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Pacemaker Road Rally 2004

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Knighton Motor Club

11th/12th December 2004

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Gary Jones/Steve Herbert (Toyota Corolla) dominated Knighton MC's Pacemaker Rally. The pair finished with a winning margin of more than three minutes, having dropped only a minute themselves over the 140 mile route.

Starting and finishing in Knighton, the route headed as far west as Rhayader, before getting back to its base by a more southerly path.

Jones/Herbert were clean until ITC3, which was preceded by a run along the Cefn-suran White; they were 10 seconds late at that control, the best peformance of any crew and this established a lead that they weren't to lose.

The pursuit of the flying Corolla was led by Andrew Sheppard/Justin Brooks (Ford Escort) and Mark 'GT' Roberts/Denny Harris (VW Golf GTi). By the petrol halt, which was taken early at Llanbadarn Fynydd, Sheppard/Brooks were still only 17 seconds off first place. Unfortunately they were to retire just after the restart.

At Petrol, Roberts/Harris were already almost a minute behind Jones/Herbert. They fell down the order and out of contention when they received a Wrong Approach at a triangle control at the entrance to Cwmysgawen Forest. They completed the event and were finally classified in 12th place.

There had been a number of significant retirements prior to the fuel halt. Glyn Price/Iwan Jones (Ford Escort) had suffered a broken diff, while a broken shaft had stopped the similar car of John 'Mark 1' Thomas/Gwawr Hughes after just 20 miles. Mal-de-nav was the cause of Ian 'Dude' Roberts/Brynmor Pierce (VW Golf) pulling out.

Guy Woodcock/Phil Harrison had a more dramatic exit; hitting a gatepost in their VW Golf VR6. Andy Oakes/Chris Oakes rolled their Corolla out of the event.

The value of a skilled navigator was demonstrated by the fact that Car 40 was now in the running for the runner up spot. Jason Jones had been without a map reader at the start and Graham Dance, who had been planning to marshal, was drafted in to partner Jones. At Petrol, they led Trevor Pritchard/Paul Middleton (MG Maestro), in what would become the battle for second place, by 19 seconds.

Roger Hicks/Mark Hamilton (Ford Escort) had been just in front of this fight at the fuel halt, but they then picked up a fail after missing a TC on the Sychnant White, in Square 9577, shortly after the restart.

Jones/Herbert continued their pace through the second half, which included, as a finale, a run through Radnor Forest. The pair dropped time at only two controls, and at one of these they were only a second off their time. They finished with a total penalty of exactly one minute.

In the battle for second place Pritchard/Middleton overtook Jones/Dance at the first timing point after Petrol and the Maestro pair maintained their position to finish 38 seconds ahead of the Escort crew at the end.

On times, David Jones/Glyn Price (Peugeot 205) were only the seventh fastest Semi-Expert crew at the Finish, however they were the only ones to complete the route correctly, without incurring any fails, so justifiably took the class win. In fact, only eleven crews completed the demanding event without picking up a fail.

Nic Morris/Roger Chilman (Vauxhall Nova) had a healthy lead of eight minutes in the Novice category before they retired, the class award was then taken by Simon Naughton/Gareth Thomas (Ford Escort), who finished in 19th place overall.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Gary Jones	Steve Herbert	Toyota Corolla	1m 00s
	2	Trevor Pritchard	Paul Middleton	MG Maestro	4m 32s
	3	Jason Jones	Graham Dance	Ford Escort	5m 10s
	4	Kevin Jones	Elgan Davies	Vauxhall Astra	6m 27s
	5	Paul Edwards	Michael Hughes	Vauxhall Astra	6m 31s
	6	Ian Orford	Peter Barnard	Proton Compact	8m 02s
	7	Kevin Morgan	Dilwyn John	Toyota Corolla	14m 33s
	8	Gareth Evans	Andy Moss	Vauxhall Astra	17m 02s
	9	Graham Davies	Eric Tong	Talbot Sunbeam	17m 37s
	10	Nick Dixon	Nigel Roberts	Peugeot 205	17m 50s
	11	David Jones	Glyn Price	Peugeot 205	28m 26s
	12	Mark 'GT' Roberts	Denny Harris	VW Golf	1F 5m 19s
	13	Neil Roberts	Dale Furniss	Peugeot 205	1F 13m 53s
	14	Peter Roberts	Wyn Roberts	Peugeot 205	1F 14m 40s
	15	Daniel Williams	John Tomley	Vauxhall Nova	1F 16m 08s
	16	Keith Groom	Carl Darby	Peugeot 205	1F 17m 40s
	17	Kevin Price	Jane Price	Vauxhall Astra	1F 18m 05s
	18	Malcolm Thone	James Morgan	Ford Escort	1F 19m 54s
	19	Simon Naughton	Gareth Thomas	Ford Escort	1F 26m 47s
	20	Gareth Edwards	Andrew Edwards	Vauxhall Chevette	1F 32m 53s
	21	Cliff Jones	Jason Reynolds	Vauxhall Nova	1F 33m 41s
	22	Anthony Williams	Andrew Holloway	Ford Escort	1F 42m 32s
	23	Roger Hicks	Mark Hamilton	Ford Escort	2F 14m 32s
	24	Roger Powley	Leigh Powley	Hillman Imp	2F 14m 57s
	25	Dave Bennett	Richard Jerman	Ford Escort	2F 27m 02s
	26	Huw Mathias	David Derrick	Vauxhall Astra	2F 33m 51s
	27	Nick Hart	Sally Eynon	Peugeot 309	2F 34m 46s
	28	Eifion Davies	Richard Jackson	Peugeot 205	3F 15m 29s
	29	Kevin Brown	Martin Dudley	Mini	3F 36m 10s
	30	Matt Pierce	Carl Jones	Peugeot 205	4F 32m 21s
	31	Michael Jones	Kevin Tweedy	Peugeot 205	8F 40m 34s
	32	David Watkin	Tim James	Peugeot 205	8F 47m 39s
	33	Keith Morgan	Michael Hamer	Citroen AX	19F 84m 59s
	34	John Jones	Stephen Davies	Renault 11	29F 17m 06s

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