results@rallyroots.com

rally results service

Unless otherwise clearly indicated, results on this site have been declared final and are therefore not subject to query or protest

Rali Bro Caron 2006

Sponsored by Dalton's ATVS & Get Connected!

Lampeter & District Motor Club

18th/19th February 2006

Seventy-five cars, the maximum entry, lined up at sponsor Dalton's ATV for Round One of the Welsh Road Rally Championship. They were to tackle an icy 99 mile route, which was split into four regularity sections, the entire first half was just one reg.

There was a short run out to RS1, which was at Trefilan. There was an easy start with the first ITC being at Newbridge, after passing through Cilcennin. Most were clean here, although John Davies/Neil Bevan (Vauxhall Astra) picked up a one second penalty for entering the control slightly after their due time. Previous Bro Caron winners, Michael Pedley/David Pedley (Ford Escort RS2000) made a major error, booking in over a minute early, with double penalties for early arrival it put them out of the running to repeated their 1995 success.

From ITC1 to ITC2, through Ty Nant and Foelallt, was more challenging and all were late at the second timing point. Top seeds Gary Davies/Aled Evans (Ford Escort) and Steve Wood/Aled Richards (Vauxhall Astra) shared best time, one second ahead of Nick Evans/Andy Oakes (Toyota Corolla), but the latter crew had already picked up a large early penalty at ITC1. This meant that Dafydd Wyn Jones/Gwynfor Jones (Ford Escort RS2000) were in third, three seconds off the lead.

Gethin Morgan/Dalis Ifans (Ford Escort RS2000) were one of a number of crews who were held for a minute after failing stop at a give way before ITC2.

There were a couple of significant early casualties. Engine maladies stopped the Vauxhall Astra of Nigel Nelson/Rob 'Sais' Richardson, they only got four miles before stopping. Rob Thomas/Jenny James came off the reserve list to take the start, but lasted just a mile before their Renault Clio broke its diff.

The section continued through Dilewyd and Cribyn. Again, many crews picked up small penalties for not entering the control precisely on their second, notably Martyn O'Connor/Peter Collins (Vauxhall Astra) were twelve seconds late.

Most then lost time at ITC4, which was just beyond Pont Creuddyn, Davies/Evans were two seconds late, but Wood/Richards were on time and were now clear in first place. O'Connor/Collins and Gerwyn Jones/Ceri Davies (Ford Escort) were also clean. This put Jones/Davies into third place, five seconds behind the leaders, with Mark 'GT' Roberts/Steve Price (VW Golf GTi) in fourth.

All were late at ITC5, which came after the tricky yellow past Cefnbys and Rhiwonnen. Davies/Evans were quickest here, importantly they were eight seconds faster than Wood/Richards and this put them into a six second lead. This section saw the demise of Edryd Evans/Richard Briddon, they rolled their VW Golf GTi a mile from the driver's home.

There were only minimal penalties at the next three timing points, these were, the main, caused by when the marshal pressed the button on their Liege Timer. This was immaterial to Wood/Richards as their Astra's engine blew, they had been five seconds off the lead.

ITC8 to ITC9, which crossed the Clywedog Isaf Brook, saw all lose over a minute. Davies/Evans weren't fastest, but, with Wood's retirement, they now held a lead of 19 seconds. O'Connor/Collins were quickest and this moved them from fifth to second place. At this point, after hitting a rock, the steering on Garry Robbins/Aled Jones' Renault 5 snapped and the car blocked the narrow lane, a number of the following cars were badly delayed, most significantly Roberts/Price were held up for almost five minutes; this possibly cost them a podium place at the Finish.

The next dropper was from ITC10 to ITC11 which used the Bayliau yellow, with its numerous ninety degree bends. Davies/Evans were best through it and now held a lead of 45 seconds over O'Connor/Collins, while Huw Evans/Patrick Walsh (Ford Escort) were in third, ten seconds further back.

The first half finished with a tight section from Rhydyfran to Llanycrwys, passing Cae Caradog. Davies/Evans emerged at the petrol halt, which was taken at Harford, with a lead of 39 seconds over O'Connor/Collins. Evans/Walsh were in third, but over a minute off the lead and only one second ahead of fourth placed Davies/Bevan. After a strong showing, the Escort of Gerwyn Jones/Ceri Davies retired at this point with a failed alternator.

The second half was split into three regularities, the first running down to Llanwrda and continuing to Felindre. It saw the end of the rally for Gary Jones/Gwawr Hughes (Toyota Corolla), they had been in sixth place at Petrol, but a broken diff caused their retirement. It was also a bad section for O'Connor/Collins who lost time at all five timing points; they fell from second to sixth. At the front Davies/Evans added to their advantage and arrived at RF2 49 seconds ahead of Davies/Bevan, who were now matching the leader's pace and moved up to second.

The third regularity started near Ashfield and finished at Abergorlech; there were three intermediate timing point, plus the finish control. Over the ITCs Davies/Bevan narrowed the gap to Davies/Evans by two seconds, but on the final part of the reg the Astra went into a ditch on a 90 left. It took the help of spectators to get the car back on to the road. Eleven minutes had been lost and the reigning Welsh Champions fell to eleventh place. This meant that after the section Davies/Evans led Evans/Walsh by just under three minutes. The battle for second place was intense with four crews separated by just ten seconds.

The final regularity ran from Llansawel and finished with the familiar maze to the west of Cwmann, in between there was a tricky section around Cwm Dawe. Davies/Evans blotted their copybook by booking in 32 seconds early at one ITC, but they still came home with a victory margin of almost two and a half minutes, giving them their second successive Bro Caron win.

O'Connor/Collins recovered from their Reg Three problems to come through to take a clear second place, 29 seconds ahead of Evans/Walsh. Glyn Price/Iwan Jones (Ford Escort) were fourth, 20 seconds in front of Gareth Evans/Eurig Evans (Ford Escort). Roberts/Price, having been delayed by the Robbins/Jones blockage, stormed through the second half to move from eighteenth at Petrol to seventh at the Finish.

The Semi-Expert Class was won by Dai Roberts/Rhydian George (Honda Civic), who finished in twentieth position, well clear of their nearest class rivals. Aled Davies/Rhodri Jones (Peugeot 205 GTi) won the Novice Class by over five minutes.

---

OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Gary Davies	Aled Evans	Ford Escort	10m 26s
	2	Martyn O'Connor	Peter Collins	Vauxhall Astra GTE	12m 48s
	3	Huw Evans	Patrick Walsh	Ford Escort RS	13m 17s
	4	Glyn Price	Iwan Jones	Ford Escort	13m 26s
	5	Gareth Evans	Eurig Evans	Ford Escort	13m 46s
	6	Tim Evans	Alun Probert	Nissan Micra	17m 05s
	7	Mark 'GT' Roberts	Steve Price	VW Golf	17m 29s
	8	Jason Jones	Elgan Davies	Ford Escort RS2000	17m 48s
	9	Brian Jones	Michael Hardwick	Ford Escort RS2000	18m 47s
	10	Arthur Cole	Tudur Jones	Peugeot 205 GTi	19m 42s
	11	John Davies	Neil Bevan	Vauxhall Astra GTE	20m 30s
	12	Dai John	Dylan Jenkins	Toyota Corolla	21m 43s
	13	Gethin Morgan	Dalis Ifans	Ford Escort RS2000	22m 13s
	14	Delfryn Owens	Jeff James	Renault Clio RSi	22m 29s
	15	Emyr Jones	Roger Evans	Toyota Corolla	22m 50s
	16	Nick Evans	Andy Oakes	Toyota Corolla	23m 12s
	17	Robert Brown	Jenny Evans	Peugeot 309 GTi	23m 24s
	18	Andrew Williams	David Richards	Vauxhall Corsa	23m 37s
	19	Rob Chell	Rob Duke	Peugeot 205 GTi	24m 36s
	20	Dai Roberts	Rhydian George	Honda Civic	25m 17s
	21	Jonty Bloxham	Nick Bloxham	Peugeot 106 XSi	25m 25s
	22	Euros Davies	Owain Davies	Vauxhall Astra	26m 58s
	23	Gavin Rogers	Carrie Rogers	Ford Escort RS2000	29m 46s
	24	Aled Davies	Rhodri Jones	Peugeot 205 GTi	29m 52s
	25	Matthew Jones	Richard Morris	Vauxhall Astra	30m 12s
	26	Andrew Lewis	Ivor James	Peugeot 205 GTi	32m 05s
	27	Abigail Summerfield	Thomas Henderson	Peugeot 205 GTi	32m 46s
	28	Aled Davies	Steve Thomas	Vauxhall Astra GTE	34m 05s
	29	Simon Bevan	Richard Jerman	Vauxhall Astra SRi	34m 37s
	30	Justin Jones	George Eadon	Ford Escort RS2000	34m 46s
	31	Andrew D Thomas	Iwan Williams	Peugeot 205 GTi	34m 52s
	32	Malcolm Jones	Michael Bailey	Ford Sierra	35m 08s
	33	Roy Thomas	Michelle Thomas	Peugeot 205 GTi	35m 38s
	34	Arwyn Williams	Irfon Richards	Ford Escort Ghia	36m 33s
	35	Alan Green	Neil Myatt	Vauxhall Astra	39m 40s
	36	Roger Charles-Davies	Jonathon Holder	Ford Escort Mk3	40m 39s
	37	Huw Morris	Laura Morris	Proton Compact	44m 29s
	38	Geraint Davies	Emma Davies	Mini Mayfair	46m 44s
	39	Alan Hands	Ryan Thomas Hands	Vauxhall Chevette	1F 21m 19s
	40	Huw Howells	Ben Evans	Peugeot 205	1F 26m 01s
	41	Michael Pedley	David Pedley	Ford Escort RS2000	1F 27m 21s
	42	Richard Eadon	Mark Coleman	Ford Sierra XR4x4	1F 31m 19s
	43	Barry Jones	Debbie Evans	Ford Sierra	1F 33m 52s
	44	Mair Davies	Dorian Davies	Vauxhall Astra SXi	1F 34m 00s
	45	Reian Jones	Mike Steele Perkins	Seat Ibiza	1F 38m 33s
	46	Lewis Jenkins	Christian Coleman	Peugeot 309 GTi	1F 42m 46s
	47	Carwyn Roberts	Alan Jones	Ford Escort XR3	3F 43m 54s
	48	Arwyn Rees	Carwyn Jenkins	Peugeot 205 TD	4F 54m 52s

---

Copyright © 2026 rallyroots.com