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Rali Cilwendeg 2004

Sponsored by West Wales Rally Spares

Teifi Valley Motor Club

6th/7th November 2004

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For 2004 the Cilwendeg returned to its traditional one night format and an early November date. It attracted a full entry of 75 starters, which were led away the 2003 winning driver, Daniel Jones, who had Dorain Evans on the maps.

The opening section started near Penrhiw-pal and finished at Beulah. In between competitors had to tackle numerous farm tracks and a maze of lanes. There were four Intermediate Time Controls, situated virtually every two miles. This format continued for the rest of the night.

The only crew to clean the section to ITC1 was Gareth 'Gog' Jones/Carl Williamson (Subaru Legacy). Howard Price/Steve Herbert (Ford Escort) were closest to them on eight seconds.

Jones/Williamson dropped their first time at ITC2, but were the quickest to the control. They completed the remainder of the regularity without any more penalties. Therefore by RF1 they were 15 seconds ahead of Price/Herbert and John Davies/Neil Bevan (Vauxhall Astra), who were tied on 1m 00s. In fourth, three seconds further back were Tony Davies/Dyfan Davies (Subaru Impreza).

Already out of the fight was the Renault Clio of Delfryn Owens/Jeff James; they ended their event in a hedge. Kevin 'KJ' Jones/Dilwyn John also put their Ford Sierra into the scenery and were out as well. Also in trouble were the top seeds; Jones' Escort wasn't running cleanly and this led to their retirement before the petrol halt.

Regularity Two started near Bryngwyn and ran via Ponthirwaun to Llandygwydd; there were three ITCs. Davies/Davies were quickest through it, dropping 2m 30s. They now held the lead, 36 seconds ahead of Davies/Bevan, while Jones/Williamson fell to fifth, 1m 18s off the lead.

Two sections looping over and around the Preseli Mountains were cleaned by all of the leading runners. This meant that positions remained the same when they arrived at the Glandy Cross petrol halt.

By this point Gareth 'Shonkey' Jones/Andy Oakes had retired with a failed diff on their Corolla and a broken drive shaft had put an end to the rally for Marc Jones/Jon Stobbs (Ford Sierra). A severe misfire led to the retirement of Alyson Acreman/Matthew Maidment (Honda Civic).

Despite complaining of a broken tramp bar, John ‘Mark One’ Thomas/Eurig Evans (Ford Escort Van) were holding third place.

For the leading runners there were five 'droppers' in the second half, which finished at Rhos. Remarkably the top five positions didn't change between Petrol and the Finish, although there were some swapping and re-swapping of places and the gaps between the competitors grew.

Davies/Davies made the most of their car's four wheel drive and extended their advantage to over a minute and a half by the end, to give the Subaru Impreza its first road rally victory in West Wales.

Thomas/Evans passed Davies/Bevan for second place at the first dropper of the second half and held the position until the final control, when the Astra crew got back ahead to secure the runner up spot.

Jones/Williamson also got past Price/Herbert soon after Petrol and only lost fourth place after the Subaru pair were heavily peanlised for early arrival at a control where they skidded past the control board.

A night long misfire hampered the progress of Hefin George/Daniel Thomas (Nissan Sunny) and they then lost all the brakes on the final section, however they still finished in sixth place. Kevin Morgan/Neil Spiers (Subaru Legacy) took seventh place at the end, despite having lost time after drowning out in a ford.

A broken sumpguard caused the withdrawal of Alan Gaunt/Garry Robbins (Peugeot 306), while a holed sump stopped the Peugeot 309 of Geraint James/Seffan Evans. Toby Adam/Byron Jones (Ford Escort) had a half shaft break and a broken Astra engine was the cause of Martyn O'Connor/Peter Collins' demise.

Ceri Jones/Jenny Evans (Peugeot 205) won the Semi-Expert class, finishing five minutes ahead of any challengers. Aled Jones/Llyr Williams (Vauxhall Astra) won the novice category, being the only Class 3 crew to finish fail free, their nearest rivals picked up five fails.

It had been a tough event, only 32 of the 75 starters made the finish.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Tony Davies	Dyfan Davies	Subaru Impreza	6m 35s
	2	John Davies	Neil Bevan	Vauxhall Astra	8m 06s
	3	John ‘Mark One’ Thomas	Eurig Evans	Ford Escort Van	8m 39s
	4	Howard Price	Steve Herbert	Ford Escort	9m 53s
	5	Gareth 'Gog' Jones	Carl Williamson	Subaru Legacy	10m 11s
	6	Hefin George	Daniel Thomas	Nissan Sunny	12m 37s
	7	Kevin ‘Steaky’ Morgan	Neil Spiers	Subaru Legacy	13m 27s
	8	Arwyn Thomas	Andy Bowen	Ford Escort	13m 53s
	9	Gareth ‘Factory’ Evans	Dylan Evans	Ford Escort	13m 55s
	10	Aled Rees	Heulyn Phillips	Ford Escort	15m 02s
	11	Eurig Davies	Anthony Davies	Vauxhall Nova	18m 22s
	12	Adrian Jones	Richard Briddon	Subaru Impreza	22m 58s
	13	Darren Williams	Dylan Jones	Vauxhall Astra	23m 36s
	14	Ceri Jones	Jenny Evans	Peugeot 205	26m 36s
	15	Aled Johnson	Gethin Sollis	Rover 216	31m 47s
	16	Richard James	Chris Wheeler	Vauxhall Astra	32m 22s
	17	Dorian Davies	Beth Evans	Ford Sierra	34m 15s
	18	Geoff Williams	Rhydian George	Vauxhall Nova	35m 08s
	19	Paul Davies	Arwel Thomas	Vauxhall Astra	35m 56s
	20	Aled Jones	Llyr Williams	Vauxhall Astra	42m 14s
	21	Richard Davies	Darren Rogers	Vauxhall Astra	2F 63m 30s
	22	Simon Devonald	Owain Thomas	Vauxhall Nova	2F 69m 21s
	23	Rob Chell	Ifor James	Peugeot 205	4F 30m 14s
	24	Euros Davies	Caryl Davies	Vauxhall Astra	5F 55m 36s
	25	Geraint Davies	Dylan Davies	VW Golf	6F 71m 56s
	26	Gareth Harries	Aled Evans	Peugeot 309 GTi	9F 22m 30s
	27	Mark Phillips	Dafydd Gibby	Vauxhall Astra	15F 75m 46s
	28	Mark Jameson	Gareth Roberts	Ford Escort	16F 127m 00s
	29	Huw Howells	Owen Jones	Peugeot 205	17F 76m 07s
	30	Nigel Nelson	Chris Webber	Vauxhall Astra	32F 18m 26s
	31	Barry John Davies	Eurig Lewis	Peugeot 205	35F 119m 36s
	32	Elrik Davies	Andrew Davis	Vauxhall Nova	39F 22m 42s

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