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CSMA Civil Service Rally 2003

CSMA (North West)

6th/7th December 2003

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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.

The event used a 130 mile route in northern Lancashire and Yorkshire. Thirty-seven crews took the start. Two sections had to be cancelled after the fuel halt at Hellifield didn't open up and the competitors had to be led in a convoy off route, and the designated maps, by the course car to a 24 hour garage at Skipton.

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. Tullie described the situation: "We came across a PC board, where presumably said noise test should have been taking place. We stopped, but there was no marshal present, so we carried on. Apparently, we were supposed to have waited, a marshal would then magically appear, hold us to carry out the noise check, sign our card and let us go".

The result was however enough to secure the ANWCC title for Hawkins; Brynli Thomas, his only rival for the series win, had to win outright to deny Hawkins the series win. Partnered by Gareth Price, Thomas finished in eleventh place.

David Tubman/John Tubman continued their recent run of good results by coming home in third place.

The rally was the final round of the ANCC Championship and three drivers started the event with a chance of taking the crown. Malcolm Holdsworth finished fifth and Andy Beaumont finished ninth, after indulging in a 12 minute wrong slot. However these results weren’t enough to deny Jon Lawson the Championship. Lawson, with regular partner Chris Pringle, picked up a thirty minute penalty after failing to get a time counter signed at a TC and finished in fourteenth place.

The combined Semi-Expert/Novice class was won the Fiesta XR2 of Craig Whitehead/Lee Hudson. The Clubmans rally, which used a slightly shorter route than the main event, was won by David Stubbs/Paul Redford, who were competing in a Astra.

Terry Martin/Paul Taylor (Peugeot 205 GTi) were leading after the first time card, but they retired with head gasket failre soon afterwards.

Jonathan Bossen/Owen Dodd were excluded when their Impreza failed a noise check early in the event; the car had been recorded at 89dB by the pre-event test, but registered 103dB at the second check. Chris Astley/Stephen Coombes were thrown out at the same point. Bill Chadwick/Alan Edwards were excluded later on for have spotlights on in a Quiet section.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Gary Gee	Jason Crook	Ford Escort	2m 50s
	2	Carl Hawkins	Iain Tullie	Vauxhall Nova	6m 04s
	3	David Tubman	John Tubman	Peugeot 205 GTi	8m 35s
	4	Dave Chapman	David Taylor	Peugeot 205 GTi	9m 15s
	5	Malcolm Holdsworth	Richard Todd	Toyota Corolla	15m 41s
	6	David Howell	Steve Taylor	Opel Manta	17m 27s
	7	Nigel Nelson	Martin Saunders	Vauxhall Astra	17m 33s
	8	Pete Tyson	Neil Harrison	Mini Cooper S	22m 31s
	9	Andy Beaumont	Mike Petch	Proton Satria	28m 07s
	10	Simon Daly	Crispin Edwards	Vauxhall Astra	28m 30s
	11	Brynli Thomas	Gareth Price	Vauxhall Astra GTE	33m 08s
	12	Malcolm Grisdale	Bob Hargreaves	Subaru RX Coupe	33m 25s
	13	Stan Featherstone	Mike Ogram	Ford Sierra	39m 57s
	14	Jon Lawson	Chris Pringle	Honda Civic	44m 02s
	Club Sport Rally
	1	Craig Whitehead	Lee Hudson	Ford Fiesta XR2	57m 51s
	2	Shane Swindells	Simon Cottrell	Peugeot 205 GTi	81m 32s
	3	Bernie Watkins	Adam Roper	Opel Manta	88m 13s
	4	Michael Judson	Derek Lewin	Vauxhall Astra	181m 59s
	5	Ian Perrot	Peter Sharples	Toyota Corolla	208m 41s
	6	Nigel Wright	Steve Booth	Vauxhall Nova GTE	227m 34s

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