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Rali Bro Cader 1997

Sponsored by John Roberts (Ffestiniog) Ltd

Harlech & District Motor Club

13th/14th September 1997

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Kevin Ikin/Rob Jones took their second victory of the year on the Rali Bro Cader. Harlech & District MC's 160 mile road rally was a round of the Welsh, West Midlands and North Western Championships, and as expected at this stage in the season its outcome had a significant affect on all the title races.

The rally had been due to run on the previous weekend, but had be postponed at short notice as this would have clashed with the funeral of Princess Diana. The situation being made more sensitive as the rally route passed near the home of Trevor Ress-Jones, the bodyguard seriously injured in the crash that killed the Princess.

The rally started with a seven mile regularity in the northern end of the Dolgellau maze, before moving south for the rest of the first half in the lanes and tracks to the east of Machynlleth. The second hlaf took crews back to the north via Cader Idris and two section on the lanes, unused by road rallies for several years, in the Harlech area.

It proved to be an event which had a long list of pontential victors, however bad luck intervened in a large number of cases. Cyril Crook/Chris Ware dominated the opening regularity section but then dropped over six minutes when their Sunbeam picked up a puncture. 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.

The Corolla of Richie Lewis/Phil Clarke became stuck for several minutes in a ford at PC38 (776¼946). This incident also delayed Graham Evans/Ian Mills; they lost three minutes, which probably cost them second place at the Finish. Lewis/Clarke got going again, but, in the confusion, missed the following passage control, the resulting fail dropped them out of the top ten in the final standings.

Ikin/Jones had been second to Crook/Ware after the regularity section, then a steady and trouble free run over the following standard sections allowed them to take victory by almost a minute. The result meant that Ikin still had an outside chance of denying Paul Holmberg the North Western Championship, but to do so he needed to win two of the remaining three rounds.

Holmberg, who had Phil Harrison as a last minute stand in navigator, had to contend with the rear brakes on his Escort sticking on for most of the event, plus a faulty starter motor. They survived to finish in third place.

Pete Cotton/Dave Pitchford finished second to give them maximum Welsh Championship points for the second round in succession, but the battle for the title still appeared to be between Dennis Quinn/Andrew Thomson and Baron Glaze/Pete Davies. Glaze and Davies' hold on the championship race looked slightly less secure after the Bro Cader as Quinn/Thomson finished fourth, meanwhile they were well down the field after picking up two fails for booking into a control early. The result also meant that Quinn/Thomson were now in a commanding position in the West Midlands Championship with just two rounds left.

The Experts class was won by the local crew of Gwylym Davies/Michael Evans, who were an impressive fifth overall. The Semi-Expert award went to the Corolla driven by Huw Jones, the navigator being Hywel Davies, one of the leading Welsh road rally drivers of the Eighties. Jim Patterson/Martin Jones were the only finishers in the Novice Class; their Talbot Samba finished in 35th and last place. And it was another Samba, that of Richard 'Tyson' Morris/Owen Dodd, that won the Standard Production Award.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Kevin Ikin	Rob Jones	Ford Escort	4m 26s
	2	Pete Cotton	Dave Pitchford	Ford Escort	5m 14s
	3	Paul Holmberg	Phill Harrison	Ford Escort	5m 30s
	4	Dennis Quinn	Andrew Thomson	Ford Escort	5m 56s
	5	Gwilym Davies	Michael Evans	Talbot Sunbeam EFi	7m 04s
	6	Richard 'Tyson' Morris	Owen Dodd	Toyota Corolla	7m 24s
	7	Arwel Griffiths	Baz Green	Peugeot 205 GTi	7m 30s
	8	Graham Evans	Ian Mills	Toyota Corolla	7m 50s
	9	Huw Evans	Patrick Walsh	Ford Escort	8m 42s
	10	Chris Wilson	Roger Fildes	Vauxhall Astra	9m 47s
	11	Cyril Crook	Chris Ware	Talbot Sunbeam	10m 37s
	12	Mal Acott	John Youd	Toyota Corolla	16m 20s
	13	Huw Jones	Hywel Davies	Toyota Corolla	18m 54s
	14	Richard Roberts	Paul Roberts	Ford Escort	22m 03s
	15	Nick Broadway	Andy Oakes	Ford Sierra	24m 06s
	16	Adrian Evans	Clive Selby	Ford Escort	28m 11s
	17	Peter Zjalic	Richard Preece	Toyota Corolla	1F 5m 37s
	18	Richie Lewis	Phil Clarke	Toyota Corolla	1F 8m 05s
	19	Toby Adams	Steve Durbin	Ford Escort	1F 12m 29s
	20	Stephen Edwards	Peter Morris	Talbot Sunbeam	1F 13m 14s
	21	Andy Sheppard	Chris Froom	Toyota Corolla	1F 14m 27s
	22	Paul Pritchard	Paul Middleton	Ford Escort	1F 14m 34s
	23	Gareth Jones	Iestyn ap Dafydd	Toyota Corolla	1F 16m 24s
	24	Carl O'Grady	Gwyn Williams	VW Golf GTi	1F 16m 53s
	25	Iwan Pritchard	Paul Owen	Ford Escort	1F 31m 17s
	26	Brian Harrison	Cliff Washbrook	Ford Escort	1F 32m 44s
	27	Tony Watkin	Medwyn Evans	Mini 1275GT	1F 43m 11s
	28	Baron Glaze	Pete Davies	Ford Escort	2F 6m 15s
	29	Des Phasey	Steve Price	Ford Escort	2F 8m 13s
	30	Arial Jones	Steve Jones	Ford Escort	2F 9m 02s
	31	Dai John	Paul Bevan	Toyota Corolla	2F 15m 35s
	32	Neil Griffiths	Carl Williamson	Ford Escort	2F 16m 57s
	33	Iorwerth Jones	Ewen Davies	Peugeot 205	2F 21m 37s
	34	Carwyn Edwards	Tecwyn Jones	Ford Escort	12F 39m 30s
	35	Jim Patterson	Martin Jones	Talbot Samba	26F 43m 42s

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