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Holrus Road Rally

Sponsored by Nigel Pugh Motor Engineering + Richard Yorke Commercial Services

Newtown & District Auto Club

19th/20th November 2005

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For the fourth time, the Holrus was run as a road rally confined to the the Epynt Ranges. The event consisted of two loops of the military training grounds. The Smithfield Garage in Builth Wells provided the location of the Start, Petrol and the Finish venue.

There were 100 miles of competition, with the first car leaving the Start at 17:30 and finishing at 23:15. A Novice event ran alongside the main field, but taking in just the first loop of Epynt.

The opening section started at the top of the Mabion Way and ran into the forest before taking the Quarry Road and running up and down Halfway, with the finish at Dixies. There were a dozen timing points and numerous three-metre controls.

The first control at which everyone dropped time was ITC5 in Mabion Forest, by this point John Davies/Neil Bevan (Vauxhall Astra) were in first place, three seconds ahead of Gerwyn Jones/Ceri Davies (Ford Escort). The positions were swapped at the next ITC when Davies/Bevan booked in seven seconds early.

Jones/Davies extended their lead as they entered Halfway Forest, but then the coil on the car failed and they lost over nine minutes changing the faulty part. Also in Halfway, Davies/Bevan went off the road and were over a minute and a half late at the final timing point at Dixies.

All this drama meant that at the end of the section Martin Leonard/Kevin Chaffey (VW Golf) held a lead of 43 seconds over Glyn Price/Iwan Jones (Ford Escort), while Steve Head/Stewart Merry (Vauxhall Nova) were in third, but almost two minutes off first place.

The second section ran to the top of the Dual Carriageway before taking Route 60, the Burmah Road and Cellini Track, and finishing at the bottom of the New Road Straight.

While Leonard/Chaffey added just 24 seconds to their total over the regularity, all others were counting the number of minutes that they had lost. The carnage was so great that by RF22 Davies/Bevan, despite their off, were back in second place, 3m25s behind the leaders.

Tim Evans/Alun Probert (Nissan Micra) were now in third; they were a minute off second place, but two minutes ahead of Brian Jones/Michael Hardwick (Ford Escort). Jones/Hardwick had been close behind Davies/Bevan, until engine problems caused them to lose two minutes at Davrian Bridge.

Head/Merry were the big losers on this section as they missed to find ITC14, which was located in a car park at the start of Route 60. They retired at Petrol as they struggled with the intense nature of the navigation.

The final section of the first half started at The Farm and took the public road past The Drovers Arms, before using the tracks either side of the Concrete Road.

Both of the leading two crews added two seconds to their penalty totals over the section and so Leonard/Chaffey arrived at Petrol with a substantial lead, while Evans/Probert had closed the gap to Davies/Bevan, but only by a second.

The second half loop was slightly shorter than the first; there was no use of Route 60 and only the northern section of Halfway was used, instead The Steps and Bamfords were included. Again, it was split into three sections, with the Quarry Road now being a time recovery.

Leonard/Chaffey continued their domination of the event, although Davies/Bevan chased them hard until three miles remained, at that point a fire started in the Astra's engine compartment and the whole car went up in flames. This dramatic conclusion allowed the Golf crew to come home with a victory margin of almost six minutes.

Evans/Probert finished in a clear second place, their second runner up spot in succession, following up their Greenleaves result from the previous weekend.

Jones/Davies, recovering from their earlier coil problems, put in the best performance of any crew over the final circuit and moved up from fifth at Petrol to third at the Finish, nine minutes behind the winners.

It was a good night for Epynt Motor Club as Jones/Hardwick, despite their engine woes, finished ten seconds behind Jones/Davies, meaning that the local club took second, third and fourth places.

Mike Morgan/Byron Jones (Ford Escort) had a miserable first half, suffering a puncture and missing a route check, before storming through the second half to move up from thirteenth at Petrol to sixth at the end.

The Semi-Expert Class was won by Aled Johnson/Meirion Rees (Rover 220 GTi), who finished in ninth place overall, while the victors in the Novice Class were David Evans/Rhys Watkins (Peugeot 205 GTi).

Winners in the Novice Rally were Keith Morgan/Richard Schofield (Citroen AX GT), who finished 13 minutes ahead of Reian Jones/Mike Stele Perkins (Seat Ibiza).

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Martin Leonard	Kevin Chaffey	VW Golf GTi	2m 58s
	2	Tim Evans	Alun Probert	Nissan Micra	8m 48s
	3	Gerwyn Jones	Ceri Davies	Ford Escort	11m 11s
	4	Brian Jones	Michael Hardwick	Ford Escort	21m 25s
	5	Glyn Price	Iwan Jones	Ford Escort	19m 25s
	6	Mike Morgan	Byron Jones	Ford Escort	20m 25s
	7	Gareth Reed	David Bradley	Toyota Corolla	20m 46s
	8	Gary 'Shonky' Jones	Andy Oakes	Toyota Corolla	21m 18s
	9	Aled Johnson	Meirion Rees	Rover 220 GTi	28m 46s
	10	Nigel Phillips	Dave Howells	Peugeot 309 GTi	45m 36s
	11	Eurwyn 'Wiggy' Davies	Elgan Davies	Peugeot 205	46m 37s
	12	Steve Guest	Rob Guest	VW Golf	50m 10s
	13	Huw Morris	Laura Morris	Proton Compact	50m 34s
	14	Abigail Summerfield	Nathan Davies	Peugeot 205 GTi	57m 29s
	15	Rhys Roberts	Phil Todd	Toyota Corolla	64m 41s
	16	Allan Alford	Ted Williams	Peugeot 205 GTi	65m 55s
	17	David Evans	Rhys Watkins	Peugeot 205 GTi	69m 22s
	18	Ed Thomas	Dave Thomas	Peugeot 205 GTi	84m 52s
	19	Chris Hodson	Andy Falconer	Ford Escort	85m 49s
	20	Brandon Smith	Allen Hart	Peugeot 309	86m 52s
	21	Nicholas Nicolaou	David Millard	Vauxhall Nova	134m 28s
	22	Roger Harris	Andrew Edwards	Vauxhall Astra	1F 22m 48s
	23	Andy Groom	Carl Darby	Peugeot 205 GTi	1F 32m 55s
	24	Roger Powley	Leigh Powley	Toyota Corolla	1F 33m 49s
	25	Andrew Lewis	Mark Robinson	Peugeot 205 GTi	1F 39m 40s
	26	Rob Chell	Ivor James	Peugeot 205 GTi	1F 56m 39s
	27	Michael Jones	Robin Moses	Peugeot 205 GTi	1F 65m 23s
	28	Gavin Barry	Gerwyn Barry	Vauxhall Cavalier	1F 90m 44s
	29	David Jones	Glyn Price	Peugeot 205 GTi	2F 27m 29s
	30	Emma Peters	Tom Henderson	Peugeot 205	2F 56m 50s
	31	Steve Knibbs	Phil Williams	Peugeot 205 GTi	2F 86m 03s
	32	Fred Harris	Craig Pendry	Ford Fiesta	2F 104m 13s
	33	Simon Bevan	Hefin West	Vauxhall Astra SRi	2F 133m 38s
	34	Huw Mathias	Hefin Thomas	Vauxhall Astra GTE	21F 597m 34s
	NOVICE RALLY
	1	Keith Morgan	Richard Schofield	Citroen AX GT	33m 25s
	2	Reian Jones	Mike Stele Perkins	Seat Ibiza	36m 34s
	3	Steve Greenfield	Paul Hands	Peugeot 106 Rallye	167m 41s
	4	John Williams	Philip Jones	Peugeot 205	6F 150m 13s
	5	S M Heir	D R Heir	Vauxhall Nova	11F 240m 18s

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