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Bulletin – 04/11
The Lake District forests were the next port of call for the competitors in the SG Petch ANECCC Stage Rally Championship, when they took part in the Malcolm Wilson Rally. They were greeted with stages in a much more enjoyable condition than last years snow and ice, competitors praised the condition of the stages but they reported that the first couple of stages were very slippy.
After losing out in the battle for the 2010 championship, 2009 champions Richard and Edwin Cook (Subaru Impreza) started their challenge to regain the championship with maximum points, in 10th place overall. They had a clean run all day with only an intermittent intercom causing them any trouble. Second place SG Petch ANECCC points went to the historic specification Ford Escort of Charlie Taylor and Steve Bielby, as with most competitors the slippy early stages were their only difficulty, but it didn’t slow them down and the finished first historic car home. Second historic car to finish was the MkII Escort of Warren Philliskirk who this week was navigated by the SG Petch championship registered co-driver, Matt Whattam, despite pushing all day they couldn’t quite catch Charlie. Third place registered crew were the Barnard Castle team of John Bainbridge/St John Dykes (Subaru Impreza), it was only at the arrival of the first stage did they find out that St John’s helmet intercom plug did not match that the plug in the car. The only way they could communicate was to have the road head set round his neck with the mike somewhere near his mouth, which caused some intermittent communications. Only 6 seconds behind John were the 4th place ANECCC crew of Geoff Wilson/Sean O’Neill (Ford Escort), who were having their first event since blowing their engine on last Augusts Pendragon Stages, and their first time in the forests since last years Malcolm Wilson. The only problem they had to overcome was a loose starter motor, which was easily fixed.
There then followed a very close battle for the 1600cc class with three crews covered by six seconds. At the finish the battle was won by historic specification Ford Escort MkI of Neil Rudd and Brian Hodgson, who after having the exhaust fall off on the Riponian, had the manifold break today, but a quick call home to Carlisle and a replacement was available at service. Two seconds behind were Dave Crozier/Graeme Rumney (Peugeot 205) who didn’t appear to be slowed when they lost their brakes on the second stage when a brake pipe burst. Third in this battle were Phil and Caroline Jobson (Ford Escort) who experienced gear selection problems, causing Phil some pain due to a blister on his had.
The remaining SG Petch ANECCC finishers were Joanna Wickham/Josh Davison (Subaru Impreza) who enjoyed the stages much better than the snow covered ones on the Riponian. Sian Beaty/Simon Martin (Ford KA) also enjoyed a clean run with no reported problems. Caroline Lodge is the only person to compete on all of the first three rounds of the championship, with three different drivers, this week she was co-driving David Edwards (Vauxhall Astra), who was experiencing difficulties in selecting second gear, but these were rectified at final service.
Of the unfortunate competitors that failed to finish worst affect were current champions Michael Glendinning/Andrew Roughhead (Subaru Impreza) who rolled into a ditch on the first stage, they headed home to start fixing the car is they have an entry in the Tour of Eypnt Rally next weekend. Making a return to rallying after his illness was Andrew Irving, co-driven by his father Reg, they had a good run on the first two stages but stopped with car troubles on the 3rd. Also on the retirement list were Nigel Feeney/Peter McLean (Subaru Impreza) who retired on stage 5 with gearbox problems.
After three round the current points standings are:-
Drivers
Charlie Taylor 30 pts, Michael Glendinning 21 pts, Simon Moore, Neil Rudd and Richard Cook 20 pts, and John Bainbridge on 18 pts.
Co-drivers.
Steve Bielby 30 pts, St John Dykes 25 pts, Andrew Roughhead 21 pts, Janice Moore, Matt Whattam and Edwin Cook on 20 pts.
Round 4 of the SG Petch ANECCC Championship is in 2 weeks, the Brick and Steel Border Counties Rally in Keilder forest, on the 19th March. Full details and regulations are available on the rally website www.bordercountiesrally.co.uk
There is then a seven week break in the championship until the SG Petch Tour of Hamsterley Rally on the 8th May. Following the sale of Stag forest this years Tour of Hamsterley will only have stages in Hamsterley forest; the event will be based at a new base at Wilson Art in Shildon. Full details and regulations will be available on the rally website www.tourofhamsterley.co.uk in early March.
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, Malcolm Wilson on: March 7th, 2011
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