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Rali Bro Teifi 2005

Sponsored by John Roberts (Ffestiniog) Ltd + Cware, Pantgwyn Quarry

Teifi Valley Motor Club

16th/17th April 2005

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The 2004 winners, Kevin 'KJ' Jones/Dilwyn John (Ford Sierra 4x4) led the capacity 75 car field away from the Cardigan start for a demanding and closely fought 110 miles of competition. A significant non-starter was Daniel 'Lwni' Jones/Andrew McLachlan, who were due to line up at Car 4. The event was the third round of the Welsh Road Rally Championship.

The first regularity used the familiar roads through the Sand Pits and Cwm, finishing just outside Aberporth. Everyone dropped time at the first intermediate time control, but penalties here were scrubbed after Rhydian Rees/Jo Bond rolled their Peugeot 205 on the white through Troedyrhiw and blocked the track for the remainder of the field. This meant most of the field were clear of penalties at the end of the section, although three crews had picked up fails for missing to get a code board counter signed.

Regularity Two opened with a tight section through a series of tracks around Pensarn Ddu Uchaf; there was an ITC before the route regained the tarmac. The only car to drop under a minute here was the Escort of Huw Evans/Patrick Walsh; they were three seconds ahead of Gareth Evans/Eurig Evans (Ford Escort), with most leading crews not far behind.

The section continued and moved towards the coast, with two ITCs in the Hoffnant Valley. Most dropped just a handful of seconds at RITC3, but Roger Hicks/Mark Hamilton (Ford Escort) were delayed for three minutes when the Escort of Kevin 'Steaky' Morgan/Rob 'Sais' Richardson came to a halt with a failed diff.

Meanwhile Delfryn Owens/Jeff James lost two minutes when the alternator came loose on their Renault Clio RSi.

John Davies/Neil Bevan (Vauxhall Astra) were clear leaders at the halfway halt, which was after the end of the second regularity. They were ten seconds quicker than anyone else to ITC7, which was after a climb up the Cwmtydu hairpins. By Petrol, which was at Synod Inn, the reigning Welsh Champions were 12 seconds ahead of Jones/John, who in turn were 17 seconds in front of third placed Elgan Jones/Paul Bevan (Vauxhall Astra).

Cwmtydu claimed two notable victims, both with broken drive shafts; these were Steve Wood/Aled Richards (Vauxhall Astra) and Clive Greves/Rob Duke (VW Polo). Also out by this point was the Subaru Impreza of Adrian Jones/Dylan Jenkins, they withdrew after sustaining damage in an off.

The first ITC on the third regularity was to have a decisive effect on the overall result. The section started with a run through the lanes to the south of Llanarth, with the ITC being on the edge of the village. Davies/Bevan were penalised for arriving early, the navigator claiming that the marshal had timed them as they passed the control board rather than when he had presented his time card. They had been 14 seconds early, which translated to a 28 second penalty. This penalty was queried, but not protested, and remained in the final results.

Despite this upset, Davies/Bevan retained their lead through the section, finishing the reg with a lead over Jones/John of 25 seconds. One crew that was on a charge here were Gerwyn Jones/Ceri Davies (Ford Escort), they moved from sixth at Petrol to third at RF3.

The end of the section had used the white through Moelifor, with its notorious milk stand on the entrance, and also the tracks through Pisgah. Both Garyl Evans/Matthew Maidment (Vauxhall Astra) and Richard McLachlan/Eddie Clough (Peugeot 205) reported hitting a large rock on a white, this damaged the sump guard on the 205. Ian Orford/Peter Barnard (Proton Compact) lost a minute moving the rock out of the way.

The fourth section started north of Ffostrasol, then zig-zagged its way south until it almost reached Aberbanc, before heading back north via a few tracks to finish near Beulah.

Both of the leading crews dropped a single second at the first ITC, but Jones/John narrowed the gap to Davies/Bevan by 14 seconds at ITC12, which was at Gernos Farm. There was then a change of lead at ITC16, at Calderbrook, where the Sierra was 29 seconds faster than the Astra, giving Jones/John an advantage of 16 seconds with one section remaining.

Having been third at Petrol, Elgan Jones/Paul Bevan fell down the order after booking in almost two minutes early at RITC13, this added four minutes to their total; they finished in 14th place.

The battle for third was hotting up as Jones/Davies arrived at RF4 tied on time with Gary Jones/Steve Herbert (Toyota Corolla).

The section had seen the demise of Gareth Evans/Eurig Evans, who had been in fourth place at Petrol; their Escort had succumbed to a broken shaft. Also out at this stage was the Toyota MR2 of Dyfrig James/Martin Richards, which had its clutch fail. Fuel feed problems accounted for the Ford Sierra of Marc James/Owen Dodd. A loose dipstick allowed the Astra of Richard James/Eurig Davies to lose all its oil and they were also out.

The final section was relatively short, with just one ITC. It started to the west of Beulah and the ITC was at the end of the track through Trefaes Fach. Davies/Bevan were 13 seconds faster to the control, but this still left Jones/John with a lead of five seconds. This allowed them to come home to claim their second successive Bro Teifi victory.

Third place was also decided that this vital control, with Jones/Davies putting in the fastest time of all and beating Jones/Herbert by 13 seconds, this allowed the Escort crew to secure the final podium position. Merfyn Hughes/Graham Dance (Subaru Impreza), after an undramatic event, finished in fifth place.

The leading Semi-Expert crew were Hefin Jones/Llinos Jones (Ford Escort), who finished in tenth place overall. Tom Barber/Geraint Hands (Peugeot 309) won the Novice Class, being the only crew in that category to finish without a fail.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Kevin 'KJ' Jones	Dilwyn John	Ford Sierra	6m 44s
	2	John Davies	Neil Bevan	Vauxhall Astra	6m 49s
	3	Gerwyn Jones	Ceri Davies	Ford Escort	7m 58s
	4	Gary Jones	Steve Herbert	Toyota Corolla	8m 11s
	5	Merfyn Hughes	Graham Dance	Subaru Impreza	8m 52s
	6	Garyl Evans	Matthew Maidment	Vauxhall Astra	9m 12s
	7	Huw 'Joppa' Evans	Patrick Walsh	Ford Escort	9m 28s
	8	John 'Mark One' Thomas	Gwawr Hughes	Ford Escort	10m 36s
	9	Darren Williams	Dylan Jones	Vauxhall Astra	12m 02s
	10	Hefin Jones	Llinos Jones	Ford Escort	12m 08s
	11	Owen Llwyd Edwards	Tudur Jones	Vauxhall Astra	12m 47s
	12	Eiros Edwards	Mark Lloyd	Ford Focus	13m 48s
	13	Geoff Williams	Delyth Brown	Vauxhall Nova	14m 30s
	14	Elgan Jones	Paul Bevan	Vauxhall Astra	15m 12s
	15	Wayne James	Jenny James	Peugeot 205	15m 33s
	16	Delfryn Owens	Jeff James	Renault Clio	15m 42s
	17	Ian Orford	Peter Barnard	Proton Compact	16m 22s
	18	Roger Hicks	Mark Hamilton	Ford Escort	16m 29s
	19	Doreen Davies	Anthony Davies	Vauxhall Nova	17m 06s
	20	Roger Harris	Beth Evans	Vauxhall Astra	17m 27s
	21	Geraint Jones	Katie Briddon	Vauxhall Nova	19m 09s
	22	Matthew Jones	Owain Davies	Peugeot 205	19m 27s
	23	Richard McLachlan	Eddie Clough	Peugeot 205	21m 12s
	24	Gareth Edwards	Andrew Edwards	Suzuki Swift	22m 37s
	25	Rob Price	Mark Coleman	Vauxhall Astra GTE	22m 54s
	26	Tim Hand	Steven Thomas	Vauxhall Astra	23m 27s
	27	Aled Johnson	Gethin Sollis	Rover 216 GTi	24m 38s
	28	Simon Devonald	Steven Hicks	Citroen Saxo	25m 15s
	29	Tom Barber	Geraint Hands	Peugeot 309	34m 38s
	30	Geraint Davies	Emma Davies	Mini Mayfair	45m 53s
	31	Mark Andrew	Dorian Evans	Peugeot 205	1F 13m 01s
	32	Tim Evans	Alun Probert	Nissan Micra	1F 16m 26s
	33	Richard Evans	David Evans	VW Golf	1F 17m 03s
	34	Nigel Phillips	James Morgan	Peugeot 309	1F 21m 51s
	35	Nick Evans	Andy Oakes	Toyota Corolla	1F 22m 18s
	36	Rob Thomas	Ivor James	Ford Sierra	1F 29m 16s
	37	Euros Davies	Caryl Davies	Vauxhall Astra	1F 30m 34s
	38	Wyn Davies	Richard Hughes	Peugeot 205	1F 30m 55s
	39	Christopher Stanfield	Rhodri Thomas	Peugeot 205	1F 53m 54s
	40	Daniel Thomas	Nigel Williams	Nissan Sunny GTi-R	2F 21m 37s
	41	Huw Morris	Laura Morris	Proton Compact	2F 42m 45s
	42	Andrew Davies	Andrew Rees	VW Golf	2F 48m 42s
	43	Adrian Convery	Alan Williams	Vauxhall Nova	4F 26m 57s
	44	Gary Phillips	Carwyn Evans	Vauxhall Nova	4F 37m 04s
	45	Lyndon Jones	Neil Griffiths	Peugeot 205	12F 56m 48s
	46	Geraint Davies	Dylan Davies	VW Golf	15F 36m 30s
	47	Michel Jones	Kevin Tweedy	Peugeot 205	18F 31m 56s

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