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Red Kite Stages 2006

Amman & District Motor Club

8th January 2006

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Julian Reynolds/Ieuan Thomas (Subaru Impreza) won Amman & District MC's Red Kite stages after Mick Jones/Andy Morgan (Mitsubishi Lancer E3), who had led from the start, crashed out on the last stage.

Notably eleven cars failed scrutineering at the first attempt due to seat belts that didn't comply with FIA rulings, all managed to get the matter sorted and sixty-five cars took the start. They were to face treacherously icy conditions on the stages. Six tests had been planned, taking in two loops of three stages - Crychan, Cefn Llwydlo and Esgair Dafydd. The latter, once polished by the first few cars, proved to be virtually impassable and the second visit was cancelled.

Jones/Morgan were 25 seconds faster than any other crew through the 11 miles of SS1. They took fastest time on the next three stages to enter the final test with a lead of 43 seconds. However with less than two miles remaining their Lancer E3 went off the road, the steering and suspension broke, taking with them the cam belt. Their rally was over.

Reynolds/Thomas were competing in Dorian Rees' Group N Subaru Impreza. They had a steady run through SS1, taking only fourth fastest time, as they got used to the car. They speeded up after that, matching Jones' fastest time on SS4 and were well placed to inherit the win on SS5.

The positions of the leading runners was remarkably static, Jones' retirement being the only alteration in the top thirteen places between SS2 and the Finish. Robert Swann/Derek Davies (Subaru Impreza) finished second, having fended off an early challenge from Richard Hill/Aled Davies (Mitsubishi Lancer E3). Hill was using the Red Kite as a test session and admitted to a few pirouettes in the icy conditions.

Ian Joel/Graeme Wood finished fifth having had a pipe blow off the EGR valve between the first two stages, it was fixed at the first service halt two stages later.

Damian Cole/Pail Willets were competing in Cole's older Impreza as his new Hyundai Accent WRC was still being built. He had considered withdrawing due to the icy conditions, but continued and finished in eighth place.

There were only two starters in Class 4 and after Edd Lloyd/Eric Tong had put their Triumph TR7 V8 off the road on SS1, Graham Davies/Gary Powell (Talbot Sunbeam) cantered to the category win.

Stuart Clarke/Cliff Simmonds were the fastest RWD crew throughout the day. They had a starter motor fail early on and rear brake worries later, which caused two offs on SS2, however they took the Class 3 win by over a minute. Battling in the same class, Geraint Mills/Jonny Evans (Opel Manta) suffered a stage maximum on SS3 after going off. Terry Brown/Martin Henry might have taken the class win but an off on SS1, a broken gear stick and a road penalty ruined their chances.

Mark Shane Gamble/George Gwynn (Peugeot 205) led Class 2 throughout the day and were only beaten on SS3 after a spin. They finished in 25th place overall.

Class 1 was taken by Grant Rees/Wyn Davies (Suzuki Swift), who finished over three minutes ahead of their nearest class rivals, although they were mystified by having been given a ten second road penalty. Richard Sykes/Simon Taylor (Peugeot 106) struggled throughout the event with low fuel pressure which meant that they had a maximum speed of only 60mph.

Francis McDonnell/Lee Massey (Subaru Impreza) broke a driveshaft at Junction 2 on SS1 and, when the diff controller didn't work, they were stranded. Dave Brick/Rob Woodhouse also failed to make the end of SS1 after the engine on their Escort failed. Dai Lloyd/Shaun Price tore off the rear end of their Fiesta on SS1 and went no further.

Matt Owen/Ross Butler (Subaru Impreza) were seventh quickest on SS1, but were then involved in a road traffic accident on the following section; the damage was to great for them to continue. Also out on the road between SS1 and SS2 was the MG ZR of Huw Evans Jones/Glenn Latham; it had the gearbox fail.

Jason Pritchard was making his debut in a S1600 Peugeot 106 and, with Martin Jones co-driving, finished fourth in Class 2.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Penalty
	1	Julian Reynolds	Ieuan Thomas	Subaru Impreza	44m 23s
	2	Robert Swann	Derek Davies	Subaru Impreza	45m 02s
	3	Richard Hill	Aled Davies	Mitsubishi Lancer E6	45m 33s
	4	Ian Joel	Graeme Wood	Ford Escort Cosworth	45m 40s
	5	Owain Beaman	Den Golding	Mitsubishi Lancer E6	45m 50s
	6	Martin England	Ian England	Mitsubishi Lancer E8	46m 57s
	7	Paul Jones	David Roberts	Mitsubishi Lancer E7	47m 12s
	8	Damian Cole	Paul Willets	Subaru Impreza WRC 98	47m 18s
	9	Huw Jeffreys	Avarina Connor	Subaru Impreza	47m 37s
	10	Alex Taylor	Chris Short	Subaru Impreza	47m 52s
	11	Simon Creed	Jamie Gratton-Smith	Mitsubishi Lancer E4	49m 02s
	12	Steve Blunt	Bob Duck	Mitsubishi Lancer E6	49m 32s
	13	Mike Brown	Derek Tucker	Mitsubishi Lancer E6	49m 36s
	14	Stuart Clarke	Cliff Simmons	Ford Escort	49m 37s
	15	Dennis Parry	Matthew Parry<	Subaru Impreza	50m 18s
	16	Jim Munden	Andy Frost	Ford Escort	50m 32s
	17	Terry Brown	Martin Henry	Ford Escort	50m 47s
	18	Colin Milton	Peter Heness	Subaru Impreza	51m 06s
	19	Stuart Thomas	Mark Keherin	Ford Escort RS	51m 24s
	20	Grant Rees	Wyn Davies	Suzuki Swift	51m 46s
	21	Layton Waters	Rob Thomas	Toyota Starlet	51m 50s
	22	Andrew Roberts	Allan Roberts	Ford Escort	52m 04s
	23	Steve Finch	Stanley Graham	Ford Escort	53m 03s
	24	Lance Mosley	Vince Mosley	Mazda 323	53m 08s
	25	Mark Shane Gamble	George Gwynn	Peugeot 205 GTi	53m 09s
	26	Lee Heywood	Mark Hamilton	Ford Escort	53m 28s
	27	Mandy Bowman	Kenneth Bowman	Mitsubishi Lancer E5	53m 30s
	28	Adrian Young	Paul Williams	Ford Escort RS2000	53m 32s
	29	Jason Nash	Peter Nash	Ford Escort	53m 35s
	30	Micah Morris	Simon Anthony	Peugeot 309 SRi	53m 43s
	31	Malcolm Hague	Dave Read	Hyundai Coupe	53m 50s
	32	Graham Davies	Gary Powell	Talbot Sunbeam	54m 02s
	33	John Evans	Neil Featherstone	Ford Escort	54m 10s
	34	Jason Pritchard	Martin Jones	Peugeot 106 Maxi	54m 21s
	35	Kelvin Hughes	Julian Howitt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo	54m 33s
	36	Richard Sykes	Simon Taylor	Peugeot 106	54m 48s
	37	Spencer Wilkinson	Jamie Edwards	Subaru Impreza	55m 09s
	38	Nicky Wilson	Chris Bowen	Ford Escort	55m 13s
	39	Geraint Mills	Jonny 'Tad' Evans	Opel Manta 400	55m 15s
	40	Andrew Swift	Martin Cowell	Ford Escort	55m 17s
	41	Jonathan Brace	Tim Samuel	Ford Escort	57m 10s
	42	Wayne Bonser	Richard Aston	Ford Escort RS2000	57m 43s
	43	Ian Sutton	Heather Watkins	Hyundai Coupe	58m 20s
	44	Darren Pugh	Deian Phillips	Peugeot 205	58m 37s
	45	Neal James	Kevin Jones	Ford Escort	59m 03s
	46	Liz Skinner	Nathan Parry	Nissan Micra	61m 56s
	47	Rhys Lloyd	Richard Davenport	MG ZR	61m 57s

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