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Northern Stage Rally ChampionshipBulletin
6 – April 2005 The
latest round of the Championship was the Phoenix Stages, held at Fulbeck.
Counting towards the Multi-Use Challenge the event was held on mixed
surface stages that seem to have offered a real challenge to a number of
crews. Continuing their excellent start to the year, Roger Priestnall
and Jamie Forrest took top points (110) after winning the 1600cc class,
giving Roger a comfortable 137 point lead in the overall Championship
and moving Jamie into 3rd spot. Stephen Oade / Tim Croft also
won their class, collecting 108 points for heading the 1400cc class.
John Deegan and Chris Smith also put in a good performance in their new
Honda Civic, despite a rather poor seeding. John moves up to 3rd
overall behind Dave Hemingway and Chris moves to 2nd overall
to put the pressure on Plug Pulleyn who has missed the last couple of
rounds. The
results from the Phoenix mean that the Multi-Use Challenge scores are
extremely tight, with Roger leading by just a single point from Stephen
who in turn is one point ahead of John. In the Multi-Use Navigators
table Tim again leads by a single point from Chris with St John Dykes
moving up to third. Looks like this challenge is worth keeping a close
eye on with 3 more multi-use events in the next two months. Next
Events
Event
organisers seem to be on the ball with the next four events having regs
out. John
Overend Memorial Rally, Sunday 15th May, www.northhumbersidemotorclub.co.uk This
event will run at Melbourne near York. 52 miles of mixed surface stages
are on offer for £165. You should have received regs by now so if not,
please contact Cynthia
Mumby
01482 840756. Up to date entries are
shown on the website. Proflex
Stages, Saturday 28th May, www.proflexrally.co.uk It
would appear that this event has been heavily over subscribed and that
many people have got “deferred” entries for this popular event at
the Leyland test track. I understand that the organisers will be giving
priority on the remaining spaces to championship contenders so I will do
what I can to try and ensure you get a run. Event contact is Jill
Foster, 01254 872935. Rainworth
Skoda Dukeries Rally, Saturday 18th June, www.dukeries-rally.co.uk Regs
for the next forest event will be sent out in early May. This event is
likely to be popular as a round of the BTRDA as well as many regional
championships. Tudor
Glass Torque Bac Stages, Sunday 26th June, www.torquebac.co.uk Bury
AC’s event is to be held at Swinderby near Lincoln.
Event : 8 Stages offering approximately 65 Stage Miles on tarmac and
concrete runways and perimeter roads for £170. Event
contact is John Cope, 0161
761 1847 Enjoy
the delights of Melbourne if you’re out on the next round. Mike
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