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Danum Rally 2004
Lindholme Motor Sports Club
11th/12th September 2004
Clerk of the Course: Ian Beech
Route: 130 Miles
Maps: 112 & 113
Starters: 27
Winners: John Dimbleby/David Dimbleby (Ford Fiesta XR2)
Sixteen year old David Dimbleby navigated his father John to victory on Lindholme MSC’s Danum Rally.
The 130 mile event started in Scunthorpe and finished at Caenby Corner. It used demanding navigation including herringbones, out of order spot heights, out of order grid lines and totals of a number of spot heights.
The winners got off to the worst possible start as they lost three minutes with a wrong slot just 300 yards into the rally, however they fought their way back over the rest of the 130 mile route to take the win by just fifteen seconds.
They were fortunate to finish however, as late on they put the Fiesta into a ditch and were only got out thanks to Danny Robinson/Ian Gibbins who stopped and pull them out.
Almost every crew reported time loss due to errors solving the plot ‘n bash navigation. Malcolm Holdsworth/Richard Holdsworth and Andy Beumont/Mike Petch both took turns at leading, but wrong slots dropped them to third and fourth respectively at the Finish.
Eventual runners up Mick Monaghan/Iain Tullie lost time early on and could not quite make back enough to snatch the win at the last moment.
James Everard/David Jobling won the Semi-Expert class despite managing to take a tyre off the rim on one junction.
Matt Blood/Graeme Porter were one of the few retirements; their Peugeot 205 Rallye succumbing to a misfire in the second half.
OVERALL RESULTS
| Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
| 1 | John Dimbleby | David Dimbleby | Ford Fiesta XR2 | 9m 41s | |
| 2 | Mick Monaghan | Iain Tullie | Peugeot 106 Rallye | 9m 56s | |
| 3 | Malcolm Holdsworth | Richard Holdsworth | Toyota Corolla | 12m 49s | |
| 4 | Andy Beaumont | Mike Petch | Proton Satria | 16m 35s | |
| 5 | Stan Featherstone | Mike Ogram | Peugeot 205 GTi | 16m 52s | |
| 6 | Nik Kershaw | Paul Nelson | Peugeot 205 GTi | 26m 24s | |
| 7 | Jon Ross | Paul Taylor | Subaru Impreza | 30m 36s | |
| 8 | Richard Chown | Mark Wagstaff | Peugeot 205 GTi | 30m 48s | |
| 9 | Dave Chapman | David Taylor | Peugeot 205 GTi | 36m 53s | |
| 10 | Dan Robinson | Ian Gibbins | Proton Coupe | 37m 33s | |
| 11 | Steve Webster | Roger Hage | Subaru Impreza | 39m 29s | |
| 12 | Andy Stinchcombe | Malcolm Young | Ford Sapphire | 56m 38s | |
| 13 | Bruce Dunsmore | Craig Hardman | Vauxhall Nova | 65m 06s | |
| 14 | Nichola Hillier | Dave Broadley | Rover Metro | 68m 18s | |
| 15 | John Taylor | Bill Grainger | Riley 1.5 | 83m 41s | |
| 16 | Frank Evans | Dan Spittlehouse | Toyota Corolla | 1F 41m 47s | |
| 17 | Simon Tate | Richard Wilson | Opel Manta | 1F 43m 25s | |
| 18 | James Everard | David Jobling | Peugeot 106 GTi | 2F 56m 32s | |
| 19 | Russ Jones | Paul Rhodes | BL Mini | 2F 66m 46s | |
| 20 | Mick Smith | Rhiannon Blythe | Ford Escort | 2F 67m 13s |