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Telford Winter Stages 2004

Sponsored by Tolputt Keeton

Telford Auto Club

7th February 2004

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Graham Middleton/John Morgan overcame a down on power engine and a time consuming spin on the final stage to take victory on Telford AC’s Tolputt Keeton Winter Stages.

The Sweet Lamb based rally saw crews tackled nine stages totalling 45 competitive miles. Service was taken after Stages 3, 6 and 8.

The rally developed into a battle between the Hyundai Accent WRC of Middleton/Morgan and the Group N Impreza of Dorian Rees/Patrick Walsh. Middleton had found that the Accent’s newly installed engine seemed to lack power on the car’s previous unit, but, despite this, he had managed to eek out a 23 second lead by the start of the final stage.

On that test he spun and lost seventeen seconds as he struggled to engage reverse gear. Rees however was unable to take advantage as he caught the car in front on the stage and was a second slower than his previous time over the same test. The two crews were separated by just six seconds at the end.

Evo Challenge contenders Jon Ingram/Mark Lewis and James Edwards/Simon Brown used the event as a test session and a cautious approach by both crews netted third and fourth places, five minutes behind the leading pair.

Geraint Mills/Jonny Evans led the 2WD battle in their Manta and were as high as third at one point. Entering the last stage they had a 21 second lead in their class, however the gear stick came loose on the stage and they lost over 40 seconds. This allowed Martin Kenny/Dave Stocking through to take the class win, fifth place overall and the lead in the Miller Oils Welsh Clubmans series.

Stuart Jones/Andy Marchbank were leading Class 2 by 40 seconds when they went off the road at the end of the tarmac section on SS4. Paul Jones/Chris Evans picked up the spoils and claimed the class win.

Andrew Kenny/Gary Kenny (Mitsubishi Lancer E3) withdrew after SS3 with engine maladies, while Maurice Leach/Nigel Gilbride had the bonnet pins snap on their Escort, the bonnet flew up and broke the windscreen; they retired. Neil Andrew/Mark Spavin went out on SS2 after putting their Ford Sierra 4x4 off the road.

Aled 'Cacen' Evans/Eryl Evans were chasing Welsh Clubman Championship points, but entured a trying day in their Ford Sierra XR4x4. The car cut out at the start of SS6 and then stopped twice on SS7; the fault was traced to a problem in the fuel feed. They finished in 19th position.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Graham Middleton	John Morgan	Hyundai Accent WRC	50m 37s
	2	Dorian Rees	Patrick Walsh	Subaru Impreza WRX	50m 43s
	3	Jon Ingram	Mark Lewis	Mitsubishi Lancer E8	55m 52s
	4	James Edwards	Simon Brown	Mitsubishi Lancer E8	56m 19s
	5	Martin Kenny	Dave Stocking	Ford Escort	56m 34s
	6	Geraint Mills	Jonny 'Tad' Evans	Opel Manta	56m 49s
	7	Tim Jones	Don James	Ford Escort	57m 01s
	8	Duncan Goldsmith	Bryan Hull	Ford Escort	57m 17s
	9	Lynsey Hansford	Graham Roberts	Ford Escort	58m 15s
	10	Andrew Graham	Peter Brennan	Ford Sapphire Cosworth	58m 20s
	11	Mark Lakeland	Andy Sharples	Ford Escort	58m 40s
	12	Paul Williams	Chris Kelly	Ford Escort Cosworth	58m 51s
	13	Ian Godney	Chris Short	Subaru Impreza	58m 55s
	14	Mark Rowlands	Peter Lewis	Ford Escort Cosworth	59m 20s
	15	Paul Jones	Chris Evans	Peugeot 206 XSi	59m 26s
	16	Chris Gittins	Stuart Humphries	Ford Escort	59m 59s
	17	Stuart Thomas	Kevin Jones	Ford Escort	1h 00m 15s
	18	Mark Goodwin	Wayne Davies	Ford Escort	1h 00m 30s
	19	Aled 'Cacen' Evans	Eryl Evans	Ford Sierra XR4x4	1h 01m 47s
	20	Scott Bennett	James Bennett	Mitsubishi Lancer E6	1h 02m 24s
	21	Huw Jeffreys	Avarina Connor	Ford Escort	1h 02m 56s
	22	Pete Hamer	Niki Griffiths	Talbot Sunbeam	1h 03m 28s
	23	Chris Metcalfe	Pete Swan	Ford Escort	1h 04m 02s
	24	Richard Roberts	Ian Jarman	Peugeot 205 GTi	1h 04m 29s

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