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Hall Trophy Road Rally 2002

Sponsored by British Christmas Tree

Clitheroe & District Motor Club

7th/8th September 2002

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Clitheroe & District MC's Hall Trophy Rally proved to be a tough test for competing crews. The navigation wasn't exceptionally difficult, but a complex route, with a large number of code boards and controls, put the pressure on the navigator.

The event was a round of the Northern, North Western and SD34 Championships. The rally was sponsored by British Christmas Trees. Crews tackled a 160 mile route starting and finishing the organising clubs home town.

The opening sections took crews east towards Skipton and the tests around Elslack Moor caused many many competitors to drop large amount of time penalties. A run north to Mallam and then west to Settle brought competitors to the halfway halt at Tosside. The second half opened with a run through Gisburn Forest, then took in sections through Tatham Fell and Lythe Fell before the Finish.

Despite picking up a five minute penalty for missing a code board Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie put an end to their period for non-finishes by claiming victory in their Vauxhall Nova. It proved to be a near run thing as Witch Way winners Chris Day/Richard Chalmers were just twenty seconds behind. They had had a steady run, taking a cautious approach to ensure that they didn't incur any fails - a little more pace would have seen them take the win. The tough nature of the rally was shown by the fact that both these crews had penalties of over twenty-three minutes at the end, with third placed Mark Whitford/Steve Porter being five minutes further back.

Terry Martin/Simon Bentley finished fourth despite a slight off in Gisburn Forest which almost collected Andrew Manston of M&H Photography in the process. The result increased the pair's lead in the SD34 title race.

Drystone winners Stuart Newby/Paul Holmberg could only manage sixth place after the navigator suffered from illness for the first time in his rallying career. However the result was enough to consolidate Holmberg's position at the head of the ANWCC navigators' table.

The Novice Class was won by Bruce Lindsay/Mark Blunt who took their Vauxhall Astra to sixteenth overall.

Many crews, including a number of championship front runners, found the going too difficult and withdrew before the halfway mark, these included Simon Cottrell/Marcus Watmough, Michael Pedley/David Pedley and Stephen Bye/Neil Bye

Other fancied crews who struggled on the night were Chris Astley/Paul Coombes who were ninth; Gavin Smith/Michael Ogram who were seventeenth and Malcolm Grisedale/Bob Hargreaves who were twenty-fifth.

The win took Tullie to an almost unassailable lead in the ANCC Championship, with three rounds left he only required one top five finish to clinch the title. Simon Bentley and Michael Ogram were now fighting for the runner up spot. The drivers' series was much closer with Terry Martin, Sandie Taylor and Gavin Smith all still fighting for the title.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Carl Hawkins	Iain Tullie	Vauxhall Nova	23m 07s
	2	Christopher Day	Ric Chalmers	Rover Mini	23m 28s
	3	Mark Whitford	Steve Porter	Toyota Corolla	28m 23s
	4	Terry Martin	Simon Bentley	Peugeot 205 GTi	34m 40s
	5	Andy Beaumont	Mike Petch	Proton Satria	37m 50s
	6	Stuart Newby	Paul Holmberg	Subaru Impreza	38m 21s
	7	Bob Marshall	Roger Hage	Vauxhall Corsa	38m 38s
	8	Howard Price	Carl Williamson	Toyota Corolla	40m 10s
	9	Chris Astley	Paul Coombes	Ford Escort	42m 39s
	10	Dave Chapman	Dave Taylor	Peugeot 205 GTi	45m 19s
	11	Clive Sissons	Kevin Savage	Subaru Impreza	45m 31s
	12	Sandie Taylor	Paul Taylor	Peugeot 205 GTi	46m 31s
	13	Steve Webster	Graham Raeburn	Subaru Impreza	49m 52s
	14	Terry May	Stephen Coombes	Peugeot 309 GTi	55m 55s
	15	Ian Knowles	Neil Harrison	Ford Escort Mexico	1h 08m 12s
	16	Bruce Lindsay	Mark Blunt	Vauxhall Astra	1h 27m 08s
	17	Gavin Smith	Michael Ogram	Peugeot 205 GTi	1F 39m 04s
	18	Danny Robinson	Ian Gibbins	Peugeot 205 GTi	3F 90m 01s
	19	Bill Chadwick	Alan Edwards	Ford Sierra	3F 1h 47m 12s
	20	John Bray	James Savage	Subaru Legacy	3F 2h 03m 06s
	21	Steven Price	Cyril Jones	Toyota Corolla	4F 1h 26m 22s
	22	Malcolm Grisdale	Bob Hargreaves	Subaru Coupe	5F 42m 53s
	23	John Dimbleby	David Dimbleby	Ford Fiesta XR2	6F 1h 39m 59s
	24	Paul Whitelock	James Carlin	Renault Clio	10F 1h 13m 33s
	25	Bernard Watkins	Adam Roper	Vauxhall Cavalier	14F 2h 22m 44s

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