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Clerk of the Course: Denis Cardell & Ken Owen
Route: 200 Miles
Maps: 146 147 160 & 161
Starters: 52
Winners: Toby Adam/Pat Gadsby (Ford Escort)
Toby Adam/Pat Gadsby took a popular victory over the Epynt Ranges on the Gremlin Rally. After a bad start to the season, the result put them back into contention for the Welsh Road Rally Championship.
The Brecon MC organised event utilised a 200 mile route, this included three runs over Eppynt. Over 70 crews tackled the rally, with the entry being a mixture of modern, historic and post-historic cars.
Adam/Gadsby won the rally by cleaning all the sections on the Military Ranges but, despite this performance, they still only twenty seconds clear at the Finish.
Lowly seeded Graham Davies/Ceri Davies (Talbot Sunbeam) made a good start to the event by picking up least penalties on the opening 50 mile Jogularity section and maintained this performance to secure the runner up spot. They led home a strong contingent from Epynt MC. Their club mates, Gerwyn Jones/Brian Jones (Ford Escort) were fourth and took the Semi-Expert Class, they were over twenty minutes clear of their nearest class rivals. Philip Evans/Alun Probert (Ford Fiesta) finished seventh to complete the Epynt MC success.
Jerry Jones/Ian Cooke (Mini Clubman) continued their good run of results by taking third; the second year in a row that Cooke had finished in that position. London Counties Champions, Mike Biss/Cath Woodman (Vauxhall Nova) made a rare foray into Wales and came away with fifth place.
Alun Evans/Carl Williamson finished sixth in their first outing in a Toyota Corolla and took the Standard Production Award in the process. Dennis Quinn/Andrew Thomson (Ford Escort) could only finish seventh after getting stuck in a ford, however this result was enough to allow them to maintain their lead of the Welsh Championship.
Gareth 'Gog' Jones/Owen Dodd (Ford Escort XR3i) were similarly delayed when they became stuck after overshooting a corner - they struggled home in ninth. Gary Jones/Dave Pitchford (Toyota Corolla) had a frustrating rally, picking up two punctures on competitive sections. They eventually finished fifteenth and dropped to fourth in the Welsh Championship table as a result.
For the third time in as many events the Under 1300 Award was won by Steve Rodgers/Paul Jones.
There was a high retirement rate amongst the Historic and Post Historic categories. There were two finishers in the Historic section; the winners were Geoff Breakell/Nigel Raeburnm (Alfa Romeo Giulia). They finished with total penalties 20m 2s, which would have put them in twelfth in a combined classification. Steve Powell/Lee Vincent (Austin Healey Sprite) finished on 23m 19s.
Lyn Elliott/Andy Lewis (MGB GT) were the only finishers in the Post Historic category; their total penalties were 907m 00s.
OVERALL RESULTS
Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
1 | Toby Adam | Pat Gadsby | Ford Escort | 6m 44s | |
2 | Graham Davies | Ceri Davies | Talbot Sunbeam Ti | 7m 05s | |
3 | Jerry Jones | Ian Cooke | Mini Clubman | 7m 18s | |
4 | Gerwyn Jones | Brian Jones | Ford Escort | 8m 49s | |
5 | Mike Biss | Cath Woodman | Vauxhall Nova GTE | 9m 08s | |
6 | Alun Evans | Carl Williamson | Toyota Corolla | 9m 10s | |
7 | Philip Evans | Alun Probert | Ford Fiesta XR2 | 9m 24s | |
8 | Dennis Quinn | Andrew Thomson | Ford Escort | 11m 26s | |
9 | Graham Evans | Ian Mills | Toyota Corolla | 11m 57s | |
10 | Gareth 'Gog' Jones | Owen Dodd | Ford Escort XR3i | 44m 28s | |
11 | Steve Rogers | Paul Jones | Mini Cooper S | 17m 13s | |
12 | Paul Webb | Justin Brooks | Vauxhall Astra | 23m 27s | |
13 | Nicholas Yates | Simon Yates | Ford Escort | 24m 16s | |
14 | Mike Morgan | Dave Williams | Ford Escort | 24m 32s | |
15 | Gary Jones | Dave Pitchford | Toyota Corolla | 26m 44s | |
16 | Andrew Lewis | Dave Howells | Ford Escort | 33m 53s | |
17 | Mark Harris | Neil Bevan | Ford Escort | 40m 15s | |
18 | Nick Broadway | Andy Oakes | Ford Sierra | 60m 01s | |
19 | Mark Thomas | Rob Richardson | Vauxhall Nova | 65m 49s | |
20 | Alan Lewis | Huw Davies | Nissan Micra | 88m 46s | |
21 | Christian Prynne | Doody Farmer | Peugeot 205 GTi | 91m 37s | |
22 | Rob Jeffries | Kev Taylor | Subaru RX Turbo | 118m 45s | |
23 | Mike Kimber | Mark Robinson | Toyota Corolla | 132m 09s | |
24 | Andrew Thomas | Elgan Davies | Peugeot 205 | 150m 11s | |
25 | Robert Jacobs | Rehan Ali | Chrysler Sunbeam | 172m 59s | |
26 | Grant Parker | Glyn Williams | Toyota Corolla | 239m 53s | |
27 | Anton Ducroq-Slip | Chris Rooney | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 260m 58s | |
28 | Marc Jonah | Justin Halfpenny | Peugeot 205 | 428m 25s | |
29 | Zed Green | Criss Lewis | Ford Escort | 430m 23s | |
30 | Islwyn Watkins | Clifford Jones | Vauxhall Astra SRi | 556m 42s | |
31 | James Chappelle | James Tennent | Mini 1000 | 630m 38s | |
32 | Paul Sanders | Alan West | Vauxhall Nova | 650m 50s | |
33 | Steve Reed | Nigel Gardener | Ford Escort | 745m 25s | |
34 | Brian Thomas | Huw Mathias | Ford Capri | 764m 20s |