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RALLY NEWS
NO.11(A) Monday morning..early! Glengormley
UNOFFICIAL LEADERBOARD AFTER STAGE 12 - LAST STAGE
1st (1) Tapio Laukkanen/Kaj Lindstrom (VW Golf) 2.00.25.3
2nd (11) Marko Ipatti/Teppo Leino (Lancer N) 2.00.28.3
3rd (2) Mark Higgins/Bryan Thomas (Vauxhall) 2.01.22.0
4th (4) Jarmo Kytolehto/Arto Kapanen (Coupe F2) 2.01.57.9
5th (19) Gavin Cox/Tim Hobbs (Lancer N) 2.02.45.6
6th (9) Jani Pirttinen/Tomi Tuominen (VW Golf) 2.03.01.5
7th (3) Neil Wearden/Trevor Agnew (Vauxhall) 2.03.26.8
8th (20) Dave Wood/Les Waterfall (Impreza N) 2.03.29.0
9th (23) Guy Anderson/Dave Taylor (Lancer N) 2.03.59.6
10th (5) Justin Dale/Andrew Bargery (Peugeot) 2.04.30.4
11th (26) Marko Ramanen/Maria Manninen (Civic) 2.04.34.3
12th (21) Nik Elsmore/Jayson Brown (Lancer N) 2.04.58.7
Last minute dramas turned the leaderboard on it's head.
First thing to happen was that Marko Ipatti deliberately incurred
a 10s road penalty at final service, to allow Tapio Laukkanen
into 2nd place. The reason behind this is obscure.
Later in the evening, at post event scrutineering, Neil Simpson's
DGM Lancer was found not to comply with the homologation papers.
The car was therefore ineligible and was excluded. The
problem centred on the front brake pads. The photograph
on the homologation papers showed the friction material to be
slightly shorter than the metal back plate. The friction
material on the pads in the car was the same length as the backing
plate. The officials of the rally had therefore no option
but to exclude the car. There was no suggestion of deliberate
cheating, and in fact it is thought that several competitors
had bought the same over-the-counter pads.
Ironically, there are bigger brakes homologated for the car which
the team was not using. Interestingly, Marko Ipatti's Lancer
was also checked, and was found to have the correct pads.
Obviously the Mobil 1 British Championship points will be altered
from the last Rallynews. Marko Ipatti will increase to
32.
Further to our last Rallynews - Brian Lyall did win the Scottish
Championshp part of the rally, with Trevor Moore 2nd and Gordon
Smith 3rd. This result reinforces Moore's lead at the top of
the points.
International class winners include: Justin Dale in his Peugeot.
Ben Briant in the Ford Puma took class A5. Steve Head in the
Proton won class N2. Ernie Graham won class N3 (Charlie
Exton's Honda stopped with a mechanical problem). Spencer Wilkinson
won class N1 in the Peugeot 105 Rallye. There were 38 finishers
in the International.
BRIAN AND LIZ PATTERSON (with thanks to Davy Patterson/Martin
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