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Northern Stage Rally ChampionshipBulletin
11 – October 2004
With
two events since the last update and now only one event to go some
things have been sorted but most of the awards are still to be decided.
But first the latest events…. The
Trackrod Clubman’s Trophy Rally followed the Sunday stages of the BRC
event using three long forest stages and the two short blasts round the
Pickering Showground stage. 20 contenders took the start. Top score went
to Trevor and Pam Silcock who guided their Impreza to 5th in
class for 99 points. Nick Dobson / Jamie Forrest and Chris Peart /
Gordon Blythe kept the pressure on at the top of the Championship. The
following week it was down to Manby for the Harold Palin Memorial Stages
and can you believe it, Eastwood &DMC managed to run some of the
loose in October that was washed out in July on the Opposite Lock – is
the British weather going mad?! Again
there were 20 contenders and with many of the top crews failing to
finish there were some impressive results for our crews with contenders
taking 2nd, 3rd and 4th overall (Greg
Wilkinson / Jonathan Padgett, Richard Wormald / Dave Hammond and Mark
Thompson / Giles Dykes) and 5 out of the top 10 positions.
Top score went to Greg & Jonathan, closely followed by the
class 2 winners Chris Platt and Mad Mick Robinson (113 points) and
Richard & Dave (108). The
result was sufficient to give Richard a decent 50 point lead over Nick
in the overall driver’s Championship going into the last round –
although Richard can count another score and Nick has to drop a
non-finish Richard has never been in the forests and the last round is
in Grizedale! Should be an interesting finish to the year – may the
best man win. Other possibilities at the top : Mark Thompson could still
take the Championship with a good result in Grizedale but so far he has
not started a MV event – a similar story for Chris Platt who could
still finish 2nd or 3rd overall. Chris Peart and
Greg can also both potentially take 2nd or 3rd. In
the Navigator’s Championship one thing is certain - Dave Hammond is
now unbeatable and is Champion – Congratulations! Seven other
Navigators have the potential to finish 2nd or 3rd
– Jonathan Padgett, Giles Dykes, Gordon Blythe, Gavin Wright, Jamie
Forrest, Michael Robinson and Steve Ward. I think that this is the most
open the overall awards have been going into the last round for many
years. Good luck to you all if you take on the challenge of Grizedale. With
so much still to be decided in the overall awards it’s still not
certain who will take the SV and MV challenge and class awards until
after Grizedale. For instance if Chris Platt, Mark and Richard take
overall awards this will mean that Robert Barrett would take the SV
Driver’s award. Only in December will all become clear! Next Events Grizedale
Stages (www.grizedalestages.co.uk) Entries are filling up fast –
see online entries to date. The event on Saturday 4th
December 2004 starts from Coniston with two long stages in Grizedale,
followed by service at Park Coppice caravan site. Then the two short
stages in Dunnerdale and back for 2nd
service, followed by a repeat of the mornings two stages in Grizedale.
43 stage miles in total. Paterson route notes are available for the
first time. Contact
Sarah Moore, 01946
841332 Next
Year Thanks
to those of you that have let me have comments and suggestions for next
year. I should be able to announce the format and calendar shortly. Good
luck up in Cumbria to those that make the trip. Mike
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