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Northern Stage Rally ChampionshipBulletin
9 – July 2004
We have had a couple of rounds since the last update as
I did not manage to get a bulletin together between the Armstrong Massey
Rally and the Opposite Lock Rally due to being heavily involved in the
organisation of the latter event. Both had
good turnouts with 26 contenders on the AMR and 39 on the Opp Lock. The Armstrong Massey ran at Melbourne and the
organisers, Beverley & District MC were able
to offer some changes to the usual stage layouts. It was a good event
for contenders, winning three out of the four classes on the event. Top
score (112) went to Nick Dobson & Jamie Forest for winning the
2-litre class in their Mark 2 Escort. One point behind was David Duff,
winner in the 1600 class, just ahead of Robert Barrett / Gavin Wright
who won the 1400cc class. The Opposite Lock was run by Slaithwaite MC and
Huddersfield MC at Manby Showground. Although the event planned to run a
mixture of tarmac and loose stages, the wet weather leading up to the
event meant that the clay surface of the loose tracks was
undriveable and the
organisers could not event get a tractor
onto them to set the stages up, so the stages were all tarmac. The event
attracted a capacity entry but it was Richard Wormald / Dave Hammond
that came away with the best score and ANCC Championship trophies for 4th
in the 2-litre class (108 points). Next best score, 105, went to Mark
Thompson / Giles Dykes, 5th in the same class, and Chris
Platt / Michael Robinson, 2nd in the 1600cc class. Martin
Kilburn / Tim Buckley were not so fortunate, rolling their Escort three
times after clouting
tyres. Not to be deterred though, they patched the car back
together and continued in the trophy rally with smiles on their faces
all afternoon! With all this going on Nick Dobson has moved into the
overall driver’s lead, but only 3 points ahead of Richard Wormald.
Chris Peart is in third. Dave Hammond retains the overall navigator’s
lead from Gordon Blythe. Jamie Forrest moves into third spot. In the SV
Challenge, Richard leads from Mark Thompson and Robert Barrett with Dave
leading Gavin Wright and Giles Dykes. The classes are also getting more
interesting with John Deegan / Chris Smith (yes, another retirement on
the OL!) leading the 1400cc class by a sole point from Robert and Gavin.
David Duff and Michael Robinson lead the 1600cc class. Nick leads
Richard by 3 points in the 2-litre drivers’ class but Dave Hammond has
a healthier lead in the 2-litre Navigators category. Jon and Jane Fox
lead class 4 but again by a narrow margin. Next
Events Wolds Rally www.woldsrally.co.uk The event will be held
at Swinderby and you should all have received regs by now. If not please
contact Avril Clark, 01724 342821 superavril@aol.com HELP! I will soon be starting
the unenviable task of compiling next year’s calendar.
I would be grateful if you could help me in two areas – firstly
to ensure that your club has submitted it’s dates for it’s rallies
for 2005 to the ANCC Secretary and that any clashes are resolved and
secondly to let me know your preferences for events to be included –
as long as they are run by an ANCC club they have a chance. I look
forward to your comments. Mike
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