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Morecambe Road Rally 2003
Sponsored by Mitchells of Lancaster
Morecambe Motor Club
16th/17th August 2003
Clerk of the Course: Ashley Hodge
Route: 140 Miles
Maps: 97 & 102
Starters: 20
Winners: Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie (Vauxhall Nova)
It was yet another victorious night for Carl Hawkins/Iain Tullie, when they won the Morecambe Road Rally.
The event used 140 mile route; eight of which were on farm tracks. Despite being a round of the ANWCC Championship, the rally only attracted 20 entries, of these, only 10 made the Finish.
Simon Cottrell/Jez Harris debuted a newly acquired Escort RS2000. They held the lead at Petrol, but thirty miles after the restart the car developed gear selection problems and they descided to save the gearbox and cut route to the Finish. They were classified in ninth place.
This allowed Hawkins/Tullie to make it their fifth win of the season and for Tullie, it was is seventh victory. They were the only crew to complete the route clear of a fail.
Twelve minutes and one fail further back was the Opel Kadett of Clive Sissons/Derek Bateson, who took the runner up spot. The time penalties for John Livermore/Fred Bent (Vauxhall Astra) were over seven minutes less than thos collected by Sissons, but they had two fails and so were classifed third.
The North Walian crew of Iwan Griffith/Gwawr Hughes were hunting ANWCC Championship points and finished in fifth place.
Steve Head/Simon Bentley had been expected to challenge for the win, but ended their rally with their Suzuki Swift in a ditch.
OVERALL RESULTS
| Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
| 1 | Jon Lawson | Chris Pringle | Subaru Legacy | 5m 15s | |
| 2 | John Haden | Iain Tullie | Subaru Impreza | 6m 06s | |
| 3 | Les Percival | Richard Todd | Ford Escort | 7m 07s | |
| 4 | Andy Beaumont | Mike Petch | Proton Satria | 8m 52s | |
| 5 | Malcolm Grisdale | Bob Hargreaves | Subaru RX Turbo | 9m 23s | |
| 6 | Sandie Taylor | Paul Taylor | Peugeot 205 GTi | 9m 53s | |
| 7 | Pete Tyson | Neil Harrison | Mini Cooper S | 11m 48s | |
| 8 | Terry Martin | Simon Bentley | Peugeot 205 GTi | 14m 08s | |
| 9 | David Chapman | David Taylor | Peugeot 205 GTi | 15m 02s | |
| 10 | Mark Shaw | Ken Willan | Talbot Sunbeam | 16m 02s | |
| 11 | Stephen Coombes | Paul Coombes | Peugeot 309 | 18m 59s | |
| 12 | Danny Robinson | Ian Gibbins | Peugeot 205 GTi | 19m 35s | |
| 13 | Malcolm Holdsworth | Richard Holdsworth | Toyota Corolla | 1F 7m 35s | |
| 14 | Clive Sissons | Kevin Savage | Opel Kadett | 1F 12m 26s | |
| 15 | Nichola Hillier | Dave Broadley | Rover Metro | 1F 33m 11s | |
| 16 | Bill Chadwick | Alan Edwards | Peugeot 205 | 1F 42m 32s | |
| 17 | Ian Guthrie | Charlie Tynan | Mini | 1F 43m 11s | |
| 18 | David Howell | Stephen Taylor | Opel Manta | 3F 42m 03s | |
| 19 | Steve Kenyon | Chris Edwards | Ford Sierra 4x4 | 5F 44m 38s | |
| 20 | Frank Evans | Dan Spittlehouse | Toyota Corolla | 6F 14m 38s | |
| 21 | Ian Rooke | Katy Mashiter | Ford Sierra | 6F 28m 20s | |
| New Comers Class | |||||
| 1 | Craig Whitehead | Lee Hudson | Ford Fiesta XR2 | 21m 36s | |
| 2 | Ed Dentice | Jonny Brass | Toyota Corolla | 1F 13m 41s | |
| 3 | Tony Simis | Gavin Ford | Ford Sierra | 1F 23m 48s | |
| 4 | Mark Binney | Colin Lawson | Peugeot 309 | 1F 34m 23s | |