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Border 100 Road Rally 2004
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Welsh Border Car Club
3rd/4th April 2004
Clerk of the Course: Nigel Roberts & Steve Herbert
Route: 120 Miles
Maps: 125 & 126
Starters: 69
Winners: Phil Turner/Owen Dodd (Vauxhall Nova)
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.
The start and finish were in Oswestry. There were four sections prior to the petrol halt. The first started near Nantmawr and finished, after snaking north and south, at Llandegwyn. The second test ran south and west to Bwlch-y-Cibau. There was a short non-comp, before the third section, which finished at Pontrobert. A short fourth section started at Meifod and ended near Petrol at Guildsfield.
Turner/Dodd were using a standard Nova, the only modification to it was an upgrade to its brakes, but they arrived at the halfway halt with a lead of over a minute. Top seeds Ian 'Dude' Roberts/Phil Clarke (VW Golf GTi) were 1m 06s behind in second.
Third place was held by the leading Semi-Expert crew of Mark 'GT' Roberts/Denny Harris (VW Golf GTi). They were 24 seconds behind Roberts/Clarke. However they had hit a rock and damaged their steering on the section immediately before the halt. This caused them to retire from the event.
Glyn Price/Huw Jones (Ford Escort) were in fourth, while Howard Price/Carl Williamson, competing in an Escort recently bought from Huw Evans, were in fifth. They were the only other crew with fewer than seven minutes of penalties.
The second half, again split into four sections, looped around the outside of the first half to finish back at Oswestry.
Winners: Phil Turner/Owen Dodd (Vauxhall Nova)
Turner/Dodd finished with an extended lead of 1m 21s to take their third victory on the Border 100. The fastest crew in the second half however were Glyn Price/Huw Jones, they dropped 28 seconds less than the winners, and moved from fourth at Petrol to second at the Finish.
Roberts/Clarke came home in third, 22 seconds ahead of Price/Williamson, who were slowed by the navigator being unwell.
Dan Sharp/Allen Hart won the Semi-Expert class in their diesel powered Renault Clio. They finished eleven minutes ahead of their nearest class rival in 14th place overall. The Novice award was taken by Neil Roberts/Dale Furniss (Peugeot 205 GTi), who were the only crew in the class to finish without a fail.
The only non-finisher from the top ten starters were Tony Gush/Gareth Price who had an engine mount break on their 205.
OVERALL RESULTS
| Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
| 1 | Phil Turner | Owen Dodd | Vauxhall Nova | 8m 59s | |
| 2 | Glyn Price | Huw Jones | Ford Escort | 10m 20s | |
| 3 | Ian 'Dude' Roberts | Phil Clarke | VW Golf GTi | 10m 42s | |
| 4 | Howard Price | Carl Williamson | Ford Escort | 11m 03s | |
| 5 | Huw Myfyr | Gwawr Hughes | VW Golf GTi | 13m 44s | |
| 6 | Gareth Jones | Iwan Jones | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 15m 55s | |
| 7 | Delwyn Price | Steve Price | Ford Escort | 16m 06s | |
| 8 | Ian Lloyd | Cyril Jones | Toyota Corolla | 16m 17s | |
| 9 | Gary Jones | Andy Oakes | Toyota Corolla | 17m 12s | |
| 10 | Kevin Hesketh | Shaun O'Gorman | Ford Escort | 20m 12s | |
| 11 | Wayne Morris | Paul Middleton | Ford Escort | 20m 30s | |
| 12 | Paul Hughes | Chris Ware | Citroen AX GT | 21m 38s | |
| 13 | Kev Parry | Brynmor Pierce | Toyota Corolla | 22m 20s | |
| 14 | Dan Sharp | Allen Hart | Renault Clio Diesel | 22m 52s | |
| 15 | Ian Furniss | Haydn Jones | Peugeot 205 GTi | 23m 06s | |
| 16 | Michael Cartwright | David Pedley | Vauxhall Astra | 24m 41s | |
| 17 | Mal Acott | Derwyn Roberts | Ford Escort | 25m 23s | |
| 18 | Dave Jones | Baz Green | BMW 323i | 26m 04s | |
| 19 | Stuart Kelso | Eilir Jones | Peugeot 205 GTi | 26m 12s | |
| 20 | Nic Bamford | Lee Evans | Ford Fiesta | 30m 52s | |
| 21 | Neal Arden | Giles Corbett | Vauxhall Astra | 31m 41s | |
| 22 | Neil Nicholas | Martin Phasey | MG Maestro EFi | 33m 10s | |
| 23 | Adrian Griffiths | Dean Davies | Peugeot 309 GTi | 35m 43s | |
| 24 | Martin Ridge | Simon Ridge | Peugeot 205 XS | 35m 51s | |
| 25 | David Ricketts | Richard Jones | Toyota Corolla | 36m 17s | |
| 26 | Sion Dillon | Dave Edwards | Ford Escort | 38m 41s | |
| 27 | Daniel Williams | John Tomley | Vauxhall Nova | 39m 07s | |
| 28 | Steve Bishop | Andrew Davies | Ford Escort | 45m 25s | |
| 29 | Bob Gush | Kevin Warlow | Peugeot 306 | 49m 05s | |
| 30 | Neil Roberts | Dale Furniss | Peugeot 205 GTi | 54m 24s | |
| 31 | Steve Southall | Chris Webber | Toyota Corolla | 1F 28m 46s | |
| 32 | Dawn Watkins | Robert Edwards | Vauxhall Nova | 2F 40m 10s | |
| 33 | Kev Luxmore | Nick Dixon | Peugeot 205 | 4F 36m 50s | |
| 34 | Jon Ross | Dave Stocking | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | 5F 19m 17s | |
| 35 | Eifion Davies | Richard Jackson | Peugeot 205 GTi | 6F 35m 57s | |
| 36 | Tony Watkin | Medwyn Evans | Vauxhall Nova | 7F 71m 32s | |
| 37 | Paul Edwards | Mark Parsons | Peugeot 205 GTi | 8F 55m 46s | |
| 38 | Peter Gill | Tim Gill | Peugeot 205 GTi | 11F 39m 37s | |
| 39 | Kevin Brown | Martin Dudley | Mini 1275 | 11F 64m 11s | |
| 40 | Phillip Rock | Phillip Drew | Ford Escort | 20F 61m 25s |