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Border 100 Road Rally 1999

Sponsored by The Garage (Llanfyllin) Ltd

Welsh Border Car Club

1st/2nd May 1999

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Top road rally stars of the Seventies and early Eighties, Derwyn Evans/John Furniss proved they had lost none of their skills by taking victory on their home event, the Border 100.

Despite not being included in any championships, the rally attracted an over subscribed entry of sixty cars. Crews were faced with a superb 100 mile route based on the small Montgomeryshire town of Llanfyllin.

Martin and Gordon Bradley were in problems immediately as they discovered an oil leak on their Escort just prior to their start time - they rectified the problem but, beginning the event 25 minutes late, they were forced to cut route to remain inside their maximum lateness

Jon Gwilym/Owen Dodd had a short event, a wheel breaking on the rally's first white, throwing their Escort into a tree. Moonbeam winners Adrian Hodgson/Sean Caddick were another crew not to make the petrol halt, the alternator on the Peugeot 205 failing on the second section.

At the halfway halt the lead was held by top seeds Phil Turner/Neil Spiers, they were almost two minutes ahead of the eventual winners. Despite a failing clutch on their Escort they maintained this lead to within a mile of the finish, however they then got lost in the lanes surrounding Trefonen, dropping six minutes and five places as a result. It was therefore left for Evans/Furniss to take the win - a popular victory on home ground.

Second place fell to the top Semi-Expert crew, Dave Stephens/Keith Jones - the driver being another competitor from the glory days of road rallying making a return to the sport. Kevin Nunns/Dave Evison were third in their Corolla, with Adrian Higman/Cyril Jones fourth in their Maestro. Higman had contemplated retirement at Petrol, the Maestro having lost virtually all its brakes; however he managed to salvage a set of pads from a similar car at the halfway venue, these allowed him to complete the route.

Paul Hughes/Paul Middleton rounded off the top six having survived picking up a puncture on their Astra without losing any time. Less fortunate were Graham Evans/Ian Mills who lost five minutes with a puncture in the second half, dropping them to ninth at the end.

Richard Suff/Carl Williamson were going well before an off on the second section dropped them out of contention. Gary Jones/Andy Oakes were among a number of crews who lost time locating a series of via controls on the crucial second section.

With their second overall Stephens/Jones were naturally comfortable winners of the Semi-Expert class, although John Powell/Matt Barker made it into the top ten with eighth overall, this was however over six minutes down on the class leaders.

Elwyn Davies/Ian Roberts were easily the fastest novice crew and would have finished sixth overall, however they booked in early at the Petrol halt and as a result fell down the order at the Finish. Steve Herbert/Allen Hart therefore inherited the class win, bringing their Audi Quattro into eleventh place, they were only novice crew without any fails.

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SELECTED RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Derwyn Evans	Ian Furniss	Vauxhall Astra	6m 11s
	2	Dave Stephens	Keith Jones	Ford Escort	7m 31s
	3	Kev Nunns	Dave Evison	Toyota Corolla	8m 42s
	4	Adrian Higman	Cyril Jones	MG Maestro	9m 18s
	5	Phil Turner	Neil Spiers	Ford Escort	9m 37s
	6	Paul Hughes	Paul Middleton	Vauxhall Astra	12m 19s
	7	Wayne Morris	Dave Pitchford	Ford Escort	13m 13s
	8	John Powell	Matt Barker	Vauxhall Astra	13m 52s
	9	Graham Evans	Ian Mills	Toyota Corolla	14m 22s
	10	Michael Cartwright	David Pedley	Ford Escort	14m 32s
	11	Steve Herbert	Allen Hart	Audi Quattro	20m 22s
	12	Chris Painer	Steve Quine	Vauxhall Nova	23m 40s
	14	Pete Cotton	Brian Jenkins	Ford Escort	30m 36s
	15	Richard 'Tyson' Morris	Keith Davies	Talbot Samba	31m 05s
	16	Brandon Smith	Mark Hill	Audi 80	35m 24s
	17	Chris Bolver	Denny Harris	Ford Anglia	1F 21m 16s
	18	Kevin Hesketh	Andy Moss	Ford Escort	1F 24m 41s
	19	Gary Jones	Andy Oakes	Toyota Corolla	1F 27m 43s
	21	Nick Onions	Chris Lightburn	Talbot Sunbeam Ti	1F 30m 34s
	23	John Jones	Alan Thompson	Renault 11 Turbo	2F 21m 30s
	27	Stephen Jones	Paul Jones	Toyota Corolla	4F 30m 49s
	28	Derek Tracey	Chris Hughes	Ford Escort	4F 52m 33s
	31	Stephen Davies	Ben Davies	Ford Fiesta	6F 20m 33s
	33	Richard Suff	Carl Williamson	Peugeot 205	9F 3m 00s
	35	Martin Jones	Andrew Davies	Ford Sierra	14F 51m 12s
	37	Martin Bradley	Gordon Bradley	Ford Escort	21F 11m 01s

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