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Rali Cilwendeg 2005

Sponsored by West Wales Rally Spares

Teifi Valley Motor Club

5th/6th November 2005

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From the traditional Cilwendeg start venue, the Cattle Mart at Newcastle Emlyn, the 2005 event didn't give the 75 starters an easy introduction to the night - the opening five and a half mile section was an intricate affair and contained two Intermediate Time Controls. Everyone dropped time over it.

The section used the lanes and tracks immediately to the north of Newcastle Emlyn. At the end of it John Davies/Neil Bevan (Vauxhall Astra) had established a lead of eleven seconds ahead of top seeds, Tony Davies/Graham Dance (Subaru Impreza). Gareth Thomas/Aled Jones (Subaru Impreza) were third quickest; this established the pattern for the night as these three crews were to contest the top positions throughout the event.

The lead changed on the second regularity when Davies/Bevan missed a code board and had to retrace their steps to get the check; they lost 35 seconds and the lead to Davies/Dance, who now led by four seconds from Thomas/Jones. Davies/Bevan were now 23 seconds off first place.

An early casuality was the Impreza of Mark Williams/Paul Bevan which broke its gearbox.

After two comparatively short sections, the third regulatity was 45 miles long and took the route to the petrol halt at Candy Cross. There were ten ITCs plus the finish time control.

Davies/Dance extended their advantage over Thomas/Jones through the section, ending it with a lead of 26 seconds. Davies/Bevan were another minute further back and were in danger of being engulfed in a tight battle where Martyn O'Connor/Peter Collins (Vauxhall Astra) and Gary Jones/Steve Herbert (Toyota Corolla) were tied on a time eight seconds behind the erstwhile leaders.

The white approaching the quarry at Glogue had seen the VW Golf of Edryd Evans/Richard Briddon go off the road, putting them out. This incident delayed Owen Llwyd Edwards/Eurig Davies (Vauxhall Astra). Alan Gaunt/Dorian Evans (Peugeot 306) exited the rally when their engine ingested water.

Owen Turner/Andrew Dadswell (Rover Metro) blotted their copybook by booking in early at the mid-point Main Control, adding 11 fails to their total.

The second half consisted of just two sections, Reg 4 was 35 miles long, looping around the Preseli Mountains, and contained eight ITCs, while the final reg was 20 miles in length, but with a tight short five-minuter just before the Finish, which was at Llechryd.

Davies/Dance and Thomas/Jones traded times throughout the fourth section, with the crews arriving at RF4 with totals 13 seconds apart. Tomas/Jones were quickest on the final tight section, but Davies/Dance were only a second behind and came home with a victory margin of 12 seconds.

Davies/Bevan pulled clear of the fourth place battle and ended the night almost a minute ahead of O'Connor/Collins, but 44 seconds off the lead. Jones/Herbert fell back during the second half and were overtaken for fifth place by Hefin George/Daniel Thomas (Nissan Sunny) on the final section.

Previous Cilwendeg winners, Toby Adams/Byron Jones (Ford Sierra) finished in tenth place after they had the wipers fall off at one point.

Tim Hand/Steven Thomas (Vauxhall Astra) ended the rally with nine fails, but were the only Semi-Expert crew to make the Finish and won the class.

Three Novices reached the end, all had multiple fails, but Stephen Marks/William Harman (Mitsubishi Colt) took the class honours.

It had been a tough event, only 29 of the 75 starters made the finish.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Tony Davies	Graham Dance	Subaru Impreza	12m 39s
	2	Gareth Thomas	Aled Jones	Subaru Impreza	12m 51s
	3	John Davies	Neil Bevan	Vauxhall Astra	13m 23s
	4	Martyn O'Connor	Peter Collins	Vauxhall Astra	14m 17s
	5	Hefin George	Daniel Thomas	Nissan Sunny	14m 39s
	6	Gary 'Shonkey' Jones	Steve Herbert	Toyota Corolla	15m 08s
	7	Kevin 'KJ' Jones	Dilwyn John	Ford Sierra	20m 11s
	8	Darren Williams	Tudur Jones	Vauxhall Astra	20m 38s
	9	Daniel Jones	Owen Dodd	Subaru Impreza	20m 47s
	10	Steve Wood	Dalis Ifans	Subaru Impreza	22m 18s
	11	Gareth 'Factory' Evans	Eurig Evans	Ford Escort	22m 25s
	12	Toby Adam	Byron Jones	Ford Sierra	23m 02s
	13	Kevin 'Steaky' Morgan	Iestyn Leyshon	Subaru Impreza	23m 25s
	14	Delfryn Owens	Jeff James	Renault Clio	23m 27s
	15	Nigel Nelson	Rob Richardson	Vauxhall Astra	24m 51s
	16	Gethin Morgan	Dylan Evans	Ford Escort	29m 49s
	17	Geoff Williams	Rhydian George	Vauxhall Nova	32m 51s
	18	Gary Robbins	Jon Stobbs	Renault 5	39m 23s
	19	Owen Llwyd Edwards	Eurig Davies	Vauxhall Astra	1F 16m 04s
	20	Hywel Greves	Geraint Jones	VW Polo Coupe	1F 33m 39s
	21	Gary Evans	Wyn Davies	Vauxhall Astra	4F 52m 45s
	22	Andrew Lewis	Meirion Rees	Toyota Corolla	6F 28m 31s
	23	Tim Hand	Steven Thomas	Vauxhall Astra	9F 47m 02s
	24	Owen Turner	Andrew Dadswell	Rover Metro	11F 28m 06s
	25	Alun Davies	Anthony Davies	Vauxhall Nova	14F 26m 56s
	26	Stephen Marks	William Harman	Mitsubishi Colt	14F 60m 41s
	27	Hefin Lewis	Carwyn Evans	Rover 216	23F 55m 43s
	28	Dyfrig George	Darren Phillips	Peugeot 205	32F 54m 09s
	29	Richard Davies	Dai Evans	VW Golf	35F 30m 25s

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