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Greenleaves Rally 1998

Sixty & Worcestershire Motor Club

4th/5th April 1998

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The Northern crew of Terry Pressdee/Ian Tullie took their Chevette to victory on the Greenleaves Rally in Mid-Wales. It was a demanding event that was badly affected by the cancellation of a key element of the route in the second half.

The rally used, that rarity for current Welsh road rallies, plot and bash navigation, and although only straightforward map references were used, Sixty & Worcestershire MC put on an event that kept navigators under pressure for the entire route. It was a round of both the Welsh and North Western Road Rally Championships.

The early pace was set by the Toyota Corolla of Peter Zjalic/Richard Preece, who led at the petrol halt. However a number of time consuming wrong slots in the second half meant that they could only manage seventh overall at the finish. Huw James/Patrick Walsh also started well and, despite being delayed by a non-competing car, were only 12 seconds down on Zjalic/Preece at the halfway point. Unfortunately later on an alternator failure saw the Aberyswyth crew struggle to the end and, having to cut route, they finished in 22nd place.

It was not a good night for the top seeds as the Escorts of Paul Holmberg/Ian Vale and Pete Cotton/Dave Pitchford had both retired by Petrol. Meanwhile Graham Evans/Ian Mills in their Toyota Corolla were to complete the rally with the least time penalties of any crew, but picked up a fail for an incorrect code board, thus relegating them to ninth place.

Toby Adams/Pat Gadsby had picked up a fail in the first half and were then excluded for failing to visit the final Main Control. While Moonbeam winners Dennis Quinn/Andrew Thomson had their first unsuccessful outing of the year as they came home in 14th.

The fifteen mile section after the halfway halt was the most demanding of the night but had to be discounted from the final results after the Escort of Dave Boucher/Jon Stobbs spun and blocked the road midway through the section. The car was eventually moved but by that stage a large number of crews had re-routed. At the Finish these crews were initially awarded large penalties for the controls they had been forced to miss, however these were eventually withdrawn by the organisers.

The results then showed that Pressdee/Tullie, who had been eighth at Petrol, had cleaned the sections that had survived the cancellations in the second half. They therefore had almost a minute's cushion over the Escort of Wayne Morris/Paul Middleton. Neil Griffiths/Carl Williamson took third, the same position as they held at the halfway point. Alyson Acreman/Byron Jones were fourth, with Bernie Harrison/Ken Owen fifth.

Keith Parry/Perry Roe were the comfortable winners in the Semi-Expert Class, bringing their Opel Manta home in twelfth overall despite having to struggle without a clutch for the final 20 miles. The rally proved a tough test for the novices with only three being classified as finishers. Howard Dray/Mark Jones won the class, bringing their Astra home six minutes in front of the Escort of Mark Harris/Mark Powell.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	Terry Pressdee	Iain Tullie	Vauxhall Chevette	5m 32s
	2	Wayne Morris	Paul Middleton	Ford Escort	6m 19s
	3	Neil Griffiths	Carl Williamson	Ford Escort	6m 47s
	4	Alyson Acreman	Byron Jones	Vauxhall Nova	8m 13s
	5	Bernie Harrison	Ken Owen	Ford Escort	8m 31s
	6	Brian Harrison	Cliff Washbrook	Ford Escort	11m 53s
	7	Peter Zjalic	Richard Preece	Toyota Corolla	14m 33s
	8	Nick Broadway	Andy Oakes	Ford Sierra	37m 09s
	9	Graham Evans	Ian Mills	Toyota Corolla	1F 4m 32s
	10	Karl Hancock	Steve Durbin	Ford Escort	1F 6m 57s
	11	Martyn Evans	Ceri Davies	Nissan Micra	1F 19m 30s
	12	Keith Parry	Perry Roe	Opel Manta	1F 27m 08s
	13	Neil Lewis	John Thornton	Lancia Delta	1F 35m 03s
	14	Dennis Quinn	Andrew Thomson	Ford Escort	2F 7m 03s
	15	Chris Evans	Nigel Nelson	Ford Escort	2F 14m 28s
	16	Richard Roberts	Steven Roberts	Ford EScort	2F 35m 54s
	17	Stephen Davies	Phil MacDonell	Ford Fiesta	4F 22m 42s
	18	Peter Crighton	Amanda Ceely	Peugeot 205	4F 39m 22s
	19	Ryan Leary	Debra Joseph	Ford Fiesta	5F 37m 21s
	20	Nick Bloxham	Martyn Allen	Peugeot 205	5F 42m 31s
	21	Damian Thomas	Darren Miles	Ford Escort	5F 59m 02s
	22	Huw James	Patrick Walsh	Ford Escort	6F 27m 45s
	23	Andy James	Dave Howells	Ford Escort	6F 35m 30s
	24	Howard Dray	M W Jones	Vauxhall Astra	9F 49m 59s
	25	Mark Harris	Mark Powell	Ford Escort	9F 54m 16s
	26	Gareth Bevan	Neil Bevan	Skoda Favorit	21F 55m 06s
	27	Anton Du Croq-Slip	Richard Jones	Mini GT1295	46F 57m 19s

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