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Harry Flatters Rally 2005

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Brecon Motor Club

7th August 2005

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Brecon Motor Club's annual Epynt stage event, the Harry Flatters Rally, was based at the German Village, which was the site of the service area. Competitors faced a total of 18 stages; the first sixteen being relatively short, with the rally concluding with two marathon stages taking in most of the roads on the Ranges.

The event was a round of the Welsh Tarmac and Historic Championships, plus also the Rallysport Challenge 2005, the latter a ten round series consisting of asphalt rallies in Wales, Ireland, Scotland and Jersey - the Harry Flatters was Round 6 of the Challenge.

The first two loops comprised four stages each, the first starting on Gardiners Path and finishing at the top of the Steps. The next used the loop from Dixies around the Burma Road, before the third began on the Cellini Link and finished just before the Green Shed. The final stage of the loop had its start above the Irish Village and ran along the New Road.

Stages 9 to 12 and 13 to 16 were the earlier stages in the reverse direction. The final two stages were the same 9 mile test starting at the Drovers Arms end of the New Road, it went via Four Ways and the Burma Road, to finish in front of the German Village.

Before the first stage began Tony Davies/Patrick Walsh were in trouble, their Metro 6R4 developed a misfire as it was being warmed up. The problem was partly cured, but the car was two minutes late booking into the first Main Control, adding 20 seconds in road penalties to their total before they had even started.

Fastest over SS1 were Peter Lloyd/Graham Handley (Subaru Impreza); they were one second ahead of top seeds Eian Pritchard/Martin Jones (Subaru Impreza WRC). These two battled for the lead throughout the first four stages. Pritchard drew level with Lloyd after SS3, but the latter was one second quicker on SS4, so that was his lead at the first service halt.

Despite inappropriate tyres, Davies had taken fastest times on SS2 and SS3, this helped him recover from last place to fourth after SS4. John Bogie/David Paterson (MG Metro 6R4) were making their first appearance since a big accident on the Jim Clark Rally and held third place at this point, 16 seconds behind the leader and six seconds ahead of Davies.

Two leading runners failed to make it to First Service; Damian Cole/Ian Allsop had suffered a broken track rod arm on their Hyundai Accent WRC3, while John Stone/Lee Carter crashed their Metro 6R4 on the Cellini Track near the start of SS3.

Lloyd drew out a 20 second lead on SS5 after Pritchard indulged in a spin; this dropped the top seed to a shared second place with Bogie.

Davies now took fastest time on SS6 and the next four stages, which after SS10 moved him into the lead. By Third Service, after SS12, the Metro driver was seven seconds ahead of Lloyd, with Pritchard a similar distance behind Lloyd in third. By this point Bogie was almost a minute off the lead.

The key factor over the next loop of stages (SS13-16) was the brake problems that started to affect Lloyd's Impreza; this allowed Pritchard, who took fastest times on both SS13 and SS16, to grab second place. At the fourth service halt Davies led Pritchard by ten seconds.

There now just remained the two final long stages, with a service in between. Pritchard was fastest on both, but only reduced his deficit to Davies by four seconds, meaning that the Metro driver came home with a six second victory margin to claim his first win on the Epynt Ranges.

Hampered by locking brakes, Lloyd finished in third, 38 seconds off first place. Bogie ended in fourth, exactly a minute behind Lloyd. Chris Griffiths/Julian Russell (Darrian T90 GTR) completed the top five, they were the clear winners of Class 4.

Seventh place and first in Class 3 was taken by David John/Richard Burton (Ford Fiesta RWD), this was despite an off on SS17 that cost them 30 seconds. Once again, Brian Davies/Hu Kent (Toyota Corolla, took the Class 2 win, while Class 1 was won by Huw Benyon/Ken Gibbard (Vauxhall Nova), who ended the event seven minutes ahead of their nearest class rivals.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Penalty
	1	Tony Davies	Patrick Walsh	MG Metro 6R4	1h 09m 21s
	2	Eian Pritchard	Martin Jones	Subaru Impreza WRC	1h 09m 27s
	3	Peter Lloyd	Graham Handley	Subaru Impreza	1h 09m 59s
	4	John Bogie	David Paterson	MG Metro 6R4	1h 10m 59s
	5	Chris Griffiths	Julian Russell	Darian T90 GTR	1h 11m 36s
	6	Mark Morgan	Tony Fisher	Mitsubishi Lancer E8	1h 12m 12s
	7	David John	Richard Burton	Ford Fiesta RWD	1h 13m 19s
	8	Lyndon Barton	Simon Hunter	Subaru Impreza WRC	1h 13m 21s
	9	Gary Thomas	Steve Pugh	Ford Escort RS	1h 13m 50s
	10	Mark Straker	Neil Harrison	Darrian T9	1h 13m 54s
	11	Robert Tout	Dan Holley	Mitsubishi Lancer E8	1h 14m 36s
	12	Andrew Dark	Paul Williams	Mitsubishi Lancer E8	1h 17m 34s
	13	Roger Binyon	Nick Bray	MG Metro DAM 4100	1h 18m 15s
	14	Brian Davies	Hu Kent	Toyota Corolla	1h 18m 15s
	15	Dai Bowen	Mike Jenkins	Peugeot 205 RWD	1h 18m 50s
	16	Gareth Richards	Dylan Jones	Talbot Sunbeam	1h 18m 50s
	17	Mark Lewis	Gavin Marsh	Peugeot 205 GTi	1h 19m 18s
	18	Huw Benyon	Ken Gibbard	Vauxhall Nova	1h 20m 19s
	19	Jonathan Vamplew	Dylan Jenkins	Subaru Impreza	1h 20m 20s
	20	Peter Hancock	Neil Griffiths	Subaru Legacy	1h 21m 02s
	21	Owen Murphy	Baryan Joseph	Renault Clio 16v	1h 21m 21s
	22	Rhys Lloyd	Owain Davies	MG ZR	1h 21m 57s
	23	James Martin	Katie Martin	Vauxhall Astra	1h 22m 24s
	24	John Rhys Bray	David Richards	Darrian	1h 22m 32s
	25	Huw Reed	Steve Boome	Darrian T9	1h 23m 21s
	26	Christopher Sinclair-James	Simon Anthony	Peugeot 205 GTi	1h 23m 55s
	27	Chris Jones	Jamie Jones	Peugeot 205 RWD	1h 24m 13s
	28	Tony Gale	Rachel Brockington	Ford Escort Mk3 RWD	1h 24m 35s
	29	Emanuele Borelli	Ken Owen	Peugeot 206 XS	1h 25m 11s
	30	Jerry Jones	Mark Robinson	Peugeot 309 GTi	1h 25m 15s
	31	Lee Heywood	Ian Morgan	Ford Escort	1h 25m 16s
	32	Anthony Williams	Alan Marsh	Ford Escort	1h 25m 29s
	33	Brian Dennis	Russell Joseph	Mini 8 Port	1h 27m 22s
	34	Jonathan Sparks	Nicholas Robertson	Peugeot 206 XSi	1h 27m 47s
	35	Jason Jones	Elgan Davies	Ford Escort	1h 27m 53s
	36	Mike Leather	Bryan Thomas	Hillman Avenger	1h 28m 14s
	37	Andrew Gregory	Huw Davies	Nissan Micra Si	1h 31m 02s
	38	David Tandy	Geraint Tandy	Peugeot 205	1h 31m 42s
	39	John Williams	David Griggs	Talbot Sunbeam	1h 36m 04s
	40	Alison Lock	Joanne 'Jody' Watson	Austin Mini Cooper	1h 39m 58s
	41	Dean Reynolds	Nathan Watkins	Talbot Sunbeam	1h 40m 46s
	42	Dene Field	Tim Pryse	Peugeot 205 GTi Mi 16	1h 41m 26s

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