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Danum Rally 2003

Lindholme Motor Sports Club

4th/5th October 2003

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John Haden/Iain Tullie (Subaru Impreza) took the win for a second successive year on Lindholme MSC’s Danum Rally.

The event, which had been postponed from May, and took over the date freed by the cancellation of the Seven Dales Road Rally. It used a 140 mile route of plot ‘n bash rallying in the lanes of North Lincolnshire and Humberside.

Most crews were clean of penalties until the first regularity in the Sandtoft area, which used part of the old airfield. Graham Reeson/Roger Hage (Peugeot 205 GTi) were fastest here. Five seconds behind them were John Dimbleby/David Dimbleby (Ford Fiesta XR2), however they were penalised for recording three code boards incorrectly and fell to ninth place at the Finish.

Reeson/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.

This left the battle for the lead between Haden/Tullie and Nik Kershaw/Paul Nelson, with the former emerging as winners by forty seconds. These two crews were well clear of the third place Toyota Corolla of Malcolm Holdsworth/Richard Holdsworth, who took the Expert class win.

Andy Beaumont/Mike Petch had been in contention as well until they picked up three punctures during the section through Hemswell Airfield. Making good use of tyre mousse, they made it to the Finish in sixth place. Dave Chapman/David Taylor suffered two punctures at the same point.

The Semi-Expert class was won by the Ford Orion of Trevor Faulkner/Chris Faulkner, while the leading novices were Mick Smith/Jonathan Stockdale.

The win secured the ANCC navigator’s championship for Tullie, however the driver’s title race was still wide open with ten drivers still in with a chance of taking the series win. Malcolm Holdworth's third place finish on the Danum moved him back to the head of the table. Jon Lawson, who led before the event, was carless, so non-started and turned out to marshal instead.

Twenty-eight crews started the Danum, with twenty-seven making it to the finish, the one retirement was the Opel Manta of David Howell/Stephen Taylor which broke a brake caliper.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	John Haden	Iain Tullie	Subaru Impreza	4m 18s
	2	Nik Kershaw	Paul Nelson	Peugeot 205 GTi	4m 54s
	3	Malcolm Holdsworth	Richard Holdsworth	Toyota Corolla	7m 22s
	4	David Tubman	John Tubman	Peugeot 205 GTi	9m 51s
	5	Dan Robinson	Ian Gibbins	Peugeot 205 GTi	10m 48s
	6	Andy Beaumont	Mike Petch	Proton Satria	15m 01s
	7	Stan Featherstone	Mike Ogram	Ford Sierra	18m 03s
	8	Graham Reeson	Roger Hage	Peugeot 205 GTi	18m 42s
	9	John Dimbleby	David Dimbleby	Ford Fiesta XR2	20m 38s
	10	David Williams	Richard Booth	Renault Clio	20m 45s
	11	Trevor Faulkner	Chris Faulkner	Ford Orion	21m 53s
	12	Bill Chadwick	Alan Edwards	Peugeot 205 GTi	23m 24s
	13	Mick Smith	Jonathan Stockdale	Ford Escort	39m 19s
	14	Dave Chapman	David Taylor	Peugeot 205 GTi	42m 40s
	15	Simon Tate	Richard Wilson	Opel Manta	52m 42s
	16	David Wilkinson	Dan Spittlehouse	Rover Metro	54m 34s
	17	Nick Toplis	Mick Fern	Vauxhall Nova GTE	62m 37s
	18	Martin Langley	John Thornton	Ford Escort	65m 42s
	19	Jon Ross	Oliver Ross	Subaru Impreza	72m 00s
	20	Terry Martin	Simon Bentley	Peugeot 205 GTi	1F 16m 49s
	21	Sandie Taylor	Paul Taylor	Peugeot 205 GTi	1F 10m 32s
	22	Andy Whittaker	Charlie Tynan	Peugeot 205 GTi	1F 33m 18s
	23	Craig Whitehead	Lee Hudson	Ford Fiesta XR2	1F 45m 16s
	24	Brian Moore	George Cowling	Ford Escort	1F 70m 28s
	25	Dave Broadley	Michael McKenna	Lada Riva	1F 84m 49s
	26	Adrian Ancliffe	John Chadwick	Ford Escort	2F 65m 18s
	27	Nichola Hillier	Mark Garraway	MG Metro	3F 52m 55s

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