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PK Memorial Rally 2004
Sponsored by Polyroof
Bala & District Motor Club
3rd/4th July 2004
Clerk of the Course: Roger Evans
Route: 110 Miles
Maps: 116 & 125
Starters: 75
Winners: Tony Gush/Gareth Price (Peugeot 205 GTi)
Tony Gush/Gareth Price picked up just sixteen seconds of penalties on their way to winning the PK Memorial Road Rally. The Bala MC event used a 100 mile route in the Ruthin/Cerrigydrudion area and had a capacity entry of 75 starters.
The first half started by looping around the start venue at the Rhug Estate, before using the twisty lanes around Bettws Gwerfill. Afterwards the route headed east to Bryneglwys and then north to the fuel halt at Ruthin.
Mei Jones/Steve Herbert (Vauxhall Astra GTE) arrived at the halt having cleaned all the sections up to that point. Gush/Price were in second place on 16 seconds, 27 seconds ahead of top seeds Brynli Thomas/David Pedley (Subaru Impreza).
Mark 'GT' Roberts/Denny Harris (VW Golf GTi) should have been in fourth, but they had picked up a fail. Gerallt Davies/Michael Evans (Ford Escort) held fourth, with Ian Lloyd/Cyril Jones (Toyota Corolla) in fifth. No other crew had under two minutes of penalties.
Stuart Kelso/Eilir Jones, winners of the John Morgan Memorial Challenge, the last event to run in the area, failed to make Petrol after their Peugeot 205 broke a half shaft. A split fuel pipe put the Peugeot 205 of Carwyn Evans/Iestyn Williams out of the rally.
Winners: Tony Gush/Gareth Price (Peugeot 205 GTi)
The second half opened in the fast lanes to the norh-east of Clocaenog Forest, this was followed by a dash straight through the woods, before a large loop around the finish venue at Cerrigydrudion.
Jones/Herbert maintained their clean sheet until just after ITC10, then they became stuck on a slippery track and lost over a minute and a half. This dropped to third as both Gush/Price and Thomas/Pedley cleaned all the sections after Petrol.
Mark Price/Owen Dodd (Ford Escort) moved up from sixth at the halfway point to take fourth at the Finish, although they were over two minutes behind the third placed Astra.
The clear winners of the Semi-Expert Class were Andy Groom/Carl Darby (Peugeot 205 GTi). They had built up a class lead of two minutes at Petrol and came home in 11th place overall.
Rhys Williams/Dafydd Williams (Peugeot 205) held a healthy lead in the Novice category at the petrol halt, but they slipped up in the second half and the class win was taken by Griff Evans/Robin Evans (Peugeot 205).
Broken drive shafts accounted for the retirements of Huw Myfyr/Aled Richards (VW Golf) and Jason Hardy/Alan Jôs (VW Golf), while a broken diff stopped the Peugeot 205 of Eifion Wyn Thomas/Gwawr Hughes.
Haydn Davies/Paul Roberts had a more daramatic exit; they crashed their VW Golf into a wall on a 90 left.
OVERALL RESULTS
| Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
| 1 | Tony Gush | Gareth Price | Peugeot 205 GTi | 0m 16s | |
| 2 | Brynli Thomas | David Pedley | Subaru Impreza | 0m 43s | |
| 3 | Mei Jones | Steve Herbert | Vauxhall Astra | 1m 32s | |
| 4 | Mark Price | Owen Dodd | Ford Escort | 3m 24s | |
| 5 | Ian Lloyd | Cyril Jones | Toyota Corolla | 3m 44s | |
| 6 | Glyn Price | Iwan Jones | Ford Escort | 4m 17s | |
| 7 | Steven Roberts | Aled Pennant | Peugeot 205 GTi | 4m 42s | |
| 8 | Owen Turner | Graham Raeburn | Rover Metro | 4m 59s | |
| 9 | Gerallt Davies | Michael Evans | Ford Escort RS2000 | 5m 29s | |
| 10 | Kevin Parry | Brynmor Pierce | Toyota Corolla | 5m 30s | |
| 11 | Andy Groom | Carl Darby | Peugeot 205 GTi | 5m 37s | |
| 12 | Derwyn Evans | Dave Evison | Vauxhall Nova | 5m 41s | |
| 13 | Stephen Kerr | Dewi Gwyn Roberts | Peugeot 205 GTi | 7m 10s | |
| 14 | Dave Jones | Baz Green | BMW 323i | 7m 14s | |
| 15 | Cliff Washbrook | Paul Jones | Peugeot 205 GTi | 7m 58s | |
| 16 | Ian Furniss | John Furniss | Peugeot 205 GTi | 8m 16s | |
| 17 | Alistair Scott Hunter | Phill Harrison | Peugeot 205 | 8m 23s | |
| 18 | Roger Powley | Jon Smith | Toyota Corolla | 8m 44s | |
| 19 | Aled Owen | Rhun Ellis | Mini | 10m 10s | |
| 20 | Emyr Jones | Barry Griffiths | Toyota Corolla | 10m 10s | |
| 21 | Steve Guest | Rob Guest | VW Golf | 10m 29s | |
| 22 | Dafydd Rhys Edwards | Clive Bayley | Vauxhall Astra | 10m 44s | |
| 23 | Wyn Williams | Gwyn Jones | VW Golf GTi | 11m 13s | |
| 24 | Geraint Jones | Gareth Jones | Vauxhall Corsa | 12m 06s | |
| 25 | Griff Evans | Robin Evans | Peugeot 205 | 14m 02s | |
| 26 | Steve Southall | Chris Webber | Toyota Corolla | 15m 06s | |
| 27 | Rhys Lloyd Jones | Alwyn Ieuan Roberts | Peugeot 205 GTi | 16m 18s | |
| 28 | Paul Morris | Merfyn Williams | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 16m 22s | |
| 29 | Rhys Williams | Dafydd Williams | Peugeot 205 | 17m 57s | |
| 30 | Nick Banks | Reg Gradden | Citroen ZX Volcane | 18m 11s | |
| 31 | Keith Parry | Lee Evans | VW Golf | 19m 06s | |
| 32 | Keith Parry | Lee Evans | VW Golf | 19m 39s | |
| 33 | Steven John Williams | Geoff Williams | Peugeot 205 GTi | 19m 53s | |
| 34 | Rhys Roberts | Phil Dodd | Toyota Corolla | 21m 32s | |
| 35 | Dylan Thomas Williams | Andrew Singleton | Hillman Avenger | 24m 10s | |
| 36 | Robert O'Dowd | David O'Dowd | Vauxhall Nova SR | 24m 55s | |
| 37 | Richard Atherton | Chris Bowden | MG Maestro | 29m 03s | |
| 38 | Lee Hodson | Richard Jones | Peugeot 309 | 29m 17s | |
| 39 | John Williams | Richard Thomas | Peugeot 205 | 34m 37s | |
| 40 | Mark 'GT' Roberts | Denny Harris | VW Golf GTi | 1F 06m 01s | |
| 41 | Dewi John | Darren Garrod | Peugeot 205 GTi | 1F 07m 26s | |
| 42 | Robin Jones | Chris Worsley | Ford Escort XR3 | 1F 14m 53s | |
| 43 | Gareth Fenlli Clarke | Paul Edwards | Peugeot 309 GTi | 1F 19m 29s | |
| 44 | Sheila Reynolds Jones | Gwyn Reynolds Jones | Peugeot 205 GTi | 1F 24m 04s | |
| 45 | Gruff Parry | Sion Edwards | Vauxhall Nova GSi | 1F 34m 00s | |
| 46 | Philip Rock | Philip Drew | Ford Escort XR3i | 1F 44m 47s | |
| 47 | John Jones | Stephen Davies | Renault 11 Turbo | 2F 14m 31s | |
| 48 | Sheila May Matthews | Alan Pemberton | Ford Escort RS2000 | 2F 14m 46s | |
| 49 | Richard Hughes | Euros Hughes | Vauxhall Astra | 2F 22m 35s | |
| 50 | Mark Summer | Paul Willetts | Ford Escort | 2F 34m 38s | |
| 51 | Allan Roberts | Mark Thorley | Peugeot 205 GTi | 4F 14m 50s | |
| 52 | Arwel Thomas | Ianto Fôn Jones | Vauxhall Nova | 4F 16m 17s | |
| 53 | Rhys Jones | Geraint Lloyd Williams | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 4F 42m 26s | |
| 54 | Peter Roberts | Wyn Roberts | Peugeot 205 GTi | 14F 17m 57s | |
| 55 | Trefor Roberts | Nigel Stephenson | Peugeot 205 GTi | 29F 28m 15s |