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Morning Mist Rally 2002
Sponsored by Archie Moss Ltd
Loughborough Car Club
27th/28th April 2002
Clerk of the Course: John Pickavance
Route: 180 Miles
Maps: 129 140 & 141
Starters: 30
Winners: Guy Robinson/Charlie Wheeldon (Vauxhall Nova)
Despite drowning out in a ford, Guy Robinson/Charlie Wheeldon managed to win the Morning Mist Road Rally on a tie break.
The Loughborought MC organised rally, an East Midlands Championship round, started from the event's sponsor Archie Moss' Vauxhall dealership at Coalville and finished at Shearsby.
Robinson/Wheeldon had opened up a lead of a minute when their Nova ingested water into its air intake at a ford towards the end of the rally. The car recovered but the time lost meant that they finished on equal penalties with the Impreza of John Haden/Steve Coupland. The matter was resolved by reference to the tie decider clock which were timed to the second. Robinson/Wheeldon had cleaned the critical sections, while Haden/Coupland had dropped 35 seconds.
Top seeds Andy Baker/Lee Burgess were a minute behind in third, while Jamie Turner/Graham Raeburn were a further minute back in fourth.
Ben Williams/Richard Booth were fifth and took the standard production award in their Renault Clio. The leading novices were Adam Gardner/Andy Lewin who were sixth overall and were also the first Loughborough MC crew home. Peter Noad/Peter Cox once again took a Historic category win in their Audi 80.
Three leading crews, Tim Tordoff/Ian Frazer, Stephen Webster/Robert Duck and Owen Turner/Andrew Dadswell were all excluded for give way infringements. Jason Birks/Christopher White managed to invert their Cavalier, an incident that put them out of the event.
TOP TEN RESULTS
| Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
| 1 | Guy Robinson | Charlie Wheeldon | Vauxhall Nova | 3m 00s | |
| 2 | John Haden | Steve Coupland | Subaru Impreza | 3m 00s | |
| 3 | Andy Baker | Lee Burgess | Peugeot 205 GTi | 4m 00s | |
| 4 | Jamie Turner | Graham Raeburn | Rover Metro | 5m 00s | |
| 5 | Ben Williams | Richard Booth | Renault Clio | 14m 00s | |
| 6 | Adam Gardener | Andy Lewin | Austin Mini | 14m 00s | |
| 7 | Will Malkin | Rich Mills | VW Passat | 14m 00s | |
| 8 | Keith Astley | Jez Pole | Vauxhall Astra | 18m 00s | |
| 9 | Graham Nunn | Daniel Bint | Peugeot 205 GTi | 18m 00s | |
| 10 | Steve Herbert | Alex Hoult | Ford Escort | 21m 00s |