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Northern Stage Rally ChampionshipBulletin
11 – September 2006 The season marches ever onward and I managed my second run of the year on last weekend’s Pendragon Stages, sitting alongside the 2004 ANCC Champion, Richard Wormald, for the first time. The event saw 20 contenders start but it was not a good day for many – Richard and I included – with only half of those starting getting to the finish. I’ve got to say we had a mixed day – the event was different to anything Richard had tackled before and it was a steep learning curve to get used to the ups and downs and hidden surprises at Warcop. We set some reasonably competitive times but also had a few brushes with the scenery that eventually saw us sat on some rather unforgiving rocks on the penultimate stage that sent us OTL. The event also marked the first retirement of the year for Championship leaders Chris Platt & Mick Robinson although they maintain a healthy lead Fairing rather
better was Colin Smithson who took the highest number of points away
from Penrith with 102 for 3rd in class one, one point ahead
of Martin Farrar & Andy Ward who were 4th in the 2-litre
class. As I’ve already
mentioned, Chris & Mick still lead, in fact they managed to increase
their lead by 20 points. Keith Turner & Steve Ward hold onto second
whilst Stuart Wilson and David Batley move into third spot. In the Tarmacadam
Challenge, 4th in class was sufficient to take last year’s
tarmacadam Champions Steve Crowther & David Batley to the head of
the field with Garry Salmon & Steve Dargan in second followed by
Stuart Wilson & Mick Robinson. There are some close battles for
class position in the Challenge – 13 points separate the top three in
class two whilst 8 separate the top two in class 3. Next Events
Lindisfarne Rally,
10th September - www.tynemouthmotorclub.co.uk Looks like a full entry
for the next event, although there aren’t very many contenders amongst
the entry. I’ll be out again all being well - the car hasn’t yet
been fixed since blowing its engine last October! What is it about rally
drivers and leaving it to the last minute?!! The event runs on pace
notes (with a recce) on the Trackrod
Clubman’s Forest Rally, 7th October – www.rallyyorkshire.co.uk Regs have recently
been sent out for the next forest event. Please note that it runs on
Saturday 7th, not Sunday 8th as indicated in the
Championship regs. There are many different events running within Rally
Yorkshire, TO SCORE POINTS YOU MUST ENTER THE CLUBMAN’S TROPHY
EVENT. This offers 54 miles of stages in Langdale, Dalby, Cropton
& Gale Rigg with the Pickering Showground stage for good measure.
Entry fee is £375. Contact is Chris Sanderson, 01937 587508 Regs are now
available on the website and printed sets should be sent shortly (slight
delay with the printers). The event is the final round of the Tarmacadam
& Multi-Use Challenges and is held at Desborough Airfield,
Wilbarston in Northamptonshire – easily accessible from the M1.
Approx. 60 miles are on offer for £190. Event Contact is Julie Kelly,
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