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Rali Bro Caron 2002

Sponsored by Dalton's ATVs

Lampeter & District Motor Club

16th/17th February 2002

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The Rali Bro Caron was a short but demanding rally. The route was 85 miles in length and consisted of just two sections, which were split by a ‘splash and dash’ petrol halt.

The win was taken by the first time pairing of Dennis Quinn/Rob Richardson, on what was the navigator’s first rally for over three years. However the victory margin was a narrow one as Rali Bro Dyfi winners, Huw Evans/Patrick Walsh, were just six seconds slower.

As in previous year’s the Rali Bro Caron received backing from John Dalton’s ATV’s Honda. As ever the 75 car entry for the Lampeter MC event was oversubscribed with all places being taken within three days of the regulations being published.

Route definition was via high quality photocopied maps, however it was not an easy night’s rallying as the tight and twisty nature of the West Wales lanes made it a challenging event.

The first time control was after just two miles of competitive motoring in the lanes around Cellan. Three crews managed to clean the section, these were the eventual winners, the 2001 winners John Thomas/Owen Dodd and Gareth ‘Gog’ Jones/Carl Williamson. The latter pairing blotted their copy book shortly afterwards when they went off the road damaging their Escort’s exhaust and losing four minutes in the process. The damage was repaired at the petrol halt and they survived to take eighth place at the Finish.

Thomas/Dodd, in a hired car, failed to quite match the speed of the leading two runners and finished third, thirty seconds down on Evans/Walsh.

The Bro Caron was the second round of the Welsh Championship and their second place put Evans and Walsh into a commanding lead. Their nearest rivals were Martyn O’Connor/Peter Collins who finished fifth on the Bro Caron and took the Standard Production Award.

A few miles into the event O'Connor/Collins, along with Tony Davies/Dylan Evans, Gary James/Ieaun Thomas and Aled Thomas/Nigel Nelson, lost time visiting a field on the tricky 60 right following a crest at 582462. James/Thomas were delayed further when the cut out switch broke on their Avenger later in the rally.

There was a very low retirement rate among the leading runners with Toby Adams/Pat Gadsby being the only non-finisher in the top ten. They withdrew after loosing a large amount of time with two wrong slots. Hefin George/Dilwyn John had a problematic night having lost time when a brake pipe failed on their Nissan Sunny, they dropped a further five minutes after picking up a puncture on a white.

Ian Orford/Bob Jones enjoyed their first foray into Welsh rallying but were delayed when their Mazda 323 became stuck on a grassy triangle. Jason Stone/Paul Holmberg finished 12th but were lucky to survive as they suffered brake failure on their Peugeot 205 on the last section.

The leading Semi-Expert crew, Mike Abbot/Edryd Evans in a Toyota Starlet, made it into tenth place, second in class, Barry Davies/Aled Richards, were one place further back in a Escort. The leading novice crew were Criss Lewis/Bryan Thomas also in an Escort.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Dennis Quinn	Rob Richardson	Ford Escort	4m 10s
	2	Huw Evans	Patrick Walsh	Ford Escort	4m 16s
	3	John 'Mark 1' Thomas	Owen Dodd	Ford Escort	4m 47s
	4	Gary Jones	Dave Pitchford	Toyota Corolla	5m 18s
	5	Martyn O'Connor	Peter Collins	Vauxhall Astra GTE	6m 06s
	6	Tony Davies	Dylan Evans	Toyota Corolla	6m 45s
	7	Ceri Richards	Aled Jones	Ford Escort	7m 02s
	8	Gareth 'Gog' Jones	Carl Williamson	Ford Escort XR3i	8m 32s
	9	Jason Stone	Paul Holmberg	Peugeot 205 GTi	9m 03s
	10	Mark Abbott	Edryd Evans	Toyota Starlet	9m 12s
	11	Barry Davies	Aled Richards	Ford Escort	9m 53s
	12	Gerwyn Jones	Ceri Davies	Ford Escort	10m 50s
	13	Graham Evans	Ian Mills	Toyota Corolla	11m 23s
	14	Gary James	Ieuan Thomas	Hillman Avenger	11m 27s
	15	Gavin Perry	Dalis Ifans	Ford Sierra 4x4	11m 27s
	16	Darren Williams	Dylan Jones	Vauxhall Astra	20m 15s
	17	Llwyd Edwards	Dorian Davies	Vauxhall Astra	16m 04s
	18	Mark Harris	Neil Bevan	Peugeot 206 GTi	16m 13s
	19	Alun Davies	Richard Davies	Ford Sierra	17m 24s
	20	Dai Bevan	Paul Bevan	Vauxhall Astra	18m 02s
	21	Andrew Williams	Wyn Davies	Vauxhall Astra	18m 22s
	22	Islwyn Watkins	Martin Jones	Vauxhall Astra GTE	18m 53s
	23	Doreen Davies	Paul Davies	Ford Escort	19m 35s
	24	Roger Hunt	Peter Barnard	Peugeot 205 GTi	21m 02s
	25	Andy Oakes	Dean George	Toyota Corolla	22m 02s
	26	Keith Collier	Steve Herbert	Peugeot 205 GTi	24m 05s
	27	Hefin George	Dilwyn John	Nissan Sunny GTi-R	26m 10s
	28	Ian Orford	Bob Jones	Mazda 323 Turbo	27m 42s
	29	Criss Lewis	Bryan Thomas	Ford Escort	28m 57s
	30	Gary Evans	Iestyn Leyshon	Ford Escort RS2000	29m 29s
	31	Ashley Morris	Michael Hardwick	Peugeot 205 GTi	30m 23s
	32	Dylan Owen	Iwan Williams	Peugeot 205 GTi	32m 37s
	33	Ieuan Reeves	Philip Evans	Ford Escort	45m 22s
	34	Wayne Morris	Paul Middleton	Ford Escort	1F 9m 03s
	35	Aled Thomas	Nigel Nelson	Toyota Corolla	1F 13m 37s
	36	Lee Heywood	Mark Hamilton	Ford Escort RS2000	1F 22m 02s
	37	Andrew James	Daniel Maclachlan	Vauxhall Nova	1F 25m 56s
	38	Jon Stobbs	Gary Robbins	Toyota Corolla	1F 27m 03s
	39	Gordon Thomas	Malcolm Walters	Toyota Corolla	1F 31m 31s
	40	Robert Price	Lionel Plant	Vauxhall Astra GTE	1F 35m 29s
	41	Jason Sugden	Jonathan Thomas	Vauxhall Nova	1F 43m 38s
	42	Aled Williams	Wayne Williams	Peugeot 205 GTi	2F 21m 10s
	43	Arwel Thomas	Dafydd Jones	Ford Fiesta	2F 46m 18s
	44	Hefin Owen	Gethin Morgan	Peugeot 205 GTi	3F 56m 19s
	45	Robert Evans	Mark Wakefield	Ford Escort	4F 65m 31s

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