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Malcolm Wilson Rally Results
Third round of the 2008 SG Petch ANECCC Stage Rally Championship moved to Cumbria for the Malcolm Wilson Rally in the Lake District forests. A cold shower day was endured by all the crews, with a new set of names topping the results.
William Jarman/Mark Fisher (Escort Cosworth) led the SG Petch ANECCC contenders from the start with fastest time on 6 of the 7 stages, the new Dunlop tyres they were trying working extremely well, the only stage they were not fastest on was Grizedale North where a high speed spin dropped them 30 seconds. Alex Allingham/Mark Glennerster (Subaru Impreza) finished second, but were held back in the early stages with a slipping clutch. A steady run with no reported problems gave Marcus Noble/Helen Hall (Escort MkII) 3rd, Marcus is obviously best suited to the drivers seat after misdirecting Helen at a split on the Jack Frost resulting in a stage maximum. 4th finishers were Carl and Rob Tuer in their Super 1600 MG ZR, and first in class 6, they again finished with no rear bumper, that’s two on two rallies.
The best supported class among the SG Petch ANECCC competitors was the 1400cc class, with 4 competing crews. 5th finishers were Jayne and David Arden in a hired MG ZR they were using as their own had not been repaired after a mis-hap on the Grizedale Stages, the only problem they experienced all day was two punctures on Grizedale North. Sian Beaty/Julianne Antrobus (KA) and Andrew and Reg Irving (205) both reported no problems but said the stages were very slippy. Going into the last stage they were tied, but Sian and Julianne pulled out a 30 second gap on the last stage. Last SG Petch ANECCC finishers were Nick Morgan/Shaun Leggett (KA) who were suffering from a slipping clutch, and also had a trip into a Grizedale ditch that required spectator power to lift them out.
There were two non finishers, Richard and Edwin Cook (Astra) struggled to solve the electrical fault that put them out of the Riponian, and just made the start, but the problem re-occurred at the start of stage 3. Geoff Wilson/Richard Cooke (Escort MkII) retired at the end of stage 3 with gearbox problems.
Current standings are:-
Driver
1st Carl Tuer on 22 points, with Nick Morgan 2nd on 21, and the 3 rally winners so far, Richard Cook, Malloch Nicoll, William Jarman, all tied on 20 points
Co-driver
1st Rob Tuer on 25 points, with Edwin Cook, Steve Bielby and Mark Fisher all tied on 20 points
Regs for the 4th round of the championship, the Border Counties Rally on the 5th April are now available on the rally website www.bordercountiesrally.co.uk , or if you require a set by snail mail contact Gordon Bradford on 0191 4960926.
The 5th round of the championship is the Pirelli National Rally on the 19th April; regs are now available on the rally website www.pirelliinternationalrally.co.uk
As if notification of regs being available for two rallies is not enough, regs for the 6th round of the championship, The Jim Clark Reivers Rally on 25th May, will be available on 3rd March on the rally website www.jimclarkrally.com
Championship Regulations and Entry Forms are available on the new championship website – www.anecccstagerally.co.uk/regulations.html
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 Malcolm Wilson on: March 3rd, 2008