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Bulletin – 08/11
After four rallies in the forests the competitors in the SG Petch ANECCC Stage Rally Championship returned to tarmac for the first time since the Jack Frost Stages at the beginning of January, on the roads of the Warcop Ranges for the Stobart Rail Pendragon Stages. The Pendragon Stages normally runs at the end of August but due to an army training exercise it had to move to the only alternative available date on the 22nd May. The weather was a tyre choice nightmare with short dry spells between heavy showers.
Taking their second 3rd place overall and maximum SG Petch points on consecutive rallies were Richard and Edwin Cook (Subaru Impreza). Like most competitors they were on the wrong tyres most of the day but had a clean run and steadily climbed from 9th overall after the first stage to their final finishing position of 3rd overall. One place behind the Cooks were the Lindsays, Barry and Michael, in their 1600cc Peugeot 106. Barry had a storming drive on stage one with fourth fastest overall, as the roads dried they dropped to 9th but in the later stages they pulled back up to 4th overall and a committed drive on the last stage, with a second fastest overall, which was two seconds faster than rally winner William Stobart in his Focus World Rally car, secured 4th overall and 2nd place SG Petch ANECCC points.
Alistair Hutchinson is usually found driving his gas powered Renault Clio but this weekend he changed sides to co-drive for Mark Thompson in his Peugeot 206 in a rally at Blyton on Saturday. After finishing that rally they made a phone call and got a very late entry for the Pendragon. With a clean run they finished 15th overall and 3rd in the 2000cc class, and Alistair has now scored points in both the drivers and co-drivers championship. Third placed SG Petch crew to finish were Dave Crozier/Graeme Rumney (Peugeot 205), running on forest tyres for most of the day as they didn’t have any tarmac wets didn’t stop them catching other cars. On one stage they caught the car in front but they wouldn’t let them pass, a gentle tap let them know that someone wanted passed, they moved over and let Dave passed, but in his excitement at getting passed he overshot the next corner, and he was repassed.
Other SG Petch ANECCC Championship finishers were two co-drivers competing with non championship registers drivers. Andrew Roughead had a fraught day with Peter Taylor in has new Renault Clio, twice ending up in ditches, luckily with no major damage. Going into the last stage Colin Tombs, co-driving Marcus Tinsley in his 1400 Peugeot 205, were leading the 1400cc class, but an off resulted in a stage maximum and they slipped to 3rd in class.
After six round the current points standings are:-
Drivers
Richard Cook 80 pts, Michael Glendinning 46 pts, Charlie Taylor 42 pts, Barry Lindsay 39 pts, Joanna Wickham and John Bainbridge 27 pts
Co-drivers.
Edwin Cook 80 pts, Steve Bielby 42 pts, Andrew Roughhead 41 pts, Michael Lindsay 37pts, St John Dykes 35 pts, and Caroline Lodge 28 pts
Next week the competitors head across the Scottish border for the only closed road rally in the championship, the Jim Clark Reivers Rally. Full details are available on the rally website www.jimclarkrally.com
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After 3 rounds in four weeks there is then a six week break before the P&R Benn Greystoke Stages Rally on the 10th July. The rally offers 38 stage miles all inside Greystoke Forest for £295. Full details, regs and on-line entry are available on the rally website www.greystokestages.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, Pendragon Stages on: May 22nd, 2011
Bulletin – 06/11
As most of you will already be aware the Stobart Rail Pendragon Stages has had to move from its traditional end of August date to the 22nd May, due to the unavailability of the Warcop Ranges. The 22nd May is also the reece day for the Jim Clark Reivers Rally which is also a round of the SG Petch ANECCC Stage Rally Championship, which makes it difficult for competitors to compete on both. To accommodate both rallies competitors will not be able to score points on both rallies, and if they are planning to do both must state before the start of the Pendragon which rally they wish to have as their counting event. This will also mean that the SG Petch ANECCC Stage Rally Championship will now be the best 7 out of 12 rounds counting. As the Pendragon is fully contained on Warcop Ranges the total mileage will be approx 55 miles in the form of 8 special stages on good macadam and concrete roads, with some short sections of well-compacted gravel all on private property. The public highway will not be used for link sections; therefore cars do not need to be taxed. Regs and on-line entry is now available at www.rallies.info/webentry/2011/pendragon
But before the Pendragon the next round of the SG Petch ANECCC Stage Rally Championship is 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 are available on the rally website www.tourofhamsterley.co.uk
Regulations are also available for the only closed road rally in the championship, the Jim Clark Reivers Rally in the Scottish Borders on the 29th May. Full details are available on the rally website www.jimclarkrally.com
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, Pendragon Stages on: April 15th, 2011