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Clerk of the Course: Baz Green
Route: 100 Miles
Maps: 116
Starters: 73
Winners: Elfyn Richards/Carwyn Evans (Peugeot 205)
Elfyn Richards/Carwyn Evans emerged as worthy winners of a challenging Rali Gogledd Cyrmu. The Rhyl & District MC event was under 100 miles long but a demanding route caused problems for many fancied crews.
The navigation instructions were all via map references and sufficinet time to plot the entire route was provided prior ro the start of competitive motoring. Despite this, the intricate route made it a demanding night for both members of the crew.
At the beginning of the year North Wales Police had demanded that road rallies clean up their act, especially regarding the use of hand brakes and skidding. The Supplementary Regulations included the penalty of exclusion for "use of the handbrake on the public hughway" and "excessive skidding and wheel spinning on the public highway". Driving Standards Observers were deployed to ensure adherence to these rules.
Eight crews fell foul of these regulations. Ian Lloyd/Cyril Jones (Toyota Corolla) arrived at the Finish apparently at winners; they had time penalties 1m 22s ahead of the winners. However they found that they had been reported by a DSO and were excluded. Similarly thrown out were: Mal Acott/Neil Spiers (Ford Escort), who were 3s ahead of the winners; Stephen Edwards/Heath Griffiths (Peugeot 309), who would have been third; and Martin Lloyd/Steve Herbert (Ford Escort) lost out on seventh place, they had been delayed after getting stuck on a white.
Roger Powley/Jon Smith (Toyota Corolla), were another crew who were excluded, they gave away the Semi-Expert Class win as a result.
Other competitors lost out on top positions after navigating errors. The penulimate section, which used the road and tracks in the middle of Clocaenog Forest, was particularly tricky. Tony Gush/Gareth Price (Peugeot 205) were the fastest crew of the night, dropping 1m 41s less than the winners, however they missed to find PC T, which was located on a track at 004.75 532. Paul Edwards/Ade Green (Peugeot 205 GTi) would have been eighth but for their mistake at the same point.
Top seeds Howard Price/Owen Dodd also missed PC T, then added another fail with a wrong depart from the penultimate PC of the night; this was PC Y at 058 636.5, with a depart of NNE. Departing south-east was the most direct route to PC Z (069 629), but missed out a loop.
All these dramas allowed Elfyn Richards/Carwyn Evans (Peugeot 205) to emerge as winners, proving that road rallying is won by those that are both swift and accurate. They finished 18 seconds ahead of Jason Hardy/Aln Jôs (VW Golf GTi). Steve Head/Graham raeburn (Vauxhall Nova GTE) completed the top three, 26 seconds behind the winners.
Eifion Wyn Jones/Gwawr Hughes had a water pipe burst on their Peugeot 205 as they plotted. They recovered from this misfortune to finishing in fifth.
The Semi-Expert Class was won by Tom Edwards/Lee Evans (Toyota Corolla), who were classified in ninth place overall. Thirteenth placed Sheila Reynolds-Jones/Gwyn Reynolds-Jones (Peugeot 205) won the Novice Class.
Kev Parry/Roger Evans retired with an engine failure on their Toyota Corolla. Meanwhile Chris Rogers/Steve Merrison rolled their Rover 216 GTi out of the event.
OVERALL RESULTS
Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
1 | Elfyn Richards | Carwyn Evans | Peugeot 205 GTi | 3m 54s | |
2 | Jason Hardy | Alan Jôs | VW Golf GTi | 4m 12s | |
3 | Steve Head | Graham Raeburn | Vauxhall Nova GTE | 4m 20s | |
4 | Dewi Williams | Michael Evans | Peugeot 205 GTi | 4m 36s | |
5 | Eifion Wyn Jones | Gwawr Hughes | Peugeot 205 GTi | 4m 46s | |
6 | Brian Jones | Phill Harrison | Peugeot 205 GTi | 6m 07s | |
7 | Lenny Evans | Pete Dale | Renault Clio | 8m 07s | |
8 | Shane Richards | Jon Madoc-Jones | Vauxhall Astra | 9m 30s | |
9 | Tom Edwards | Lee Evans | Toyota Corolla | 10m 27s | |
10 | Chris Rowlands | Tom Pritchard | Suzuki Belano | 14m 59s | |
11 | Cliff Washbrook | Brian Harrison | Peugeot 205 | 16m 14s | |
12 | Alun Hayward | Mark Thomas | Vauxhall Astra | 19m 26s | |
13 | Sheila Reynolds-Jones | Gwyn Reynolds-Jones | Peugeot 205 GTi | 20m 11s | |
14 | Colin Cresswell | Stephen Price | Fiat Cinqucento | 21m 32s | |
15 | Tony Gush | Gareth Price | Peugeot 205 GTi | 1F 02m13s | |
16 | Paul Edwards | Ade Green | Peugeot 205 GTi | 1F 08m 49s | |
17 | Andy Groom | Carl Darby | Peugeot 205 GTi | 1F 09m 55s | |
18 | John Jones | Steve Davies | Renault 11 Turbo | 1F 12m 08s | |
19 | Phill Matthews | Iain Craven | Peugeot 309 | 1F 13m 20s | |
20 | Dylan Williams | Andrew Singleton | Hillman Avenger | 1F 14m 41s | |
21 | Bob Gush | Kevin Warlow | Peugeot 306 | 1F 14m 52s | |
22 | Steve Guest | Rob Guest | VW Golf | 1F 16m 01s | |
23 | Sheila Matthews | Alan Pemberton | Ford Escort | 1F 17m 54s | |
24 | Rhys Lloyd | Alwyn Roberts | Peugeot 205 GTi | 1F 20m 42s | |
25 | Mark Jones | Mike Jones | Ford Escort | 1F 30m 12s | |
26 | Howard Price | Owen Dodd | Ford Escort | 2F 02m 56s | |
27 | Stuart Kelso | Eilir Jones | Peugeot 205 GTi | 2F 06m 48s | |
28 | Gareth Jones | Nigel Roberts | Vauxhall Astra | 2F 07m 41s | |
29 | Bob Gush | Kevin Warlow | Peugeot 306 | 2F 02m 35s | |
30 | Steve Southall | Chris Webber | Toyota Corolla | 2F 08m 43s | |
31 | Emyr Jones | Steven Roberts | Toyota Corolla | 2F 10m 03s | |
32 | Richard Parry | Michael Hughes | Peugeot 205 GTi | 2F 10m 06s | |
33 | Nick Banks | Reg Gradden | Citroen Saxo VTR | 2F 10m 23s | |
34 | Simon Harrison | Paul Mount | Ford Escort | 2F 12m 52s | |
35 | Mark Davies | Sarah Cartwright | Vauxhall Astra | 2F 21m 35s | |
36 | Lee Rainford | Adrian Davies | Vauxhall Nova | 2F 21m 42s | |
37 | Gareth Clarke | Eddie Blackwell | Peugeot 309 | 2F 21m 35s | |
38 | Keith Gush | Lynn Gush | Vauxhall Nova GTE | 2F 38m 08s | |
39 | Paul Hughes | Glyn Bargate | Ford Escort | 2F 41m 30s | |
40 | Trevor Roberts | Steve Roberts | Peugeot 205 GTi | 3F 16m 37s | |
41 | Rhys Jones | Matthew Pierce | Vauxhall Astra | 3F 26m 45s | |
42 | Andrew Matthews | Colin Jones | Ford Fiesta | 3F 29m 26s | |
43 | David Broom | Julie Broom | Rover Metro | 3F 30m 28s | |
44 | Susan Stephenson | Nigel Stephenson | Peugeot 205 GTi | 3F 47m 52s | |
45 | Steve Jones | Jonathan Morris | Peugeot 205 | 4F 34m 17s | |
46 | Gareth Vickers | Mike Warminbon | Peugeot 205 GTi | 4F 53m 53s | |
47 | Paul Harvey | Thomas Pond | Ford Escort | 5F 10m 14s | |
48 | Dan Knight | Richard Green | Peugeot 309 GTi | 5F 32m 54s | |
49 | Tony Watkin | Medwyn Evans | Vauxhall Nova | 5F 46m 25s | |
50 | Alastair Hunter | Aled Thomas | Peugeot 205 | 6F 35m 22s | |
51 | Philip Rock | Phil Drew | Ford Escort | 10F 35m 10s | |
52 | Dai Davies | Wyn Morris | Opel Manta | 13F 20m 10s | |
53 | Scott Trevor | Wayne Thomas | Vauxhall Nova SR | 17F 69m 00s |