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CSMA Curtis-Bennett Rally 2005
Civil Service Motorsport Association
21st/22nd May 2005
Clerk of the Course: Nigel Nelson
Route: 132 Miles
Maps: 161 162 & 1171
Starters: 33
Winners: Mike Biss/Ian Buxton (Holden Barina SRi)
Mike Biss/Ian Buxton took a clear win on the CSMA’s Curtis Bennett Rally, part of the club's traditional motorsport weekend.
The Abergavenny based event used a 132 mile route mainly in the Forest of Dean area.
A straight forward first half was aimed at the less experienced crews, as a result a dozen crews arrived at the petrol halt with clean sheets. However three decisive sections over Llanover Mountain sorted the competitors out.
Chris Smith-Bowen/Matthew Maidment finished the rally with least penalties, with a score of 1m23s, however they then found that they had been excluded for a give way offence.
This left Biss/Buxton clear winners, a repeat of their 2003 success, the last time the event had been run. A close battle for second place was won by Mark Robinson/David Powell, who beat Dean George/Andy Oakes by just twenty-one seconds. Robinson/Powell could have won, but missed a code board, this added five minutes to their total.
Adam Holder/Simon Harris finished in ninth place, but might have been higher if they hadn't mixed up a PC and a TC, they waited outside the former thinker than it was the latter and were then late at the following TC.
Run in sporadic torrential rain showers, the rally saw over a third of the starters fail to finish. Mick Wilcox/Sophie Wilcox retired with a burst hose, while Peter Collins/Joanne Collins were forced out due to mal-de-nav.
OVERALL RESULTS
| Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
| 1 | Mike Biss | Ian Buxton | Holden Barina SRi | 2m 22s | |
| 2 | Mark Robinson | David Powell | Vauxhall Astra | 7m 06s | |
| 3 | Dean George | Andy Oakes | Peugeot 106 | 7m 27s | |
| 4 | Dave Smith | Cath Woodman | Vauxhall Astra | 7m 38s | |
| 5 | Drew Goodspeed | Tony Brooks | Peugeot 205 | 7m 42s | |
| 6 | Malcolm Grubb | Steven Grubb | Vauxhall Nova | 11m 27s | |
| 7 | Chris Evans | Carl Davies | Toyota Corolla | 12m 42s | |
| 8 | Andy Sheperd | Nicki Sheperd | Peugeot 205 | 18m 52s | |
| 9 | Adam Holder | Simon Harris | Peugeot 205 | 23m 36s | |
| 10 | Chris Pratt | Paul Stephens | Peugeot 205 | 25m 36s | |
| 11 | John Cotton | Gill Cotton | Citroen AX GTi | 39m 27s | |
| 12 | Alan Thurbon | Lee Craker | Vauxhall Nova | 50m 52s | |
| 13 | Toby Adam | Roger Holder | Ford Sierra | 51m 42s | |
| 14 | Allan Goodard | Steve Roderick | Honda Civic | 66m 43s | |
| 15 | Stuart Jarrett | Ian Jarrett | Peugeot 306 | 79m 31s | |
| 16 | Jerry Ludlow | Anthony Onley | Ford Sierra | 136m 04s | |
| 17 | Darren Draper | Robert Jones | Peugeot 205 | 165m 16s | |
| 18 | Richard Pointon | Andrew Cheshire | Rover 216 | 238m 46s | |
| 19 | Delwyn Mann | Tony Derrick | Ford Lotus Cortina | 265m 45s | |
| 20 | David Jones | T Vaughan | Peugeot 205 | 366m 09s |