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Breidden Road Rally 2004
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Welsh Border Car Club
9th/10th October 2004
Clerk of the Course: Neil Spiers
Route: 150 Miles
Maps: 125 & 126
Starters: 75
Winners: Phil Turner/Owen Dodd (Suzuki Swift)
After a close battle early in the event, Phil Turner/Owen Dodd emerged as clear winners of Welsh Border CC’s Breidden Road Rally. This was the first time the Welshpool based event had run in ten years and the 75 crews tackled a 150 mile route.
Winners: Phil Turner/Owen Dodd (Suzuki Swift)
Turner/Owen were fastest over the first section but Ian 'Dude' Roberts/Brynmor Pierce were only three seconds behind. The Golf crew took two seconds back on the next test, to put them one second off the lead, and then were 17 seconds quicker than the Suzuki pairing on the third to move to the front of the field. However Roberts/Pierce went out shortly afterwards with a broken gearbox on their Golf.
The leaders at Petrol were John Davies/Neil Bevan, they were six seconds ahead of Turner/Dodd, but a time consuming two minute wrong slot by them, and a charge by Turner, took the little Suzuki Swift to the winners podium. At the end they were a minute ahead of Mark 'GT' Roberts/Dnny Harris (VW Golf GTi). Davies/Bevan fell to eighth place at the Finish.
Third place at Petrol, 20 seconds off the lead, was held by Andy Sheppard/Justin Brooks, but they lost six minutes with a wrong slot in the second half and fell to ninth in the final classification. Gareth 'Shonkey' Jones/Andy Oakes also lost time with a wrong slot and then went further behind when they picked up a puncture.
Dennis Quinn/Paul Holmberg (Ford Escort) finished in third, giving the driver maximum Welsh Championship points.
Glyn Price/Huw Jones, would have been third, but picked up a fail for booking in early at MC 0, the route hand out control. Top seeds 'Mad' Mick Jones/Ian Oakey (Ford Escort) had a power surge from the alternator which blew all the fuses in their car.
Gerwyn Jones/Ceri Davies and Elgan Jones/Byron Jones picked up fails at the first Passage Control of the night. The control diagram had been altered at the last moment and an amendment was issued. Both crews signed the amendment, but failed to pick up the new diagram. They then got a wrong approach at the control.
A number of crews had a short rally, crashing on the opening section. Huw Myfyr/Gwawr Hughes (VW Golf) and Jason Hardy/Alan Jôs (VW Golf) both put their cars through the same gate, while Michael Pedley/David Pedley rolled their Escort into retirement.
It turned out to be a treacherous night; Tony Gush/Gareth Price, Mick Monaghan/Iain Tullie and Roger Hicks/Nick Darkin all ended their event after contact with the scenery. Meanwhile Derwyn Evans/Phil Clarke retired their Nova with a failed fuel pump.
Semi-Experts Neil Roberts/Dale Furniss and Novices Peter Roberts/Wyn Roberts both won their classes comfortably.
OVERALL RESULTS
| Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
| 1 | Phil Turner | Owen Dodd | Suzuki Swift | 6m 48s | |
| 2 | Mark 'GT' Roberts | Denny Harris | VW Golf | 8m 19s | |
| 3 | Dennis Quinn | Paul Holmberg | Ford Escort | 9m 06s | |
| 4 | Owen Turner | Graham Raeburn | Rover Metro | 9m 42s | |
| 5 | Gareth Jones | Iwan Jones | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 9m 47s | |
| 6 | Steve Wood | Aled Richards | Vauxhall Astra | 10m 02s | |
| 7 | Brynli Thomas | Roger Evans | Subaru Impreza | 10m 26s | |
| 8 | John Davies | Neil Bevan | Vauxhall Astra | 10m 43s | |
| 9 | Andrew Sheppard | Justin Brooks | Ford Escort | 14m 00s | |
| 10 | Delwyn Price | Steve Price | Ford Escort | 15m 20s | |
| 11 | Marc James | Anthony Davies | Subaru Impreza | 15m 28s | |
| 12 | Dai John | Paul Bevan | Toyota Corolla | 16m 32s | |
| 13 | Gary Jones | Andy Oakes | Toyota Corolla | 16m 44s | |
| 14 | Neil Roberts | Dale Furniss | Peugeot 205 GTi | 19m 44s | |
| 15 | Timothy Evans | Alun Probert | Nissan Micra | 19m 44s | |
| 16 | Steven John Williams | Michael Evans | Peugeot 205 GTi | 19m 52s | |
| 17 | Peter Roberts | Wyn Roberts | Peugeot 205 | 20m 33s | |
| 18 | Mike East | Dylan Jenkins | Peugeot 106 | 21m 00s | |
| 19 | John Jones | Steve Davies | Renault 11 Turbo | 22m 57s | |
| 20 | Daniel Williams | John Tomley | Vauxhall Nova | 23m 18s | |
| 21 | Ian Orford | Peter Barnard | Proton Compact | 25m 55s | |
| 22 | Paul Jenkins | Brian Thomas | Ford Escort | 26m 40s | |
| 23 | Dawn Watkin | Rob Edwards | Vauxhall Nova | 28m 49s | |
| 24 | Frank Burton | Simon Greenway | Ford Escort | 30m 07s | |
| 25 | Kev Luxmore | Nick Dixon | Peugeot 205 XS | 31m 50s | |
| 26 | Wyn Williams | Gwyn Jones | Peugeot 205 | 32m 50s | |
| 27 | Neil Nicholas | Mark Hill | MG Maestro EFi | 35m 59s | |
| 28 | Glyn Price | Huw Jones | Ford Escort | 1F 8m 30s | |
| 29 | Kevin 'KJ' Jones | Dilwyn John | Ford Sierra | 1F 14m 12s | |
| 30 | Roger Powley | John Smith | Hillman Imp | 1F 37m 24s | |
| 31 | Dan Knight | Richard Green | Peugeot 309 GTi | 1F 57m 38s | |
| 32 | Gerwyn Jones | Ceri Davies | Ford Escort | 2F 13m 01s | |
| 33 | Elgan Jones | Byron Jones | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 2F 13m 01s | |
| 34 | Kevin Price | Jane Price | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 2F 30m 46s | |
| 35 | Dan Sharpe | Allen Hart | Renault Clio | 2F 34m 50s | |
| 36 | Rob Chell | Ivor James | VW Golf | 3F 40m 20s | |
| 37 | Simon Harrison | Raymond Davies | Ford Escort | 5F 25m 50s | |
| 38 | Steve Guest | Rob Guest | VW Golf | 5F 30m 09s | |
| 39 | Tony Watkin | Medwyn Evans | Vauxhall Nova | 8F 76m 33s | |
| 40 | Gareth Jones | Guy Skews | Ford Escort | 10F 69m 36s | |
| 41 | David Howells | James Morgan | Peugeot 309 GTi | 12F 58m 00s | |
| 42 | Mark Summer | Paul Willets | Ford Escort | 13F 48m 10s | |
| 43 | Chris Bolver | Richard Jerman | Ford Anglia | 14F 37m 16s |