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Clerk of the Course: Roddy Daniels & Jon Stobbs
Route: 130 Miles
Maps: 135 & 146
Starters: 90
Winners: Martyn O'Connor/Peter Collins (Vauxhall Astra GTE)
Martyn O'Connor/Peter Collins (Vauxhall Astra) emerged as winners of the Suzanne Crowley Memorial Rally. With four crews finishing clear of penalties, the result was decided on engine capacity; thus the winning margin was 4cc. It was the Astra crew's maiden rally win.
The Barcud MC event was a round of both the Welsh and North Western Road Rally Championships, its first appearance in the former series. The 130 mile route used the lanes between its base at Tregaron and Aberyswyth. There was a capacity 90 car entry.
Proceedings started with a series of whites to the south of Llanafan Forest and there were a number of leading runners in problems straightaway. Clive Williams/Patrick Walsh retired their Sierra Cosworth with engine maladies, while Cyril Crook/Chris Ware continued their run of appalling luck. They picked up a puncture and then had their Sunbeam suffer terminal gearbox failure before reaching the third time control.
Punctures were commonplace on this section and the Pedley brothers were unfortunate enough to pick up two on their Escort G4, this forced them to withdraw at that point. The only other leading retirement of the night was the Cavalier of Huw James/Neil Spiers, its standard engine, which had 160,000 miles on the clock, expired on the penultimate section of the event.
The marshal at the third time control caused difficulties for a large number of leading crews when, despite entering a time, he refused to sign their time card. At the finish these crews, many of whom were clear of any other penalties, were given a fail for the offence. Those affected included the Welsh Championship leaders Dennis Quinn/Andrew Thomson, Gremlin Rally winners Neil Griffiths/Carl Williamson, leading West Midland Championship contenders Gary Jones/Iestyn ap Dafydd and Toby Adams/Pat Gadsby.
Alyson Acreman/Byron Jones also picked up a fail here and then had the further indignity of having the results crew crash into their Nova as they waited at a control.
Despite the 130 mile route there were still four crews clear of any penalty at the Finish, luckily all had recorded different engine capacities on their entry forms and so the 1796cc Astra of O'Connor/Collins beat the 1800cc Astra of Elgan Jones/Deian Rees. The latter crew, alone amongst the top ten starters, were fortunate enough to have their time card countersigned by the contrary marshal at TC3. The 1998cc Escort of Gethin Lewis/Aled Jones beat the 2100cc Escort of Wayne Pickersgill/Shaun O'Gorman to third place.
The Mixed Crew award went to Geraint Davies/Sarah Gluyas, who dropped only 2 seconds in their Toyota Corolla, while Peter Zjalic/Richard Preece, also in a Corolla, had similar penalties to take the Standard Production Award. The Nissan Micra of Martyn Evans/Ceri Davies was the best under 1300cc, with Ian Elias/Phil Roach taking the Semi Expert Class in their Escort RS2000. The Novice award went to Dyfed Pritchard/Alwyn Jones in a Peugeot 205.
OVERALL RESULTS
Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
1 | Martyn O'Connor | Peter Collins | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 0m 00s | |
2 | Elgan Jones | Deian Rees | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 0m 00s | |
3 | Gethin Lewis | Aled Jones | Ford Escort RS | 0m 00s | |
4 | Wynne Pickersgill | Shaun O'Gorman | Ford Escort | 0m 00s | |
5 | Pete Cotton | Dave Pitchford | Ford Escort | 0m 02s | |
6 | Geraint Davies | Sarah Gluyas | Toyota Corolla | 0m 02s | |
7 | Peter Zjalic | Richard Preece | Toyota Corolla | 0m 02s | |
8 | Eirwyn Davies | Brian Jenkins | Ford Escort | 0m 10s | |
9 | Wayne Morris | Paul Middleton | Ford Escort | 0m 13s | |
10 | Ian Elias | Phil Roach | Ford Escort RS | 0m 28s | |
11 | Gavin Lloyd | Jonathan Hands | Ford Escort | 0m 44s | |
12 | Selwyn Jones | Wyn Lewis | Ford Escort | 0m 48s | |
13 | Martyn Evans | Ceri Davies | Nissan Micra | 0m 49s | |
14 | Dyfed Pritchard | Alwyn Jones | Peugeot 205 GTi | 1m 13s | |
15 | Aled James | Philip Griffiths | Ford Escort | 1m 18s | |
16 | Wayne Edwards | Sharon Jarvis | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 1m 29s | |
17 | Paul Davies | Phil Ralphs | Ford Escort | 1m 57s | |
18 | Nick Giles | James Martin | Ford Sierra | 2m 00s | |
19 | Martin Bradley | Gordon Bradley | Ford EScort | 3m 08s | |
20 | John Edwards | Iestyn Leyshon | Ford Escort | 3m 20s | |
21 | Owen Edwards | Dylan Jones | Ford Sierra | 6m 30s | |
22 | Jon Jones | James Morgan | VW Golf GTi | 7m 45s | |
23 | Carwyn Edwards | Rees Owen | Ford Escort | 12m 37s | |
24 | Gary Jones | Iestyn ap Dafydd | Toyota Corolla | 1F 0m 00s | |
25= | Gareth LLoyd | Mike Morgan | Ford Escort | 1F 0m 00s | |
25= | Neil Griffiths | Carl Williamson | Ford Escort | 1F 0m 00s | |
27 | Toby Adam | Pat Gadsby | Ford Escort | 1F 0m 00s | |
28 | Dennis Quinn | Andrew Thomson | Ford Escort | 1F 0m 00s | |
29 | Aled 'Cacen' Evans | Eyrl Evans | Ford Sierra 4x4 | 1F 0m 00s | |
30 | Nick Evans | Alan Hands | Ford Escort | 1F 0m 01s | |
31 | Simon Cottrell | Marcus Watmough | Toyota Corolla | 1F 0m 07s | |
32 | Adrian Evans | Eurig Evans | Ford Escort RS | 1F 0m 08s | |
33 | Meredith Roberts | Mark Lloyd | Vauxhall Cavalier | 1F 0m 12s | |
34 | Nicholas Yates | Simon Yates | Ford Escort | 1F 0m 14s | |
35 | Paul Holmberg | Ian Vale | Ford Escort | 1F 0m 16s | |
36 | Tudor Morris | Gerallt Davies | Ford Escort | 1F 0m 23s | |
37 | Kevin Jones | Andrew Davies | Ford Escort RS | 1F 0m 42s | |
38 | Dave Boucher | Jon Stobbs | Ford Escort | 1F 0m 41s | |
39 | Gareth 'Gog' Jones | John Gilbey | Ford Escort XR3 | 1F 0m 50s | |
40 | Chris Rowlands | Nigel Roberts | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 1F 1m 00s | |
41 | Peter Evans | Dai John | Ford Escort RS | 1F 1m 00s | |
42 | Alun Davies | Richard Davies | Opel Manta | 1F 1m 10s | |
43 | Adrian Davies | Mark Jones | Ford Escort RS | 1F 2m 22s | |
44 | Nick Abbot | Mark Andrew | Ford Escort | 1F 2m 54s | |
45 | Brian Harrison | Cliff Washbrook | Ford Escort | 1F 3m 06s | |
46 | Wyn Owens | Kathryn Jones | Ford Escort | 1F 4m 24s | |
47 | Robert Rees | Ann Rees | Ford Escort RS | 1F 3m 33s | |
48 | Jeremy Davies | Meredith Davies | Ford Escort | 1F 3m 47s | |
49 | Richard Briddon | Edryd Evans | Toyota Starlet | 1F 3m 53s | |
50 | Paul Hill | Jane Harris | Ford Escort | 1F 5m 28s | |
51 | Meirion Evans | Hefin Owens | Ford Escort | 1F 7m 14s | |
52 | Nigel Griffiths | Arno Osinga | Opel Manta GTE | 1F 9m 19s | |
53 | Raymond Morris | Alec Morris | Ford Escort | 1F 8m 20s | |
54 | Alyson Acreman | Byron Jones | Vauxhall Nova | 2F 0m 00s | |
55 | Paul Jones | Steve Roberts | Vauxhall Nova | 2F 17m 26s | |
56 | Dalis Ifans | Huw Rowcliffe | Peugeot 309 | 3F 4m 31s | |
57 | Mark Harris | Neil Bevan | Ford Escort RS | 4F 1m 54s | |
58 | John Jones | Cyril Jones | Renault 11 Turbo | 4F 0m 14s | |
59 | Jeffrey Jenkins | Jack Fowler | Ford Escort Mk4 | 4F 8m 59s | |
60 | Dai Davies | Matthew Warner | Vauxhall Nova | 5F 0m 06s | |
61 | Dewi Williams | Eilir Jones | Vauxhall Nova | 5F 11m 17s | |
62 | Clive Greves | Hywel Greves | Vauxhall Chevette | 7F 12m 46s |