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RALLY NEWS NO.8 Wrexham..Saturday evening.. UNOFFICIAL LEADERBOARD AFTER STAGE 6 (OVERNIGHT) 1st (2) Mark Higgins/Bryan Thomas (V/hall) 1.29.56.3 2nd (59) Mark Perrott/Garry Mansell (Lancer)1.31.08.6 3rd (3) Neil Wearden/Trevor Agnew (Vauxhall)1.31.31.2 4th (11) Marko Ipatti/Kari Kajula (Lancer) 1.32.06.0 5th (18) Mike Brown/Aled Davies (Lancer) 1.33.03.6 6th (56) Stuart & Steve Egglestone (Lancer) 1.33.23.4 7th (4) Jarmo Kytolehto/Arto Kapanen (CoupeF2)1.33.54.8 8th (16) Gavin Cox/Tim Hobbs (Lancer) 1.34.22.7 9th (27) Johann Kressner/Gunnar Barth (Lancer)1.34.47.8 10th (54) Julian Reynolds/R.Skinner(Celica) 1.35.20.3 11th (22) Richard Davis/David Williams (Lancer)1.35.30.2 12th (21) Nik Elsmore/Jayson Brown (Lancer) 1.35.33.9 13th (8) Mats Andersson/Claire Mole (Satria)1.36.30.2 14th (39) Charlie Jukes/Ieuan Thomas (Proton)1.36.49.7 15th (28) Paul Griffiths/Phil Pugh (Impreza) 1.37.30.5 Mark Higgins has led this rally from stage 2 onwards - Tapio Laukkanen led after stage 1, but crashed the VW Golf out on stage 2. Other major retirements included the 2 Peugeots of Justin Dale (engine) and David Higgins (accident). Juuso Pykalisto's Ford Puma crashed within sight of the start of stage 3 and Swedish driver Per Johansson stopped in stage 5 when he had the Saab up to 10th place. Overnight class leaders include - Jamie Cook from Michael White (both in N1 Skodas): Steve Head in the Team Penquin Proton leads class 2 from Martin Newcombe. Nik Skelton was in front but his Compact lost 7 minutes with rear suspension damage in stage 6. Newcombe was struggling to get to overnight service, his Civic's pulley wheel gone and no charge from the alternator. Simon Thomas/Liz Jordan lead cl.3 from Charlie Exton/Suzanne Emiliani in the Honda Integra. Charlie had some brake problems and also lost some time catching an Astra in stage 5 and 6. Young Italian Marco Veroni is 4th in that class behind Ernie Graham, Veroni struggling with a sick engine, but saying "While there is life I will go on, I really want to finish". Mark Perrott leads gpn from Marko Ipatti from Mike Brown. Gary Furneaux leads cl.6 from Sarah Murray (both in Micras) - Sarah just 3s behind, and has lost a lot of time with a puncture, which she stopped to change. Furneaux incurred road penalties, through inexperience on their first international rally. Mats Andersson leads class 6 from Charlie Jukes, Charlie driving his heart out. Niall McShea now 3rd in class and 16th overall following his most recent mechanical problem. In the PANAROUND/MINTEX 2000 section of the rally - Glyn Jones won by 40s from Steve Petch, with Dave Weston 3rd. Jack Cooke won his class in a Civic and Charles Armstrong clinched his category by 3s from Bob Francis. In the Lex Army Land Rover Challenge - Cpl. Mark Simmons has 2mins advantage over Lbdr Jim Clark with Cpl Mark Saunders 3rd. More in the morning..BRIAN & LIZ PATTERSON
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