Rally Archive
Powys Lanes Rally
Sponsored by DG Jones Agri Ltd
Epynt Motor Club
29th/30th September 2012
Clerk of the Course: Ceri Davies & Doody Farmer
Route: 120 Miles
Maps: 147, 148 & 161
Starters: 46
Winners: Steve Davies/Carl Williamson (Ford Escort)
Former Motoring News Championship front runner Steve Davies made a triumphant return to the winners circle when he and navigator, WRC contender Carl Williamson, won the Powys Lanes Rally.
The pair finished 34 seconds ahead of Wyn Owens/Jenny Evans having moved up from sixth at the halfway point. Steve King, another MN Championship regular, finished in third with Jon Hawkins on the maps.
The event ended in controversy as Irfon Richard/Michael Gilbey were excluded for illegal servicing. They had led by a minute at Petrol and would have won by over four minutes but for the transgression at the halfway halt.
It wasn’t a good night for the highest placed starters: Mark ‘GT’ Roberts/Steve Herbert lost time when they went off the road on a track, this meant that they were only in ninth at Petrol, they retired with a broken shaft in the second half. The same failure ended the run of Jamie Jukes/Edryd Evans, while John Davies/Dale Bowen lost out on a possible victory when they went off.
Craig Judd/Paul Tod missed a certain win after they picked up a fail for booking in early at the first control after Petrol.
RESULTS
- Overall Positions
- Award Winners
- Time Penalty Details
- Fails and PC/RC Penalties
- Positions at Petrol
- List of Starters
- Non-Finishers