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Bulletin – 02/09
Richard and Edwin Cook made the most of their prize drive in Steve Petch’s Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 that they got for winning the 2008 S G Petch ANECCC Stage Rally Championship, by taking maximum points in the first round of the 2009 championship on the Cartersport Jack Frost Stages at Croft. The early stages were very slippy with many spins, the surface dried out in the cold wind until the last two stages when the rain arrived.
Richard and Edwin were in the top six overall all day but two fast times on the last two stages pulled them up to 4th at the finish, this is one place higher than they got with their 2007 prize drive in last years Jack Frost Stages. The battle for 2nd place points was close all day with Kev Dunn/Alison Woodcock (Subaru Impreza) and Alistair Hutchinson/ St John Dykes (Renault Clio) only being separated by seconds all day. Hutchinson/Dykes edged out a same gap on the 6th stage but on the final dark stage Dunn/Woodcock pulled back 15 seconds to win the battle by one second. Second place co-drivers points was taken by Giles Dykes, St John’s brother, who was in with John Deegan, and who finished one place above Dunn/Woodcock in 8th overall.
The next 4 championship places were taken by competitors in the highly competitive 1600cc class, Des Campbell/James Braithwaite (Peugeot 206) were inside the top 15 all day, and only lost the overall 1600cc award on a tie breaker. Second 1600cc championship competitors were Barry and Michael Lindsay (Peugeot 106) who after a slow started pulled up the leader board to finish 16th overall. The 3rd and 4th 1600cc competitors were the Vauxhall Corsa’s of Geoff Harkness/Caroline Lodge and Kev Monaghan/Chris Purvis who were only 2 seconds apart at the finish.
In the other class Martin Breen/Simon Graham (Peugeot 106) led home Andrew and Reg Irving (Peugeot 205). Mark and Matthew Thompson (Peugeot 206) finished second in the 2000cc class, behind Hutchinson/Dykes, despite attacking a straw bale chicane on the first stage leaving their Peugeot looking very second hand. The over 2000cc class was won by Geoff Wilson/Sean O’Neill (Ford Escort MkII) despite spinning over the line on one stage and inflicting panel damage against a wooden fence.
The current points standing is:-
Drivers Co Driver
Richard Cook – 20 pts Edwin Cook – 20 pts
Kev Dunn – 15 pts Giles Dykes – 15 pts
Alistair Hutchinson – 12 pts Alison Woodcock – 12 pts
Des Campbell – 10 pts St John Dykes – 10 pts
Round 2 is the Riponion Stages Rally on the 15th February, full details and regs are available at www.riponmotorsportsclub.co.uk Event base at Thirsk Auction Mart / Rural Business Centre. This offers excellent facilities with ample parking, hard surfaces, toilets, a café that is geared up to satisfy farmer’s appetites and pockets, etc. Scrutineering, Documentation, Rally HQ, Start, Main Service and Finish will all be centred at this one location. 40 stage miles, 81 road miles. Two loops of six stages each, with a return to Thirsk for Main Service between loops. Auxilliary short service point, mid-loop, accessible only to “management” type cars. Classes for Modern, 4WD and Historic cars.
Regulations for the 3rd round, the Malcolm Wilson Rally in the Lake District forest on the 7th March will be available soon at www.malcolmwilson.co.uk
The regulations for round 4, the Border Counties Rally on the 21st March in Keilder forest will also be available shortly at www.bordercountiesrally.co.uk
If anyone has any questions please contact.
Gordon Dundee
S G Petch ANECCC Stage Rally Championship Coordinator
Home - 0191 3773228
Mobile - 07799 140427
E-mail - gordon@dundee.fsworld.co.uk.
Posted in Bulletins on: February 16th, 2009