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Carpetbagger Rally 2005
Sponsored by Newlands Holiday Park
Bournemouth & District Car Club
22nd/23rd January 2005
Clerk of the Course: Roger Hunt
Route: 180 Miles
Map: 181, 192 & 193
Starters: 60
Winners: Mike Biss/Cath Woodman (Holden Barina SRi)
Mike Biss/Cath Woodman took their Enduro-spec Holden Barina to a clear win on a tough Carpetbagger Rally.
Winners: Mike Biss/Cath Woodman (Holden Barina SRi)
Photograph: © rallyroots.com
Bournemouth MC's use of 180 miles of twisty West Country lanes would have been challenging enough but the atrocious weather conditions meant that even the fastest crews dropped significant amounts of time.
Biss/Woodman won the fourth running of the event after taking fastest time on every section of the rally. Owen Turner/Graham Raeburn made it a small car 1-2 by bringing their Metro into second place.
Doug Kingsley/Ben Greenfield finished third despite having lost almost ten minutes when their car fell off its jack while changing a puncture.
As usual on the 'Bagger there was an extensive retirement list. Toby Adam/Byron Jones went out with lighting failure, Pete Johnson/Andy Berry hit a wall, while Peter Joy/Matt Fowle finished well down after spending twenty minutes in a field. Alyson Acreman/Matthew Maidment survived an off that pushed a front wheel back to finish in sixth place.
Gearbox problems caused Andy Lane/Paul Robinson to miss most of the final section; they finished in 28th position. Similar issues on their Cooper S led to the retirement of Pete Valentine/Mick Valentine.
Too many punctures caused the withdrawal of both Ian Mepham/Ian Collings (Peugeot 205 GTi) and Martin Leonard/Phil Jones (VW Golf GTi), while punctures and a persistent misfire persuaded Robin Eyre-Maunsell/Peter Scott to retire their Sunbeam Alpine.
A heavy landing caused the Peugeot 106 Rallye of Mike East/Roger Davidson to puncture and throw off its fan belt. They continued but had to then contend with a msifire caused by the exhaust manifold hvaing been crushed on the hard impact.
The Carpetbagger was the first round of the HRCR Road Rally Championship and Roy Gillingham/Peter Blackett took top points in their Reliant Sabre.
OVERALL RESULTS
| Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
| 1 | Mike Biss | Cath Woodman | Holden Barina SRi | 28m 36s | |
| 2 | Owen Turner | Graham Raeburn | Rover Metro | 35m 47s | |
| 3 | Doug Kingsley | Ben Greenfield | Vauxhall Nova GTE | 45m 56s | |
| 4 | Ian Orford | Bob Jones | Proton Persona | 46m 20s | |
| 5 | Michael Pedley | David Pedley | Ford Escort | 48m 45s | |
| 6 | Alyson Acreman | Matthew Maidment | Honda Civic VTi | 51m 30s | |
| 7 | Paul Hollingam | Mark Collings | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 58m 50s | |
| 8 | Martin Leonard | Phil Jones | VW Golf GTi | 60m 54s | |
| 9 | Paul Heal | Matt Heal | MG ZR | 64m 10s | |
| 10 | Gordon Popperwell | Brian Jaggs | Ford Escort Mexico | 67m 04s | |
| 11 | Richard Cann | Perry Roe | Citroen ZX | 69m 03s | |
| 12 | Roy Gillingham | Peter Blackett | Reliant Sabre 6 | 70m 28s | |
| 13 | Bill Wyatt | Andy Ballantyne | Triumph TR4 | 71m 21s | |
| 14 | Rob Reynolds | Lizzie Pope | Subaru Impreza | 71m 24s | |
| 15 | Paul Mount | Bob Hargreaves | Toyota Celica | 72m 22s | |
| 16 | Mike East | Roger Davidson | Peugeot 106 Rallye | 73m 57s | |
| 17 | Keith Jenkins | Stan Appleton | Saab 96 V4 | 83m 36s | |
| 18 | Paul Simmonds | Mike Gray | Ford Cortina GT | 88m 57s | |
| 19 | Andy Hewett | Nigel Hewett | Vauxhall Astra | 90m 06s | |
| 20 | Barry Luxton | Nic Jones | VW Golf GTi | 95m 08s | |
| 21 | Wes Massam | Shon Gosling | Volvo Amazon | 96m 35s | |
| 22 | Tim Daltry | Paul Fillis | Peugeot 205 GTi | 99m 27s | |
| 23 | Graham Yates | Richard Arnold | Peugeot 205 | 103m 55s | |
| 24 | Graham Child | Kevin Ablitt | Ford Escort | 117m 46s | |
| 25 | Paul Freeth | Derek Mines | Peugeot 205 GTi | 153m 15s | |
| 26 | Peter Joy | Matt Fowle | Lotus Elite | 154m 15s | |
| 27 | Rob Aslett | Gus Hyne | Peugeot 205 GTi | 174m 04s | |
| 28 | Andy Lane | Paul Robinson | Ford Escort | 293m 30s | |
| 29 | Colin Sutton | Chris Freeman | VW Golf GTi | 341m 32s | |
| 30 | Andy Fields | Roberts Fields | Ford Escort | 352m 09s | |
| 31 | Keith Wilson | Dave Cooper | Volvo PV544 | 372m 06s | |
| 32 | Chris Hambly | Tom Ward | Subaru Legacy | 400m 32s | |
| 33 | Jamie Patten | Adrian Patten | Nissan Silva | 513m 23s | |
| 34 | Timo Rumary | Daryl Powell | Audi 80 Quattro | 557m 50s |