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Welsh Endurance Rally 2005

Amman & District Motor Club

20th-21st August 2005

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Amman & District MC has intended that the 2005 Welsh Endurance Rally would use venues outside of the Caerwent MOD base, however a road closure order for a cycle race meant that the plans had to be scrapped and the event, like the previous year, was confined to the maze of military roads within the complex that was once used for the maintenance of cruise missiles.

The rally started at Saturday lunch time and ended 24 hours later. Crews tackled ten selectifs on Saturday, this was followed by a 15 mile test in the dark, with a further ten selectifs on Sunday morning. The total test mileage was 102 miles. Navigation was via tulip diagrams throughout. The use of tyres within the Colway Road Plus range was mandatory.

In 2004 the team of Pat Flynn/Stuart Powell had led the rally from Start to Finish, at first it appeared that they were to repeat that feat as they took fastest time on the first selectif. However it quickly became apparent that there was a problem with their Peugeot 205 - it kept cutting out on right hand bends.

The problem became a major point of debate amongst fellow competitors, the event service crew, organisers and on lookers, throughout the rally, with many suggestions being made and tried, however the fault persisted until the Finish, spoiling any chance the crew had of repeating their 2004 success. Sometime after the rally the cause of the problem was finally traced to a fault within the carburettor.

The pattern on Endurance events was that the first half of the rally was all about keeping in touch with the lead whilst conserving the car, the third running of the Welsh Endurance conformed to this model. By the end of the daylight leg five crews had formed a breakaway group, they were covered by just fourteen seconds, but were fifty seconds ahead of the field, remarkably Flynn/Powell were amongst these five, grimly hanging on in fifth place. The positions after Selectif 10 were:

1 Kevin Wilson/Paul Caunt (Citroen AX) 1h07m43s
2 Owen Turner/Andrew Dadswell (Metro) 1h07m49s
3 Jamie Turner/Graham Dance (Metro) 1h07m49s
4 Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie (Vauxhall Corsa) 1h07m50s
5 Pat Flynn/Stuart Powell (Peugeot 205) 1h07m57s
6 Douglas Brown/Mike Briggs (Vauxhall Nova) 1h08m47s.

Matt Fowle/Graham Raeburn had been amongst the leading group until they picked up a puncture and dropped a minute on Selectif 9.

Hawkins/Tullie were concerned about their tyres, their Colways were a soft compound and were wearing far too quickly, their position was helped when they picked up a puncture and lost the use of a half worn tyre. Iain Freestone/Nick Kennedy had been in second place after two tests, but a broken clutch cable had dropped them well down the order. Using soft compound Colways they were on a charge for the rest of the afternoon, they took fastest times on four selectifs and moving back up to ninth position.

John Cotton/Gill Cotton were in eighth place when their Citroen AX broke a drive shaft on Selectif 5 and Mark Appleton/Dick Appleton held tenth when a cv joint broke on their Peugeot 106 – both crews were out.

Jamie Turner/Graham Dance pulled out all the stops on the night time test which started at 22:30. They were fastest through the selectif and took the lead. Owen Turner/Andrew Dadswell fifteen seconds slower but retained their second place.

Phil Harris/Andy Ballantyne had suffered damaged suspension on their Nova after hitting a kerb on Selectif 10, this had been repaired by the Banham Service Crew and fourth fastest time in the dark moved them into the top ten.

The top six positions after the night section were:

1 Jamie Turner/Graham Dance (Metro) 1h32m33s
2 Owen Turner/Andrew Dadswell (Metro) 1h32m48s
3 Kevin Wilson/Paul Caunt (Citroen AX) 1h33m30s
4 Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie (Vauxhall Corsa) 1h33m53s
5 Pat Flynn/Stuart Powell (Peugeot 205) 1h34m03s
6 Iain Freestone/Nick Kennedy (Peugeot 205) 1h34m29s.

Gary Preston/Mike Sones went out the rally prior to the night section, they were unable to get their Nova to restart after parking up at the hotel for the supper halt.

As crews reconvened for the Sunday morning tests, the scene was set for a battle between the two Turner brothers in their St Albans Rover Centre prepared Metros – they were not to disappoint. Owen took eight seconds back on the first selectif of the day, to lie just seven seconds behind Jamie. By Selectif 15 the gap was down to three seconds, but this was as close as it was going to get, it was back up to five after the next test and the closely matched crews took identical times over the next three tests.

Jamie’s lead stood at four second prior to the penultimate selectif, at almost ten miles the longest of the rally – it was to be decisive. Jamie was four second faster than Owen over it and, despite being two seconds slower on the last test, secured his and Graham Dance’s first Endurance win.

Wilson/Caunt, who had led for most of Saturday, seemed to have managed to fend off a strong challenge from Hawkins/Tullie to take third place, but on the long Selectif 20 their Citroen AX broke a drive shaft and they were out within sight of the flag.

Hawkins/Tullie had narrowed the gap between fourth and third places from 15 seconds at the start of the day to just one second after Selectif 18, Wilson/Caunt had then responded and were seven seconds ahead when they retired. The Corsa pairing, down to their final set of Colways, went on the finish third despite bending a rear axle after hitting the kerb on the rally’s final corner.

Pat Flynn’s brave effort was dealt a severe blow when he picked up a puncture on Selectif 15 and lost three minutes, he and Powell finished eighth.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Jamie Turner	Graham Dance	Rover Metro GTi	2h 43m 50s
	2	Owen Turner	Andrew Dadswell	Rover Metro	2h 43m 55s
	3	Carl Hawkins	Iain Tullie	Vauxhall Corsa	2h 45m 41s
	4	Iain Freestone	Nick Kennedy	Peugeot 205 Rallye	2h 46m 03s
	5	Matt Fowle	Graham Raeburn	Peugeot 106 Rallye	2h 48m 01s
	6	Phil Harris	Andy Ballantyne	Vauxhall Nova SR	2h 48m 26s
	7	Dougie Brown	Mike Briggs	Vauxhall Nova	2h 49m 00s
	8	Pat Flynn	Stuart Powell	Peugeot 205 XS	2h 49m 49s
	9	Adam Wiseberg	Peter Blackett	Renault Clio	2h 51m 03s
	10	Dave Smith	Pete Johnson	Vauxhall Corsa SRi	2h 53m 46s
	11	Gareth Duncan	Wayne Duncan	Vauxhall Corsa SRi	2h 53m 40s
	12	Mark Banham	Paul Haylock	Suzuki Ignis	2h 54m 24s
	13	Dale Glover	Mike Baker	Vauxhall Nova SR	2h 54m 34s
	14	Charles Campey	Faye Campey	Peugeot 106 XSi	2h 55m 25s
	15	Roger Stevens	Michael Stevens	SEAT Arosa	2h 55m 40s
	16	Alistair Barnes	Simon Ayris	Peugeot 106 XSi	2h 55m 42s
	17	Martin Flight	Tim Ball	VW Polo	2h 56m 25s
	18	Paul Heal	Matt Heal	Proton Compact	2h 56m 46s
	19	Geoff Lobb	Chris Holliday	Vauxhall Corsa Sport	2h 57m 03s
	20	Sophie Robinson	Sarah Wiggin	VW Polo	2h 57m 27s
	21	Peter Scott	Richard Poulter	Citroen AX GT	2h 58m 48s
	22	Jason Turner	David Coggins	Suzuki Swift GTi	2h 59m 19s
	23	Andy Bown	Mike Knott	Peugeot 106 XSi	2h 59m 31s
	24	Alexander Demsey	James Edward	Rover 214i	2h 59m 48s
	25	Edward Robinson	Adrian Robinson	Peugeot 106 Rallye	3h 01m 10s
	26	Clive Baty	Paul Robinson	Toyota Yaris	3h 02m 46s
	27	Pat Tierney	Ed Scott	Peugeot 106 Rallye	3h 05m 25s
	28	Ray Johnson-Wood	Tony Brooks	MG ZR	3h 07m 31s
	29	Paul Rees	Elizabeth Rees	Suzuki Swift GTi	3h 07m 55s
	30	Eddie Grayson	John Ball	Austin Metro	3h 08m 42s
	31	Jane Eddington	Gary Eddington	Citroen AX	3h 09m 58s
	32	Andy Fields	Karen Fields	Peugeot 205	3h 11m 14s
	33	John Upton	Jon Senior	Peugeot 205 Rallye	3h 14m 07s
	34	Simon Weir	Tony Pannu	Skoda Felicia	3h 15m 27s
	35	James Campbell	Thomas Campbell	Proton Compact GLi	3h 19m 38s
	36	Ann Weir	Brian Weir	Skoda Felicia	3h 27m 02s
	37	Peter Engel	Emerson Engel	Vauxhall Nova SR	3h 27m 49s
	38	Charlene Gibson	Ian Perry	Citroen AX	3h 29m 55s
	39	Neil Lloyd	Robert Lloyd	Volvo 340	3h 31m 47s

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