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Ystwyth Road Rally 2006

Sponsored by Cwrt Garage

Abersytwyth & District Motor Club

21st/22nd January 2006

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For 2006 Aberystwyth & District Motor Club upgraded the Ystwyth Rally to National B status and opened the entry to Expert crews; it having been a novice event previously. Despite not being in any championships it attracted 70 starters, a few non-starters depriving the organisers of a capacity entry.

The Ystwyth conformed to the standard format for the time, using regularities, but with the location of Intermediate Time Controls being identified by being located at the same point as Vias, which were listed, and numbered, on the route card. This practice had come in to use when the more restrictive rules on Standard Sections had been introduced by the MSA.

The opening regularity started just outside Talybont at Penysarnddu and ran northwards to the first ITC at Cefngweiriog.

The Astra of Martyn O'Connor/Peter Collins had developed clutch problems on the run out, but this had cleared and the pair were fastest to RITC2, five seconds ahead of Steve Wood/Aled Richards (Vauxhall Astra). Roger Harris/David Manning (Vauxhall Astra) were third quickest, seven seconds behind O'Connor/Collins.

Some crews were already in trouble, most notably, John Davies/Neil Bevan (Vauxhall Astra), who started at Car 2, they were out before RITC2 as a head gasket failed. Sean Crowley/Deian Rees put their Vauxhall Astra off the road after less than a mile; the resultant broken steering stopped them going any further.

The regularity continued on tracks through Llwyngwyn and Cwm Einion to RITC3. Despite the rough going, five cars made the control on time, these included the top two Astras and also Kev Bolver/Iwan Jones (Ford Escort), who moved into third place as Harris/Manning dropped 18 seconds.

The Passage Control that followed RITC3 caused difficulties for some who missed to find it, these included Harris/Manning and Ian 'Dude' Roberts/Dale Furniss (VW Golf GTi).

O'Connor/Collins lost the lead as they missed some slots, they lost two minutes to their rivals at RITC4; they lost a further four minutes at IRTC5 after suffering a puncture. Bolver/Jones were fastest to IRTC4, which was near Furnace, and took the lead; they were now ten seconds ahead of Wood/Richards; Mark 'GT' Roberts/Steve Herbert (VW Golf GTi) were in third 21 seconds off the lead.

The Renault 5 Monaco of Gary Robbins/Daniel Thomas retired at RITC4 with a broken engine mount.

After a relaxed run up the A487, the regularity ended with a loop from Gelligoch to the outskirts of Machynlleth, which was where RITC6 was situated. Roberts/Herbert took the lead here, ending the section 29 seconds ahead of Wood/Richards. Behind them, the 2005 Ystwyth winners, Wayne Edwards/Sharon Jarvis (Toyota MR2) had moved into third place, almost a minute and a half off the lead, but 27 seconds ahead of Bolver/Jones.

After a non-competitive section through Machynlleth the second regularity started at Forge, with the first ITC being after a run through Blaen-pant. Roberts/Herbert extended their lead at RITC8 to 42 seconds, while Edwards/Jarvis put in the best time of any crew and moved to within a minute of Wood/Richards. However the Toyota pair were the only one of the leading crews to drop time at RITC9, which was timed to the minute; the minute here meant that they fell to fourth, 19 seconds behind Bolver/Jones.

RITC10 was just before Talywern and it saw Roberts/Herbert pull clear of their chasers, they now had a lead of 4m02s over Edwards/Jarvis, while Wood/Richards were now 14 seconds further back in third. On time, Ian 'Dude' Roberts/Dale Furniss should have been in first place, but, by now, they had missed two PCs and so had two fails on their total.

The fast road to Bontdolgadfan ended the section and most were clean at RF11, however O'Connor/Collins added to their woes by booking in a minute early, adding two minutes to their penalties.

A Transport Section through Staylittle allowed crews to make up four minutes of any lost time before the next regularity started just north of the Hafren Forest. Wood/Richards took advantage of the break to change the Astra’s spark plugs in a successful attempt to clear a misfire that had troubled them for most of the rally.

The run down through the forest and Old Hall didn’t cause any problems for most crews, although all lost time on the road through Castellgreido to the finish control just off the A44.

Of the leaders, with their engine running cleanly, Wood/Richards were best here, passing Edwards/Jarvis for second place; this put the Astra three seconds ahead of the Toyota, but they were still 3m52s behind the leading Golf.

The regularity continued with a run along the main Aberystwyth road to the entrance to Sweet Lamb where there were four ITCs and 12 PCs to be tackled in the tracks of the rally complex; the section ended at Eisteddfa Gurig.

It was an eventful section. Firstly, Edwards/Jarvis missed the first PC plus one later on, putting them out of the running. Then Wood/Richards went off and lost over a minute to Roberts/Herbert. Kevin 'KJ' Jones/Dilwyn John also put their Sierra 4x4 off the road, but in their case a solid rock meant that they went no further.

For those that survived Sweet Lamb, petrol was taken at Ponterwyd, where Roberts/Herbert held a lead of 5m12s over Wood/Richards. In third place at Petrol were Gethin Morgan/Dalis Ifans (Ford Escort), who were 15 seconds behind Wood/Richards and 11 in front of Bolver/Jones. Roberts/Furniss, who, on time, would have been 13 seconds behind the leaders, had missed two further PCs in Sweet Lamb.

The competition restarted with a run up to and around Pendam, including the mines track; in general the second half was less demanding than the first. This was immaterial to the leaders as the engine on their Golf went sick soon after the restart and from holding a substantial lead Roberts/Herbert were out.

Morgan/Dafis took the lead on the Pendam mine tracks; they were 30 seconds faster than Wood/Richards and 27 quicker than Bolver/Jones. The regularity finished near Bow Street, where the leading crews were clean.

The action then moved to Nany-yr-Moch, where the section was run from Talybont to Ponterwyd. Disaster struck for Morgan/Dafis when they went off the road; they lost three minutes and the lead as their rivals were clean at the following ITC. Of the leaders Wood/Richards were quickest, taking 40 seconds off Bolver/Jones; this gave the Astra pair a lead of just over a minute, while Morgan/Dafis were in third, but almost three minutes off the lead.

The route finished by looping through Devil's Bridge, Cwmystwyth and Aberffrwd. Wood/Richards cleaned all six time controls on the section and came home with a victory margin of just under two minutes. Morgan/Dafis cut their deficit to Bolver/Jones, but were still over two minutes off the runner up spot at the Finish.

Arwel Thomas/Ceri Hughes (Vauxhall Nova) finished in tenth place overall and took the Semi-Expert Award, finishing a minute and one place in front of class rivals Simon Naughton/Gareth Thomas (Rover 200). None of the Novices ended the event without a fail and it was Chris Ellis-Jones/Phillip Griffiths (Ford Escort) who took the category win with four fails.

It had been a tough event, only twelve crews managed to finish without a fail, and thirty crews had fallen by the wayside.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Steve Wood	Aled Richards	Vauxhall Astra	19m 53s
	2	Kev Bolver	Iwan Jones	Ford Escort	21m 44s
	3	Gethin Morgan	Dalis Ifans	Ford Escort	24m 09s
	4	Martyn O’Connor	Peter Collins	Vauxhall Astra GTE	25m 47s
	5	Kevin Morgan	Iestyn Leyshon	Ford Escort	26m 02s
	6	Richard James	Eric Tong	Vauxhall Astra	26m 42s
	7	Mike James	Jon Stobbs	Vauxhall Astra GTE	27m 35s
	8	Dai Roberts	Rob Duke	Honda Civic	28m 23s
	9	Delfryn Owens	Jeff James	Renault Clio	35m 16s
	10	Arwel Thomas	Ceri Hughes	Vauxhall Nova	36m 04s
	11	Simon Naughton	Gareth Thomas	Rover 200	37m 00s
	12	Marc Thomas	Alan Jones	Peugeot 205	46m 55s
	13	Aled Thomas	Justin Summerfield	Ford Escort	1F 28m 41s
	14	Wayne Edwards	Sharon Jarvis	Toyota MR2	2F 18m 29s
	15	Chris Ellis-Jones	Phillip Griffiths	Ford Escort	4F 66m 49s
	16	Peter Davies	Jonathan Hands	Vauxhall Nova	5F 42m 30s
	17	Roger Harris	David Manning	Vauxhall Astra	6F 20m 33s
	18	Owen Llwyd Edwards	Eurig Davies	Vauxhall Astra	6F 23m 49s
	19	Geraint Jones	Alan Hands	Ford Puma	6F 26m 05s
	20	Hefin Jones	Llinos Jones	Ford Escort	6F 28m 38s
	21	David Rollins	Carwyn Thomas	Ford Escort RS2000	6F 70m 55s
	22	Matthew Jones	Richard Morris	Vauxhall Astra	7F 23m 44s
	23	Tim Hand	Jenny Evans	Vauxhall Astra GTE	7F 33m 00s
	24	Rob Thomas	Jenny Jones	Renault Clio	7F 36m 25s
	25	Eifion Thomas	Afan Thomas	Ford Sierra XR4x4	7F 36m 27s
	26	Reian Jones	Mike Steele Perkins	Seat Ibiza	7F 37m 52s
	27	Dorian Davies	Tudor Jones	Peugeot 205	8F 27m 50s
	28	Andrew Williams	Dai Richards	Vauxhall Corsa	9F 33m 38s
	29	Mark Jameson	Gareth Roberts	Ford Escort	9F 36m 02s
	30	Dafydd Williams	Ryan Hands	Vauxhall Astra	9F 49m 43s
	31	Geraint Hughes	Aled Roberts	Ford Escort RS2000	10F 32m 03s
	32	Huw Morris	Chris Couling	Proton Compact	12F 64m 06s
	33	Paul Williams	Richard Williams	Vauxhall Astra	13F 43m 34s
	34	Gethin Dafis	Debbie Evans	Vauxhall Astra	14F 54m 32s
	35	Richard Jerman	John Tomley	Ford Escort	18F 48m 49s
	36	Paul Carroll	Justin John	Vauxhall Astra	23F 66m 04s
	37	Rhys Morgan	Ianto Fon Jones	Vauxhall Nova	24F 36m 39s
	38	Alan James	Rhydian George	Peugeot 205 GTi	31F 37m 26s
	39	Steve Greenfield	Paul Hands	Peugeot 106	48F 45m 00s
	40	Paul Jones	Gary Evans	Vauxhall Astra	49F 42m 50s

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