RALLY NEWS NO.10                           Pickering showground/Sunday 2.15
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UNOFFICIAL LEADERBOARD AFTER STAGE 14 Pike Hill (Last stage)
1ST (12) Jonny Milner/Nicky Beech (Corolla WRC) 1.39.37.1
2ND (16) Julian Reynolds/Ieuan Thomas (Impreza) 1.41.21.7
3RD (14) Steve Petch/John Richardson (Accent WRC) 1.41.27.2
4TH (3) Gwyndaf Evans/Chris Patterson (MG ZR) 1.45.50.2
5th (20) Nigel Heath/Steve Lancaster (Impreza WRC) 1.46.36.3
6th (2) Guy Wilks/Roger Herron (Ford Puma) 1.46.36.7
7th (5) Kris Meeke/Glenn Patterson (Ford Puma) 1.47.05.7
8th (24) Phil Morgan/Martin Douglas (Impreza N) 1.48.06.6
9th (23) Jeremy & Paul Nolan (Lancer N) 1.49.17.1
10th (25) Geoff Smith/Andy Juniper (Lancer N) 1.49.48.7

It is fitting indeed that Jonny Milner has won the Pirelli British Championship here on his home rally, and the icing on the cake for the Driffield man is winning the rally outright as well.  This Trackrod Rally with the stages through the beautiful Yorkshire forests has been a particularly successful event on its first time as a counter in the British Rally Championship. When Jonny and co driver Nicky Beech arrived into Pickering service for the final time, Jonny, who has tried so hard for 13 years to win the British title was surprisingly cool, and observed "We sort of forgot we were leading the rally, just got on with the job. We were built up for a big fight with Justin before the rally, and that was over so early, we just had to settle back and do the job. Of course, it is a very special day for myself, Nicky and the team""
There was a brilliant battle for 2nd place between Julian Reynolds and Steve Petch, with Reynolds getting ahead 2 stages before the finish. Julian said "We had a bit of a go, it was hard work, the power steering packed up towards the end and Steve Petch was going very hard as well. A good battle".  Nigel Heath in the Subaru WRC got the hammer down to just get in front of Guy Wilks for 5th place.  Phil Morgan retained his gpN lead despite putting his Subaru on its roof briefly in Pike Hill, but he had enough in hand over Jeremy y Nolan to keep his advantage.
It was a significant day as well for Gwyndaf Evans and Chris Patterson and the MG team to win the Super 1600 category and finish 2nd in the points for the series.  The category in the Championship goes, of course, to Peugeot, and although they have had a miserable event this time, the entire team has put up a thoroughly professional and successful showing during the year. Gwyndaf reported a problem with the throttle over the last couple of stages and said "We had to do a fix up job ourselves with a bungie strap and couldn't get full throttle, but it was a good results. 3 wins on the Pirelli BRC this year and we are still developing the car. We have something positive to work at".     
Just outside the above leaderboard we have young Simon Hughes in 11th, Simon hampered throughout the event because his Clio is fitted with a tarmac spec engine. Finally for now, many thanks to all who helped us with the RallyNews and congratulations to Rod Parkin and all the Trackrod organisers. BRIAN & LIZ PATTERSON  www.rallynews.net