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Telford Winter Stages
Sponsored by Tolputt Keeton
Telford Auto Club
26th February 2005
Clerk of the Course: Kevin Hutchings
Stages: 8 (44.8 Stage Miles)
Venue: Sweet Lamb & Hafren
Starters: 43
Winners: Jon Ingram/Shaun O'Gorman (Ford Focus WRC)
After a hesitant start, in snowy conditions, Jon Ingram/Shaun O'Gorman charged through to take a clear win on Telford AC's Tolputt Keeton Winter Stages at Sweet Lamb.
Ingram, on only his second outing in the ex-McRae Focus WRC, made a very cautious start. Running without anti-lag he was further slowed by the fact that, as the first car on the road, he was acting as a snow plough for the rest of the field. The result was that after two of the eight stages he lay in fifteenth place. However, having developed full confidence with the car and switched on anti-lag, Ingram took fastest time on the remaining six stages, moving in to the lead with one stage to go.
Huw Jeffreys/Avarina Connor led from SS1 to SS7 and, although they had no answer to the WRC, they were the class of the rest of the field, coming home as the top contender in the Millers Oil Welsh Clubman Championship.
Seventeen year old Nick Kenny put in an impressive performance debuting his newly acquired ex-Julian Reynolds Impreza. A spin on SS1, which cost twenty seconds, was his only misdemeanour as he brought his new car home in third place.
Tim Jones/Don James finished as the top two wheel drive in fifth place. Richard Edwards/Di Brookfield had been as high as fourth place in their Escort when they lost a minute with an off on SS5, they finished eighth.
Mark Lakeland/Joseph Holmes had held second place after SS2, but a gearbox failure put their Escort out of the event. Geraint Mills/Jonny 'Tad' Evans were also challenging for two wheel drive honours when their Manta's engine failed on SS5.
Philip McVay was the early leader in Class 3, putting his Peugeot 205 into a remarkable sixth place overall after two stages, however he was forced out on SS3 with a broken exhaust. Andrew Brown briefly took over the class lead but he retired with a severe misfire on SS5, this allowed Colum McBride through to take in class win. Seamus O’Grady was second in class and the highest placed finisher in the Irish 205 Challenge, of which the Tolputt Keeton Stages was a round.
OVERALL RESULTS
| Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
| 1 | Jon Ingram | Shaun O'Gorman | Ford Focus WRC | 47m 52s | |
| 2 | Huw Jeffreys | Avarina Connor | Subaru Impreza | 48m 00s | |
| 3 | Nick Kenny | Gary Kenny | Subaru Impreza | 48m 34s | |
| 4 | Andy Williams | Bill Robertson | Subaru Impreza | 48m 53s | |
| 5 | Tim Jones | Don James | Ford Escort | 49m 26s | |
| 6 | Graham Davies | Gary Powell | Talbot Sunbeam | 50m 15s | |
| 7 | Graeme Presswell | Phil Cottam | Mitsubishi Lancer E6 | 50m 32s | |
| 8 | Richard Edwards | Dianne Brookfield | Ford Escort | 50m 57s | |
| 9 | Duncan Goldsmith | Bryan Hull | Ford Escort | 51m 16s | |
| 10 | David Lloyd Roberts | Dei Jones | Ford Escort Cosworth | 51m 31s | |
| 11 | Simon Macczak | Rees-Tom Jones | Ford Escort Cosworth | 51m 35s | |
| 12 | Paul Edwards | Ian Parry | Ford Escort | 52m 15s | |
| 13 | Chris Gittins | Stuart Humphries | Ford Escort | 52m 33s | |
| 14 | Colum McBride | Paul Williams | Peugeot 106 | 52m 36s | |
| 15 | Natalie Barratt | Carl Williamson | Subaru Impreza | 52m 42s | |
| 16 | Neil Andrew | Mark Spavin | Ford Sierra XR4x4 | 52m 45s | |
| 17 | Nick West | Mark Craine | Mitsubishi Lancer E4 | 53m 17s | |
| 18 | Seamus O'Grady | Oonagh Roche | Peugeot 205 GTi | 53m 50s | |
| 19 | Jason Nash | Peter Nash | Ford Escort | 54m 38s | |
| 20 | Richard Roberts | Richard Smalley | Peugeot 205 GTi | 54m 44s | |
| 21 | Graeme Colfer | Jack Newman | Peugeot 205 GTi | 55m 01s | |
| 22 | Mike Roberts | Dai Roberts | Peugeot 205 GTi | 55m 50s | |
| 23 | Tommie Rafferty | Brian Purcell | Peugeot 205 GTi | 55m 53s | |
| 24 | Richard Davies | Gareth Wilcox | Ford Escort | 56m 20s | |
| 25 | Jonathan Vamplew | Owain Davies | Seat ibiza | 58m 30s | |
| 26 | Mike Nobles | Dave Malpas | Vauxhall Astra GSi | 58m 33s | |
| 27 | Emma Britton | Paula Nooney | Peugeot 205 GTi | 58m 41s | |
| 28 | Craig Golder | Steve McPhee | Peugeot 205 XS | 58m 49s | |
| 29 | Matthew Edwards | Lee Harding | Vauxhall Astra | 59m 35s | |
| 30 | Christopher Gash | Dylan Williams | Ford Escort | 60m 27s |