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Danum Rally 2002

Lindholme Motor Sports Club

18th/19th May 2002

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Lindholme Motor Sports Club ran a highly successful Danum Rally, a round of the both the ANCC and ANEMMC Championships. The organisers had laid on a 140 mile route in North Lincolnshire, using to a large extent roads that hadn't been rallied for a number of years.

The Danum used a 140 mile route on Maps 112 and 113, many of the roads not having being rallied for some years. This was very much a navigational event with only three miles of the route being on loose surface. Starting at Scunthorpe an initial loop took crews to the East for two 'warm up' sections before more testing roads in the Laughton Forest area saw everyone droppoing time. The navigation meant that even the fast roads south of Blyton and north of petrol at Caenby Corner were not easily cleanable. After Petrol the route moved into the fast flowing roads of the Wolds to the south and east of Caistor before a final 25 mile loop to the north of Brigg.

The organisers had warned crews that a firm line would be taken with regards to code boards, with a five minute penalty being imposed if one or two letters were recorded incorrectly and a fail if any more were wrong. This initiative was to have a crucuial influence on the final results.

John Haden/Iain Tullie were on the pace all night but, despite not being the outright fastest crew, they came home as winners as they avoided any errors. This was the crews' second rally together and their second win, having previous taken first on the Bruce Robinson earlier in the year.

The father and son combination of John Dimbleby/David Dimbleby dropped just one second in the first half but an incorrect codeboard meant that they had five minutes added to this total. With just a further minute dropped in the second half, despite their earlier mistake, they took the runner up spot and the Expert Class win.

Bob Marshall/Roger Hage were also potential winners. They had been in third at the petrol halt and a second half clean of any time penalties should have seen them take the win as they passed Haden/Tullie, unfortunately for them they missed a code board on one of the new farm tracks and the resulting fail dropped them to ninth at the Finish. Sandie and Paul Taylor were another crew to have five minutes added to their score for a code board infringement but still finished third.

Abe Shenker/Steve Brown have recently swapped their Mini for a Peugeot 205 and they revelled in the performance of their new car. A mood that was reflected in their result, they finished sixth overall and first Semi-Experts. A Clubmans Rally ran alongside the main event, there were only three starters, the winners being Trevor Faulkner/Chris Faulkner in a Ford Orion.

There were twenty-nine starters with all but four making it back to the Finish. The most notable retirement was that of the Subaru Legacy of Ryemoor Trophy winners Jon Lawson/Chris Pringle, they withdrew with brake problems. Peter Reeson/Richard Hage had been going well, and looked set for a top ten finish, when they had the diff casing break on their Peugeot 205; they had to cut the last few sections, ultimately being classified in penultimate position.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	John Haden	Iain Tullie	Subaru Impreza	2m 32s
	2	John Dimbleby	David Dimbleby	Ford Fiesta XR2	6m 01s
	3	Sandie Taylor	Paul Taylor	Peugeot 205 GTi	10m 03s
	4	Steve Webster	Steve Porter	Subaru Impreza	12m 44s
	5	Abe Shenker	Steve Brown	Peugeot 205 GTi	19m 50s
	6	Gavin Smith	Mike Ogram	Peugeot 205 GTi	27m 28s
	7	Jamie Gratton-Smith	Roger Hage	Peugeot 205 GTi	21m 00s
	8	Andy Stichcombe	Malcolm Young	Ford Sierra Sapphire	39m 57s
	9	Bob Marshall	Roger Hage	Vauxhall Corsa	1F 02m 06s
	10	Terry Martin	Simon Bentley	Peugeot 205 GTi	1F 19m 00s
	11	Andy Beaumont	Mike Petch	Proton Satria	1F 21m 08s
	12	Andy Whittaker	Charlie Tynan	Peugeot 205 GTi	1F 27m 24s
	13	Brian Moore	Anton Lagzdins	Ford Escort	1F 50m 00s
	14	David Williams	Richard Booth	Renault Clio	1F 55m 38s
	15	Nigel Bowers	Richard Todd	VW Golf	2F 29m 44s
	16	Bernie Watkins	Adam Roper	Vauxhall Cavalier	2F 51m 43s
	17	Paul Schatz	Jerry Hettrick	Citroen ZX	4F 14m 00s
	18	David Howell	Stephen Taylor	Opel Manta	4F 57m 51s
	19	Paul Dimbleby	Ian Faulkner	Ford Fiesta	9F 44m 18s
	20	Jon Ross	Oliver Ross	Subaru Impreza	13F 110m 22s
	21	Peter Reeson	Richard Hage	Peugeot 205 GTi	23F 21m 40s
	22	Russ Jones	John Chadwick	BMC Mini	29F 39m 08s

Danum Clubmans Rally

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Trevor Faulkner	Chris Faulkner	Ford Orion	39m 18s
	2	Keith Astley	Sue Bartley	Vauxhall Astra GTE	1F 46m 18s
	3	John Cottram	Bill Parkin	Subaru Impreza	10F 42m 10s

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