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Northern Stage Rally ChampionshipBulletin
3 – February 2005 Well what a challenge
the North West Stages was. 22 stages, 80 stage miles, 5 venues, 11 hours
non-stop Motorsport. I’m still catching my breath! I managed to bump
into a few people but apologies if I didn’t manage to say Hello –
with the intensity of the day and a number of retirements it was harder
than I predicted to get round everyone.
The event, based in Blackpool included stages on the promenade,
Pontins, Weeton, Clifton Sewerage Works and the Leyland Test Track.
There were some great results with Andy Bird / Plug Pulleyn taking an
excellent 2nd overall to pick up 116 points. Mick Davey /
Martin Pullan took the class 3 victory from Mark Thompson / Giles Dykes
and Matt Tarbutt and I won class 1, although without road penalties we
would have only beaten Steve Crowther / David Batley by 3 seconds. Steve
& David claimed third in class. I’ve got to say though that it was
an eventful day – a few spins, a wrong slot down a dead-end at Weeton,
a (far too) near encounter with Mssrs Deegan & Smith after the merge
at Weeton (not the way to treat your championship coordinator!), and a
bout of mal de Nav. At least our dramas weren’t too costly – there
were lots of crews with more serious problems. The high rate of
attrition meant that only 49 of the 110 starters made it back to Pontins.
The results mean that Andy & Plug take the lead in the
Overall and Tarmacadam tables from John Deegan & Chris Smith who
debuted their Civic Type R at Blackpool. Roger Priestnall / James Orton
are in third overall, whilst Steve Crowther & David Batley are third
in the Tarmacadam Challenge. Next Events
The Alternative Sign Centre Robin Hood Stages,
Sunday 13th March, www.robinhoodforeststages.co.uk Offering 40+ stages miles in the Nottinghamshire
Forests, Lindholme MC’s event is based at the Clumber Park Hotel.
Event contact is Meredith Combs, 01302 880730. Wold Construction North Humberside Forest Rally,
Saturday 2nd April, www.northhumbersideforestrally.org.uk Regs have been sent out, so if you haven’t
received a set please contact Alan Carvell, 01482 840756 or download from the
website. Contrary to the last bulletin, the event will not be using
Oliver’s Mount this year, concentrating all the stage mileage into the
forests. As a round of the ever-popular BTRDA
series you are reminded to expect entries to be filled quickly, so don't
delay if you want a run. Phoenix
Stages, Saturday 16th April The next multi-use round will take place at
Fulbeck, Lincolnshire on mixed surface stages. Regs should be with you
shortly as I have sent out address labels to the organisers today. Event
contact is Joy Collins, 0115 938 6251 Miscellaneous
All drivers should now have received decals. If you haven’t
then let me know. Congratulations for the first obliteration of stickers
goes to Alan Richardson who wiped his out on the Kall Kwik (come on
Alan, it wasn’t even a Championship round!). You will , if you receive
the printed bulletin, have noticed that you only have the overall and
Tarmacadam results this time. To keep printing costs and time down I
will only be sending out the updated results of the particular challenge
that the last event(s) count for. This should help get results to you
quicker and avoid duplication of non-updated results. Good luck on the Robin Hood. Mike |