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Rali Bro Caron 1996: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round One. Richard Lewis/Philip Pugh confirmed their status as pre-season favourites for the Welsh Championship by taking their Toyota Corolla to victory on Lampeter & District Motor Club's Rali Bro Caron. However it wasn't a clear cut victory as less than twenty seconds covered the top three places and other crews, who could have been in with a shout, fell foul of the event's only passage board.; Read more >>
Moonbeam Rally 1996: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Two. Richard Lewis/Philip Pugh made it two wins out of two when they took their Toyota Corolla to victory on the Telford Motor Auctions Moonbeam Rally. They succeeded despite losing twenty minutes when they got stuck on a white halfway through the event.; Read more >>
Red Dragon Rally 1996: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Three. A rally route using some of the classic lanes of North Pembrokeshire wasn't enough to split the Sunbeam of Alan Williams/Andy Bowen and the Toyota of Tony Davies/Ieaun Thomas on Port Talbot MC's Red Dragon Rally. Both crews were clean over the twelve sections of the 140 mile event.; Read more >>
Greenleaves Rally 1996: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Four. Dennis Quinn/Nick Darkin scored a comfortable victory on Sixty & Worcestershire MC's Greenleaves Road Rally. Their Ford Escort triumphed after a 126 mile route in the maze of lanes in the regions surrounding Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye and Brecon. This was their second win on the event in three years.; Read more >>
Night Owl Rally 1996: Graham Evans/Ian Mills took their Manta to a close fought victory on Aberyswyth MC's Packaging Plus Night Owl Rally. They emerged at the front after what had been a four way battle for the lead for most of the event. By the start of the penultimate selective the top four were covered by less than a minute. It was to prove a decisive section; it took in thirteen miles over Pendam.; Read more >>
Pacemaker Rally 1996: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Five. Dennis Quinn and Nick Darkin took a second consecutive Welsh Championship win on Knighton Motor Club's Presteigne Tyre Services Pacemaker Rally. However their margin of victory couldn't have been smaller; after a route that took in 110 miles of Welsh border lanes Wyn Jones/Phil Clark were only one second behind at the finish. These crews survived a night of torrential rain, and at times even snow, while other possible challengers exited the rally after off road excursions.; Read more >>
PK Memorial Rally 1996: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Six. The Dovey Valley MC crew of Richard Lewis/Philip Pugh regained their early season form when they repeated their 1995 victory on Bala MC's Polyproof PK Memorial Rally. As in the 2005 event the runners up were Ewen Davies/Owen Dodd. However, unlike twelve months previously, when both had cleaned the whole route and the result was decided on engine capacity, in 1996 both crews dropped time.; Read more >>
Eagle Road Rally 1996: Having won Newtown and District AC's 1994 Holrus Rally with Colin Bound, Shaun O'Gorman navigated Colin's brother Alun to victory on the same club's Eagle Rally. They stamped their authority on the event by cleaning the first half and maintained the advantage in the second to win by three minute from Cyril Crook/Chris Ware, thus depriving the Welsh Border crew of a hat trick of victories on the event.; Read more >>
Classic Lanes Road Rally 1996: After a two year break Welsh Border Car Club once again ran the club's only road rally of the season, the Cambrian Autoparts Classic Lanes. Of the 120 mile route, eight crews cleaned all but one section, the remaining five mile tie breaker was the only plot and bash segment of the night and saw the Renault 11 Turbo of John Jones/Chris Rowlands fastest.; Read more >>
Suzanne Crowley Memorial Rally 1996: Elgan Jones/Deian Rees took an impressive victory in their Astra on Barcud MC's Suzanne Crowley Memorial Rally; this was the second year in succession that Rees had taken first place after navigating Hefin Lewis to the winner's spot in 1995. The only real challenge came from the Welsh Border CC Sunbeam of Richard Roe/Chris Ware, they might have run the winner's close if they hadn't retraced their route at one point to try and find a non-existent code board.; Read more >>
Valley Service Rally 1996: Geraint Davies/Emyr Jones emerged as winners of Llandysul MC's Valley Services Rally, the seventh round of the WAMC Road Rally championship. Their victory came after a steady run which saw them finish three minutes clear of their nearest rivals, Elgan Jones/Byron Jones. There was controversy before the start when championship hopefuls and the winners of three previous rounds, Richard Lewis/Phil Pugh, found that their Corolla, along with that of Peter Zjalic, failed scrutineering.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Cader 1996: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Seven. Cyril Crook/Chris Ware survived to be declared the winners of the seventh and arguably one of the toughest rounds of the Welsh Road Rally Championship of the year. Their Sunbeam led home only 39 of the original 71 starters; of these finishers only five were fail free.; Read more >>
Rali Mynydd Ddu 1996: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Eight. John Evans/Eurig Evans emerged as winners of Amman & District MC's Rali Mynydd Du on a night that would have made Noah think twice before venturing out. Competitors were met with a night of rain, wind and fog which made it hard work for the valiant marshals but meant that competitors dropped time on most of the event's eight sections.; Read more >>
Mel Harries Memorial Rally 1996: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Nine. Baron Glaze/Dave Pitchford put their Welsh Championship campaign back on track as they took victory on the Mel Harries Memorial Rally. However the event was notable for a row that erupted at the Finish where three of the leading crews were given large penalties for booking out of the petrol halt early. The competitors involved disputed the decision and the matter was taken to an RAC MSA tribunal. That hearing upheld the penalties and the original results stood.; Read more >>
Malky Rally 1996: Bob Gibbons/Stuart Cardell took their Escort to victory on Blackwood & District's Malky Rally on a night of atrocious weather, where heavy rain and fog hampered the competitors and made life miserable for the brave marshals. Clerk of the Course, Byron Jones, laid out a demanding route starting and finishing at the club's home town but in between taking in the sodden lanes of south east Powys and northern Gwent.; Read more >>
Rali Cilwendeg 1996: Mark Williams/Rob Richardson made it two Rali Cilwendeg victories in a row as they repeated their 1995 success on Teifi Valley MC's clasic road rally. On a night of very slippery conditions in the lanes of Carmarthenshire, they kept their ex-Ron Beecroft Escort on the road while a large number of their rivals retired. At the finish they were almost two minutes clear of their nearest opposition, the Peugeot 205 of Alan Gaunt/Maurice Leach.; Read more >>
Peak Revs Rally 1996: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Ten. Baron Glaze/Dave Pitchford took their second successive Welsh Road Rally Championship victory when they won Ludlow Castle MC's Peak Revs Rally. This result rekindled their title hopes which two rallies previously had looked lost. Their position was improved even further when their only rivals for the Championship, Wyn Jones/Phil Clarke, lost 5 minutes after an off; they struggled home in 28th place. Glaze now needed to finish in the top four on the championship's last round, the Holrus, to have a chance of denying Jones the driver's title, while in the navigator's table Pitchford led Clarke by three points.; Read more >>
Holrus '96 Road Rally: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Eleven. Richard Lewis/Phil Pugh took victory on Newtown AC's Holrus Rally to make it four wins out of the eleven rounds of the Welsh Road Rally Championship, however this still didn't put them in the hunt for the series win. This was battled out between Wyn Jones/Phil Clarke and Baron Glaze/Dave Pitchford; Jones led the drivers table prior to the Holrus, while Pitchford was top navigator, however neither had a decisive lead.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Dyfi 1997: A start number of thirteen proved no obstacle for Clive Williams/Patrick Walsh as they took their road standard Fiesta 1.3 to victory on Dovey Valley Motor Club's Rali Bro Dyfi. The only crew that came close to their pace was the Toyota Corolla of Geraint Davies/Emyr Jones, they were almost a minute and a half behind at the finish but this was six minutes clear of the rest of the field.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Caron 1997: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round One. Having won the Starlight Rally in January as a driver Maurice Leach navigated Alan Gaunt to victory on Lampeter MC's Rali Bro Caron. The Peugeot 205 crew completed the 140 mile event without incurring any penalty despite the demanding nature of the route. They were followed home by 1996 Welsh Road Rally Champions, Wyn 'Slim' Jones and Phil Clark, who dropped only 12 seconds over the night.; Read more >>
Moonbeam Rally 1997: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Two. Kevin Ikin and Martin Saunders took a close fought victory on Telford AC's Moonbeam Rally, thus giving Ikin his second win on the event, he'd won as a navigator in 1991. Only 14 seconds behind the winners were Dennis Quinn/Andrew Thomson, they had led at halfway but dropped over a minute in the second half after searching for a slot that was initially hidden by a parked car.; Read more >>
Red Dragon Rally 1997: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Three. Pete Cotton/Dave Pitchford put a miserable start to the 1997 season to one side as they took a dominant victory on Port Talbot MC's Red Dragon Rally. The crew's previous outings earlier in the year had netted two non-finishes and one 21st overall, however in the Pembrokeshire lanes it was their turn to have a clear run as other crews hit problems or made mistakes.; Read more >>
Rali Llyn 1997: Harlech & District MC's seeding proved very accurate as 1996 winners Gwynfor Jones/Alan Jôs repeated their success on the Rali Llyn; they were followed home by Car 2, the Sunbeam of Dave Jones/Baz Green. The tough nature of the event was proven by the fact that these two were the only crews fail free at the end.; Read more >>
Greenleaves Rally 1997: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Four. Paul Holmberg/Ian Vale repeated their 1994 victory by winning the Greenleaves Rally. They achieved this despite losing almost twelve minutes on the event's one section timed to the second. Luckily for them everyone else either had greater difficulty with the same section or picked up fails for silly errors.; Read more >>
Border 100 Rally 1997: Phil Turner/Owen Dodd took a comfortable win on Welsh Border CC's Border 100 Road Rally. Turner/Dodd were the class of the field all night, their only hinderance being the lack of an effective handbrake on the tight junctions. Derwyn Evans, a road rally star of the Eighties, made a return parternered by Alan Lovett, he had been expected to challenge Turner for victory.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Teifi 1997: The joint Clerk of Courses of Teifi Valley Motor Club's Cilwendeg Rally, Steve Davies and Dyfan Davies, took their Golf GTi to victory on the club's other road rally, the Rali Bro Teifi. It was a well judged run. The entry was soon down by one when Rali Bro Caron winners, Alan Gaunt/Maurice Leach, withdrew after missing a secret check on the run out. Kevin Lewis/Dylan Evans were also early retirements when they rolled their Golf on the second section.; Read more >>
Night Owl Rally 1997: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Five. Elgan and Byron Jones, in their Astra GTE, won the 1997 Night Owl Rally, the fifth round of the Welsh Road Rally Championship. The Aberyswyth Motor Club organised event proved to be a tough test of competitors, this became evident by the petrol halt when 21 of the 63 starters were found to be OTL, these included a number of the expected front runners.; Read more >>
Pacemaker Rally 1997: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Six. For a number of events Peter Zjalic/Richard Preece have been threatening to achieve a top three finish and on this promise was more than fulfilled when they took victory on the Pacemaker Rally, Round Six of both the Welsh and West Midlands Road Rally Championships. The rally was decided on the second and third sections, which were the only ones on which the eventual top finishers dropped time.; Read more >>
Mid Wales Stages 1997: After a series of problematic events, Andy Burton brought his unique Peugeot 306R4 for a test session on the Mid Wales Stages and claimed the wild hybrid’s first victory. Local hero Dave Humphreys was the pre-event favourite, having won the rally for the past three years, but he was immediately beset by clutch problems on his Escort Cosworth on the opening stage.; Read more >>
Severn Sisters Novice Road Rally 1997: Cyril Crook/Neil Spiers were the fastest crew over the 125 mile route of Severn Valley MC's Novice Road Rally on Saturday night. However as Experts they weren't eligible for overall awards. Instead the official event winners were the leading Semi-Expert crew of Gavin Lewis/Jon Simcox-Bird, they brought their Cavalier home two minutes ahead of Richard Howells/Ben Innes' Escort.; Read more >>
PK Memorial Rally 1997: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Seven. Graham Evans/Ian Mills took their Toyota Corolla to a win on a hard fought and demanding PK Memorial Rally. Competition opened with a 30 mile 'Le Jog' style regularity section, this used the roads in Coed-y-Brenin and the Dolgellau Maze. This was followed by four plot 'n bash standard sections, one of which, in the area to the south of Clocaneog Forest, was almost 50 miles in length.; Read more >>
Eagle Road Rally 1997: Tony Davies/Ieaun Thomas held on for victory on the Eagle Road Rally in Mid Wales despite an engine that was going sick and a late charge from pre-event favourites Cyril Crook/Chris Ware. The event was 100% pre-plot, the first time that the Eagle had used the format since the Targa Timing era, it compensated for this by having a large number of time controls in its 98 mile route. With so many controls crews had to be on their toes as any error would quickly be penalised with time penalties.; Read more >>
Suzanne Crowley Memorial Rally 1997: The last minute partnership of Alan Gaunt and Eurig Evans proved a success as the pair, who started at Car 20, took their Peugeot 205 to victory on Barcud MC's Suzanne Crowley Memorial Rally. With a pre-plot route there were over twenty crews still clear of penalty at the halfway halt, however there was to be a short plot and bash tie decider early in the second half.; Read more >>
Valley Services Rally 1997: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Eight. Local rally spares supplier Gareth Lloyd, partnered by Dorian Evans, achieved a comfortable victory on Llandysul MC's Valley Services Road Rally over four minutes clear of their nearest challenger. The Welsh Championship round proved once again to be a tough test for the competitors - of the 75 starters only 35 made it to the finish.; Read more >>
Classic Lanes Road Rally 1997: Welsh Border CC ran their second road rally of the year and the result was the same as that of the first, that is a win for Phil Turner and Owen Dodd in their Toyota Corolla. There were problems only a few miles into the event as the top seeds and 1996 winners, John Jones/Chris Rowlands, got their Renault 11 Turbo stuck on a white. The rest of the field then had difficulty passing them.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Cader 1997: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Nine. Kevin Ikin/Rob Jones took their second victory of the year on the Rali Bro Cader. It proved to be an event which had a long list of pontential victors, however bad luck intervened in a large number of cases. Geraint Davies/Sarah Gluyas, despite the loss of fourth and fifth gears on their Corolla, were leading at Petrol but retired soon afterwards when the car's petrol tank broke loose.; Read more >>
Saw & Weld Novice Road Rally 1997: The Oswestry pairing of Paul Davies/Dave Cartwright took victory on the second running of Telford AC's Saw & Weld Road Rally, an event that limited its entry to Novices and Beginners only.; Read more >>
Rali Mynydd Ddu 1997: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Ten. The Semi-Expert crew of Gareth Jones/Iestyn ap Dafydd emerged as the surprise winners of Amman & District Motor Club's Rali Mynydd Du. The tenth round of the Welsh Road Rally Championship ended in confusion as it became clear that most competitors had misunderstood the regulations regarding Intermediate Time Controls. This resulted in only five crews being fail free at the Finish and many top runners finishing well down the order.; Read more >>
Dafydd Richards Memorial Rali Dyffryn Aeron 1997: Melvyn Evans/Dorian Evans took a dominant victory in their two-litre Escort on Lampeter MC's first running of the Rali Dyffryn Aeron. The 100 mile route used the maze of lanes between Aberaeron and Lampeter to fully tests the entry of 60 crews.; Read more >>
Malky Rally 1997: Having taken their maiden victory on the previous month's Rali Mynydd Ddu, Gareth Jones/Iestyn ap Daffydd made it two out of two by winning their home club's Malky Rally. Only 19 of the 45 starters made it to the finish of the 140 mile route which used the tight lanes of Gwent and southern Powys.; Read more >>
Rali Cilwendeg 1997: After 150 miles of the most demanding road rally in Wales only two seconds separated the top two crews at the finish of the Cilwendeg. What made the result even more amazing was that the two drivers involved were brothers and that it was the comparatively inexperienced Gwyndaf Lloyd who pulled off the victory from multi-event winner Gareth Lloyd. It is an event that all road rallyists in the Principality want to win and on this ocassion many came close to achieving this ambition but saw victory snatched from them.; Read more >>
Bill Bengry Memorial Peak Revs Rally 1997: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Eleven. After returning to road rallying after a break of several years Andy Sheppard/Mike Hart had put in some impressive performances in the previous few months, these were now crowned by victory on Ludlow Castle MC's Peak Revs Rally. Baron Glaze/Pete Davies were second, a result that was enough to clinch for them the 1997 Welsh Championship.; Read more >>
Holrus '97 Road Rally: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Twelve Graham Evans/Ian Mills used their extensive local knowledge to good affect to take victory on their home club's Holrus Road Rally. The Newtown & District AC event was the final round of both the Welsh and West Midlands Championships and took crews through 110 miles of slippery lanes in Mid-Wales. The organisers had done well to find a challenging route after their available territory had been severely restricted by two national events, the RAC Rally and the Le JOG, running in close proximity.; Read more >>
JJ Brown Memorial 1997: Bryan Glass threw off a reputation as a perennial non-finisher to win Caernarvonshire & Anglesey MC's JJ Brown Memorial Road Rally. Glass, partnered by Richard Parry, managed to complete the route without incurring any penalty, a result which gave them a two minute winning margin over the Escort of Tudor Morris/Gerallt Davies, the only other crew to finish fail free.; Read more >>
Mel Harries Memorial 1997: Having taken his first ever rally victory two weeks previously on the Witches Brew, Toby Adams made it two in a row as he and navigator Nigel Nelson won the Mel Harris Memorial Rally in South Wales. Gareth Lloyd/Dorian Evans were the crew with least time penalties at the end but picked up a fail after missing to get a signature for the code board at PC37.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Ddyfi 1998: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round One Hywel Davies made a triumphant return to the driver's seat when he and Huw Lewis took victory on Dovey Valley MC's Rali Bro Dyfi. Davies, a leading road rallyist of the Eighties, used his local knowledge as a postman in the Machynlleth area to good affect and came home over a minute clear of 1997 winners, Clive Williams/Patrick Walsh.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Caron 1998: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Two Alan Gaunt/Maurice Leach took their Peugeot 205 to a dominant win on the Rali Bro Caron to make it two wins in a row on the Lampeter & District MC event. As ever the rally, which was a round of three major road rally championships, attracted a full 90 car entry. Crews faced a 140 mile route consisting of just two competitive sections, the petrol halt being the only respite.; Read more >>
Moonbeam Rally 1998: Their victory on Telford AC's Moonbeam Rally put Dennis Quinn/Andrew Thomson in a very strong position in the West Midlands Championship - they had now taken maximum points on all of the first three rounds of the series. The Moonbeam had a reputation as a tough event and the torrential rain in the days leading up to the rally just added to the task facing competitors. Of the 75 starters only 38 were classified as finishers.; Read more >>
Rali Llyn 1998: Alan Jôs made it a hat trick of wins on the Rali Llyn as he navigated Steven Roberts to victory on the Harlech & District MC event. Gerallt Davies/Michael Evans came home second to make it a 1-2 for the organising club. Second placed Davies/Evans picked up the least penalties, 55 seconds, over the opening Le Jog style regularity section, but fell back during the standard sections which followed; they finished 23 seconds behind Roberts/Jones, who had dropped 1m 24s on the regularity.; Read more >>
Greenleaves Rally 1998: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Three The Northern crew of Terry Pressdee/Ian Tullie took their Chevette to victory on the Greenleaves Rally in Mid-Wales. It was a demanding event that was badly affected by the cancellation of a key element of the route in the second half.; Read more >>
Border 100 Rally 1998: Welsh Border Car Club's Border 100 Rally was won by the Toyota Corolla of Kevin Parry/Gareth Price. The rally, a low key 'fun' event, attracted a full 50 car entry, who tackled a very wet 93 mile route in the Llanfyllin/Oswestry area. Pre-event favourite and rally sponsor Phil Turner, partnered by Owen Dodd, failed to make it to the finish after his Escort developed electrical and fuel pump problems.; Read more >>
Night Owl Rally 1998: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Four Having retired while leading the Greenleaves Rally earlier in the month, the Aberystwyth pairing of Huw James/Patrick Walsh, made amends by taking victory on their club's home event, the Night Owl Rally. They led from Start to Finish. In contrast there was a titanic battle for second place, with six crews being within 18 seconds of each other at the end.; Read more >>
Gremlin Rally 1998: Brecon MC resurrected the Gremlin Road Rally after an absense of ten years. It ran alongside the night section of the Welsh Rally Retro and gave the thirty starters a tough test. The only crew to really master the format were the eventual winners, Neil Griffiths/Carl Williamson, who brought their Escort home twenty-one minutes clear of the opposition. This was the duos first rally victory.; Read more >>
Mid Wales Stages 1998: Glyn Jones/Huw Lewis took their Subaru Impreza to victory on the Mid Wales Stages. Amazingly they were the only one of the top ten starters to make it to the Finish. The North Wales crew had only been in sixth position at the halfway point but powered through to win by two and a half minutes after all their competitors fell by the wayside.; Read more >>
Classic Lanes Rally 1998: Phil Turner/Owen Dodd once again underlined their dominance of road rallying in the Oswestry area when they took victory on the Classic Lanes Rally. The Welsh Border CC event was a counter for the West Midlands Championship and used a familiar Oswestry to Dinas Maddwy and back route, which proved popular with the competitors.; Read more >>
Suzanne Crowley Memorial Rally 1998: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Five Martyn O'Connor/Peter Collins (Vauxhall Astra) emerged as winners of the Suzanne Crowley Memorial Rally. With four crews finishing clear of any penalties, the result was decided on engine capacity; thus the winning margin was 4cc. It was the Astra crew's maiden rally win.; Read more >>
Valley Services Rally 1998: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Six Iwan Jones/Dyfan Davies took victory on the Valley Services Rally, a round of both the Welsh and West Midlands Championships. The 130 mile rally proved a tough test. The format of minimal plotting time combined with an intricate route caused problems for a number of crews.; Read more >>
Eagle Road Rally 1998: Andy Sheppard/Mike Hart took victory in atrocious weather conditions on the experimental Eagle Road Rally. Newtown & District Auto Club had organised an event to road rally regulations which was run during daylight at the Sweet Lamb Complex in Mid-Wales.; Read more >>
Sweet Lamb Stages 1998: Derek McGinnigle/Rupert Astbury (Ford Sierra 4x4) took their maiden rally win on the Sweet Lamb Stages. The 12 stage event had a number of leaders but most succumbed to mechanical problems and failed to make the Finish. Ian Gwynne/Shaun O'Gorman (Subaru Legacy RS) led until the halfway point, before electrical problems put them out of the event.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Cader 1998: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Seven Ian Jones/Alan Jôs took a clear victory on Harlech & District MC's Rali Bro Cader. Local favourites Jones/Jôs were on the pace all night in their Peugeot 205, they led from the second section to the end. Dennis Quinn/Andrew Thomson picked up least penalties over the first section, but fell back with a slipping clutch on their Escort to finish second.; Read more >>
Saw & Weld Novice Rally 1998: Martin Bradley/Gordon Bradley took victory in their Escort on Telford Auto Club's Saw & Weld Road Rally, this was after a close battle with the Peugoet 309 of Paul Harris/Paul Stocking. Entries for the event were only accepted from novice crews. Despite this restriction the club did well to attract 45 crews to the rally, 16 of whom were Beginners.; Read more >>
Rali Mynydd Ddu 1998: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Eight Neil Griffiths/Carl Williamson took their second victory of the year when they won Amman & District MC's Rali Mynydd Du. They had led for most of the event, however their winning margin at the end was just two seconds, with Dennis Quinn/Andrew Thomson taking the runner up spot.; Read more >>
Dafydd Richards Memorial Rali Dyffryn Aeron 1998: Wyn Thomas/John Hands made the best of local knowledge when they won the Rali Dyffryn Aeron, they ended the night with a victory margin of over a minute. However the sensation of the Lampeter MC run event was the second place achieved by the showroom standard Ford Ka of Clive Williams/Patrick Walsh.; Read more >>
PK Memorial Rally 1998: Peter Zjalic/Richard Preece took a hard fought victory on last weekend's PK Memorial Rally, with the result being decided on the one section timed to the second. The Bala & District MC organised event was a counter towards both the West Midlands and North Western Championships, having been dropped from the Welsh series after the organisers had been forced to postponed the event from its intended July date.; Read more >>
061 Road Rally 1998: Carl Hawkins/David Campbell took victory in the Derbyshire Peak District when they overcame tough opposition to win the 061 Road Rally. The popular event was a round of both the North Western and East Midlands Road Rally Championships, and as such attracted an entry of 48 starters.; Read more >>
Bulldog Historic Rally 1998: After a storming drive in their Porsche 911, Richard and Katy Tuthill took a decisive win on the Bulldog Historic Rally, the final round of the Motoring News/Demon Tweeks Historic Rally Championship. The victory promoted Tuthill to second place in the drivers' series, as most other leading contenders, including title winner Des Nutt, gave the rally a miss.; Read more >>
Meirion Rally 1998: David Young/James Young took what, in the end, was a comfortable victory in their Escort RS2000 on the Meirion Rally. This was despite failing to take fastest time on any of the event's four stages. The fastest car in the rally was the Escort Cosworth of Dave Humphreys/Ian Pryce. They were quickest on all four stages, setting times that would have put them in the top three of the main Bulldog event.; Read more >>
The Malky Rally 1998: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Nine For the second year in succession Gareth Jones/Iestyn ap Daffydd won their local event, Blackwood MC's Malky Road Rally. The torrential rain and gales that hit South East Wales during the day preceding the rally, and that continued throughout the night, made life difficult for both competitors and marshals. Despite this only half a mile of the 149 mile route had to be cancelled.; Read more >>
Peak Revs Rally 1998: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Ten Andy Sheppard/Mike Hart took victory on Ludlow Castle MC's Peak Revs Rally. Sheppard, the event sponsor, thundered through the Shropshire lanes to repeat his win of the previous year. The only crew to remotely match the winners' pace was the Escort of Alan Walker/Nick Darkin, who were just 50 seconds behind at the end.; Read more >>
Holrus '98 Road Rally: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Eleven Phil Turner and Owen Dodd renewed their highly successful partnership and took victory on Newtown AC's Holrus Rally. Turner/Dodd overcame a number of minor difficulties, including filling up with deisil at the petrol halt, and ended the rally with a winning margin of 21 seconds over Dennis Quinn/Andrew Thomson.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Ddyfi 1999: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round One Alan Gaunt/Marc Jones started their road rally season with a convincing win on the Rali Bro Dyfi. The Dovey Valley MC event proved to be a tough test as only twenty-two of the sixty starters were classified as finishers. Richie Lewis/Richard Preece had led after the first of the rally's six sections but had dropped to second and picked up a fail for a missed signature by the petrol halt.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Caron 1999: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Two Neil Griffiths/Carl Williamson underlined their growing stature within Welsh road rallying when they took victory on a hard fought Rali Bro Caron. This was their third outright win within twelve months and pushed them into second place in the Welsh Road Rally Championship. The leaders at the halfway point were Gethin Lewis/Aled Jones, however they were among a number of crews who wrong slotted in Brechfa.; Read more >>
Moonbeam Rally 1999: Adrian Hodgson/Sean Caddick took victory the Moonbeam Rally. The pairing had a problem free run to bring Hodgson his second win on the Telford AC event - he'd previously won the rally in 1991. The rally used the usual Moonbeam format - utilising the tight and twisty lanes to the south and east of Shrewsbury, with a generous use of farmyards and tracks. The latter were to cause problems for a number of competitors.; Read more >>
Gremlin Rally 1999: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Three The Gremlin Rally organisers encouraged crews with histroric cars to enter their Welsh Championship road rally and it was one of these crews, Bob Gibbons/Mark Appleton, in a Ford Cortina, who took victory. It proved a tough test as only 25 of the 51 starters made it to the finish.; Read more >>
Panaround National Rally 1999: Bob Ceen/Alistair Douglas emerged as victors after a close fight with Richard Gough/Tony Beddoes on the Vauxhall Panaround National Rally. The event ran alongside the Sunday run of the Rally of Wales, the national competitors following the international crews through the day's three stages - Myherin, Sweet Lamb and Hafren. Paul Fox/Voirrey Howland were simply the class of the Formula 1400 field.; Read more >>
Rali Llyn 1999: Steven Roberts/Alan Jôs take their second successive victory on Harlech MC's Rali Llyn; for Jôs it was his fourth straight win on the North Walian road rally. However he made his job harder by booking in a minute early at a regularity control and the final result had eventually to be decided on a tie break.; Read more >>
Greenleaves Rally 1999: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Four Neil Griffiths/Carl Williamson took their second win from four starts when they won the Greenleaves Rally in convincing style, coming home almost a minute and a half ahead of the field. With a clean run in the second half they led the 36 finishers home. Despite the win this was not enough to give them the lead in the Welsh series - Toby Adam/Pat Gadsby were third to keep a slender lead in the championship.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Teifi 1999: Arwyn Thomas/Andy Bowen took a close fought victory on the Bro Teifi Rally, beating early leaders Eilir Morris/Phil Clarke by just nine seconds after 110 miles of competition. Top seeds Tony Davies/Dyfan Davies were amongst the early retirements when the gearbox on their Golf failed.; Read more >>
Night Owl Rally 1999: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Five After a disappointing start to the season Dennis Quinn/Andrew Thomson improved their chances of retaining the Welsh Road Rally Championship by taking victory on Aberyswyth MC's Night Owl Rally. The pair took an easy win but only after early pace setters, Huw Evans/Patrick Walsh retired.; Read more >>
Border 100 Road Rally 1999: Top road rally stars of the Seventies and early Eighties, Derwyn Evans/John Furniss proved they had lost none of their skills by taking victory on their home event, the Border 100. At the halfway halt the lead was held by top seeds Phil Turner/Neil Spiers, they were almost two minutes ahead of the eventual winners.; Read more >>
Starlight Novices Rally 1999: Michael Harrison/Ian Jarman won the Starlight Novices Road Rally. The pair broke clear of the pack in the Shropshire lanes to win by 40 seconds at the end of the 100 mile event.; Read more >>
Mid Wales Stages 1999: There was a day long battle for the lead of the Mid Wales Stages between Dave Humphreys/Ian Pryce (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo5) and Gary Smith/Phil Clarke (Ford Escort Cosworth), with the fomer crew taking the win by a margin of four seconds. This gave Humphreys his fifth win on his local event.; Read more >>
Mel Harries Memorial Rally 1999: A storming drive in the second half saw Toby Adams/Byron Jones take victory on last Saturday night's Mel Harris Memorial Rally. The Ammanford MC event was not included in any major championships but still attracted a capacity 60 car entry. It used 110 miles of slippery South Wales lanes and proved highly popular with competitors.; Read more >>
Mid Summer Rally 1999: Paul Hughes/Paul Middleton took their first rally victory on Telford AC's Midsummer Road Rally. The event used 110 miles of lanes in West Shropshire to provide an exellent night's sport for the 36 starters.; Read more >>
PK Memorial Rally 1999: Nick Broadway/Andy Oakes secured victory by just five seconds on Bala MC's PK Memorial Rally. The 1998 winning driver, Peter Zjalic, with Patrick Walsh on the maps, finished second. There were seven crews still free of penalties at the petrol halt, however the eight mile timed to the second section immediately after the halt was to split the cars up.; Read more >>
Coracle Stages 1999: There was no battle for the Coracle Stages win, Steve Petch simply took fastest time on all stages and ended the day almost two minutes clear of the field. The main interest of the event was the contest for supremacy in the Peugeot 106 Super Cup. Twenty-nine of the French cars started and Mark Fisher took his first Cup win.; Read more >>
Pacemaker Novice Rally 1999: Kevin Hesketh/Andy Moss (Ford Escort) took their maiden victory on the their home ground, the Shropshire lanes bordering Wales, on the Pacemakers Novices Rally. Hesketh/Moss were on the pace all night and duly took fastest time on the decisive section, which was in the lanes to the south-west of Clun.; Read more >>
Valley Services Rally 1999: Arwyn Thomas/Andy Bowen took victory on Llandysul MC's Valley Services Road Rally. The organisers had declined to be included in the Welsh Championship but, despite its closed to club status, there were still 72 starters. However a tough format, which included a run through the Brechfa Forest and numerous farm tracks, meant that only 32 crews made it to the finish of the 140 mile challenge.; Read more >>
Eagle Road Rally 1999: Geraint Davies/Sarah Gluyas won the Eagle Road Rally on August Bank Holiday Monday after consistently being the fastest crew throughout the day. This was the second time that the Newtown and District AC event had run to the unique format of a daylight road rally. Crews faced four sections totalling 42 competitive miles in the Sweet Lamb Complex.; Read more >>
Classic Lanes Rally 1999: Paul Holmberg/Dave Pitchford virtually assured themselves of the West Midlands Road Rally Championship by taking victory on Welsh Border CC's Classic Lanes Rally. The result left the pairing requiring just a single top three finish in one of the remaining four rounds to secure the title.; Read more >>
Sweet Lamb Stages 1999: The record books will show that Phillip Squires/Michael Squires took a comfortable victory on Ecurie Royal Oak MC's Sweet Lamb Stages, coming home three and half minutes ahead of the field. However this does not give a true reflection of the event. In fact it was a titantic battle between the Squires' RS2000 and the Sierra Cosworth of Garry Holmes/Andy Yoxall.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Cader 1999: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Six Harlech and District MC's Rali Bro Cader was won by the Derbyshire crew Carl Hawkins/Dave Campbell, they survived a night of torrential rain to win by just six seconds from the Escort of Michael Pedley/David Pedley. Hawkins/Campbell held a 20 second lead at the halfway halt and, despite at one point almost floating away crossing a swollen ford, they held on take the narrow win.; Read more >>
Saw & Weld Novice Rally 1999: Lee Bartlett/Richard Edwards took victory on Telford AC's Saw & Weld Novices Rally. Although the weather stayed dry for most of the actual event, the previous fortnight of heavy rain made the going difficult for the majority of crews.; Read more >>
Dafydd Richards Memorial Rali Dyffryn Aeron 1999: Gareth Jones/Owen Dodd (Ford Escort XR3i) took a narrow victory on Lampeter MC's Rali Dyffryn Aeron. This was the driver's first outright win. At the Finish Jones/Dodd were only eleven seconds ahead of Aled Evans/Eryl Evans, who made the most of their 4x4 Sierra's grip in the slippery conditions.; Read more >>
Meirion Rally 1999: Charles Golding/Preston Ayres took victory on the Meirion Rally in their immaculate Escort RS1600. The event mixed clubmen with historic entries and ran alongside the Bulldog Rally; using the final five stages of the main event. The rally should have seen a comfortable victory for Phil Collins/Cliff Simmons. Unfortunately their Escort ground to a halt with electrical problems halfway through the final stage.; Read more >>
The Malky Rally 1999: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Seven Toby Adam/Pat Gadsby retook the lead of the Welsh Road Rally Championship when they won the Malky Rally. The rally took place in atrocious conditions and proved a tough test - the weather made the whites difficult to negotiate and the organisers' use of numerous three metre controls kept navigators on their toes. The result was that only Adam/Gadsby completed the route without picking up penalties for missing any controls or route checks.; Read more >>
Rali Cilwendeg 1999: Martyn O'Connor/Peter Collins took a well deserved victory on the Cilwendeg Rally; they produced a faultless performance as their numerous rivals made errors or hit misfortune. By the petrol halt there were only eleven crews who were free of fails. Top seeds Gwyndaf Lloyd/John Hands were out with a holed radiator on their Escort and Mark Williams/Rob Richardson were sidelined by ignition problems.; Read more >>
Peak Revs Rally 1999: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Eight Phil Turner entered the Peak Revs as a test for his new car, a Golf GTi, and, partnered by Owen Dodd, promptly won the event. However it was a close run thing with the leading runners being seperated by just a few seconds. The early pace was set by Alan Walker/Nick Darkin, they were the only crew to clean the first section. Unfortunately their Escort broke a brake disk on a uphill hairpin at the start of the third section and they were out.; Read more >>
Holrus '99 Road Rally: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Nine Phil Turner/Owen Dodd took their second successive victory on Newtown AC's Holrus Rally on a night of treacherous conditions. As crews left Newtown at the start of the 120 mile event, it appeared that fears of frost could be set aside as rain was falling, however as competitive motoring started this hope was soon dispelled. The roads to the south of Llanidloes had a covering of frozen snow and the going was hard. Most crews had problems leaving an uphill control in Waunmarteg Forest and were further delayed on the ascent out of Bwlch-yr-Sarnau.; Read more >>
JJ Brown Memorial 1999: Lee Matthews/Endef Davies took a close fought victory on Caernarvonshire and Anglesey's JJ Brown Memorial Rally. The closed to club event used a 100 mile route which generally stayed close to Caernarvon, but did loop up to Llandberis and the Ogwen Valley. The rally used 90 miles of standard sections, but it was to be the single six mile regularity section that was to be most crucial in deciding the leading positions.; Read more >>
Suzanne Crowley Memorial 1999: Neil Griffiths/Carl Williamson completed a highly successful year by taking victory on Barcud MC's Suzanne Crowley Memorial Rally. The newly crowned Welsh champions won by just five seconds, the event being decided on the very last section. The Tregaron based event opened with a run over Abergwesyn, which was easily cleanable. This was followed by a regularity section that eventually had to be cancelled after the intermediate clock failed. This left the top crews clean of penalties as they entered the final section.; Read more >>
The Winter Rally 2000: After an almost twenty year layoff Terry Wilson/Phil Harrison made a triumphant return to road rallying when they took their Ford Sierra to victory on North Wales CC's Winter Rally. Apart from Wilson/Harrison the rally was an unhappy affair for other top crews.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Ddyfi 2000: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round One Huw Evans/Patrick Walsh (Ford Escort) made a perfect start to their Welsh Championship campaign by taking a convincing win on the Rali Bro Dyfi. The Dovey Valley MC organised event proved a tough test for competitors with just twenty-four of the sixty starters making it back to the rally's base in Machynlleth. With gravel tracks making up a large propotion of the route the going was made harder as a heavy drizzle fell for the duration of the event.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Caron 2000: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Two A nimble Nova proved the perfect tool in the twisty Carmarthenshire lanes for Keith Daniels/John Hands to take victory on the Rali Bro Caron. The Lampeter MC organised 110 mile event was the second round of the Welsh Championship and as ever attracted an over subsrcribed entry of 75 starters. Fifty-six of these starters made it to the Finish.; Read more >>
Gremlin Rally 2000: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Three 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. 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.; Read more >>
Moonbeam Rally 2000: Kevin Hesketh/Steve Price (Ford Escort) took a clear cut victory on the Moonbeam Rally; at the Finish they were over two minutes clear of their nearest rival. Kevin Ikin/Martin Saunders finished fifth, they had held second at Petrol but then lost time after missing the exit road off a disused railway line and were also slowed by an intermittent loss of lights.; Read more >>
Rali Llyn 2000: Having lost victory on the 1999 Rali Llyn on a tie break, Ian Jones/Alan Williams took sweet revenge by taking a clear win on the 2000 event. The Harlech & District MC rally developed into a battle between three local crews. Jones/Williams dropped only a second over the opening regularity section and this was enough for them to withstand a strong challenge over the rest of the rally from Carwyn Evans/Iestyn Williams.; Read more >>
Greenleaves Rally 2000: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Four Having held a secure second place at the halfway point of the Greenleaves Rally, Alyson Acreman/Byron Jones found that it had been transformed into a win by the Finish. The rally had been led by a comfortable margin by Toby Adam/Pat Gadsby, however the Gremlin winners then missed a route check and as a result fell to seventh place.; Read more >>
Border 100 Rally 2000: Phil Turner/Owen Dodd took a comfortable victory on Welsh Border CC's Border 100 Rally. It was expected that the rally would be a battle between Turner/Dodd and the 1999 winners Derwyn Evans/John Furniss. However Evans' Vauxhall Astra ground to halt after just 30 miles when the bottom end failed on the engine. Turner was then left to canter to the win, three minutes clear of the field.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Teifi 2000: Gary James/Dylan Evans, in their Hillman Avenger, beat a highly competitive field to take victory on Teifi Valley MC's spring time 60-car rally. Opposition came from Gary Jones/Dave Pitchford (Toyota Corolla), Hefin George/Dilwyn John (Nissan Sunny) and Aled 'Cacen' Evans/Eryl Evans (Ford Sierra).; Read more >>
Monmouthshire Novice Rally 2000: Joe Woodward/Chris Wallet won the overall award on the Monmouthshire Novices Rally. The Abergavenny AC organised event attracted forty entries, 27 of these were either novices or beginners, who were the only crews eligible for the overall positions. In the Expert Class Toby Adam/Mark Appleton had an easy win.; Read more >>
Night Owl Rally 2000: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Five After a number of near misses in early part of the 2000 season, Aled and Eryl Evans finally achieved an outright win by coming home at the front of the field on the Night Owl Rally. The Evans' press on style in their Ford Sierra 4x4 was well suited to the rally that used a large number of farm tracks and, by the time crews reached the petrol halt, they had pulled out a three and a half minute lead.; Read more >>
Y2K Milennium Rally 2000: Graham Davies/Ceri Davies took a clear win on the Y2K Welsh Mile-nnium Rally. The rally was organised by Clwb Modur Cyrmu and ran alongside the night section of the Historic Welsh Rally Retrospective. The Welsh Rally Retrospective was won by the Mini Cooper S of Worth Birkill/Dave Harris; they finished 28 seconds ahead of the similar car of Peter Valentine/Mick Valentine.; Read more >>
Rali Gogledd Cymru 2000: Kevin Parry/Paul Holmberg (Toyota Corolla) took a comfortable victory on Rhyl MC's ACS Motor Sport Rali Gogledd Cymru; they dropped time on just a single section. A number of crews arrived at the petrol halt with clean sheets and the rally was to be decided on the event's tie breaker section, the only one timed to the second.; Read more >>
Starlight Novice Rally 2000: Mike Hart and 'Polly' swapped their regular driver and navigator roles and duly won the Starlight Novice Rally. The Wolverhampton & South Staffs CC event gave non-Expert crews a 116 mile route to tackle. Most coped well, with 21 of the 28 starters making it to the Finish.; Read more >>
Mid Summer Rally 2000: Wayne Morris took a maiden victory on Telford AC's Midsummer Rally. Partnered by Dave Pitchford, the Bishops Castle driver threw aside the disadvantage of a 1300cc engine and came home four minutes clear of the two-litre Escort of Alun Evans/Carl Williamson.; Read more >>
PK Memorial Rally 2000: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Six Despite a 140 mile route using some of the most demanding lanes in the country Kevin Parry and Paul Holmberg came home clear of any penalties on the PK Memorial Rally. Gary Jones/Dave Pitchford finished second having only dropped time on the rally's single secton timed to the second. This result further extended their lead in the West Midlands Championship and gave them an outside chance of taking the Welsh crown.; Read more >>
Eagle Road Rally 2000: Tony Davies/Dylan Evans took control of the Eagle Road Rally on the first of the event’s four sections and never relinquished their lead, coming home almost a minute clear of Gareth 'Gog' Jones/Owen Dodd. The Eagle once again its unique format of a daylight road rally based on the Sweet Lamb Rally Testing Complex.; Read more >>
Barcud Motor Club Rally 2000: Phil Turner/Nigel Roberts conquered the opposition and difficult weather conditions on the Barcud Motor Club Rally, emerging with a victory margin of over three minutes in their VW Golf. The fact that Turner/Roberts had built up a substantial lead by the petrol halt and were three minutes clear at the Finish suggested that they had dominated the event, however on time penalties they had been overhauled in the second half.; Read more >>
Sweet Lamb Stages 2000: Phil Squires/Michael Squires made it two wins in two years on the Sweet Lamb Stages, bringing their Mark 2 Escort home in front of more advanced but fragile machinery. The Squires brothers set a blistering place from the start, leading the field by 33 seconds at the first service halt. Their main challenge was to come from the Subaru Impreza of Simon Redhead/Alan Thomas.; Read more >>
Saw & Weld Novice Rally 2000: Claire Evans/Allen Hart took a comfortable win on Telford AC's Saw & Weld Novice Road Rally. The pair had swapped the Nova they'd campaigned previously for a more powerful Astra and the upgrade certainly seemed to work. By the end of the first section they'd established a healthy lead and then cleaned the remaining two sections to come home over three minutes clear of the field.; Read more >>
Rali Dyffryn Aeron 2000: Aled Evans/Eryl Evans took a fortunate victory on the Dafydd Richards Memorial Rally after Nigel Davies/Karen Davies, who seemed assured of the win, were forced out with clutch failure on their Escort. Davies/Davies, relishing the extra power of the newly installed 1600cc unit in their Escort, arrived at the petrol halt having dropped just seven seconds.; Read more >>
Classic Lanes Rally 2000: Gareth 'Gog' Jones/Carl Williamson rekindled their West Midlands Road Rally Championship hopes by taking victory in the Escort XR3 on the Classic Lanes Rally. Jones/Williamson dropped a minute on the first section, which was cleaned by a number of other crews, but avoided problems to take the quickest time on the tie breaker section, and came home thirty seconds clear of their nearest challenger.; Read more >>
Bulldog Clubman Stages 2000: A fast time on the first stage of the Bulldog Clubmans Rally allowed Shaun Gardener/Dave Brick to take their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo3 to victory on the National B event, which ran alongside the Bulldog National Rally. Fourth place was taken in impressive form by Kris Meeke/Andrew Bargery, the driver making his rallying debut in preparation for an assault on the 2001 ANCRO series.; Read more >>
The Malky Rally 2000: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Seven Gary Jones, partnered by Dave Pitchford, made it three wins in four years on his local event, Blackwood MC's Malky Rally, in the process beating off a strong challenge from 1999 winners Toby Adam/Pat Gadsby. The 130 mile rally used an interesting route, being completely contained within the urban area of south-east Wales.; Read more >>
Rali Cilwendeg 2000: Toby Adam had revenge for his defeat on the previous weekend's Malky Rally by taking a commanding victory on the Cilwendeg Rally. Adam, partnered by Byron Jones, took the lead on the second section of the classic West Wales road rally and came home 45 seconds clear of the opposition. Hefin George/Dilwyn John were fastest over the first section in their Nissan Sunny GTi-R but retired almost immediately afterwards.; Read more >>
Peak Revs 2 K Rally 2000: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Eight Wayne Morris/Paul Middleton proved that they were the class of field on Saturday night's Peak Revs Rally, taking their 1600cc Escort to victory over more powerful opposition. By finishing in second place Gary Jones, partnered as usual by Dave Pitchford, secured the Welsh Road Rally Drivers' Championship; the Blackwood driver having taken maximum series points on the final three rounds.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Cader 2000: Gerallt Davies/Michael Evans took their first career victory on their local event, the Rali Bro Cader. The event was run in torrential rain and this combined with the Autumn's wet weather made the going very tough; of the 74 starters only 28 made it to the Finish. Jason Hardy/Alan Jôs broke their Golf's suspension after hitting a kerb near the end, at that point they had a lead of more than a minute.; Read more >>
Red Kite Stages 2001: Wynne Pickersgill/Shaun O'Gorman made a good start to their 2001 season by taking victory in their Subaru Impreza on the Red Kite Stages. However, having fought a tight battle with daylong leaders Graham Middleton/John Morgan, they left it until the last of the event's eleven stages to take the lead. The Amman & District MC rally was a new event on the Welsh calendar.; Read more >>
The Winter Rally 2001: The previous year John Leckie/Baz Green looked to have the Winter Rally sewn up when a broken coil ended their event, in 2001 there was no such misfortune as they brought their Subaru Impreza to a dominant win. With a combined total of over forty years rallying, this was the crews first overall win.; Read more >>
Witch Way Rally 2001: Stuart Newby/Paul Holmberg took their Simpson Motorsport prepared Subaru Impreza to victory on Pendle District MC's Witch Way Rally. However this was only after the quickest crew of the night, Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie, picked up a ten minutes penalty for failing to get confirmation signatures for two code boards.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Ddyfi 2001: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round One With a comfortable winning margin, Huw Evans/Patrick Walsh made it two victories in two years on the Rali Bro Ddyfi. Evans/Walsh were a minute and half quicker than any other crew over this section, thus securing the victory and top Welsh Championship points. They were followed home by series rivals Graham Evans/Ian Mills in second place and Dennis Quinn/Dave Evison in third.; Read more >>
Telford Winter Stages 2001: Martin Sansom/Phil Wells threw down the gauntlet to their Formula Rally rivals by taking victory on Telford AC’s Advanced Windows Winter Stage. Sansom was having his first competitive outing in the Peugeot 106 Kit Car which was part of his prize for winning the 2000 Peugeot Challenge.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Caron 2001: John Thomas is known in the West Wales road rally community as 'John Mark One' and it was naturally in a Mark One Escort that he, partnered by Owen Dodd, won Lampeter MC's Rali Bro Caron. However it was a narrow win as the Astra of Martyn O'Connor/Peter Collins was just seven seconds down on Evans/Dodd at the end of the 120 mile rally.; Read more >>
About Time Too Road Rally 2001: After a seven month foot and mouth induced lay off, road rallying returned to Wales and the Borders with Telford AC's About Time Too Road Rally. Gary Jones/Dave Pitchford demonstrated that the break from competition hadn't affected them as they took a comfortable win.; Read more >>
Bulldog Clubman Rally 2001: Ieaun Rowlands continued his good run of results by taking an overall win on the Bulldog Clubmans Rally, although the matter had to be decided on a tie break. The Clubman Rally followed the main Bulldog Rally through its first four stages, providing a total of thirty-seven miles of competitive motoring.; Read more >>
Cossack Rally 2001: Guy Robinson/Charlie Wheeldon emerged from a tight battle for lead to win the Cossack Rally. This was their fourth win on the event in eight years. The runner up spot was taken by the previous year's winners, Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie, thus making it a Vauxhall Nova 1-2.; Read more >>
Nightwatchman Rally 2001: Mike East/Roger Davidson took their Peugeot 205 to victory on Central Sussex MC’s Nightwatchman Rally. They emerged with a three minute winning margin after completing a 185 mile route in the lanes of Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire. Despite the length of the route, the final results were largely determined by two incidents. Firstly, a number of wrong approaches at TC6 and, secondly the impact of a large pot hole just prior to TC41. TC6 accounted for, amongst others, the two top seeds.; Read more >>
Beaver Rally 2001: Dave Twilton/Mike Petch took their Vauxhall Vectra to victory on the Maple Garage Beaver Road Rally. The Beverely & District Motor Club event used a 140 mile route in the Humberside area, and due to the Foot & Mouth epidemic, all on surfaced roads. However crews had to contend with intermittently icy conditions throughout the night.; Read more >>
Rali Goffa James Trenholme 2001: Road rallying returned to the lanes of Wales for the first time in ten months when Harlech MC ran a closed to club novices road rally, Rali Goffa James Trenholme. Publicity surrounding the rally had been kept to a minimum to avoid large numbers of spectators appearing.; Read more >>
Holrus Stage Rally 2001: Newtown AC only managed to attract eighteen entries to their Holrus Stages Rally, despite it being held on the tarmac roads of the Eppynt Ranges. However the event was well received by those crews that did take part. The rally saw a close battle between the Darrian T90 of John Dalton/Llinos Jones-Edwards and the Metro 6R4 of John Price/Caroline Price, with the Darrian claiming the winner’s laurels.; Read more >>
The Preston Rally 2001: Chelmsford MC’s legendary Preston Rally, based in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, made use of the tracks, both public and private, that abound in those two counties. The 2001 event had 110 miles of competitive motoring, of which 85 miles were on unsurfaced tracks. Steve Webster/Roger Hage (Subaru Impreza) beat off a challenge from Andy Baker/Lee Burgess (Peugeot 205).; Read more >>
West Midland Showground Stages 2001: Telford AC ran their third rally of the year at the West Midland Showground at Shrewsbury, the first time the venue had seen competitive rallying. The event offered 12 stages giving a total of 35 stage miles, 70% on tarmac. Forty-seven crews took the start. Dave Willett/John Roberts emerged as winners in their Astra engined Escort.; Read more >>
Red Kite Stages 2002: Leon Pesticcio/Howard Davies gave their successful Lancer Evo6 a fitting farewell as they took a dominant victory on Amman & District MC’s Red Kite Stages. The popular rally used forest tracks on and around the Epynt Ranges to provide nine stages and 45 competitive miles.; Read more >>
Resolution Rally 2002: Mike Biss/Cath Woodman reinforced their reputation for excelling on rallies that have difficult navigation by taking a dominant victory on the Resolution Road Rally. The pairing finished the 180 mile route free of any penalties; it was the third time that they’d won the Hart MC organised event.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Ddyfi 2002: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round One Huw Evans/Patrick Walsh made it three wins in three successive years by winning the WRX Spares Rali Bro Ddyfi 2002. They stamped their authority on th rally by being the only crew to clean the second half of the event. However to a certain extent it was also a fortunate win as the Aberyswyth pairing had lost over three minutes when they picked up a puncture on the section just prior to the petrol halt.; Read more >>
Bruce Robinson Memorial Rally 2002: The first time pairing of John Haden/Iain Tullie took a narrow win on the Bruce Robinson Rally after a night long battle with Bob Marshall/Roger Hage. The matter was only decided on the last section, a regularity test on the tracks of Wickenby Airfield. Haden/Tullie, competing in a Impreza, were almost a minute faster than any other crew over this section.; Read more >>
Valentine Trophy Rally 2002: The rally, which used a route on Anglesey and on the nearby mainland, saw victory go to top seeds Eurig Thomas/Rhun Ellis. Merfyn Williams/Derwyn Roberts were second in their Astra, while the leading Novices, Lee Evans/Anthony Williams, finished a noteworthy third.; Read more >>
Telford Winter Stages 2002: Graham Middleton/John Morgan took their newly acquired Toyota Corolla WRC to a comfortable victory on the Advanced Windows Winter Stages. The Telford AC event used 12 stages, totalling 48 miles, in the Sweet Lamb Complex. Second place was taken by Nigel Griffiths/Tamara Early who were having their first run in a Subaru Impreza.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Caron 2002: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Two The Rali Bro Caron was a short but demanding rally. The route was 85 miles in length and consisted of just two sections, which were split by a ‘splash and dash’ petrol halt. The win was taken by the first time pairing of Dennis Quinn/Rob Richardson, on what was the navigator’s first rally for over three years.; Read more >>
Kent Rally 2002: Mike Biss/Cath Woodman once again finished a road rally penalty free when they took victory in their Astra on the Kent Rally. The Sevenoaks and District MC event used a 165 mile route in Kent. Competitors had to contend with slippery conditions all night, with sheet ice on the Pevensey Levels.; Read more >>
Y Rali Gogledd Cymru 2002: A fast and consistent pace saw Howard Price/Carl Williamson take the win on the Rali Gogledd Cymru. 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.; Read more >>
Moorlands & Meadows Rally 2002: Top seeds Jason Stone/Daniel Stone took a dominant victory in treacherous conditions on the Moorlands and Meadows Road Rally. The brothers led the Mid-Derbyshire MC organised event from the first section in their Peugeot 205 and came home over one and a half minutes clear of the field. Their choice of open tread pattern tyres being critical to their success in the conditions.; Read more >>
Gremlin Rally 2002: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Three Gerwyn Jones/Ceri Davies have always performed well on road rallies which use the Epynt Ranges and this form continued when they took their Ford Escort to an outright win on the Gremlin Rally. The Gremlin comprised three rallies, a modern event which was the third round of the Welsh Championship, a Post-Historic and an Historic rally. Thus a bumper entry of 102 cars started from the Brecon Leisure Centre, with 55 making it through the 200 mile route to return there in the morning.; Read more >>
G&P Memorial Rally 2002: After running course car on the Malcolm Wilson Stages during the day, Stuart Newby/Paul Holmberg took victory on the Memorial Road Rally overnight. This was the pair's second victory of the year. Newby/Holmberg brought their Subaru Impreza home almost a minute clear of the Escort of Michael Pedley/David Pedley. Terry Martin/Simon Bentley were third, although they dropped thirty seconds on the last section after their Peugeot stalled and was reluctant to restart.; Read more >>
Powderham Historic Rally of Devon 2002: Paul Heal/Robin Maclacmlan took a narrow victory from Dave Hughes/Richard Dix on the Powderham Historic Rally. The event was a round of the HRCR Historic Road Rally Championship Premier Challenge, plus The Newcomers Challenge and The Hero Challenge for Pre 1960 cars, as well as the ASWMC Historic Rally Championship.; Read more >>
Moonbeam Road Rally 2002: PWayne Morris/Paul Middleton took an emphatic win on the Moonbeam Road Rally, coming home three minutes clear of the field. The Escort was followed home by a brace of Imprezas, that of G&P Memorial Rally winners Stuart Newby/Paul Holmberg in second, with Jonathan Bossen/Scott Layton third. The latter pairing ruing a decision to go back and search for a missing PC which cost them two minutes and the runner up spot.; Read more >>
Mid Wales Stages 2002: Despite a troubled day, Graham Middleton/John Morgan managed to take their Toyota Corolla WRC, acquired for the 2002 season, to victory on the Mid Wales Stages. Fastest time on SS1 (Hafren South), by eight seconds, was taken by the top seeds Andy Burton/Rob Morgan in their Peugeot 306 Cosworth, however the 1997 winner was slowed by a steering fault on SS2.; Read more >>
Ryemoor Trophy Rally 2002: Jon Lawson/Chris Pringle bought a Subaru Legacy on the afternoon before the Ryemoor Trophy Rally and promptly used it to win the second running event. Lawson/Pringle were the pace setters throughout the rally and finished four minutes ahead of second placed crew. The four wheel drive of the Legacy being particularly useful through the critical section in Roper Forest.; Read more >>
Greenleaves Rally 2002: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Four The Greenleaves Rally for 2002 proved to be a tricky event with only two crews completing the course free of any fails. Mark Appleton/Anthony Preston took a cautious approach to this first section and got the critical control right. They then completed the rest of the event without incident and took victory in their Peugeot 106 Rallye.; Read more >>
Rali Llyn 2002: Steven Roberts made it three wins in five years on the Express Motors Commercials Rali Llyn, partnered by Darren Garrod, he took a narrow win from top seeds Ian Jones/Alan Williams. The hired Subaru Impreza of Haydn Davies/Paul Roberts was tying for the lead at the petrol halt, however the car caused a premature end to the rally as it went up in flames and was totally destroyed on the penultimate section. Due to the need to get fire appliances to the scene the rally was halted at that point.; Read more >>
Border 100 Road Rally 2002: Glyn Price/Huw Jones made the most of local knowledge as they took a decisive win on Welsh Border CC’s Border 100 Rally in their Ford Escort. By the petrol halt Price/Jones had built up a lead of over two minutes as the route took them over home territory. An equally forceful drive in the second half, aided by the demise of their nearest challengers.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Teifi 2002: Hefin George/Dilwyn John took a maiden win on Teifi Valley MC’s Rali Bro Teifi. George/John had decided prior to the event that the rally would be decided on the various tracks being used during the night. They were proved correct and made the most of their M&S tyre choice and the Nissan Sunny’s four wheel drive to take the win with a margin of a minute over the Escort XR3 of Gareth Jones/Carl Williamson.; Read more >>
VK Derbyshire Rally 2002: The VK Derbyshire Rally saw a close night long battle for the lead between the Peugeot 205 of Andy Baker/Lee Burgess and the Vauxhall Nova of Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie. The matter was only decided on the last section where the AB Motorsport Peugeot was a minute faster to give Baker/Burgess a first time win.; Read more >>
Night Owl Rally 2002: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Five Huw Evans/PatrickWalsh reinforced their lead of the Welsh Rally Championship by taking victory on the fifth round of the series, the Night Owl Rally. The pair, who had held third place at the petrol halt, were fastest through the second half to win by almost a minute. At Petrol top seeds Aled 'Cacen' Evans/Eryl Evans held a slender lead of three seconds over Martyn O'Connor/Peter Collins.; Read more >>
Y2K Two Road Rally 2002: A steady run by Robert Wilson/Dylan Jenkins saw them through to a win on the Y2K Two 2002 Rally. The road rally ran alongside the night section of Clwb Modur Cymru’s Historic Welsh Retro event. The Welsh Rally Retro was won by Peter Horsburgh/Anthony Preston, who led home a Mini Cooper S 1-2-3 on the event. Len Olds/Andy Ballantyne had led at the lunch halt, but lost time with a wrong slot in Crychan on the night leg.; Read more >>
Morning Mist Rally 2002: Despite drowning out in a ford, Guy Robinson/Charlie Wheeldon managed to win the Morning Mist Road Rally on a tie break. Robinson/Wheeldon had opened up a lead of a minute when their Nova ingested water into its air intake at a ford towards the end of the rally.; Read more >>
Funky Elephant Rally 2002: Mike Biss/Cath Woodman continued their remarkable run of success on the Funky Elephant Rally. For the fourth successive road rally they won the event completing the course, once again, free of any penalty, their previous wins being on the Resolution, Kent and Barum rallies.; Read more >>
Witch Way Road Rally 2002: It was second time lucky for the Semi-Expert crew Christopher Day/Richard Chalmers as they took a narrow victory on Pendle DMC's Witch Way Rally. They had missed out on a podium finish on the 2001 event after picking up two fails on the last time card. In 2002 they kept on the pace to bring their Mini Cooper home just over a minute ahead of Ryemoor Trophy winners Jon Lawson/Chris Pringle in their Legacy.; Read more >>
Swan 2002 Rally: The rally turned out to be a battle between Steve Cole/Bob Blows, Matt Fowle/John Upham and Mike Biss/Cath Woodman, the latter crew being undefeated since November 2001. The matter was decided when Biss/Woodman missed a code board soon after the petrol halt.; Read more >>
Skoda Trophy Rally 2002: Broughton & Bretton MC ran their first road rally for some years and gained backing from their local Skoda dealers, Clarks of Wrexham, for the event. The clear winners were Jason Stone/Paul Holmberg in their Peugeot 205, the car having had a new gearbox fitted after its retirement on the Night Owl. The pair came home two minutes clear of the field, a result that increased Holmberg's lead in the ANWCC series.; Read more >>
Danum Rally 2002: John Haden/Iain Tullie were on the pace all night but, despite not being the outright fastest crew, they came home as winners as they avoided any errors. This was the crews' second rally together and their second win, having previous taken first on the Bruce Robinson earlier in the year.; Read more >>
Oaks Trophy Rally 2002: The Subaru Impreza of Simon Cottrell/Paul Holmberg was the class of the field all night and led from Start to Finish, coming home two minutes clear of the field. Cottrell/Holmberg were followed home by Steve Webster/Steve Porter to make it an Impreza 1-2.; Read more >>
Barcud Motor Club Rally 2002: There was a close finish to the Barcud Rally as only one second separated the two fastest crews after 110 miles of motoring. It was the Ford Escort of Gareth 'Gog' Jones/Patrick Walsh that took victory over the VW Golf of Phil Turner/Owen Dodd. Neither crew had been in the top three at the halfway point but both pushed to the limit in the second half which used the lanes around Lampeter.; Read more >>
Barbara Carter Memorial Rally 2002: Exmouth MC's annual road rally was renamed in honour of Barbara Carter, an enthusiastic motorsport supporter and competitor, who died in 2001. Many of those taking part in the event had previous competed with Barbara. When the results were announced it was found that two crews had tied for the win with penalties of two minutes. The matter was therefore decided on egine capacity, with the Peugeot 205 1.9 of Darren Dixon/Peter Barnard taking the win from the Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 of Adrian Beer/Chris Beer.; Read more >>
Eagle Road Rally 2002: After three years of running as a daylight road rally entirely within the Sweet Lamb Complex, the Eagle Rally moved to the Hafren Forest and night time for the 2002 event. Time was dropped at a large number of controls and the eventual winners, Howard Price/Carl Williamson, finished with total time penalties of 9m 37s. The fastest crew of the night were Phil Turner/Owen Dodd who would have won the event but missed the very first Passage Control in the forest.; Read more >>
Wessex Rally 2002: Peter Barnard made it two wins in successive weekends; he followed up his Barbara Carter Memorial victory by taking first place on the Wessex Rally. The intended route had been 103 miles in length but the final seven miles had to be cancelled at the last moment when it was found that Railtrack had closed a level crossing for repair work during the night.; Read more >>
Palferman Road Rally 2002: The rally was dominated by the Seat Ibiza of Lee Matthews/Gari Matthews; they were thirty seconds faster than any other crew over the decisive section around Llanedwen and then were the only competitors to clean the test that used Bwlch-gwyn Quarry, the latter being the brothers' home territory. They finished ninety seconds clear of the field.; Read more >>
PK Memorial Rally 2002: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Six The final results of the PK Memorial Rally showed the leaders to seperated by just a few seconds with Glyn Price/Huw Jones emerging as victors to add the PK to their Border 100 win earlier in the year. They came home just four seconds in front of the second place crew. The runner up spot had to be decided on the furtherest clean tie break as Steven Roberts/Darren Garrod and Dave Jones/Baz Green ended up with penalties of 49 seconds each.; Read more >>
AB Motorsport Half Night Rally 2002: The rally developed into a three way battle that was not resolved until the final section. The crews involved were Andy Baker/Lee Burgess (Peugeot 205), Tim Tordoff/Ian Frazer (Vauxhall Nova) and Guy Robinson/Gary Evans (Vauxhall Nova). They eventually finished in that order but not before all had hit problems towards the end.; Read more >>
Pacemaker Rally 2002: Anthony Gluyas/Richard Preece had a U bolt on their Escort's rear axle work loose during the second section of the rally, this made the car's handling a liitle odd for the rest of the event. Despite this handicap, they came home as the winners, over a minute in front of the similar car of Mal Acott/Nigel Roberts.; Read more >>
Drystone Rally 2002: Stuart Newby and Paul Holmberg took victory on Mid-Derbyshire MC's Drystone Rally. From early section times it seemed that the rally would be a battle between the Vauxhall Novas of top seeds Guy Robinson/Charlie Wheeldon and Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie, however neither crew were destined to finish the rally.; Read more >>
Matt Ritson Memorial Westmorland Rally 2002: The rally was won by Paul Schatz/Jerry Hettrick in their Citroen AX, it was the third time in succession that this crew had triumphed on the Westmorland, having previously been winners in 1999 and 2000. Gavin Smith/Mike Ogram, in their Peugeot 205, finished in second place, two minutes behind the winners.; Read more >>
Saint Wilfrid's Road Rally 2002: After a number of top five results over the previous few months, Jamie Turner/Graham Raeburn took their first outright rally win on the Saint Wilfrid's. They brought their Rover Metro home just ten seconds ahead of the Subaru Impreza of John Haden/Iain Tullie.; Read more >>
Valley Services Road Rally 2002: Paul Evans/Patrick Walsh won the Valley service Road Rally, heading home a Ford Escort 1-2-3. Evans/Walsh were on the pace from the off; they dropped just one second on the openings ection through Cwmtywyll Valley. Toby Adam/Byron Jones took the runner up spot.; Read more >>
Rally of the Dams 2002: Sheffield and Hallamshire MC’s Rally of the Dams finished with thirteen of the twenty starters completing the event clear of any penalties. A dry night, quick roads and a large number of fast crews resulted in the thirteen way tie for the win.; Read more >>
Mel Harries Memorial Rally 2002: The Mel Harries Memorial Rally reappeared after a three year absence and it proved to be a great success with competitors. They tackled a 100 mile route in the Llandeilo-Carmarthen-Ammanford area. Ceri Richards/Aled Jones arrived at Petrol clean, Gary Jones/Nigel Nelson had dropped just one second and Gareth Lloyd/Ryland James were on two seconds. The matter wasn't decided until the final section.; Read more >>
Hall Trophy Road Rally 2002: Clitheroe & District MC's Hall Trophy Rally proved to be a tough test for competing crews. The navigation wasn't exceptionally difficult, but a complex route, with a large number of code boards and controls, put the pressure on the navigator. Despite picking up a five minute penalty for missing a code board Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie put an end to their period for non-finishes by claiming victory in their Vauxhall Nova.; Read more >>
Bullnose Rally 2002: Mike Biss/Cath Woodman took their fifth win of the season on Oxford MC's Bullnose Rally. The event used a 120 mile route which started and finished at the Membury Service Area. The route formed a figure of eight with the M4 service area at the crux. Many fast B-roads were used, but crews also had to tackle around eight miles of whites on the Lambourne Downs.; Read more >>
E Roberts (Ffestiniog) Memorial Rali Meirion 2002: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Seven The rally turned into a tight battle between the Escort of Steven Roberts/Darren Garrod and the Subaru Impreza of Haydn Davies/Owen Dodd. Entering the last section Roberts/Garrod were just a few seconds ahead, however with less than two miles to go they misjudged a 90 right and crashed heavily into a wall. This allowed Davies/Owen to finish, taking the victory over two minutes ahead of the field.; Read more >>
Scorpion Road Rally 2002: Guy Robinson/Charlie Wheeldon took their second win of the year on the Scorpion Rally to put themselves in a strong position in the East Midlands Road Rally Championship. The opening sections were relatively easy and twelve crews arrived at the petrol halt free of any penalty, however the organisers tighten the screw after the break; two timed to the second sections in the Roach End area determined the results.; Read more >>
Sweet Lamb Stages 2002: After Graham Middleton withdrew his entry, the pre-event favourite became Leon Pesticcio, who was testing his Lancer Evo7. Pesticcio duly fulfilled this role by taking fastest time on all of the first four stages and building up a lead of 32 seconds by the time crews arrived at the first service halt. Also The Sweet Lamb Stages was Round Five of the Peugeot 205 Challenge.; Read more >>
Rali Cilwendeg 2002: Teifi Valley MC introduced a new format to modern road rallying with the Rali Cilwendeg - a two night road rally. The event used a 270 miles route, split between Friday and Saturday night. The rally settled in to a two way battle between the Ford Sierra of Toby Adam/Byron Jones and the Mitsubishi Lancer of Alun 'Timo' Evans/Rob Richardson. The latter pairing were to finish the rally with the quickest time but they picked up a fail at a triangle control and this dropped them from first to twenty-ninth.; Read more >>
Mercian Road Rally 2002: Graham Nunn/Paul Nelson made the best use of local knowledge to win the Mercian Road Rally in their Peugeot 205. They’d had a scare with an oil leak at the Start, but this was resolved so that they could complete their victory. The only crew to get close to matching the winners’ pace were Jamie Gratton-Smith/Richard Hage, who finished second to make it a Peugeot 205 1-2.; Read more >>
JD Romain Novice Rally 2002: An impressive performance from Stuart Kelso/Joe Wood meant that they were not only the leading Novice crew by more than two minutes but the second fastest crew of the night. They were only beaten by the Semi-Expert pairing of Nick Banks/Reg Gradden. Second overall went to Steve Herbert/Shaun Hardy, who swapped their usual roles for the event.; Read more >>
Powerush Rally 2002: Martin Smith/PRAR took victory by just one minute from Dominic Worsfold/Matt Fowle. The winners had at one point sideswiped a tree, causing damage to the rear quarter of their Toyota Corolla, but this didn't stop them overhauling Worsfold/Fowle, who had led at the petrol halt. The runners up were competing in the navigator's Peugeot 205. Bob Dance/Graham Dance in a similar car finished third.; Read more >>
Classic Lanes Rally 2002: For most of the front runners there were just two sections on which they dropped time. With the Classic Lanes Rally being decided over a just a few miles there was bound to be a close finish and so there was. Mal Acott/Nigel Roberts coming home just nineteen seconds ahead of Brynli Thomas/Roger Evans. For Acott it was his first ever rally win, Roberts having previously won the Barcud Rally 2000 with Phil Turner.; Read more >>
Dafydd Richards Memorial Rali Dyffryn Aeron 2002: Three crews set a pace well clear of the rest of the field, these were Nigel Davies/Karen Davies, Gareth 'Gog' Jones/Patrick Walsh and Ceri Richards/Aled Jones. After a few near misses in the last few years Davies/Davies eventually managed to win the rally, sealling the victory by being almost thirty seconds quicker than Jones/Walsh at ITC9.; Read more >>
061 Road Rally 2002: Despite a high quality entry, top seeds Stuart Newby/Paul Holmberg always looked in command and finished the event over a minute clear of their nearest challenger. The four wheel drive of their Subaru Impreza helping them to a decisive fastest time over the crucial High Rake tracks.; Read more >>
Malky Road Rally 2002: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Eight Mark Robinson/Steve Durbin put in a blistering display to finish the Malky Rally with only twenty-seven seconds penalties, almost six minutes clear of their nearest rivals. Since its first running in 1996 the Malky Road Rally had always run in atrocious weather conditions, 2002 was no exception with gale force winds and rain as Storm Jeanette hit the UK.; Read more >>
Cossack Rally 2002: At the petrol halt Steve Webster/Steve Porter led, the four wheel drive of their Impreza proving a useful tool on the whites that had been made muddy by the previous days of rain. They had a twenty second lead over the Nova of Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie at that point.; Read more >>
Pheasant Plucker Rally 2002: The rally turned out to be a battle between Worsfold/Fowle and pre-event favourites Mike Biss/Cath Woodman. Both crews dropped just three minutes over all sections bar the one between TC16 and TC17, this included a hard to find triangle control, Worsfold/Fowle spent four minutes finding the correct route and visiting the route check, Biss/Woodman missed the control and the result was decided.; Read more >>
Rali Goffa James Trenholme 2002: Meredydd Jones/Bryn Jones competing in a Peugeot 309 GTi took a dominant win on the James Trenholme Memorial Rally. The event, Harlech & District MC’s third road rally of the year, was a novice event with expert crews excluded. Battling through heavy rain crews tackled a ninety mile route on the Lleyn Peninsula. Despite the conditions forty-one of the fifty starters completed the rally.; Read more >>
The Harry & The Ivy Clubman Rally 2002: Peter Gorst/Derek Bateson were declared the winners of The Harry and The Ivy Clubmans Rally after tying on penalties with Paul Schatz/Jerry Hettrick. The Kirby Lonsdale MC organised event used a 98 mile route, which took crews in a roughly clockwise loop around the rally’s base at Kendal.; Read more >>
20th Nightwatchman Rally 2002: Mike Biss/Cath Woodman took their seventh win of the year on Central Sussex MC’s Nightwatchman Rally. The win also secured the Rally 2002 Championship for the pairing, the series being co-promoted by the South Eastern and Central Southern Associations. The only crew to challenge the winners were Steve Coles/Bob Blows, they narrowly missed to make their time at two controls during the night and finished two minutes down on the winners.; Read more >>
Harvest Rally 2002: Jon Skelly/Paul Watts emerged as winners of South Ham MC’s Harvest Rally. Five crews cleaned all the event’s standard sections and thus their penalties on the single six mile regularity section were used as a tie breaker.; Read more >>
Holrus Rally 2002: Gerwyn Jones/Ceri Davies demonstrated once again that they are the crew to beat on road rallies that use the Epynt Ranges as they took a comfortable win on the Holrus Rally. The Newtown & District AC event saw crews tackle a 100 mile route, with all its competitve sections on the Ranges.; Read more >>
JJ Brown Memorial Rally 2002: Eifion Thomas/Carwyn Evans won the J J Brown Memorial Rally, finishing the event free of any penalty. Caernarvon and Anglesey MC’s third road rally of the year saw 69 crews tackle a 130 mile route. However the rally was decided on the single two mile regularity section.; Read more >>
Beaver Rally 2002: The Maple Garages Beaver Rally saw John Haden/Iain Tullie take their third win of the year together. Haden/Tullie had a night long battle with Guy Robinson/Charlie Wheeldon. The Subaru pair were second fastest at IRTC5, the first control at which all crews dropped time, Robinson/Wheeldon were 41 seconds behind. Haden/Tullie were then fastest at IRTC8 to arrive at Petrol 1m 09s ahead of Robinson/Wheeldon.; Read more >>
Civil Service Rally 2002: Iain Tullie made it two rally wins in as many weekends when he followed up his Beaver Rally success by navigating Carl Hawkins to victory on the CSMA Road Rally. The rally attracted thirty starters and they tackled a 123 mile route in the Clitheroe/Settle area.; Read more >>
The Preston Rally 2002: Andy Baker/Lee Burgess clinched the East Midlands Rally Championship with a win on Chelmsford MC’s Preston Road Rally. Baker/Burgess, competing in their regular AB Motorsport Peugeot 205, took the lead shortly before the first petrol halt and then pulled away from the opposition in the second half of the event.; Read more >>
Ilfracombe Rally 2002: Phil Kendall/Andy Coshan took their first ever overall rally win on the Ilfracombe Rally. The North Devon MC road rally was in fact two events, a modern and an historic. However the two rallies used the same route and navigation instructions for the Masters and Experts were the same. Dave Hughes/Richard Dix pedalled their Volvo Amazon around the narrow lanes to take the win in the Historic Rally.; Read more >>
Three Swans Rally 2002: Jamie Gratton-Smith/Richard Hage capped their first full year of road rallying by taking their Peugeot 205 to victory on Selby & District MC’s Three Swans Rally. The win came despite the pair having to keep their car topped up with oil and water throughout the night. They’d held fourth place at the petrol halt but surged through to take overall honours with a winning margin of fourteen seconds at the Finish.; Read more >>
Starlight Novice Rally 2002: Wolverhampton & South Staffs MC’s Starlight Novices Rally was won by the MG Maestro of Trevor Pritchard/Paul Hughes. The event, designed for novices and beginners, was not open to Expert crews. The first section around Kinver saw the Ford Focus of Mark Higgott/Dave Williamson take the lead, but they were to drop back when the rally moved towards the petrol halt at Church Stretton.; Read more >>
Shaw Trophy Rally 2002: Malcolm Holdsworth/Chris Pringle won the Shaw Trophy Rally, the first all night road rally to be held in the North-East of England for fifteen years. The Wickham and District MC event, which took place on the Saturday night between Christmas and New Year, used a 130 mile route starting from Bomdisle Garage in Stanhope.; Read more >>
Red Kite Stages 2003: Julian Reynolds/Ieaun Thomas maintained their superb 2002 form into the New Year by taking victory on the Red Kite Stages. Reynolds led throughout the day, although he faced an initial challenge from the Impreza WRC of Bob Ceen/Alisair Douglas. The Red Kite Stages was the second round of the Peugeot 206 Winter Series.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Preseli 2003: Teifi Valley MC’s Rali Bro Preseli, an event aimed at novice competitors, was appropriately enough won by the novice crew of Mark Lloyd/Delyth Morgan. The ninety mile road rally saw a capacity entry of sixty cars tackle a route in north Pembrokeshire. Lloyd/Morgan took the lead in their Peugeot 205 on the second section and retained it until the finish.; Read more >>
Carpet Bagger Rally 2003: Terry Pickering/Paul Robinson took their Triumph TR3 to victory on Bournemouth and District CC’s Carpet Bagger Rally. The popular road rally, which mixed modern and historic cars, used a 170 mile route, featuring 45 time controls, in the tight lanes of Somerset and Dorset.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Ddyfi 2003: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round One The Rali Bro Dyfi threw up a surprise result as the Mini l275GT of Garry Preston/Mike Sones took victory ahead of many leading Championship contenders. All bar two crews picked at least one fail during the night, one code board in particular proved difficult to locate.; Read more >>
Telford Winter Stages 2003: Jari-Matti Latvala/Carl Williamson were in a class of their own on the Telford Auto Club Winter Stages, they came home three minutes clear of the field after 54 stage miles in Sweet Lamb and Hafren. The young Finn was gaining further experience of WRC cars and, with his BRC Focus still not finished, a Corolla WRC was hired for the rally.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Caron 2003: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Two Carl Williamson made it two rally wins in under twelve hours when he followed up his Telford Winter Stages win by navigating Gareth Jones to victory on Lampeter MC’s Rali Bro Caron. The Bro Caron result reflected that of the Winter Stages in one further aspect, Patrick Walsh took second place on both events.; Read more >>
Bruce Robinson Memorial Rally 2003: John Haden/Iain Tullie repeated their 2002 success by taking a second succesive victory on the Bruce Robinson Memorial Rally in their Subaru Impreza Estate. The pairing coming home five minutes ahead of their nearest rivals. Bob Marshall/Roger Hage took the runner up spot, they could have been in contention for victory but for a five minute wrong slot in the first half.; Read more >>
Kent Rally 2003: Steve Cole/Bob Blows overcame fading brakes and tricky navigation to win Sevenoaks & District MC’s Kent Rally. The 150 mile event used the lanes in the heavily populated area of North and West Kent. The nature of the roads meant that the rally was very much a navigational affair, with the different classes being given trickier navigation dependent on their amount of experience.; Read more >>
Buglass Trophy Rally 2003: Despite missing two code boards Malcolm Holdsworth/Chris Pringle ended up winners of Berwick & District MC’s Buglass Trophy Rally. Holdsworth/Pringle, who were competing in the driver’s regular Toyota Corolla, failed to locate a loop through a farmyard and with fifteen minutes added for each of the missed board, their total penalties for the event were thirty-two minutes.; Read more >>
Gremlin Rally 2003: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Three Gerwyn Jones/Ceri Davies once again dominated a road rally over the Epynt Ranges when they won the Gremlin Rally. Jones/Davies demolished the opposition by dropping just forty seconds on the Jogularity and then cleaning the rest of the event. Despite lighting problems with their Escort, they came home almost eight minutes clear of the field.; Read more >>
Morlands & Meadows Rally 2003: Iain Tullie made it two wins out of two when he followed up his win on the Bruce Robinson Memorial by navigating Carl Hawkins to victory on the Moorland and Meadows Rally. The organisers had a trying night. There was a heavy police presence in South Yorkshire, with competitors being stopped and sections being blocked.; Read more >>
Rali Gogledd Cymru 2003: A steady run saw first time pairing of Huw Myfyr Jones/Owen Dodd win Y Rali Gogledd Cymru when other crews made errors or hit problems. At the halfway halt there were three crews who were still clear of any penalties. These were top seeds Howard Price/Steve Griffiths, Mal Acott/Nigel Roberts and Brynli Thomas/Paul Edwards. However none of these crews were to feature in the top places at the Finish.; Read more >>
G&P Memorial Rally 2003: Terry Martin/Simon Bentley emerged from a three way battle for the lead and very wet conditions to win the Memorial Rally. By the first petrol halt Martin/Bentley had scratched out a lead of 17 seconds in their Peugeot 205, but a wrong slot meant that by the second fuel break Malcolm Grisdale/Bob Hargreaves had taken the lead and were twenty seconds in front.; Read more >>
Durham Dales Rally 2003: The result of the Durham Dales Rally had to be decided by a tie breakers as two crews ended the road rally on equal penalties. It was the fact that Peter Gibson/Richard Holdsworth had taken the fastest time over the opening section that allowed them to claim the win over David Tubman/John Tubman.; Read more >>
Moonbeam Road Rally 2003: At the halfway point of the Moonbeam Road Rally Wayne Morris/Paul Middleton looked on course for a comfortable win, however problems in the latter stages of the Telford AC event meant that they just scrapped home for victory at the Finish. A mix up over a time control that was incorrectly sited cost Brynli Thomas/Roger Evans a minute and possible victory as they finished in third.; Read more >>
Ryemoor Trophy Rally 2003: Steve Featherstone/Mike Ogram took their Ford Sierra to a closely fought victory on Malton MC’s Ryemoor Trophy Rally. Bob Marshall/Roger Hage were the fastest crew of the night and would have won the rally by just eight seconds however they missed a code board on the Osmotherley Moor section and the resultant fail dropped them to twelfth place.; Read more >>
Rali Llyn 2003: A storming drive over the first section of the Rali Llyn ensured that Gerallt Davies/Owen Dodd won the popular Harlech & District MC road rally. Alan Jôs, who has won the Llyn on four occasions in the past, guided Carwyn Evans to second place, fifty seconds down on the winners at the Finish.; Read more >>
Alnyte Road Rally 2003: Peterborough MC’s Alnyte Rally ended with twenty-one of the thirty starters clear of penalties at the end of the 120 mile route. The matter was therefore decided on engine capacity, thus Nicola Hillier/Dave Bradley took their maiden victory in their 1293cc Metro.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Teifi 2003: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Four After a number of near misses Ceri Richards/Aled Jones finally achieved their maiden win when they took victory on the Rali Bro Teifi. Richards/Jones stormed through the latter part of the second section and by the petrol halt they had established a lead of almost three minutes, a margin they maintained to the Finish.; Read more >>
Border 100 Road Rally 2003: Ian 'Dude' Roberts/Andrew Moss won Welsh Border CC’s Border 100 Rally, it was the driver's first ever overall win. The event saw a night long battle for the lead between the VW Golf of Roberts/Moss and the Peugeot 205 of Brynli Thomas/Paul Edwards. The decision was in doubt until the latter pairing wrong slotted on a foggy section in the second half.; Read more >>
VK Derbyshire Rally 2003: Gearbox problems for their Nova failed to stop Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie winning Matlock MC’s VK Derbyshire Rally. Hawkins/Tullie lost second gear about a quarter distance into the rally and then fourth failed just after the petrol halt, however they still came home two minutes clear of the field to take their second win of the year.; Read more >>
Boontree Birl 2003: Monty Pearson/Ewan Leeming took their VW Golf to a closely fought win on the Boontree Birl Road Rally in North East Scotland. At the Finish Pearson/Leeming were just one mark ahead of the Toyota Corolla of Colin Christie/Ian Morrison, who had led initially.; Read more >>
Palferman Trophy Rally 2003: Eifion Thomas/Carwyn Evans won the Palferman Trophy Rally as most of their closest rivals failed to make the finish of the Anglesey based road rally. Thomas/Evans finished the rally almost three minutes clear of the field as they came home the only finishers from the top five starters.; Read more >>
Night Owl Rally 2003: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Five Huw Evans/Patrick Walsh repeated their success of 2002 when they won the E&M Motor Factors Night Owl Rally. Aled Evans/Eryl Evans, were second, having had to contend with a slipping clutch on their Sierra for most of the event, while Dennis Quinn/Pat Gadsby managed third place despite breaking a spring on their Escort.; Read more >>
Y2K Three Rally 2003: Jamie Turner/Graham Raeburn followed up their third place on the previous month's Epynt based Gremlin Rally by winning the Epynt based Y2K-Three Rally. Turner/Raeburn had decided on a cautious approach to the rally, their aim to avoid errors in both driving and navigating paid off as they came home ahead of a number of local crews.; Read more >>
Funky Elephant Rally 2003: The Funky Elephant Road Rally developed into a battle between Steve Cole/Bob Blows and Dominic Worsfold/Matt Fowle. Both crews cleaned all sections bar that around Barnetside/Froxfield. On that critical test Cole/Blows dropped a minute less than Worsfold/Fowle, thus giving them their third win in last four runnings on the event.; Read more >>
Curtis-Bennett Rally 2003: Mike Biss/Ian Buxton achieved a notable victory when they took their Vauxhall Astra Diesel Estate to first place on the CSMA’s Curtis Bennett Rally. At the Finish the top four crews were separated by their times over the single timed to the second section, which was down the Devil’s Staircase on Abergwesyn.; Read more >>
Witch Way Road Rally 2003: Brynli Thomas/Steve Herbert pulled of an unexpected, but well deserved, win on Pendle and District MC’s Witch Way Road Rally. The Welsh pairing, on their first visit to Cumbria, were the only crew to clean the second of the event’s three sections. They came home ninety seconds ahead of the opposition.; Read more >>
Swan Road Rally 2003: Andy Coshan/Phil Kendall were declared the winners of the Swan Rally after being the only crew to master the event's navigation method from the opening section. By the halfway halt Coshan/Kendall, debuting a new Renault 19, had dropped under two minutes and were six minutes ahead of the field. They eventually came home with a victory margin of five minutes as other crews finally speeded up.; Read more >>
Skoda Trophy Rally 2003: Brynli Thomas made it two wins in two weekends when he followed up his Witch Way success with victory on the Skoda Trophy Rally. For his navigator, Paul Holmberg, it was a second successive win on the Broughton & Bretton MC event. The event was timed to the minute, with any ties being decided by times at the first time control in the second section. This section was in the lanes and tracks above Llysfasi College.; Read more >>
Morswyn Williams Memorial Rally 2003: Gwendraeth Valley MC’s first running of the Morswyn Williams Memorial Rally was won by Ceri Richards/Aled Jones, they dropped just four seconds all night. The result was decided on some small regularity time penalties over the first section. This was after the final section of the evening, where all crews dropped significant time, was scrubbed.; Read more >>
Wessex Rally 2003: Steve Cole/Bob Blows took their third win of 2003, completing Dolphin MC’s Wessex Road Rally with a clean sheet. Entering the final sections there were a number of crews still clear of any penalties, however Cole/Blows were the only ones to arrive at the finish with their perfect run intact.; Read more >>
Mid Wales Stages 2003: Graham Middleton/John Morgan took their second successive win on the Rally Marketing Mid Wales Stages. Shaun Gardener/Dave Brick led initially but had to give best to Middleton/Morgan, with the Corolla pairing finishing the Newtown & District AC event thirty seconds ahead. Paul Tod/Iestyn ap Daffydd leapt to the head of the Peugeot 205 Challenge series when they won the category on the Mid Wales Stages.; Read more >>
Mel Harries Memorial Rally 2003: Martyn O’Connor/Peter Collins took victory by the narrowest of margins on Ammanford MC’s Mel Harries Memorial Rally. They finished the event with just twenty-five seconds penalty, this was equalled by John ‘Mk1’ Thomas/Patrick Walsh – the two crews having to be seperated by the furthest clean principal.; Read more >>
PK Memorial Rally 2003: Brynli Thomas/Paul Homberg made it two wins in two outings, as they followed up their Skoda Trophy win, by taking victory on the Polyroof PK Memorial Rally. For Thomas it was a hat trick as it was his third win in three outings. They dominated the Bala MC event, coming home a minute clear of the field. Thomas/Holmberg had shared the lead at the halfway point but then stormed through the second half, leaving Gary Jones/Dave Pitchford to take second place a minute behind.; Read more >>
Barbara Carter Memorial Rally 2003: Darren Dixon/Peter Barnard once again demonstrated their mastery of the south Devon lanes when they took their second successive win on Exmouth MC’s Barbara Carter Memorial Rally. Dixon/Barnard finished four minutes clear of Steve Cole/Bob Blows. Second place had to be decided on a furthest clean tie break as Mike Biss/Cath Woodman finished on the same penalty as Cole/Blows, the latter crew took the runner up spot.; Read more >>
Welsh Endurance Rally 2003: An experimental type of event, an Endurnace Rally, a mixture of road rally sections and test, was won by Owen Turner/Andrew Dadswell in a Rover Metro. It was based in Cardiff and used a series of tests, or Primes, and road rally time control style sections. The rally used tracks and roads in Caerwent, Walters Arena, Epynt, Sweet Lamb and Abergewsyn. Turner/Dadswell were fastest on Prime 1 and took a lead they weren't to loose.; Read more >>
Pacemaker Road Rally 2003: Gary Jones/Dave Pitchford emerged as clear winners after an eventful Pacemaker Road Rally. Jones/Pitchford had been over a minute off the lead at the halfway point but a storming second half performance coupled with problems for other contenders meant that they finished almost four minutes clear of the field.; Read more >>
Armstrong Massey Road Rally 2003: The Armstrong Massey Road Rally was won by the very standard Cavalier of Graham Hepworth/Iain Tullie. The standard of navigation played into the hands of Hepworth/Tullie who were competing in a turbo deisel Cavalier without either spotlights or sumpguard. They lay third after the first time card but picked up the pace to finish five minutes ahead of Andy Beaumont/Mike Petch.; Read more >>
AB Motorsport Half Night Rally 2003: Guy Robinson, partnered by Gary Evans, gave his Proton Persona its maiden victory on Matlock MC’s AB Motorsport Half Night Road Rally. The rally was also a round of the HRCR Nocturnal Challenge, the winners of this section were Terry Pickering/Paul Robinson in their Triumph TR3.; Read more >>
Matt Ritson Memorial Westmorland Rally 2003: Due to being a late entry, Jon Lawson/Chris Pringle (Subaru Legacy) were seeded at Number 30, but despite this low start number they drove to a convincing win on the Westmorland Rally; giving the driver a perfect birthday present. The 148 mile Eden Valley MC event was based at the Tebay Services on the M6 and saw thirty-two crews take the start.; Read more >>
Drystone Rally 2003: Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie took their third Derbyshire victory of the year by taking a clear win on Mid-Derbyshire MC’s Drystone Rally. Hawkins/Tullie dropped time on just two sections, one being the opening test which used the infamous tracks of High Rake. Craig Burgess/Lee Burgess, debuting their new Peugeot 205, were their closest challengers coming home forty-four seconds behind at the Finish.; Read more >>
Barcud Road Rally 2003: Gary Jones/Dave Pitchford (Toyota Corolla) took their second successive rally win when they were declared winners of the Barcud Road Rally. However unlike their triumph on the Pacemaker the previous month, this victory was decided by their smaller engine size - eleven crews finished the rally clear of any penalties and a tie break was used.; Read more >>
Saint Wilfrid's Road Rally 2003: Ripon MSC’s St Wilfrids Road Rally saw another victory go to the Nova of Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie (Vauxhall Nopva), however the pair had to fight hard for the win as Jon Lawson/Chris Pringle (Subaru Legacy) put up a strong challenge. A single code board had a significant effect on the results as around half the runners missed it.; Read more >>
Valley Services Road Rally 2003: For the second year running, Paul Evans/Patrick Walsh won the Valley Services Road Rally in their hired Ford Escort. 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.; Read more >>
Morecamble Road Rally 2003: It was yet another victorious night for Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie, when they won the Morecambe Road Rally. Simon Cottrell/Jez Harris debuted a newly acquired Escort RS2000. They held the lead at Petrol, but thirty miles after the restart the car developed gear selection problems.; Read more >>
Three Swans Road Rally 2003: Andy Beaumont/Mike Petch achieved their first rally win by taking victory on the Three Swans Rally in Yorkshire. The event, a round of both the ANCC and ANEMMC Championships, used a 120 mile route, with less than a mile of unsurfaced tracks. The top seeds Jamie Gratton-Smith/Richard Hage had a miserable night, they were 26 minutes late at STC25 after a massive wrong slot.; Read more >>
Resolution Road Rally 2003: Steve Cole/Bob Blows achieved their fourth win of the year by taking a narrow victory on Hart MC’s Resolution Rally. The top four places were decided on the night’s single regularity section. Cole/Blows arrived at the critical intermediate time control just one second early.; Read more >>
Shaw Trophy Rally 2003: Wickham & District MC’s Shaw Trophy Rally saw the first victory of the year for Paul Schatz/Jerry Hettrick. The well organised event saw crews tackle a 150 mile route in Northumberland which included fifteen miles through the Keilder Forest. Schatz/Hettrick led all night in their Peugeot 309 and came home four minutes clear of the opposition. Steve Webster/Steve Porter were their closest challengers.; Read more >>
Twilight Road Rally 2003: Gary Jones/Andrew Card took a clear win on a challenging Twilight Rally to give the driver a hat trick of wins following his success on the Pacemaker and Barcud rallies. For the event Jones had forsaken his familiar Corolla and was competing in an ex-Pete Cotton Escort. It seemed to be a successful move as he and Card romped home ten minutes clear of the field.; Read more >>
Hall Trophy Rally 2003: Taking the fastest times over the two sections timed to the second ensured that Steve Head/Graham Raeburn secured victory on the Hall Trophy. Navigation was by the London Map system. Unfortunately the rally descended into confusion as both of the course cars broke down and, as they were carrying the route hand outs, crews were left guessing where they should be heading.; Read more >>
Welsh Marches Showground Stages 2003: Dai ‘Dot’ Davies/Steve Pugh took their Vauxhall Chevette to victory at the Royal Welsh Showground, coming home a narrow five seconds ahead of the field. Ian Godney took fastest time on SS4 and was then in the top three for all but one of the remaining tests. This allowed him to take second place, 27 seconds ahead of third placed Eric Weaver.; Read more >>
Sweet Lamb Stages 2003: After four stages of Ecurie Royal Oak MC’s Sweet Lamb Stages Julian Reynolds/Ieaun Thomas lay in twenty-eighth position, however they fought through the field to take first place by over a minute at the Finish. Reynolds had put the car off the road on a deceptive left hander in Hafren on SS3, losing three minutes in the process. Paul Tod/Iestyn ap Dafydd overcame a number of problem to grasp first place in the 205 Challenge on the Sweet Lamb Stages on the very last stage.; Read more >>
Bullnose Rally 2003: Kevin Belcher/Antony Walker took victory on the Bullnose Road Rally by the narrowest of margin, one second, as the top nine places were decided on a tie breaker. Nine crews were clean of penalties on all sections bar the single regularity test, this may not have been the case but for a lack of marshals on some tight sections.; Read more >>
Rali Cilwendeg 2003: Daniel 'Lwni' Jones/Owen Dodd emerged as clear and deserved winners of the West Wales Rally Spares Rali Cilwendeg. An assured performance over the two nights of the event propelled them to victory on the classic West Wales road. By the end of the first night, it was Arwyn Thomas/Jeff James who led, but Daniel Jones/Owen Dodd were now only five seconds behind them.; Read more >>
Mercian Road Rally 2003: John Haden/Roger Hage took their Subaru Impreza to a clear win on the 1st Choice Flooring Mercian Road Rally. The Mercian Motor Sports organised event started at the AB Motorsports premises at Leamington Spa and took crews on a 135 mile route in the area to the east of Coventry.; Read more >>
E Roberts (Ffestiniog) Memorial Rali Meirion 2003: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Six Carwyn Evans/Elfyn Richards took a narrow win in their Peugeot 205 GTi on Harlech & District MC’s E Roberts Memorial Rali Meirion. The pairing came home just three seconds ahead of the VW Golf of Huw Myfyr/Gwawr Hughes. The two crews dropped time on just two of the event’s nine sections. The battle took place over 125 miles of the tight lanes in the Porthmadog area.; Read more >>
Telford Novices Rally 2003: Chris Green/Andy Lawrence emerged as winners of Telford AC’s annual novice rally. After a consistent run Green/Lawrence, who were competing in an Escort, finished just eleven seconds ahead of the Mini of Andrew Dorsett/Carl Darby.; Read more >>
JD Romain Novices Rally 2003: The father and son pairing of Peter and Andrew Dale were the clear winners of Rhyl & District MC’s highly popular J. D. Romain Novice Rally. As it was a novice rally, Semi-Experts weren’t eligible for overall awards, however this rule became irrelevant as far as first place went, with the novice pairing of Dale/Dale storming through to take the win, fifteen second ahead of any other competitor.; Read more >>
Danum Road Rally 2003: John Haden/Iain Tullie (Subaru Impreza) took the win for a second successive year on Lindholme MSC’s Danum Rally. Graham Reeson/Roger Hage held a thirty second lead at the petrol halt, just over halfway through the rally, however a number of major wrong slots cost them 16 minutes on the sections and they struggled home in eighth place.; Read more >>
Powerush Rally 2003: There was a dead heat for the win of Borough 18 MC’s Powerush Rally, with the matter being decided in favour of Andy Coshan/Phil Kendall on the furthest clean principle. The Kent based event had a 165 mile route which included runs through the North Downs and Romney Marsh. Cryptic navigation, a tight route and slippery conditions made it a tough challenge.; Read more >>
Classic Lane Road Rally 2003: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Seven Glyn Price/Huw Jones took victory by just one second from Mark Price/Paul Middleton on Welsh Border Car Club’s Classic Lanes Road Rally. The battle for the win was decided on the opening two sections, which made up the first half of the rally. Jamie Turner/Graham Raeburn survived a slipping clutch on their Metro to take third.; Read more >>
061 Road Rally 2003: Guy Robinson/Charlie Wheeldon overcame a poor start to take first place on the Altratech 061 Road Rally. The new organising team had decided to bring the timing fully in to line with the MSA regulations by having crews carry over any seconds dropped at one timing point to the next. This, in particular, caught out Robinson/Wheeldon, they added two unnecessary minutes to their total, leaving them in eighth place after Time Card 1.; Read more >>
Pheasant Plucker Rally 2003: Despite a long lay off Mike Biss/Cath Woodman maintained their winning ways by finishing first on the Pheasant Plucker Rally. Doug Kingsley/John Stringer were the stars of the rally. They had built up a seven minute lead by the petrol halt and looked on course for victory when the gearbox failed on their Nova. This allowed Biss/Woodman through to take their first win of the year.; Read more >>
John Robson Memorial Rally 2003: The John Robson Memorial Rally saw three crews finish clean of any penalties, with the win being awarded to David Tubman/John Tubman on engine capacity. Paul Hughes/Richard Holdsworth had intended competing in an RS2000, however problems with that car meant that Hughes’ Audi TT was wheeled out for the second rally in succession - its 1800cc turbo charged engine put them firmly in third place.; Read more >>
The Malky Rally 2003: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Eight Daniel Jones followed up his Cilwendeg win with victory on the Malky, however the matter had to be decided on a tie break after Jones, and navigator Patrick Walsh, finished on the same time as Glyn Price/Steve Herbert. Gerwyn Jones/Ceri Davies finished in 12th place, this was enough for Jones to clinch the Drivers' title, however the fact that John Davies/Neil Bevan finished in third, meant that Bevan could still deny Davies the series win on the final round, the Greenleaves.; Read more >>
Cossack Road Rally 2003: Two weeks after winning the 061 Rally, Guy Robinson/Charlie Wheeldon took their second win of the year on Eastwood & District MC’s highly popular Visual Packaging Cossack Rally. It was a close contest as Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie were just eight seconds behind after battling through 160 miles of Lincolnshire lanes and tracks.; Read more >>
Early Winter Rally 2003: Charles Brown/Neil Turner took their VW Lupo to first place overall on the Early Winter Rally. The Clubmans Rally was won by Andy Whittaker/Charlie Tynan, who were debuting their new Peugeot 205 1.9, they cleaned the event.; Read more >>
Rali Goffa James Trenholme 2003: Steven John Williams/Geoff Williams took a narrow win on Harlech & District MC’s James Trenholme Memorial Rally. The closed to club event was aimed at novices and beginners, experts crews were excluded from the entry. Despite this restriction the 60 starting places were over subscribed. Crews tackled a compact 85 mile route which was all within the westernmost part of the Lleyn Peninsula, straying no further east than the Pwllheli-Nefyn main road.; Read more >>
Dafydd Richards Memorial Rali Dyffryn Aeron 2003: Adrian Davies/Dorian Evans took a close fought victory on Lampeter MC’s Dafydd Richards Memorial Rally. By the halfway point the event had turned into a two horse race, Glyn Evans/Eryl Evans led the eventual winners by twelve second, with the rest of the field over a minute behind.; Read more >>
Greenleaves Road Rally 2003: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Nine Wayne Morris/Paul Middleton survived a scare when a throttle cable broke on their Escort to win Sixty & Worcestershire MC’s Greenleaves Road Rally. They went on to win the rally, with a victory margin of just nine seconds over Glyn Price/Steve Herbert.; Read more >>
Bill Gwynne Motorsport Stages 2003: Kidderminster MC’s Bill Gwynne Motorsport Stages was won, appropriately enough, by the Subaru Impreza of event sponsor Bill Gwynne. The ex-MN Road Rally Champion, who was partnered by Paul Howarth, finished just one second ahead of the Greenergy Impreza of Nigel Griffiths/Caroline Samuels after nine stages at the Sweet Lamb Rally Complex. After seven stages it appeared that Dave Weston/Neil Shanks (Ford Escort WRC) had the rally sewn up, sitting as they were on a 21 second lead.; Read more >>
Holrus Road 2003: Gerwyn Jones/Ceri Davies took their second successive win on Newtown & District AC’s Holrus Rally, however it was a much closer contest for the newly crowned Welsh Champions than their 2002 victory. Despite suffering from fading brakes Martin Leonard/Stuart Cardell arrived at the halfway halt with a slender fifteen second lead, however Jones/Davies managed to overhaul them in the second half.; Read more >>
Starlight Novices Rally 2003: Darren Lesson/Ian Hewlett emerged from the fog as winners of the Starlight Novices Rally. Fog covered the lanes for the first half and it was on these sections that all the leading crews dropped their only penalties, the second half, which was largely free of fog saw a number of clean sheets.; Read more >>
The Harry & The Ivy Rally 2003: Alex Willan/Paul Allen took the overall award on Kirby Lonsdale MC’s The Harry and the Ivy Rally on Saturday evening. Stephen Perie/Bob Hargreaves finished the event with fewest penalties but as they were categoriesed as Masters they were not eligible for overall awards.; Read more >>
Nightwatchman Rally 2003: Mike Biss/Cath Woodman followed up their recent success on the Pheasant Plucker by taking victory on the Nightwatchman Rally. Biss/Woodman dropped time on just one section and finished the event well clear of second placed Steve Cole/Bob Blows. However, earlier on, the winners had been challenged for first place by Andy Coshan/Phil Kendal.; Read more >>
Beaver Road Rally 2003: Tim Rodgers/Mike Ogram survived an off road excursion to win Beverley & District MC’s Beaver Rally in their Civic Type-R. The 130 mile event used a plot ‘n bash format in the fast lanes of North Humberside. The route was split into three, with two petrol halts, the first at Leven, the second in Shiptonthorpe.; Read more >>
JJ Brown Memorial Rally 2003: There was a close night long battle for the lead on Caernarvonshire & Anglesey MC’s JJ Brown Memorial Rally, which eventually saw Mei Jones/Steve Herbert take victory in their Astra. Jones/Herbert led for most of the event but were always under pressure from the 2002 winners Eifion Thomas/Carwyn Evans.; Read more >>
Preston Rally 2003: Steve Webster/Roger Hage (Subaru Impreza) repeated their 2001 success by winning Chelmford MC’s Preston Rally. Webster/Hage adopted the cautious approach, pushing where possible but taking it easy over the rougher sections, and it brought them victory with a margin of over a minute.; Read more >>
CSMA Civil Service Rally 2003: Gary Gee/Jason Crook took an unexpected win on the CSMA Civil Service Rally on Saturday night. The pair were competing in an ex-David Sutton Group One Escort and finished four minutes clear of the field. Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie led for most of the event and finished the rally with the least time penalties, however a missed signature at a mid-event noise check saw them pick up a five minute penalty, which dropped them to second.; Read more >>
Ilfracombe Rally 2003: Steve Cole/Bob Blows took their fifth win of the season on North Devon MC’s Ilfracombe Rally. By the quarter distance two crews were still clean of penalties, these were Roger Hunt/Graham Dance and Darren Dixon/Bob Jones. By the petrol halt Hunt/Dance had a clear lead, still having to drop any time.; Read more >>
Welsh Dragon Tyres Novice Rally 2003: Top seeds Mike Roberts/Dai Roberts justified their start position by finishing first on Gwendraeth Valley MC’s Welsh Dragon Tyres Novices Rally. The event used a route of just under 100 miles in the lanes south of Carmarthen and, despite Expert crews not being eligible, attracted a maximum entry of 60 cars.; Read more >>
Red Kite Stages 2004: Graham Middleton/John Morgan took their newly acquired Hyundai Accent WRC to a clear win on the Red Kite Stages. Middleton, who only took delivery of the WRC car on the day before the rally, secured fastest time on all eight test. Ieuan Rowlands/Kelvin Savage totally dominated the second round of the Peugeot 206 Winter Cup, coming home over two minues clear of their nearest championship challengers.; Read more >>
Carpetbagger Rally 2004: Michael Pedley/David Pedley took their first rally win in nine years when they emerged as victors of Bournemouth MC’s Carpetbagger Rally. Owen Turner/Graham Raeburn had built up a lead of almost two minutes by the time the rally had reached the three-quarter mark, however they then put their Metro off the road and lost thirteen minutes.; Read more >>
Shaw Trophy Rally 2004: Terry Martin/Paul Taylor took victory on The Shaw Trophy Rally, an event that was badly affected by the weather. Severe flooding swept the area during the 24 hours prior to the start, however Whickham & District MC persisted and kept the event running. Thirty miles of the original route, including the timed to the second regularity, were lost.; Read more >>
Telford Winter Stages 2004: Graham Middleton/John Morgan overcame a down on power engine and a time consuming spin on the final stage to take victory on Telford AC’s Tolputt Keeton Winter Stages. The rally developed into a battle between the Hyundai Accent WRC of Middleton/Morgan and the Group N Impreza of Dorian Rees/Patrick Walsh. Middleton had found that the Accent’s newly installed engine seemed to lack power on the car’s previous unit but despite this he had managed to eek out a 23 second lead by the start of the final stage.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Preseli 2004: Hywel Greaves/Geraint Jones won the Rali Bro Preseli in their newly built VW Polo by a comfortable margin of almost five minutes. The Teifi Valley MC organised event was aimed at novice and beginners crews, with expert competitors excluded from entering. Despite this restriction the club received 128 entries in two days for the 60 car starting places.; Read more >>
Poxihen Rally 2004: A steady but accurate strategy provided David Leckie/Dave Bell (Vauxhall Nova) with a clear win on the Poxihen Rally in Norfolk. They were the only crew to finish The Sporting Car Club of Norfolk’s navigational rally free of fails. They picked up 45 minutes time penalties but completed the route correctly.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Caron 2004: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round One Gareth Jones/Carl Williamson dominated the Dalton’s ATVs Rali Bro Caron, leading from the start, to take their second successive victory on the Lampeter MC event. The 100 mile rally, the first round of the Welsh Championship, boasted a 75 car maximum entry. There were only two sections prior to Petrol and the second half was a single competitive regularity.; Read more >>
Bruce Robinson Memorial Rally 2004: Owen Turner/Graham Raeburn took their Metro to a resounding win on the Bruce Robinson Memorial Rally; giving the driver his first National B victory. Turner/Raeburn combined pace and accurate navigation to finish almost eight minutes clear at the Finish. John Haden/Iain Tullie had been close behind the winners for most of the event, but they hit a pot hole on Wickenby Airfield.; Read more >>
Kent Rally 2004: Olly Smith/David Coles took their first ever road rally win on Sevenoak & DMC’s Kent Rally. Crews tackled a 147 mile route in north and west Kent, with the emphasis on testing navigation. Despite thick fog in the first half, a number of crews maintained clean sheets until the rally reached the narrow lanes of the North Downs above Luddesdown.; Read more >>
Buglass Trophy Rally 2004: Chris Dodds/Richard Holdsworth (Peugeot 205 Rallye) took victory on Berwick & District MC’s Buglass Trophy Rally. The event saw crews tackling a 90 mile route in northern Northumberland. The rally consisted of eleven sections. It used three whites and two fords, those at Abbeywick and Evlinson.; Read more >>
Gremlin Road Rally 2004: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Two Mark James/Anthony Davies (Ford Sierra 4x4) took their first ever rally win on a foreshortened Gremlin Rally. Snow had fallen on the day prior to the rally and on the night a severe frost - several degrees below freezing - set in. The 'main' roads on Epynt had been salted, but most hadn't. The conditions meant that it became less of a battle to maintain the time schedule and more of a fight to keep within maximum lateness.; Read more >>
Rali Gogledd Cymru 2004: Elfyn Richards/Carwyn Evans emerged as worthy winners of a challenging Rali Gogledd Cyrmu. The Rhyl & District MC event was under 100 miles long but a demanding route caused problems for many fancied crews. DSOs were deployed to ensure adherence to new driving standard rules, eight crews fell foul of these regulations.; Read more >>
Durham Dales Rally 2004: For the second year running Peter Gibson/Richard Holdsworth won Durham AC’s Durham Dales Rally on a tie break and for the second year running the crew that lost out were David Tubman/John Tubman. Both crews dropped a minute on each of the first two sections of the 95 mile event, the result therefore had to be determined by engine capacity.; Read more >>
Swan Rally 2004: Reigning southern area champions Steve Cole/Bob Blows took their first win of the year on the Swan Rally. The 170 mile event proved a tough test, with the all tulip diagram navigation and slippery conditions challenging all crews. Doug Kingsley/Ben Greenfield were the quickest crew of the night but an error at a triangle control on Buckleberry Common saw them pick up a fail and a ten minute penalty.; Read more >>
Ryemoor Trophy Rally 2004: Steve Webster/Roger Hage (Subaru Impreza) snatched victory from Dan Robinson/Ian Gibbins (Proton Satria) on the very last section of the Ryemoor Trophy Rally. Webster/Hage had lost around 90 seconds, due to a plotting error, on the second section and were only in sixth place at the end of the first time card.; Read more >>
Moonbeam Rally 2004: Wayne Morris/Paul Middleton made it a hat trick of wins on Telford AC’s Moonbeam Road Rally by clinching victory on the 2004 event. Competing in a newly built Mark One Escort they finished over two minutes clear of the field. Almost all of the top fifteen crews wrong slotted at the same point, causing some to go OTL.; Read more >>
Rali Llyn 2004: Carwyn Evans made it two wins in a month by finishing first on the Rali Llyn, on this occasion he was the winning driver, he’d previously won the Rali Gogledd as a navigator. Evans was partnered by Alan Jôs, who took his fifth win on the Harlech & District MC event. There was a Peugeot 205 GTi 1-2-3-4.; Read more >>
Rali Bro Teifi 2004: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Three Kevin Jones/Dilwyn John (Ford Sierra 4x4) took a narrow win on the Rali Bro Teifi. They finished the event just two seconds ahead of Hefin George/Daniel Thomas (Nissan Sunny). The two crews had exchanged the lead several times before Jones/John hit the front on the penultimate section and retained it to the end.; Read more >>
Mermaid Anniversary Rally 2004: The Mermaid Rally, a Clubman event, was won by the Volvo 240 GTL of Bill Douglas/Steve Hancock. The event was organised by Mercia Motor Sports to celebrate the hundredth birthday of Birmingham University MC. Douglas/Hancock finished the rally clear of any penalty, while the runner up spot was taken by the Escort of James Carter/Jonathan Stockdale, who dropped two minutes at one control.; Read more >>
VK Derbyshire Rally 2004: Carl Hawkins debuted his newly acquired Mitsubishi Lancer E3 on the VK Derbyshire Rally and, navigated by Steve Coupland, took his second successive victory on the Matlock event. All the sections in the first half were timed to the minute and three crew arrived at Petrol having dropped just two minutes.; Read more >>
Border 100 Road Rally 2004: Competing in a near standard Vauxhall Nova, Phil Turner/Owen Dodd won the Oswestry based Border 100 Rally. This was the first time that the duo had won the Welsh Border CC event in seven years. They led from the very first section to the Finish. Third place at the halfway point was held by the leading Semi-Expert crew of Mark 'GT' Roberts/Denny Harris (VW Golf GTi).; Read more >>
Teviotdale Rally 2004: Monty Pearson/Ewan Leeming won the Teviotdale Rally on a tie break. They and John Shanks/Peter Weall finished the Hawick & Border CC event clean of any time penalties. The destination of the winning trophy was decided by a navigational exercise based on the number of spot heights in the first section.; Read more >>
AFG Rali Môn 2004: Mei Jones/Steve Herbert (Vauxhall Astra GTE) took a comfortable and well deserved win on the AFG Rali Môn after their most likely challengers either hit problems or made errors. The 85 mile route used both the lanes and private tracks of northern Anglesey. It included a run along the notrious beach road near Caergeiliog.; Read more >>
Night Owl Rally 2004: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Four Steve Wood/Aled Richards took a clear victory on Aberyswyth MC’s Night Owl Rally. They finished the event over a minute clear of their only real challengers of the night, John Davies/Steve Herbert. The 110 mile rally was the fourth round of the Welsh Championship and attracted a capacity 75 car entry. John Davies/Steve Herbert were the fastest crew to ITC2, while Steve Wood/Aled Richards had been sixth fastest.; Read more >>
Funky Elephant Rally 2004: Wessex MC’s Funky Elephant Rally proved a tough test of competitors but Rob Reynolds/John Stringer emerged as worthy winners after 150 miles of competition around the lanes and tracks of Hampshire. A consistent run, on a night when many other crews struggled with the navigation, saw Reynolds/Stringer (Subaru Impreza) take the lead at around the halfway point and maintain it to finish.; Read more >>
Jackson Trophy Rally 2004: Guy Robinson/Charlie Wheeldon snatched victory in the final miles of the Jackson Trophy Rally. They were competing in a Peugeot 205 hired from AB Motorsport; their regular Proton Persona was still being repaired after the damage sustained on the VK Derbyshire.; Read more >>
Y2K4 Rally 2004: Jamie Turner/Graham Raeburn took their second successive win on the Y2K Road Rally, after a stunning drive over the Abergwseyn Pass. John Morgan/Byron Jones (Citroen Saxo) led after the first Jogularity, picking up just four seconds penalties. Jamie Turner/Graham Raeburn, moved up from second to take the lead after cleaning the first Epynt loop.; Read more >>
Rally of the Moors 2004: Darren Dixon/Peter Barnard took victory on the Rally of the Moors, a 150 mile road rally that was severely affected by fog. Dixon/Barnard led from start to finish but ended just a minute clear of second placed Roger Hunt/Matt Fowle.; Read more >>
Witch Way Rally 2004: Simon Harrison/Paul Holmberg emerged as winners of a tough Witch Way Rally, they led home just thirteen finishers from a starting list of sixty. An intricate route, tight plotting time and two challenging whites saw the majority of competitors, including the entire novice class, join the retirement list.; Read more >>
Eagle Road Rally 2004: Steve Wood took his second rally victory within a fortnight, when, navigated by Peter Collins, he followed up his Night Owl victory with first place on the Eagle Road Rally. The Eagle retuned to the lanes for the first time in seven years with a 90 mile route based on the organising club's home town. There were 72 starters, of whom 59 made the Finish.; Read more >>
Lincolnshire Clubman Road Rally 2004: The father and son team of John Dimbleby/David Dimbleby took their first rally win on the Lincolnshire Clubmans Rally. A tight battle for the victory had to be decided on a tie-breaker. It used a 90 mile route in the Lincolnshire Wolds. The nature of the roads in that area meant that the emphasis was as much on the navigator as the driver.; Read more >>
John Morgan Memorial Challenge 2004: Stu Kelso/Eilir Jones took their Peugeot 205 to a clear win on Broughton & Bretton MC’s John Morgan Memorial Challenge. Kelso/Jones led from the first section to the finish. They had a slender thirteen second lead at the halfway mark but extended this to over a minute at the Finish.; Read more >>
Classic Tracks Rally 2004: Mike Roberts/Dai Roberts (Ford Escort) followed up their win on the previous December's Morswyn Williams Memorial Rally, by taking a clear win on the first running of the Classic Tracks Rally. The Llandysul MC organised event was a daylight road rally. It utilised farm tracks on fifteen different properties, these tests were linked by public road sections to provide a 50 mile route.; Read more >>
Wessex Rally 2004: Dolphin MC members Paul Morley/Paul Hardy took victory on their home club’s Wessex Road Rally. They completed the 120 mile navigational event clean of any penalty to finish five marks ahead of Gordon Popperwell/Brian Jaggs. James Firth/Gareth Lewis were the leading Novice crew, finishing in third place overall.; Read more >>
Oaks Trophy Rally 2004: Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie took their first win of 2004 on ERO’s Oaks Trophy Rally. In a close fight Hawkins/Tullie finished just two seconds in front of Michael Pedley/David Pedley. Iain Scott/Jez Harris had led initially but a missing arrow on the High Rake section saw them wrong slot and they finished third.; Read more >>
Mel Harries Memorial Rally 2004: Martyn O’Connor/Peter Collins took their second successive victory on Ammanford MC’s Mel Harries Memorial Rally. The pairing had been in third place at the petrol halt but a smooth run to the Finish, plus problems encountered by their rivals, saw them take a comfortable win. The surprise leaders at this point were Huw Jeffreys/Avarina Connor.; Read more >>
G&P Memorial Rally 2004: Simon Harrison/Paul Holmberg (Ford Escort RS2000) followed up the previous month’s win on the Witch Way with victory on Garstang & Preston MC’s Memorial Road Rally. The 2003 winners Terry Martin/Paul Taylor (Peugeot 205 GTi) had led at the halfway point, but a wrong slot in the second half dropped them to third at the finish.; Read more >>
Mid Wales Clubman Stages 2004: Graham Middleton demonstrated the superiority of WRC cars when, partnered by John Morgan, he won the Mid Wales Stages by over two minutes in his Hyundai Accent WRC. He took fastest time on all of the event’s seven stages. Middleton/Morgan, running on second hand tyres, suffered a puncture on the first stage (SS3 Hafren North), but was still fastest by 31 seconds. By the service halt, after four stages, the Hyundai pair had a lead of 1m 46s. Geno Cook, benefiting from the experience of new co-driver Elwyn Manuel, took a narrow win on the Mid Wales Stages 205 Challenge.; Read more >>
Three Swans Road Rally 2004: Andy Beaumont/Mike Petch took their Proton Satria to a second successive win on Selby & District MC’s Three Swans Road Rally in East Yorshire. The pairing took a narrow victory, finishing just four seconds ahead of Steve Webster/Roger Hage.; Read more >>
PK Memorial Rally 2004: Tony Gush/Gareth Price picked up just sixteen seconds of penalties on their way to winning the PK Memorial Road Rally. The Bala MC event used a 100 mile route in the Ruthin/Cerrigydrudion area and had a capacity entry of 75 starters. Mei Jones/Steve Herbert (Vauxhall Astra GTE) arrived at the halt having cleaned all the sections up to that point. Gush/Price were in second place on 16 seconds, 27 seconds ahead of top seeds Brynli Thomas/David Pedley (Subaru Impreza).; Read more >>
Barbara Carter Memorial Rally 2004: Three crews finished the Barbara Carter Memorial Rally with clean sheets and therefore shared the overall win. All three winners received awards; Worth Birkhill/David Harris won the Historic category prize, Simon Robison/Perry Roe, who started at Car 21 in the diesel engined Skoda, took the Semi-Expert class trophy, while Roger Hunt/Graham Dance received the overall award.; Read more >>
AB Motorsport Road Rally 2004: Mark Whitford/Steve Porter took a clear cut win on Matlock MC’s AB Motorsport Rally, after 115 miles of rallying, and their key rivals falling by the wayside, they finished over two minutes clear of the field. Nick Toplis/Mick Fern (Vauxhall Nova) led the main event at the halfway point, they were on 1m 34s, 15 seconds in front of Steve Webster/Roger Hage (Subaru Impreza). Whitford/Porter were in third on 2m 20s.; Read more >>
Welsh Endurance Rally 2004: For the second running of their Welsh Endurance Rally, Amman & District MC decided to run the event completely within the confines of the Caerwent MOD base. The rally was a round of the Peugeot 205 1400cc Challenge and series coordinator Pat Flynn had brought a car along to demonstrate the pace possible. Flynn went on to win the event with a victory margin of eight minutes.; Read more >>
Countdown Navigational Rally 2004: Terry Martin/Paul Taylor overcame a number of problems to win Spadeadam MC’s Countdown Navigational Rally. The Rocket Historic Rally ran alongside the Countdown and was won by the Porsche 911 of John Hartley/Stephen Coombes.; Read more >>
Barcud Rally 2004: In 2003 Gary Jones won the Barcud Rally with Dave Pitchford; Pitchford was killed in a road accident later in the year. In 2004, with Steve Herbert in the left hand seat, Jones repeated the result. The pair came home twenty seconds ahead of the field on the Tregaron based rally. Seventy-five crews tackled 100 Miles of West Wales roads.; Read more >>
St Wilfrid's Rally 2004: Mick Monaghan/Iain Tullie battled with Steve Webster/Roger Hage throughout the North Yorkshire event, but, despite a misfiring engine, Monaghan/Tullie secured victory after Webster/Hage were penalised for an incorrectly recorded code board.; Read more >>
Morecambe Road Rally 2004: Malcolm Grisedale/Bob Hargreaves took a narrow win on the Mitchell’s of Lancaster Morecambe Rally. The pairing, competing in their venerable Subaru Coupe, finished the 125 mile event thirty seconds ahead of the Cooper S of Pete Tyson/Neil Harrison.; Read more >>
Twilight Road Rally 2004: Roger Holder/Matthew Maidment took their maiden rally win on Ecurie Cymraeg’s unique Twilight Road Rally. The event used the roads at the Caerwent military base plus gravel tracks at Chepstow Park Wood.; Read more >>
Bullnose Road Rally 2004: The Oxford MC event started from the Prodrive Headquarters at Banbury and the rally began with a test in the car park of the nearby Hella factory. Twenty-nine crews then tackled a 140 mile route. Phil Kendall/David Coles took the overall win despite an almost total loss of brakes.; Read more >>
Sweet Lamb Stages 2004: Tim Freeman/Darryl Savage took an emphatic win on Ecurie Royal Oak MC’s Sweet Lamb Stages, their second victory in a week; the pair had won the Dukes Stages the previous weekend. Clive Bayliss/Dominic Brown won the Peugeot 205 Challenge.; Read more >>
Rali Meirion 2004: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Five The last minute pairing of Howard Price/Alan 'Fanta' Williams took a comfortable win on Harlech & District MC’s Rali Meirion, but only after long time leaders, Mei Jones/Steve Herbert crashed out just under two miles from the end.; Read more >>
Mercian Road Rally 2004: A challenging final section saw John Haden/Roger Hage come through to take a second successive win on the Mercian Rally. The best performance of the night was put in by Dick Appleton/Mark Appleton, who won the Historic Rally, which was the penultimate round of the HRCR Historic Road Rally Championship.; Read more >>
Danum Road Rally 2004: The 130 mile event used demanding navigation including herringbones, out of order spot heights, out of order grid lines and totals of a number of spotheights. John Dimbleby/David Dimbleby won despite spending time in a ditch.; Read more >>
J D Romain Novices Rally 2004: Dave Barnes, navigating on a road rally for the first time in almost twenty years, guided Gwyn Reynolds-Jones to the overall award on Rhyl & District MC’s J D Romain Novices Rally. The rally was only open to non-Expert crews, with just Novices and Beginners eligible for overall awards.; Read more >>
Powerush 2004: Phil Kendall/Dave Coles took victory on Borough 18 MC’s Powerush Rally, Kendall having won the event in the navigator’s seat in 2003. The previous year’s winning driver, Andy Coshan, took the runner up spot with John Stringer on the maps.; Read more >>
John Robson Memorial Rally 2004: Andy Whittaker/Charlie Tynan took victory after a tightly fought battle on the John Robson Navigation Rally; second place having to be decided by a three-way tie-break.; Read more >>
Breidden Road Rally 2004: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Six After a close battle with Ian 'Dude' Roberts/Brynmor Pierce early in the event, Phil Turner/Owen Dodd emerged as clear winners of Welsh Border CC’s Breidden Road Rally. This was the first time the Welshpool based event had run in ten years and the 75 crews tackled a 150 mile route.; Read more >>
Dafydd Richards Memorial Rali Dyffryn Aeron 2004: Daniel Jones/Daniel McLachlan took a commanding win against tough opposition on Lampeter MC’s Rali Dyffryn Aeron. They took the lead on the first section and were never headed over the 120 mile route.; Read more >>
Pheasant Plucker Rally 2004: Doug Kingsley/Ben Greenfield took victory on the Pheasant Plucker Rally by the narrowest of margins, winning on a ‘furthest clean’ tie breaker. The Guildford MC event used a 180 mile route which took in parts of Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex.; Read more >>
Harvest Road Rally 2004: Richard Endean/Kevin Wills were declared the winners of the Harvest Road Rally on engine capacity after seven crews cleaned the South Hams MC event. Competitors had tackled an extremely slippery 150 mile route in the Totnes and Kingsbridge areas.; Read more >>
061 Road Rally 2004: Simon Harrison/Paul Holmberg maintained their 100% record when competing together by winning the Altratech 061 Rally. It was the third time they’d paired up and the third time they’d won. There was a tight battle for the lead with the top four crews being separated by under a minute at the Finish.; Read more >>
205 Camsport Stages 2004: Mike Nippers/Stuart Powell took their first overall win on the Camsport Stages and securing the 205 Challenge title for the driver. The event, open only to competitors in the Peugeot 205 Challenge, was the first event to be organised by the newly formed Tregaron & District MC.; Read more >>
Malky Rally 2004: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Seven Seventy crews started a demanding Malky Rally, which roads in the Heads of the Valleys and the Black Mountains region. There were 13 regularity sections, with numerous three metre controls to tax the navigators. There were still numerous competitors in contention for the Welsh Championship.; Read more >>
Rali Cilwendeg 2004: Tony Davies/Dyfan Davies gave the Subaru Impreza its first West Wales road rally win when they secured victory after a close battle for the lead on the classic rally. It was a tough event, only 32 of the 75 starters making the finish.; Read more >>
Cossack Rally 2004: Richard Chown/Mark Wagstaff took their maiden rally win on Eastwood & District MC’s Cossack Rally. The rally was badly affected by fog and, despite the organisers extending maximum lateness for the second half, many crews were already out by that point.; Read more >>
Early Winter Rally 2004: Graeme Sherry/Peter Weall took the overall win on Border Ecosse CC’s Early Winter Rally. The rally used a 90 mile route, starting at Kelso and finishing at Oxton and included roads used as stages on the Jim Clark Rally.; Read more >>
Greenleaves Road Rally 2004: Welsh Road Rally Championship Round Eight Gerwyn Jones/Ceri Davies inherited a lead they weren't to lose just before Petrol. For the reigning Welsh Champions it was their first win of the year on the series' final round. The 2004 Navigators' title race went down to the wire, with the championship's first round scores needed to separate the two contenders at the Finish.; Read more >>
Rali Goffa James Trenholme 2004: Dafydd Edwards/Clive Bayley emerged from a night long battle for the lead to win Harlech & DMC's Rali Goffa James Trenholme. The winners fought throughout the night with the fellow Impreza crew of Aled Roberts/Edgar Jones; swapping the lead a number of times. The two cars were separated by just sixteen seconds at the end.; Read more >>
The Harry & The Ivy Rally 2004: The Kirby Lonsdale MC was open to Novice and Beginner crews only. There was a 93 mile route. Despite the novice status, navigation was demanding, with herring bones and reverse tulips used on the opening section.; Read more >>
Holrus Road Rally 2004: The Holrus proved a tough test, made more difficult by foggy conditions. This led to only 25 of the 75 starters being classified as finishers; many went OTL as they struggled to follow the intricate route. Andy Sheppard/Justin Brooks took the lead on the second section and came home over a minute ahead of the field.; Read more >>
Ilfracombe Rally 2004: A puncture on the very first section didn’t stop Paul Swindells/John Stringer taking victory on North Devon MC’s Ilfracombe Rally. They beat 2004 Southern Champions Phil Kendall/David Coles to first place by a minute. Roy Gillingham/Peter Blackett, competing in a Reliant Sabre, won the Historic Rally.; Read more >>
Lombard Revival Rally 2004: The Revival Rally 2004 was designed to re-create the challenge of RAC Rallies of the 1950s and 1960s, to add to this feel the organisers had included items within the format which would link their event with by gone RACs - the start was in York, the Finish was in Cheltenham. It was a tough three day test; of the 110 starters, only 57 made the Finish.; Read more >>
Farrington Trophy Rally 2004: The first running of the Farrington Trophy in fifteen years was won by Baz Green/Rob Jones; this gave Jones his second win on the Clwyd Vale MC event, his previous victory had been in 1988. Kevin Parry/Gareth Price, who had led at Petrol, took the runner up spot.; Read more >>
Beaver Rally 2004: Tim Rodgers/Mike Ogram took their second successive victory on the Maple Garage Beaver Rally. Martin Betts/Richard Hage led initially, but had to be content with the runner up spot, while Danny Robinson/Ian Gibbins were third.; Read more >>
Preston Rally 2004: Simon Harrison/Paul Holmberg were in 33rd place after the first section of the Preston, but came through to snatch a last minute victory on the Chelmsford MC event. They thus maintained their 100% record, with four starts together and four wins. Matt Fowle/Mark Appleton had led with one section to run, but a broken front strut saw them crawl to the finish in the runner up spot.; Read more >>
Telford Novices Rally 2004: Nigel Roberts/Dale Furniss took a clear win on Telford AC's Novice Rally. The winners cleaned the first half of the 96 mile rally, then picked up a five second penalty for an early arrival at one control and were twenty five seconds late at the tie decider section, this gave them the win by over a minute.; Read more >>
CSMA Civil Service Rally 2004: Bill Chadwick/Alan Edwards took a narrow win on the CSMA's Civil Service Rally, the pair held off a challenge from Dave Chapman/David Taylor to make it a Peugeot 205 1-2. The rally used a plot and bash format and covered a 180 mile route in Lancashire and North Yorkshire.; Read more >>
Pacemaker Rally 2004: 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. The pursuit of the flying Corolla was led by Andrew Sheppard/Justin Brooks and Mark 'GT' Roberts/Denny Harris, but the former retired after Petrol and the latter picked up a fail in the second half.; Read more >>
Gremlin Rally 2005: The 2004 Welsh Road Rally Champions, John Davies and Neil Bevan, took their first win of 2005 on Brecon MC’s Gremlin Rally. The 180 mile event used its traditional format of marked maps sections over the Epynt Ranges and Abergwesyn plus two Jogularity sections. It was these two latter sections that were to decide the rally.; Read more >>
Lombard Revival Rally 2005: Jamie Turner/Graham Dance took a last minute victory on the second running of the Lombard Revival Rally. The battle for the win was in doubt throughout the four day event, with a number of crews taking their turn at the lead. The 126 starters that left Oxford City FC’s Kassam Stadium on Thursday faced a tough challenge, a 1,200 mile route which included 52 selectifs. As they set out the coldest weather for some years hit Wales, where the meat of the event was to be found.; Read more >>

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