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Red Kite Stages 2005
Sponsored by Swansea Model Centre
Amman & District Motor Club
16th January 2004
Clerk of the Course: Dan Holley
Stages: 7 (45 Gravel Stage Miles)
Venue: Epynt, Halfway & Crychan
Starters: 78
Winners: Julian Reynolds/Ieaun Thomas (Ford Focus WRC)
Julian Reynolds/Ieaun Thomas took their ex-Carlos Sainz Scholarship Focus WRC to a clear win on Amman & District MC's Red Kite Stages. Reynolds had entered the event as an opportunity to learn about the new car in actual competition and it proved to be a very successful lesson. He took fastest time on six of the seven stages and finished the rally almost two minutes ahead of the field.
The Red Kite had been expected to be a battle between Reynolds' Focus and the Hyundai Accent of Graham Middleton, however power steering failure meant that the reigning BTRDA Champion was unable to start the rally.
Robert Swann held second place after two stages but an off on SS3, where they lost six minutes, put him out of contention and gearbox problems on SS5 put him out of the rally.
Young Stuart Jones eventually took the runner up spot after a impressive performance in his first outing in the Mitsubishi Evo8. His father, Mick Jones, had held second place until SS6, but then gear selection problems saw him fall, not only behind his son, but also behind a hard charging Nigel Griffiths, the latter sneaked through to take third by nine seconds at the Finish.
Andrew Haddon/Daniel Maclachlan were debutting a newly acquired Subaru Impreza. The driver declared the car to be "an awesome bit of kit". They finished in sixth place, two seconds ahead of the similar car of Damien Cole/Andrew Card.
The first two wheel drive car and historic car home was the Escort RS2000 of Mark Solloway/Mark Crisp, the Historic Rallysport proprietor finishing in ninth place overall.
The Red Kite was the second round of the Peugeot 206 Winter Cup and the category was dominated by returnee Richard Sykes, who was partnered by 2004 Champion co-driver Richard Edwards. The pairing won all seven stages and finished 90 seconds ahead of series leader Mike O’Brien. O'Brien having lost time on the opening test after the car cut out.
Neil Andrew rolled his Sierra on SS1 causing a delay for a number of crews and resulting in a notional stage time being given for most competitors.
James Belton took the over 2000cc class win, just ahead of Daniel Jones, the latter benefiting from the SS1 problems and notional time as he had suffered a broken torsion bar on the test.
There was a tight tussle for the Class 3 win, with Stuart Clarke/Cliff Simmons (Escort) beating Stuart Thomas/Mark Kehrein (Escort RS) by 21 seconds. Clarke having indulged in a spin and stalled engine on SS1.
As well as Swann's accident, Stage 3, Route 60, saw a number of other incidents. Aled Evans/Tudor Jones rolled their Ford Sierra; they took a stage maximum, but repaired the damage and continued to the Finish. Less fortunate were Dave Brick/Bob Woodhouse, they retired their Escort after an off. Both Stuart Jones and Mick Jones spun on the stage, but still shared the honours for fastest time after Reynolds had stalled his Focus on the start line.
There was an extensive retirement list; Callum Guy/Andy Bull withdrew with transmission problems on their Lancer Evo7 at the second service halt. Gearbox maladies accounted for both the Impreza of Andy Williams/Bradley Magnus and the Escort of Steve Finch/Stanley Graham. Meanwhile broken diffs forced out both Polli Patti/David Gambling (Escort) and Ed Lloyd/Eric Tong (Triumph TR7 V8).
There were 55 finishers from the 78 starters.
OVERALL RESULTS
| Pos | Driver | Co-Driver | Car | Penalty | |
| 1 | Julian Reynolds | Ieuan Thomas | Ford Focus WRC | 43m 53s | |
| 2 | Stuart Jones | Ross Butler | Mitsubishi Lancer E8 | 45m 40s | |
| 3 | Nigel Griffiths | Andrew Owens | Subaru Impreza | 45m 55s | |
| 4 | 'Mad' Mick Jones | Andy Morgan | Mitsubishi Lancer E3 | 46m 04s | |
| 5 | Martin Healer | Peter Thomas | Ford Focus WRC | 46m 35s | |
| 6 | Andrew Haddon | Daniel MacLachlan | Subaru Impreza | 47m 50s | |
| 7 | Damian Cole | Andrew Card | Subaru Impreza WRC 98 | 47m 52s | |
| 8 | Kevin Stevens | Howard Davies | Mitsubishi Lancer E7 | 48m 00s | |
| 9 | Mark Solloway | Mark Crisp | Ford Escort RS | 48m 31s | |
| 10 | James Belton | Paul Williams | Ford Escort RS | 49m 08s | |
| 11 | Daniel 'Lwni' Jones | Kevin 'Lwesh' Lewis | Ford Escort | 49m 37s | |
| 12 | Colin Milton | Peter Heness | Subaru Impreza | 49m 43s | |
| 13 | Will Onions | Tim Hobbs | Ford Escort | 49m 50s | |
| 14 | Stuart Clarke | Cliff Simmons | Ford Escort | 50m 01s | |
| 15 | Stuart Thomas | Mark Kehrein< | Ford Escort RS | 50m 22s | |
| 16 | Andy Pawley | Tim Sturla | Subaru Impreza | 50m 24s | |
| 17 | Richard Sykes | Richard Edwards | Peugeot 206 XSi | 50m 57s | |
| 18 | Mike Brown | Derek Tucker | Mitsubishi Lancer E6 | 50m 58s | |
| 19 | Henri Grehan | Chris Ridge | Ford Escort RS | 51m 26s | |
| 20 | Duncan Williams | Mark Freeman | Proton Satria | 51m 37s | |
| 21 | Thomas Davies | Eryl Evans | Ford Escort | 51m 37s | |
| 22 | Huw Jeffreys | Avarina Connor | Subaru Impreza | 51m 48s | |
| 23 | Lynsey Hansford | Graham Roberts | Subaru impreza | 51m 50s | |
| 24 | Michael O'Brien' | Barry Young | Peugeot 206 XSi | 51m 54s | |
| 25 | Francis McDonnell | Bryan Rodden | Subaru impreza | 52m 03s | |
| 26 | Jason Stone | Daniel Stone | Peugeot 205 GTi | 52m 20s | |
| 27 | James Robertson | Mike Rollo | Peugeot 206 XSi | 52m 24s | |
| 28 | Geraint Mills | Jonny 'Tad' Evans | Opel Manta 400 | 52m 34s | |
| 29 | Daniel Barry | Ben Doran | Peugeot 206 XSi | 52m 59s | |
| 30 | Steve Roderick | Den Golding | Toyota Corolla | 52m 59s | |
| 31 | Colin Britton | Kenny Hull | Peugeot 206 XSi | 53m 00s | |
| 32 | Paul Lomas | Barry Nixon | Mitsubishi Lancer E4 | 53m 10s | |
| 33 | John Reddington | Mick Jones | Ford Escort | 53m 16s | |
| 34 | Graham Davies | Gary Powell | Talbot Sunbeam | 53m 35s | |
| 35 | Justin Fowler Bishop | Simon Edwards | Peugeot 205 GTi | 53m 42s | |
| 36 | Mike Roberts | Dai Roberts | Peugeot 205 GTi | 53m 44s | |
| 37 | Barry Horan | Simon Mills | Peugeot 206 XSi | 54m 10s | |
| 38 | Phil McVay | Tim Young | Peugeot 205 | 54m 10s | |
| 39 | Simon Roberts | Richard Smalley | Peugeot 205 GTi | 54m 28s | |
| 40 | Richard Davies | Gareth Wilcox | Ford Escort | 54m 32s | |
| 41 | John Evans | Mark Hamilton | Ford Escort | 55m 03s | |
| 42 | Dave Childs | Gary Childs | Peugeot 206 XSi | 55m 24s | |
| 43 | Andrew Lewis | Tim Samuel | Peugeot 205 GTi | 55m 51s | |
| 44 | Aled Evans | Tudor Jones | Ford Sierra 24v | 56m 06s | |
| 45 | Gareth Bevan | Neil Bevan | Peugeot 205 GTi | 56m 13s | |
| 46 | Carwyn Harries | Dafydd Williams | Nissan Micra | 56m 15s | |
| 47 | Andrew Swift | Martin Cowell | Ford Escort | 56m 26s | |
| 48 | Steven Brettle | Mark Newsome | Peugeot 206 XSi | 26m 28s | |
| 49 | Nicholas White | Sean Fox | Ford Escort | 56m 35s | |
| 50 | David Lloyd | Shaun Price | Ford Fiesta | 56m 38s | |
| 51 | Steve Griggs | Stuart Harris | Mini Clubman | 57m 33s | |
| 52 | Tony Rees | Geraint Thomas | Ford Escort | 57m 44s | |
| 53 | Steven Todd | John Roberts | Vauxhall Astra RWD | 58m 35s | |
| 54 | Simon Rees | Michael Duggan | Ford Escort 16v | 59m 20s | |
| 55 | Austin McKinlay | Dominic Brown | Peugeot 205 | 64m 36s |