshalling side of rallying.

This had followed on from the support given to various other club’s events as well as to the

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Lombard, and then the Network Q Rally. It is still evident today, with many club members seen helping at events around the country, including Wales Rally GB. Over the years the Club has been fortunate to have some very loyal sponsors to their rallies. In 2010 Nicky Grist, a long-time supporter and contributor to the Club, became the title sponsor for the forest rally and after 30 years the Quinton Stages Rally became the Nicky Grist Stages.

Over the last six years Nicky has worked with the Club organisers to develop the rally across all areas from organisation, paperwork, stage routes, competitor support and spectating enjoyment to emulate the level of rallying he had been used to at the top of his career. The outcome is now a very well-oiled machine that offers a highly competitive event across some of the best forest stages in the country, including Halfway, Crychan, Route 60 and Monument. This has resulted in the new format British Rally Championship joining the rally for 2016.

This has required another leap of organisational ability by the Quinton Motor Club members to ensure the same level of professionalism is met, without losing any of the elements of the one day rally that has made it so popular with the BTRDA and Welsh Rally Championships. This year, the Nicky Grist Stages is a two-day rally, with the first day being 45 miles of pure gravel forest stages with the service being at the HQ in Builth Wells. For those entered into the Nicky Grist 100 and British Rally Championship, the club has set up a second day of National A level asphalt stages. This means that the organisers have had to ensure they provide all the regulations and facilities for crews to change from a gravel set up to an asphalt set up, including a secure Parc Ferme for all cars to be placed overnight. In addition, a full recce has had to be organised, which has been conducted on the Friday before the rally begins. This is just the tip of the iceberg of the organising required and one that Quinton Motor Club has taken on with relish. (Despite a few late nights and some worrying times).

The year has flown by and the rally is about to begin, film crews are in place, media have gathered, competitors’ adrenalin is flowing, marshals are in position, radios are on, rescue crews kit is checked. After 58 years the Club is ready to hold another thrilling event for all concerned.

Driver

Champs

Club

Co-Driver

Spadeadam Motor Craig Parry Club.

Spedeadam Morten Erik Abrahamsen South of Scotland Kevin Rae CC North Wales Car James Morgan Club Berwick & District Paul Beaton

Champs

Make

Model

CC

Class

1) Teams,2) Drivers

Ford

Fiesta R5

1600

BRC1

1) Teams,2) Drivers

Ford

Fiesta R5 EVO

1600

BRC1

1) Teams,2) Drivers

Skoda

Fabia R5

1600

BRC1

Ford

Fiesta R5

1598

BRC1

Peugeot

208 T16

1600

B14

1

Elfyn Evans

1) Teams,2) Drivers

2

Fredrik Ahlin

1) Teams,2) Drivers

3

David Bogie

1) Teams,2) Drivers

4

Tom Cave

2) Drivers

5

Euan Thorburn

6

Josh Moffett

2) Drivers

monaghan

John Rowan

2) Drivers

Ford

Fiesta R5

1600

BRC1

7

Desi Henry

2) Drivers

Magherafelt

Liam Moynihan

2) Drivers

Skoda

Fabia R5

1600

BRC1

8

Jonathan Greer

2) Drivers

BADMC

Kirsty Riddick

2) Drivers

Citroen

DS3 R5

1600

BRC1

Ross Whittock

2) Drivers

Ford

Fiesta R5

1600

BRC1

Will Rogers

2) Drivers

Mitsubishi

Evolution 9

1998

BRC2

Ford

Focus WRC

1998

B14

Mitsubishi

Evo 9

1997

B13

9

Jamie Anderson

2) Drivers

TBA

10

Matt Edwards

2) Drivers

NWCC

11

Julian Reynolds

a) Gold

12

Luke Francis

a) Gold,j) Welsh Nat

14

Charles Payne

a) Gold

15

Stephen Petch

a) Gold

16

Rhys Yates

2) Drivers

BRC

17

Ollie Mellors

2) Drivers

1) Teams,2) Drivers,a) Gold,g) BTRDA Donnie MacDonald 2) Drivers,4) Cup

1 8 Thomas Preston 19 20

Damian Cole

2) Drivers

21

Ian Joel

a) Gold

22

Dylan Davies

23

Alex Laffey

b) Silver,j) Welsh Nat,N) FMP 1) Teams,2) Drivers

Roger Albert Clark Patrick Walsh North Wales Car Club BTRDA

2) Drivers

a) Gold,g) BTRDA

John H Roberts

a) Gold,j) Welsh Nat

Carl Williamson

a) Gold

Ford

Fiesta

1998

B14

BTRDA/Durham AC Michael Wilkinson a) Gold

Ford

Fiesta R5+

2000

B14

Tom Woodburn

2) Drivers

Ford

Fiesta R5

1600

BRC1

Malton

Ian Windress

2) Drivers

Proton

1998

BRC1

Pendle MC

Jack Morton

1) Teams,2) Drivers,a) Gold,g) BTRDA 2) Drivers,4) Cup

Skoda

Satria Neo S2000 Fabia R5

1600

BRC1

Evo 9

1997

NatC6

Ford

Fiesta S2000

1998

BRC1

Ford

Escort Cosworth

1998

B13

Impreza

1989

B13

Ford

Fiesta R5 EVO

1600

BRC1

Ford

B14

Highland Car Club Andrew Falconer Btrda

Paul Morris

Kirkby Lonsdale MC Graeme Wood

24

Paul Benn

a) Gold

BTRDA

b) Silver,j) Welsh Nat,N) FMP Andrew Roughead 1) Teams,2) Drivers,a) Gold a) Gold Richard Cooke

25

Karl Simmons

a) Gold,j) Welsh Nat

BTRDA

Guy Simmons

26

Tomas Davies

27

Andy Davies

28

Russ Thompson

29

a) Gold,e) Production,j) Welsh Nat,N) FMP a) Gold,e) Production

30 31

Robert Blomberg 4) Cup

32

Jamie Jukes

33

Sindre Furuseth

34

Gus Greensmith

a) Gold

35

Robert Duggan

3) Juniors

36

Mattias Adielsson 3) Juniors

4) Cup

37

Richard Hill Tom Evans

39 40

Wug Utting Simon Rogers

j) Welsh Nat a) Gold,j) Welsh Nat

41 42

Martyn England Nev Jones

a) Gold,j) Welsh Nat a) Gold,j) Welsh Nat,N) FMP

Graham Coffey James Slaughter

a) Gold

LDMC Clitheroe BTRDA

Max Freeman Andy Murphy

a) Gold,e) Production,j) Welsh Nat,N) FMP a) Gold,e) Production

Mark Glennerster

Focus WR02

2000

Subaru

S11 WRC

1994

FORD

Fiesta R5

16

BRC1

Subaru

Impreza

1997

RF1.0

B14

Mitsubishi

Evo 9

1988

RF1.0

Ford Fiesta

S2000

2000

B14

BTRDA

James Aldridge

g) BTRDA

Mitsubishi

Evo X

1998

RF1.0

Lars Andersson

4) Cup

Mitsubishi

Mirage R5

1600

NatC7

4) Cup

Mitsubishi

Mirage

1598

NatC7

Llandysul Motor ClubDave Williams

BRC

Alessandro Gelsomino Killarney & Districts Ger Conway Motor Cl Andreas Johansson tba David iwan Jones C&A

2) Drivers

Subaru

SMK Trollhättan

NMK Gardermoen Jim Hjerpe

38

43

Whickham DMC

Llion Williams

Lampeter motor clubEurig Davies

Stephen Simpson a) Gold,g) BTRDA,j) Welsh Nat g) BTRDA Sacha Kakad

44

Lampeter

a) Gold

Mitsubishi

Chelmsford

Dawn England Chris Davies Aled Davies James Whitaker

Renault

Twingo R2

0

BRCJ

Ford

Fiesta R2T

998

BRCJ

3) Juniors

Vauxhall

Adam

1598

BRCJ

3) Juniors

Vauxhall

Adam

1598

BRCJ

Sarah Edwards

Southern Car Club Bob Stokoe Ludlow Castle MC Wyn Davies BTRDA Potteries & Newcastle MC Bolton Le Moors

a) Gold

j) Welsh Nat a) Gold,j) Welsh Nat a) Gold,j) Welsh Nat a) Gold,j) Welsh Nat,N) FMP 2) Drivers

Mitsubishi

Evo 9

1998

RF1.0

Mitsibushi

Evo 6

1996

B13

Subaru Mitsubishi

Impreza N12b Evo 6

1998 1997

RF1.0 B13

Ford Subaru

Fiesta R5+ Impreza WRC

1998 1993

B14 B14

Ford Fiesta Ford

Wrc

1598

NatC7

Fiesta R5

1600

BRC1

Driver Seeding Driver 45 John Morrison

Champs 2) Drivers,4) Cup

47 Brian Bell

a) Gold

48 Boyd Kershaw

c) 1400,j) Welsh Nat

49 Phil Burton

b) Silver

Shane McGirr

51

Gavin Edwards

52 53 54

Richard Sykes David Bennett Andrew Jones

55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65

Jon Caen Meirion Evans Adam Bustard Josh Cornwell Daniel Moss Peter Smith Simon Dalton Paul Walker Peter Baylis Rob Dennis Alun Roberts

Btrda

b) Silver

j) Welsh Nat 3) Juniors 3) Juniors 2) Drivers a) Gold a) Gold j) Welsh Nat a) Gold b) Silver j) Welsh Nat a) Gold,b) Silver,d) Historic 2) Drivers,j) Welsh Nat,m) ANWCC H,N) FMP a) Gold,b) Silver

66

Theo Bengry

67

Terry Brown

68 69 70 71

Jody Bowcott Jonathan Brace Lee Hastings Ashley Davies

72 73 74 75

David Young Cameron Davies Tony Williams Paul Street

76 77 78

Gary Smith Robin EyreMaunsell Simon Smith

79 80

Jordan Hone Chris Powell

c) 1400,j) Welsh Nat c) 1400

81

James Williams

82 83 84 85 86

Gareth Edwards Marty Gallagher Nick Carr Blair Brown Guy Ian Tyler

c) 1400,j) Welsh Nat,N) FMP b) Silver 2) Drivers 3) Juniors 3) Juniors 3) Juniors

87

Barry Jordan

88 89 90

Neal James Dessie Nutt Paul Bonas

91 92

Simon Tuckman Hywel Davies

a) Gold,b) Silver j) Welsh Nat

93

Tim KirvanRodgers

b) Silver,e) Production

a) Gold,b) Silver,d) Historic d) Historic k) HRCR Hist

2) Drivers,4) Cup

Adie Williams

Make

Model

CC

Class

Evo 9

1998

NatC6

Skoda

Fabia Evo vRS

1998

B13

Mitsubishi

a) Gold

Ford

Focus 07 Wrc

1997

B14

Craven

Bryan Hull

c) 1400,j) Welsh Nat

Ford

Escort

1998

B11

BTRDA

Mal Capstick

b) Silver

Ford

Escort

2400

B12

Toyota

Starlet

2049

B12

Ford

Escort mk2

1997

B11

Citroen Vauxhall Ford

DS3 R3T Corsa Escort Mk2

1600 1400 1996

B12 1400S B11

Mitsubishi Ford Ford Ford Mitsubishi Subaru Subaru Subaru Mitsubishi Ford Ford

Evo 3 Fiesta R2T Fiesta R2T Fiesta R2 Evo9 STI Impreza N12B STI EVO 9 Escort Mk2 KA

0 998 998 1600 1998 2000 1998 1997 1996 1998 1598

B13 BRCJ BRCJ BRCJ RF1.0 B13 NatC6 B13 B13 B11 B10

BTRDA WM QMC HDMC / DVMC Lampeter & District Omagh BRC BTRDA BTRDA Herefordshire MC Quinton BTRDA Tavern Dovey valley MC Herefordshire

Martin McGarrity Caron Tomlinson Janice Moore Alistair McNeil Iestyn Williams Mark Morris Jonathan Jackson Aaron Johnston Dai Roberts Sam Allen Alan Walker Steve Turvey Vern Brown Anthony Blyth Andy Boswell Rhodri Evans

Les Forsbrook

Ammanford Motor Den Golding Club

BTRDA Amman and District 2) Drivers,4) Cup Solway a) Gold,b) Silver,j) Welsh BTRDA Nat j) Welsh Nat Newtown & District b) Silver,e) Production BTRDA / Epynt MC a) Gold,b) Silver BTRDA a) Gold,b) Silver,d) BTRDA Historic Ludlow Castle a) Gold,b) Silver BTRDA b) Silver

Champs

Jamie Edwards

Enniskillen a) Gold,b) Silver,j) Welsh Nat

Co-Driver

Highland Car Peter Carstairs Club/63 Car Club Forest of Dean

46 Bob Morgan

50

Club

Eastern Counties MC / BTRDA BTRDA Herefordshire Motor Club BTRDA/ TVMC

David Millard Tim Samuel Julie Mcguire Sam Fordham James Young Lee Taylor Karen Phelps Glenn Mercer

a) Gold,b) Silver,j) Welsh Nat,l) ANWCC F

j) Welsh Nat 3) Juniors 3) Juniors 2) Drivers a) Gold a) Gold a) Gold b) Silver j) Welsh Nat a) Gold,b) Silver,d) Historic 2) Drivers,j) Welsh Nat,m) ANWCC H,N) FMP a) Gold,b) Silver 2) Drivers,4) Cup a) Gold,b) Silver j) Welsh Nat b) Silver,e) Production a) Gold,b) Silver

Paul Spooner Peter Scott Bernard Baker Paul Hone Jim Lewis

c) 1400,j) Welsh Nat c) 1400

c) 1400,j) Welsh Nat,N) FMP NADAC b) Silver Dylan Andrew Donegal Motor Club Dean O'Sullivan 2) Drivers BRC / Malton 3) Juniors Joe Sturdy Glenrothes MSC Richard Simmonds 3) Juniors Southern Districts Steven Paul Fisher 3) Juniors Car Club BTRDA a) Gold,b) Silver,d) James GrattonHistoric Smith Ammanford. HRCR. Kevin Jones d) Historic HRCR Geraldine Mcbride k) HRCR Hist Craig Cameron Paul Wakely

Ecurie Royal Oak Shaun Hughes Dovey Valley MC Richard Crozier BTRDA

Abigail Haycock

a) Gold,b) Silver a) Gold,b) Silver,g) BTRDA,j) Welsh Nat,l) ANWCC F,N) FMP b) Silver,e) Production

0

H3

Ford

Escort MK2 RS1800

1975

H3

Ford Ford Subaru Ford

Escort Escort RS Impreza Escort RS

1998 1995 1998 2300

B11 H3 NatC6 B12

Ford Ford Ford Ford

Escort RS Fiesta ST Escort RS Escort MK2

1998 1998 1998 1993

B11 N3 B11 H3

Ford Escort MK1 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus

1998 2279

H3 H3

Ford

Escort

2391

B12

Proton Talbot

Satria Sunbeam

1398 1400

1400S 1400S

Ford

Ka

1398

1400S

Vauxhall Peugeot Ford Ford Ford

Nova 208 Fiesta R2 Fiesta R2T Fiesta

1998 1600 1600 998 1598

B11 BRC4 BRCJ BRCJ BRCJ

Hillman

Avenger Brm

1588

H3

Ford Escort RS2000 Porsche 911 Subaru 1998 Impreza Ford Escort mk2 Ford Escort Mk2

1998 2000 0

H2 NatC5 B13

1997 2000

B11 B11

1998

N3

Ford

Fiesta ST

Driver

Champs

94

Wayne Lewis

c) 1400

95

Tony Simpson

2) Drivers

96

Roger Platt

2) Drivers

97

Dorian John Evans

98

Kit Leigh

a) Gold,b) Silver

99

Tim Cains

j) Welsh Nat,O) SVP

Club BTRDA

Newtown DMC Lampeter

Co-Driver

Ed Fossey David Forrest Ian Jemison Colin Giffiths

120 Tim Bevan 121 Geoff Cottrill 122 Julian Barnett 123 Sion Ellis 124 Chris Lloyd 125 Steve Ward 126 Bob Vardy 127 Daniel Wyn Owen 128 Garry Wilson 129 Jeremy Wells

d) Historic

c) 1400 c) 1400,j) Welsh Nat,N) FMP 132 Gordon Alexander c) 1400 133 Robin Glyn Williams 134 Dave Lewis 130 Neil Andrew 131 Carl Davies

135 Dominic Hodge 136 Richard Wells

c) 1400,f) First d) First

137 138 139 140

Gary Barlow Pete Barlow Jayne Auden Row Jon Ambler

141 142 143 144 145

Will Graham Mathew Davies Chris Hellings Stuart Spyer Mathew Tordoff

N) FMP k)HRCR Hist j) Welsh Nat,l) ANWCC F a) Gold,b) Silver,e) Production 3) Juniors g) BTRDA 4) Cup c) 1400 3) Juniors,f) First,g) MGZR f) First

146 Emily Retallick 147 Rob Evett 148 Chris Hickman 149 Bill Paynter 150 Spencer Price

f) First,g) BTRDA,g) MGZR c) 1400

Fiesta

2000

BRC4

2) Drivers

Ford

Fiesta

1600

BRC4

Ford Escort

MK 2

2100

B12

Ford

Fiesta

1600

B10

Peugeot

309

1905

B11

Richard May

j) Welsh Nat,O) SVP

Yan Griffiths

2) Drivers

Citroen

DS3R3T

1600

BRC3

c) 1400,j) Welsh Nat,l) ANWCC F,N) FMP b) Silver,c) 1400,j) Welsh Nat

Nissan

Micra

1348

1400S

Suzuki

Swift

1400

1400S

Ford Escort MK2 Subaru Impreza Wagon Subaru Impreza RWD

2400 1994 1998

B12 B13 B12

Forresters

Tudor Jenkins

Hereford Ross & District BTRDA

Elwyn Manuel Russell Joseph Steve Harris

WBCC BTRDA Amman And District j) Welsh Nat,l) ANWCC F Teifi Valley & Dovey Valley c) 1400,j) Welsh Nat,N) BTRDA FMP c) 1400,g) BTRDA BTRDA b) Silver,d) Historic RAC York j) Welsh Nat Ludlow Castle Car Club WBCC Quinton Motor Club a) Gold,e) Production,l) BTRDA ANWCC F j) Welsh Nat,l) ANWCC Bala MC F,N) FMP

b) Silver,N) FMP

Ford

Ludlow Castle

j) Welsh Nat a) Gold

a) Gold,b) Silver,j) Welsh Nat,N) FMP

2) Drivers

a) Gold,b) Silver

BTRDA & NWCC Claire Williams

116 117 118 119

1400S

Tavern MC

c) 1400,j) Welsh Nat,l) ANWCC F,N) FMP b) Silver,c) 1400,j) Welsh Nat

John Baker Graham Thatcher Garry Mannion Steven John Williams 115 Freddy Brick

Class

1400

David Chris Williams Tim Leigh

106 Matthew Jackson

111 112 113 114

CC

Nova

Keegan Rees

South Hams MC

j) Welsh Nat a) Gold,b) Silver

Model

Ian Bevan

2) Drivers

108 Tim Phelps 109 Gary Bollands 110 Andy Turner

Make Vauxhall

c) 1400

100 Chris Wheeler

107 Geno Cook

Champs

Huw Lewis

FODMC Matlock Mc NWCC Herefordshire Motor Club Cirencester Car Club/Hrcr/Rac BTRDA Welsh Border Car Club BTRDA BTRDA

a) Gold,b) Silver

Dave Baker Jim Goodman Seyyan John Paul Roberts

j) Welsh Nat

Toby Brick

c) 1400,j) Welsh Nat,N) FMP c) 1400,g) BTRDA b) Silver,d) Historic

Tom Hutchings Jamie Forrest Dean Kellett Martin Griffiths Raymond davies Nathan Crewe Sasha Heriot Siobhan Pugh

N) FMP j) Welsh Nat,l) ANWCC F

j) Welsh Nat

a) Gold,e) Production,l) ANWCC F

Rhys Jones b) Silver Mike Crawford Simon John Rogersb) Silver Sion Cuniff Martin Haggett Martin Saunders

b) Silver,l) ANWCC F,N) FMP

c) 1400 c) 1400,j) Welsh Nat,N) FMP Anthony Litchfield c) 1400 Iwan Griffith

Dom Adams Richard Jones

Broughton and Ian Jones a) Gold,b) Silver,j) Welsh Bretton Nat,l) ANWCC F OXFORD/ BTRDA Stefan Arndt c) 1400,f) First BRDA Calvin Houldsworthd) First

Subaru Subaru Subaru Ford Escort

Impreza Impreza Impreza Mk11

1998 2000 1994 2

RF1.0 B13 NatC6 B11

Vauxhall

Nova

1398

1400C

Toyota Ford Porcsche BMW

Yaris Escort Boxster Compact

1400 1998 0 2800

1400S H2 B12 B12

Bmw MG Subaru

328i Metro 6R4 Impreza

2779 2996 1998

B12 B13 RF1.0

Nissan

Sunny

1999

B11

Ford Subaru Ford

Escort Mk II Impreza Fiesta R2

1997 2 1598

H2 RF1.0 B10

Mitsubishi BMW

Evo 7 325i

1995 2494

B13 B12

Ford

Escort MK I

1998

H3

Nissan Nissan

Micra Micra

1348 1298

1400C 1400C

MG Peugeot

ZR 106 gti

0 1598

1400C B10

Ford

Escort MK2

1998

B11

Nissan Volkswagen

Micra Polo

1348 1598

RF1.4 RF1.6

Craven Quinton / HRCR ERO/ANWCC BTRDA

Nick Chapman Mark Dillon David Auden TBA

N) FMP k)HRCR Hist j) Welsh Nat,l) ANWCC F

Vauxhall Ford MG Ford

Corsa Escort Mk2 ZR Fiesta ST

1389 1998 1400 1999

NatC1 B11 1400S N3

RAC BTRDA TBC BTRDA Matlock, BTRDA

Tim Sayer Mark Crisp Glyn Thomas Peter Williams Tim Tordoff

3) Juniors

Ford Ford MG Vauxhall MG

Fiesta R2 Fiesta ZR Corsa ZR

1600 1998 1796 1400 1396

BRCJ N3 NatC3 1400S RF1.4

Peugeot MG MG

205 XS ZR ZR

1360 1389 1400

RF1.4 RF1.0 RF1.4

Peugeot Land Rover

106 Rallye Freelander

1360 2500

1400C B13

BTRDA Eliot Retallick Oxford / Btrda Michael Evett Minehead Motorclub Alex Stanbury W-S-M Motor Club Andy Hollingham Forest of Dean Chris Hands

4) Cup c) 1400 f) First,g) MGZR f) First

Driver Seeding Driver 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162

Champs

Steve Deeley Anthony Northover f) First Hugh Evans c) 1400,g) BTRDA,j) Jake Mckenna Welsh Nat George Morrison c) 1400,g) BTRDA,g) MGZR N) FMP Clare Rix Richard Gemmell f) First,g) MGZR Saleh Hijazi Chris Hetherington f) First David Ginn f) First Tom Williams j) Welsh Nat Rhydian Price

163 Adrian Walk 164 Roger Nevitt 165 Sheldon Furby 166 Ross Clements 167 David Perkins 168 Glynne Jones 169 Nigel Fox 170 Phil Spilsted

f) First j) Welsh Nat f) First,g) MGZR f) First,l) ANWCC F,N) FMP b) Silver

Club Quinton BTRDA Dovey Valley MC Streetly Motor Club BTRDA BTRDA/ Maesteg Streetly Motor Club Quinton Motor club Owem Mc BTRDA BTRDA Dovey Valley MC

Co-Driver Alan Proudman Gill Northover Kevin Ellis Cal Mcelhinney Jon Quintrell

Champs f) First c) 1400,g) BTRDA,j) Welsh Nat c) 1400,g) BTRDA,g) MGZR N) FMP

Rob Cook Laurie Walker Karim Hijazi Kevin Robinson Ryan Sheep Jones f) First Emma Morrison Peredur Wyn Davies Quinton f) First Matthew Walk Rugby TBA Chelmsford Motor Carrie Rogers f) First,g) MGZR Club, Btrda Redditch and DistrictCharlie Mason Clwyd Vale, Btrda, Simon Jones Maesteg ERO Daniel May Redditch & District Christopher Lear Car Club Broughton & Bretton Osian owen

Make

CC

Class

205 1.6 Gti Polo TR8 206

Model

1580 1390 3500 1398

B10 RF1.4 H3 1400C

ZR

1400

1400C

Ka ZR ZR 205 Gti Micra Fiesta R1 Micra

1400 1400 1798 1900 998 1598 1300

1400S RF1.4 B11 B11 RF1.0 RF1.6 1400C

Ford Nissan MG

KA Micra ZR

1299 1400 1396

RF1.4 1400C RF1.4

MG Nissan

ZR Micra

1 1275

1400C RF1.4

Ford Fiesta R200 Nissan Micra 'Kit Car'

1600 1348

B10 1400C

Nissan

998

RF1.0

Peugeot Volkswagen Triumph Peugeot MG Ford MG MG Peugeot Nissan Ford Nissan

Micra

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