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Mel Harries Memorial Rally 2005
Sponsored by Marc's Motors & Sons
Ammanford Motor Club
2nd/3rd July 2005
Clerk of the Course: Rob Richardson & Colin Thomas
Route: 145 Miles
Maps: 146 159 & 160
Starters: 75
Winners: Nigel Nelson/Martin Saunders (Vauxhall Astra)
Nigel Nelson, with Martin Saunders on the maps, took his maiden rally win as a driver on the Mel Harris Memorial Rally, an event he’d won as a navigator eight years previously.
The Ammanford MC organised rally started and finished at the club’s home town but the 145 mile route included lanes to the north of Llandovery.
Winners: Nigel Nelson/Martin Saunders (Vauxhall Astra)
Photograph: © rallyroots.com
Ian Williams/Dan McLachlan and Manfred Kampschulte/Adrian Davies held the top two places at Petrol but neither made the Finish; Williams broke the diff on his Escort, while Kampschulte had his Impreza's clutch fail. This allowed Nelson, who had been in third place at halfway, to come through to take a very narrow win over the Corolla of Dai John/Paul Bevan. The two crews were separated by just six seconds at the end.
Aled Rees/Heulyn Phillips (Vauxhall Astra GSi) finished in third, although almost four minutes behind the leaders. Martin Leonard/Kevin Chaffey (VW Golf GTi) might have taken third, but a puncture on the final section cost them nearly four minutes and they finished in eleventh place.
Top seeds Martyn O’Connor/Peter Collins lost 20 minutes when the exhaust on their Astra came loose; they were then further delayed by the Peugeot 205 of Mike Roberts/Dai Roberts which had rolled on to its side; they had to wait for a sufficient number of crews to arrive to move the stricken car. O’Connor/Collins eventually finished in 29th position.
Heavy rain prior to the event made the going treacherous and led to one section being scrubbed after a track became waterlogged. In general the whites that were used were very rough and very muddy, with deep ruts.
Daniel Jones/Steve Herbert were early casualties of the conditions when they rolled their Escort after 20 miles. Sheered bolts on the rear axle stopped the Escort of Ceri Richards/Aled Jones.
OVERALL POSITIONS
| Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
| 1 | Nigel Nelson | Martin Saunders | Vauxhall Astra | 6m 48s | |
| 2 | Dai John | Paul Bevan | Toyota Corolla | 6m 54s | |
| 3 | Aled Rees | Heulyn Phillips | Vauxhall Astra GSi | 10m 37s | |
| 4 | Delfryn Owens | Jeff James | Renault Clio RSi | 12m 21s | |
| 5 | Huw Jeffreys | Avarina Connor | Ford Escort | 12m 24s | |
| 6 | Edrian Monk | Llinos Jones | Vauxhall Astra | 12m 33s | |
| 7 | Richard James | Eric Tong | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 13m 00s | |
| 8 | Peter Lloyd | Graham Handley | Subaru Impreza | 13m 26s | |
| 9 | Darren Williams | Dylan Jones | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 13m 43s | |
| 10 | Richard Briddon | Edryd Evans | VW Golf | 13m 48s | |
| 11 | Martin Leonard | Kevin Chaffey | VW Golf GTi | 13m 49s | |
| 12 | Arwel 'F12' Thomas | Katie Briddon | Vauxhall Corsa | 16m 20s | |
| 13 | Barry Jones | Justin Summerfield | Ford Sierra | 16m 23s | |
| 14 | Stuart Thomas | Mark Kehrein | Ford Escort | 17m 33s | |
| 15 | Byron Jones | James Morgan | Honda Civic | 17m 46s | |
| 16 | Sterling Jenkins | David Powell | Vauxhall Nova | 18m 18s | |
| 17 | Rob 'Chunky' Howells | Leighton Howells | VW Golf GTi | 19m 30s | |
| 18 | Mathew Jones | Owain Davies | Peugeot 205 GTi | 20m 03s | |
| 19 | Darren Jones | Darren Miles | Ford Escort | 20m 47s | |
| 20 | Dyfrig Lloyd George | Sion Rees | Peugeot 205 GTi | 22m 57s | |
| 21 | Neal James | Kevin Jones | Ford Escort | 23m 25s | |
| 22 | Thomas Henderson | Mathew Wood-Griffiths | Audi 90 Quattro | 23m 43s | |
| 23 | Robert Brown | Mark Coleman | Peugeot 309 GTi | 24m 01s | |
| 24 | Mark Reardon | Fiona Reardon | Vauxhall Corsa SRi | 24m 31s | |
| 25 | Paul Edwards | Phil Crisp | Peugeot 205 GTi | 25m 10s | |
| 26 | Aled Roy Jones | Caryl Davies | Vauxhall Astra | 25m 29s | |
| 27 | Bryan Davies | Alun Lewis | Vauxhall Nova | 25m 35s | |
| 28 | Richard John | Baryan Joseph | Vauxhall Nova | 25m 54s | |
| 29 | Martyn O'Connor | Peter Collins | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 25m 54s | |
| 30 | Gareth Tomas | Andrew Rees | Ford Escort | 26m 20s | |
| 31 | Julian Thomas | Tracy Giddings | Ford Escort | 27m 25s | |
| 32 | Huw Howells | Ben Evans | Peugeot 205 GTi | 27m 32s | |
| 33 | Emyr Jenkins | Aled Jenkins | Skoda Felicia | 29m 11s | |
| 34 | Chris Yarwood | Dave Thomas | Ford Fiesta XR2 | 29m 55s | |
| 35 | Wyn Davies | Richard 'REY' Hughes | Peugeot 205 | 31m 11s | |
| 36 | John Gilbey | Michael Gilbey | Vauxhall Astra 16v | 31m 18s | |
| 37 | Emma Peters | Ivor James | Peugeot 205 | 32m 01s | |
| 38 | David Jones | Phillip Hooper | Peugeot 205 | 40m 43s | |
| 39 | Steven Bowles | Julian Mark Bowles | Vauxhall Nova | 44m 19s | |
| 40 | Ceri Jones | Jenny Evans | Peugeot 205 GTi | 2F 12m 15s | |
| 41 | Hywel Greves | James Wicks | VW Polo | 2F 18m 49s | |
| 42 | Arwel Davies | Eurig Davies | Ford Escort Van | 41F 11m 18s |