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Dafydd Richards Memorial Rali Dyffryn Aeron 2002

Sponsored by Mountwalk Garage

Lampeter & District Motor Club

12th/13th October 2002

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The Dafydd Richards Memorial Rali Dyffryn Aeron commonly known as the 'Lampeter Sixty Car' broke with tradition for 2002 and raised the maximum entry to 75 starters.

The popularity of the rally was demonstrated by the fact that the entry was full within four days, and this was despite the rally clashing with the Classic Lanes in North Wales.

Crews faced a 140 mile demanding route generally between Aberaeron and Lampeter, although a visit was made to the 90s road across the river from Lampeter. The rally was sponsored by Gareth Jones of Mountwalk Garage, who started at Car 2.

Three crews set a pace well clear of the rest of the field, these were Nigel Davies/Karen Davies, Gareth 'Gog' Jones/Patrick Walsh and Ceri Richards/Aled Jones. After a few near misses in the last few years Davies/Davies eventually managed to win the rally, sealling the victory by being almost thirty seconds quicker than Jones/Walsh at ITC9. They were fortunate however in that they lost over a minute just prior to Petrol when their Escort stalled and wouldn't restart, this would have demoted them to second but for a faulty clock that caused the penalties for the crucial control to be cancelled.

Richards/Jones were the only other crew on the winners' pace but they lost a certain third place when a rotor arm broke on their Escort early in the second half.

There was a close battle for third place albeit four minutes behind the leaders. This was won by Wayne Morris/Paul Middleton who ignored the more local to them Classic Lanes for the truly classic lanes of Map 146 and secured third place as a reward.

Daniel Jones/Daniel Maclachlan were the fastest crew in the second half and they moved up two places in the process taking fourth at the Finish. Jon Stobbs/Gary Robbins continued their good season by taking fifth, only ten seconds off third place. They also won the Under 1400cc Award.

There was a high attrition rate, less than half the field finished. Top seeds, Aled Evans/Eryl Evans, were one of the first retirements, the engine of their Sierra going sick at ITC6. Martyn O'Connor/Peter Collins put their Astra into a ditch just prior to ITC10; they managed to get the car out but, athough the car was driveable, it wasn't up to continued competitive motoring.

Great interest surrounded the return of Eynon Price to road rallying after a lay off of thirteen years, but, partnered by Elgan Davies, he had a short event disappearing on the second section.

The top seed in Class Two after a few years layoff was Gary Davies, with Aled Richards on the maps, he was fancied to take a top result. However their rally came to a sudden end when they crashed their Gareth Lloyd hired Escort in the first half. The accident was a heavy one with the car rolling twice before coming to rest.

Other retirements included:
Alun Davies/Richard Davies - Brakes
Ian Williams/Aled Jones - Head Gasket
Darrell George/Chris Chester - Blown Engine
Geraint Jones/Phil Ralphs - Blown Diff
Wyn 'Spot' Hughes/Paul Jenkins - Crash
Bryan Thomas/Huw Mathias - Crash
Owen Edwards/Dorian Davies - Crash
Rhydian Rees/Joanna Bond - Crash
Karen Morgan/Martin Griffiths - Crash
Alan Hands/Jon Hands - Suspension, only two miles from the finish

Class Two was won by Mark Daniel/Hywel Ifans, who finished ninth, having been just outside the top ten at Petrol. They were just one place in front of second in class Darren Thomas/John Gilbey.

Dorian Davies/Donna Thomas had a minute and a half lead in Class Three at Petrol and seemed to be cruising to a class win and a top fifteen finish when the engine on their Ford Sierra 4x4 went sick in the second half. This left the win to go to Aled Evans/Martin Richards in a Vauxhall Nova.

The Standard Production Award went to Hefin George/Dilwyn John who were competing in the VW Golf they'd used on the Cilwendeg as their Nissan Sunny was still receiving attention to its head gasket. They finished eighth overall.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Nigel Davies	Karen Davies	Ford Escort	1m 19s
	2	Gareth 'Gog' Jones	Patrick Walsh	Ford Escort XR3i	1m 32s
	3	Wayne Morris	Paul Middleton	Ford Escort	5m 17s
	4	Daniel 'Lwni' Jones	Daniel Maclachlan	Ford Escort	5m 21s
	5	Jon Stobbs	Gary Robbins	Toyota Corolla	5m 27s
	6	Kevin Jones	Emyr Jones	Ford Escort XR3i	6m 23s
	7	Adrian Davies	Dorian Davies	Ford Escort	6m 31s
	8	Hefin George	Dilwyn John	VW Golf GTi	6m 47s
	9	Mark Daniel	Hywel Ifans	Peugeot 205 GTi	8m 49s
	10	Darren Thomas	John Gilbey	Vauxhall Astra GTE	9m 17s
	11	Carwyn Evans	Mark Andrews	Vauxhall Astra GTE	9m 48s
	12	Andrew Thomas	Hefin Thomas	Peugeot 205 GTi	9m 53s
	13	Aled Garner	Dylan Garner	Toyota Corolla	10m 34s
	14	Mario Mangano	Leighton Williams	Fiat Tipo	11m 41s
	15	Barry Davies	Mark Lloyd	Peugeot 205 GTi	12m 07s
	16	Robert Mangano	Steve Weston	Ford Escort	12m 33s
	17	Chris Davies	Ian Cooke	Peugeot 205 GTi	13m 29s
	18	Bernard Elliott	Andy Oakes	Ford Sierra 4x4	15m 34s
	19	Aled Evans	Martin Richards	Vauxhall Nova	19m 12s
	20	Arwel Davies	Afan Thomas	Ford Escort Van	21m 24s
	21	Rob Price	Lionel Plant	Vauxhall Astra GTE	21m 40s
	22	Aled James	Philip Griffiths	Vauxhall Nova	30m 40s
	23	Mark Coleman	Christian Male	Ford Escort	37m 55s
	24	Roy Thomas	Michelle Thomas	Peugeot 205 GTi	1F 29m 22s
	25	Sean Crowley	Alex Crowley	Ford Escort	1F 37m 40s
	26	Mike Roberts	David Roberts	Peugeot 309 GTi	1F 41m 02s
	27	Arthur Cole	Hywel Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra GTE	1F 86m 53s
	28	Gethin Lewis	Amanda Maczak	Ford Escort	2F 24m 12s
	29	Hefin Jones	Llinos Jones	Peugeot 205 GTi	2F 27m 32s
	30	Gethin Humphries	Delyth Morgan	Ford Escort	2F 45m 49s
	31	Ceri Jones	Edrian Monk	Peugeot 205 GTi	3F 35m 23s
	32	Mark Hockin	Gary Brown	Ford Escort	3F 55m 43s
	33	Fred Davies	Alan James	Peugeot 205 GTi	3F 60m 21s
	34	Arwel Thomas	Dafydd Jones	Ford Fiesta XR2	6F 33m 10s

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