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Rali Bro Dyfi 1999

Sponsored by Geoff Jones Rallysport

Dovey Valley Motor Club

30th/31st January 1999

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Alan Gaunt/Marc Jones started their road rally season with a convincing win on the Rali Bro Dyfi. The Dovey Valley MC event proved to be a tough test as only twenty-two of the sixty starters were classified as finishers

The rally used 145 miles of the tight lanes and tracks in the Machynlleth/Dogellau area, including some stretches in both the Coed-yr-Brenin and Dyfi Forests.

Gaunt/Jones, in their immaculately prepared Peugeot 205, romped away to win, this gave them an ideal start to their Welsh Championship challenge. Richie Lewis/Richard Preece had led after the first of the rally's six sections but had dropped to second and then picked up a fail for a missed signature by the petrol halt. They eventually finished in tenth place

Dennis Quinn/Andrew Thomson had a bad start to their title defence when they lost seventeen minutes as their Escort RS2000 became stuck after a wrong slot; then in the confusion of recovering they failed to pick up four signatures and trailed home in fifteenth place.

The 1997 winner, Clive Williams, partnered by Owen Dodd, had been expected to be among the leading runners in their road standard Ford Fiesta, however after having to drive for four miles on a punctured front tyre on the first section, he picked up a fail in Coed-yr-Brenin

For Huw Evans/Patrick Walsh it was a happier event, as, despite a intermittent misfire, they brought their Escort RS2000 home in the runner up spot, two minutes behind the winners.

Most of the leading Welsh Championship contenders did well. A duo of Mark 1 Escorts filled third and fourth places, as Toby Adam/Pat Gatsby led home Neil Griffiths/Carl Williamson. Geraint Davies/Sarah Gluyas were fifth after surviving clutch problems on their Toyota Corolla, while Wayne Morris/Steve Price scooped the Under 1300 category in their Escort

There were only five non-Expert finishers as the going proved tough for the lower runners. Steve Rogers/Paul Jones had been the Semi-Expert pacesetters, but then retired their Mini with gearbox failure.

The class win then went to Nicholas Yates/Simon Yates, with John Whitehurst/Phil Ralphs in second. The only finishers in the Novice class were Martin Bradley/Gordon Bradley and Jerry Jones/Phil Lewis.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Alan Gaunt	Marc Jones	Peugeot 205 GTi	11m 37s
	2	Huw Evans	Patrick Walsh	Ford Escort	13m 54s
	3	Toby Adam	Pat Gadsby	Ford Escort	17m 10s
	4	Neil Griffiths	Carl Williamson	Ford Escort	18m 46s
	5	Geraint Davies	Sarah Gluyas	Toyota Corolla	19m 19s
	6	Wayne Morris	Steve Price	Ford Escort	20m 38s
	7	Gerallt Davies	Michael Evans	Toyota Corolla	24m 41s
	8	Tudor Morris	Gerallt Davies	Ford Escort	29m 51s
	9	Aled 'Cacen' Evans	Eryl Evans	Ford Sierra	34m 05s
	10	Richie Lewis	Richard Preece	Toyota Corolla	1F 10m 45s
	11	Paul Holmberg	Dave Pitchford	Ford Escort	1F 19m 14s
	12	Richard 'Tyson' Morris	Iestyn Leyshon	Talbot Samba	1F 42m 27s
	13	Gary Jones	Ian Cooke	Toyota Corolla	2F 27m 25s
	14	Keith Parry	Perry Roe	Opel Manta	3F 33m 17s
	15	Jason Hardy	Steven Roberts	VW Golf GTi	3F 54m 37s
	16	Dennis Quinn	Andrew Thomson	Ford Escort	4F 29m 20s
	17	Nicholas Yates	Simon Yates	Ford Escort	6F 47m 19s
	18	Keith Daniels	Aneurin James	Vauxhall Nova	10F 32m 54s
	19	Martin Bardley	Gordon Bradley	Ford Escort	14F 45m 27s
	20	John Whitehurst	Phil Ralphs	Ford Escort	16F 48m 18s
	21	Jimmy Paterson	Adrian Smart	Subaru RX Turbo	20F 45m 05s
	22	Jerry Jones	Phil Lewis	BL Mini	22F 80m 51s
	23	Clive Williams	Patrick Walsh	Ford Fiesta	27F 19m 18s
	24	Tony Watkin	Medwyn Evans	Mini 1275GT	35F 63m 06s
	25	Greg McGuire	Dave Edwards	Ford Escort	43F 62m 12s

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