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Clerk of the Course: Jon Madoc-Jones
Route: 140 Miles
Maps: 116
Starters: 37
Winners: Terry Wilson/Phil Harrison (Ford Sierra)
After an almost twenty year layoff Terry Wilson/Phil Harrison made a triumphant return to road rallying when they took their Ford Sierra to victory on North Wales CC's Winter Rally.
The 130 mile event, Round One of the North Western Championship, used a straight forward format on Map 116, this included some of the icy roads in the Clocaenog area. The well received event used a series of standard sections, with one regularity that was the tie breaker test.
Apart from Wilson/Harrison the rally was an unhappy affair for other top crews. Top seeds Kev Parry/Gareth Price booked in early to a control in the second half, while Jason Stone/Daniel Stone and Jason Hardy/Alan Jones both picked up fails at the second passage control. Hardy/Jones retired later with a severe misfire on their VW Golf.
Tudor Morris/Gerrallt Davies went off the road after just two miles, they carried on but clutch failure stopped their Escort at Petrol. Dave Jones/Pete Forrester and Neil Bye/Stephen Bye disappeared from the event early in the second half.
Despite a misfire John Leckie/Baz Green were fastest by almost a minute over the regularity section and looked to be heading for a win when a broken coil on their Sunbeam Lotus ended their rally. Their misfortune allowed Smith/Harrison through for the win, although Malcolm Alcott/Paul Green were only three second behind them in second place.
The only other crew within touch of the leaders were Darren Herring/Paul Holmberg, who brought their Subaru Impreza home in third.
Tony Watkins/Medwyn Evans were the leading Semi-Experts, coming home in eleventh place, the last runners clear of fails. Chris Rowlands/David Evans were the fastest Class 2 crew and would have finished fifth overall, but picked up a fail at a triangle control. Russell Goodwin/Dave Thomas were the leading Novices at nineteenth overall.
OVERALL RESULTS
Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
1 | Terry Wilson | Phill Harrison | Ford Sierra 4x4 | 4m 45s | |
2 | Mal Acott | Paul Green | Toyota Corolla | 4m 48s | |
3 | Darren Herring | Paul Holmberg | Subaru Impreza | 5m 22s | |
4 | Haydn Davies | Michael Evans | Toyota Corolla | 9m 30s | |
5 | Paul Jones | John Davies | VauxhalL Nova | 10m 26s | |
6 | Simon Cottrell | Marcus Watmough | Talbot Sunbeam | 10m 49s | |
7 | Howard Price | Steve Griffiths | Peugeot 205 GTi | 12m 09s | |
8 | Brynmor Pierce | Roger Evans | Ford Escort | 14m 17s | |
9 | Lee Matthews | Endaf Davies | MG Maestri EFi | 14m 31s | |
10 | Dewi Williams | Eilir Jones | Vauxhall Nova | 27m 42s | |
11 | Tony Watkin | Medwyn Evans | Vauxhall Nova | 51m 03s | |
12 | Jason Stone | Daniel Stone | Peugeot 205 GTi | 1F 7m 58s | |
13 | Chris Rowlands | David Evans | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 1F 9m 31s | |
14 | Iain Scott | Jez Harris | Toyota Corolla | 1F 10m 47s | |
15 | Stew Dale | Scott Layton | Vauxhall Astra | 1F 21m 29s | |
16 | Stephen Edwards | Paul Edwards | Ford Sierra | 2F 8m 15s | |
17 | Brian Harrison | Leon Jones | Ford Escort | 2F 17m 00s | |
18 | John Jones | Rhun Ellis | Peugeot 205 GTi | 2F 17m 03s | |
19 | Russell Godwin | Dave Thomas | Peugeot 309 GTi | 2F 19m 19s | |
20 | Keith Jones | Colin Jones | Hillman Avenger | 4F 42m 28s | |
21 | Iain Baxter | Bryan Flint | Skoda Rapide | 5F 36m 44s | |
22 | Jonathan Jones | Steve Roberts | Ford Escort | 10F 20m 04s | |
23 | Jimmy Patterson | Martin Jones | Subaru RX Turbo | 15F 19m 42s | |
24 | Shaun Buckley | Ian Calpham | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 15F 40m 35s | |
25 | Keith Gush | Jenny Gush | Alfa Romeo 33 | 22F 27m 28s |