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RALLY NEWS
NO.5
Grandstand/Service/Saturday
1pm
UNOFFICIAL
LEADERBOARD AFTER STAGE 10
Brack a Broom
1ST
(6) Melvyn Evans/Alun Davies
(Escort WRC) 1.21.41.4
2nd
(7) Mark Perrott/Garry Mansell
(Escort WRC) 1.22.13.2
3rd
(3) David Mann/Alun Cook (Impreza)
1.22.16.5
4th
(2) John Price/Caroline Price
(Metro 6R4) 1.22.30.7
5th
(8) Roger Duckworth/Mark
Broomfield (Impreza) 1.22.42.3
6th
(26) John Dalton/Gwynfor Jones
(Darrian) 1.23.26.9
7th
((20) Steve Hendy/Mark Milton (Esc.Cos)
1.23.34.9
8th
(4) Tony Davies/Brian Hardie
(Metro 6R4) 1.24.24.1
9th
(1) Ken McKinstry/Noel Orr (Impreza)
1.24.34.1
10th
(18) Cahal Arthurs/Paul McCann
(Celica) 1.24.39.0
11th
Worswick: 12th
Mercer: 13th Watson:
14th Fowden: 15th
Batty
Out at the
front of the rally Melvyn Evans
is still the man to beat, 2nd
placed Mark Perrott is losing
ground, and is being overhauled
by David Mann, while Kenny
McKinstry continues to scythe
through the field.
Here at service after
stage 10 Evans commented “We
lost a few seconds in stage 9
when the engine developed an
intermittent misfire. We
changed the spark plugs at
management service, and
everything was fine through
stage 10.”
Mark Perrott told us
“I’m dropping back,
there’s a front strut burst
and he is bottoming out. The
anti roll bar’s gone, I’m
going as hard as I dare but my
confidences is going as
well”.
David Mann on the other
hand is gaining confidence by
the mile, as he beds into his
newly rebuilt Subaru.
David is only a few
seconds behind Mark and looks
more than likely to take top
Kumho ANCRO points here.
Kenny
McKinstry is also on a points
charge.
He was fastest by far
through stages 9 and 10 and
said “I’m really enjoying
the rally again. The more
technical the stages the better
for me. The car still is not
handling the best.
We changed a drive shaft
at last service which didn’t
leave much time for other
things. We’ve set the
tracking and now we need to
sort the cambers”.
Stage 10 was not a great
one for the Metro men – they
nearly all had to reverse at
the hairpin.
John Price commented
“Apart from the hairpin,
we’d been going well, any
faster and I’ll put the car
off”.
Latest
retirement would appear to be
Phil Colllins. After having set
some fantastic times in his Mk2
Escort, he has had a crash over
very fast 1 right into 1 left
over bumps section and the car
is going no further today.
That was in stage 9, the
Braaid, the same spot, we
think, where Laukkanen crashed
a couple of times. This leaves
John Dalton leading his class
and that is despite a Rhode
Island Red dicing itself
through the grille of his
Darrian.
Behind
Dalton is Steve Hendy who has
now settled into a fast pace.
Tony Davies is hanging
grimly on to 8th,
Tony suffering from a flu
fever. Cahal Arthurs has moved into 10th despite his
Celica having anti lag
problems.
News of
further retirements
includes….Mark Morgan pulling
out following turbo trouble.
John Indri has gone with
gearbox maladies on his Metro.
Steve Petch’s Hyundai is
missing from the time sheets
– reason unknown. More later.
BRIAN AND LIZ PATTERSON
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