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Clerk of the Course: Paul Jones
Route: 135 Miles
Maps: 116
Starters: 70
Winners: Howard Price/Carl Williamson (Toyota Corolla)
A fast and consistent pace saw Howard Price/Carl Williamson take the win on the Rali Gogledd Cymru. The Rhyl & District MC event, a round of the North Western Road Rally Championship, used a compact 140 mile route in central North Wales.
Martin Lloyd/Steve Herbert led initially but fell back to take seventh place at the Finish. John Leckie/John Madoc-Jones then took their Subaru Impreza Estate to the front of the field, however a wrong slot soon after the petrol halt meant that they fell to fifth, although they did take the Standard Production Award.
Price/Williamson, competing in their immaculately prepared Corolla, never put a foot wrong all night and they finished over a minute clear of North Western Championship rivals Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie (Vauxhall Nova). Third to sixth places were covered by just six seconds, the places being taken by Malcolm Acott/Steve Griffiths, Kevin Parry/Gareth Price, Leckie/Madoc-Jones and Stuart Newby/Paul Holmberg.
There were two leading retirements. Michael Pedley/David Pedley withdrew at Petrol with engine maladies on their Escort, while Brian Harrison/Cliff Washbrook put their Escort off the road.
Kev Ikin/Rob Jones struggled with an ill handling Escort throughout the rally, but came home in ninth place. Neil Bye/Stephen Bye finished in 19th after being slowed by navigator illness.
The leading Semi-Experts were Medwyn Jones/Brian Stubbs in a Sunbeam and the Novice class was won by Gareth Clarke/Shaun Baker in a Peugeot 309.
Phil Matthews/Ian Murray made the long journey from Aberdeen to North Wales to compete on the Gogledd and made it to the Finish in their Peugeot 309.
The Wessex Motor Club pairing of Paul Swindells/Zip Zerihan also made a trek to the Gogledd, but were less fortunate; they retired their Peugeot 309 before Petrol.
OVERALL RESULTS
Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
1 | Howard Price | Carl Williamson | Toyota Corolla | 7m 43s | |
2 | Carl Hawkins | Iain Tullie | Vauxhall Nova | 9m 04s | |
3 | Mal Acott | Steve Griffiths | Toyota Corolla | 9m 22s | |
4 | Kev Parry | Gareth Price | Toyota Corolla | 9m 24s | |
5 | John Leckie | John Madoc-Jones | Subaru Impreza | 9m 27s | |
6 | Stuart Newby | Paul Holmberg | Subaru Impreza | 9m 28s | |
7 | Martin Lloyd | Steve Herbert | Ford Escort | 10m 40s | |
8 | Gary Jones | Dave Pitchford | Toyota Corolla | 10m 46s | |
9 | Kev Ikin | Rob Jones | Ford Escort | 13m 56s | |
10 | Brynli Thomas | Roger Evans | Ford Escort | 14m 51s | |
11 | Simon Cottrell | Marcus Watmough | Subaru Impreza | 17m 45s | |
12 | Medwyn Jones | Brian Stubbs | Talbot Sunbeam | 19m 41s | |
13 | Griff Evans | Michael Evans | Peugeot 205 GTi | 21m 30s | |
14 | Lenny Evans | Pete Dales | Rover 3500 V8 | 33m 13s | |
15 | Jim Paterson | Keith Davies | Subaru RX Turbo | 36m 03s | |
16 | Gareth Clarke | Shaun Baker | Peugeot 209 GTi | 37m 16s | |
17 | Andy Phillips | Alan Pemberton | Audi Quattro | 37m 31s | |
18 | Nigel Griffith | Gary matthews | Vauxhall Nova | 38m 50s | |
19 | Neil Bye | Stephen Bye | Peugeot 205 GTi | 41m 51s | |
20 | Shaun Hardy | Brynmor Pierce | Opel Manta GTE | 42m 18s | |
21 | Paul Edwards | Keith Gush | MG Maestro | 43m 46s | |
22 | Peter Gill | Dave Kelly | Peugeot 205 GTi | 44m 57s | |
23 | Alan Williams | Barry Jones | Vauxhall Nova | 44m 58s | |
24 | Andrew Matthews | Colin Jones | Ford Fiesta | 47m 24s | |
25 | Jonathan Bossen | Scot Layton | Subaru Impreza | 1F 10m 34s | |
26 | Nick Banks | Reg Gradden | Citroen ZX | 1F 41m 30s | |
27 | Stephen Wynn | Chris Wynn | Ford Escort | 1F 46m 16s | |
28 | Stephen Prince | Colin Cresswell | Mini | 1F 74m 18s | |
29 | Ian lloyd | Adrian Smart | Toyota Corolla | 2F 17m 39s | |
30 | Shaun Buckley | Ian Clapham | Ford Escort | 3F 44m 10s | |
31 | Paul Constantine | Wayne Allen | Peugeot 309 GTi | 3F 55m 38s | |
32 | Steve Price | Lee Wilson | Toyota Corolla | 4F 51m 05s | |
33 | Phil Matthews | Ian Murray | Peugeot 309 GTi | 4F 67m 04s | |
34 | Tony Watkin | Medwyn Evans | Vauxhall Nova | 9F 84m 51s |