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Clerk of the Course: Neal Summerfield, Anthony Davies & Alun Davies
Route: 135 Miles
Maps: 145 & 146
Starters: 75
Winners: Paul Evans/Patrick Walsh (Ford Escort)
For the second year running, Paul Evans/Patrick Walsh won the Valley Services Road Rally in their hired Ford Escort.
The Llandysul Motor Club event, started and finished in the club's home town. It had a 135 mile route, which had a pre-plot format and consisted of eight regularity sections. Despite not being in any of the major regional championships, the rally attracted a capacity 75 car entry.
It proved to be a tough test; an intricate route meant that only five crews completed the route without incurring a fail.
John 'Mark 1' Thomas/Eurig Evans (Ford Escort) were the initial leaders, they, along with John Davies/Neil Bevan (Vauxhall Nova) cleaned the section to ITC3, where Evans/Walsh had dropped 20 seconds. However Thomas/Evans then missed the code board at RC9 and incurred a fail.
Mei Jones/Steve Herbert (Peugeot 205) had also picked up a fail when they missed RC7. They picked up another in the second half when they failed to find an entrance to a farmyard and collected a wrong approach at PC32. Ceri Richard/Aled Jones (Ford Escort) had a below par night, picking up a penalty of 2m 04s for an early arrival at ITC1 and then a fail at RC17.
Evans/Walsh cleaned the section leading to the time control at the end of the second section and took the lead as Davies/Bevan picked up a 30 second penalty here. These were the positions when the crews reached Petrol. Arwyn Thomas/Dyfan Davies (Ford Escort) withdrew at this point with the navigator unwell.
Martyn O'Connor/Peter Collins (Vauxhall Astra) had only got as far as PC1 before suffering a broken drive shaft and retired. Meanwhile Huw Myfyr/Carwyn Evans were excluded for a give way infringement.
All the leading runners dropped time at ITC9. Both Evans/Walsh and Davies/Bevan were 22 seconds late here, so the lead remained at ten seconds. The matter was decided at RF6 where Evans/Walsh dropped 1m 16s, but Davies/Bevan were 2m 29s late. This meant that at the Finish the winners had a victory margin of 1m 23s.
Richard Briddon/Edryd Evans (Toyota Starlet) were third overall, but almost ten minutes behind first place. Alun Probert/Martin Jones (Ford Sierra XR4i) were fourth and won the Semi-Expert Class. David Wilmer/Mark Powell (Ford Escort), another Class 2 crew, were fifth and the last competitors free of fails.
Phillip Evans/Darren Williams (Ford Escort) were the clear winners in the Novice Class, finishing in 20th place overall.
OVERALL RESULTS
Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
1 | Paul Evans | Patrick Walsh | Ford Escort | 1m 58s | |
2 | John Davies | Neil Bevan | Vauxhall Nova | 3m 21s | |
3 | Richard Briddon | Edryd Evans | Toyota Starlet | 11m 40s | |
4 | Alun Probert | Martin Jones | Ford Sierra XR4i | 13m 48s | |
5 | David Wilmer | Mark Powell | Ford Escort | 21m 40s | |
6 | John Mk1 Thomas | Eurig Evans | Ford Escort | 1F 3m 14s | |
7 | Kevin Jones | Paul Bevan | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 1F 5m 40s | |
8 | Chris Bowen | Mark Robinson | Ford Escort RS | 1F 7m 17s | |
9 | Kevin Davies | Martin Richards | Ford Escort | 1F 9m 53s | |
10 | Ceri Richards | Aled Jones | Ford Escort | 1F 10m 57s | |
11 | Mark Daniel | Hywel Ifans | Peugeot 205 | 1F 11m 28s | |
12 | Ian Williams | Elgan Davies | Ford Escort | 1F 11m 41s | |
13 | Hefin Jones | Llinos Jones | Ford Escort RS | 1F 16m 03s | |
14 | Andy Oakes | Dave Pitchford | Toyota Corolla | 2F 10m 55s | |
15 | Gary Jenkins | Eric Tong | Peugeot 205 GTi | 2F 11m 58s | |
16 | Lee Heywood | Mark Hamilton | Peugeot 205 | 2F 12m 10s | |
17 | Eifion Thomas | Afan Thomas | Ford Sierra | 2F 17m 47s | |
18 | Roy Thomas | Michelle Thomas | Peugeot 205 | 2F 21m 11s | |
19 | Gareth Owens | Aled Richards | Ford Escort | 2F 22m 21s | |
20 | Phillips Evans | Darren Williams | Ford Escort | 2F 31m 02s | |
21 | Barry John | Seyyan John | Ford Escort | 2F 44m 11s | |
22 | Hefyn Thomas | Paul Morris | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 2F 52m 25s | |
23 | Mei Jones | Steve Herbert | Peugeot 205 | 3F 6m 24s | |
24 | Dai Hands | Ryan Hands | Honda CRX | 3F 17m 38s | |
25 | Fred Harris | Dai Roberts | Peugeot 205 | 3F 25m 19s | |
26 | Daniel Maclachlan | Ian Morgan | Ford Escort | 4F 11m 00s | |
27 | Mark Jonah | Delyth Brown | Peugeot 205 | 4F 15m 23s | |
28 | Owen Llwyd Edwards | Darren Williams | Vauxhall Astra | 4F 17m 49s | |
29 | Robert Brown | Alex Gill | Peugeot 309 GTi | 4F 17m 54s | |
30 | Kevin Evans | Owain Thomas | Vauxhall Nova | 4F 30m 26s | |
31 | Dylan Evans | Carwyn Davies | Vauxhall Astra | 4F 36m 30s | |
32 | Geoff Williams | Stuart Oulton | Vauxhall Nova | 4F 37m 35s | |
33 | Andrew Jones | Glen Summers | Peugeot 205 | 4F 50m 33s | |
34 | Sion Jones | John Hands | Ford Escort | 5F 05m 44s | |
35 | Dafydd Lewis | Andrew Edwards | Ford Escort | 5F 14m 25s | |
36 | Gareth Williams | Owen Jones | Peugeot 205 GTi | 5F 18m 47s | |
37 | Mike Cartwright | Steve Warrington | Vauxhall Astra | 5F 20m 04s | |
38 | Gary Davies | Gavin Perry | Ford Escort XR3i | 5F 31m 09s | |
39 | Ieuan Reeves | Philip Evans | Ford Escort | 6F 14m 45s | |
40 | Darren Draper | Robert Jones | Peugeot 205 | 12F 43m 02s | |
41 | Kevin Jones | Dilwyn John | Ford Sierra 4x4 | 35F 09m 11s |