2002 CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT REPORTS AND RESULTS

 

HISTORIC ILFRACOMBE RALLY -  7/8 December 2002

RESULTS

1

David Hughes

Richard Dix

Volvo Amazon

9

2

Worth Birkill

Dave Harris

Morris Mini

11

3

Terry Pickering

Paul Robinson

Triumph TR3

12

4

Dick Appleton

Robin Maclachlan

Mini Cooper S

21

5

Keith Colman

Dave Wilson

Sunbeam Alpine

22

6

Peter Noad

David Kirkham

Audi 80GT

28

7

Peter Baker

Andy Gibson

Lancia Fulvia HF

41

8

Damon Green

Shon Gosling

Volvo Amazon

43

9

Brian Cope

Bob Duck

Mini Cooper S

44

10

Paul Heal

Matthew Heal

MGB GT

48

11

Andi Crellin

Mark Kelly

Volvo PV544

50

12

Wesley Massam

Bernard Northmore

Volvo PV444

68

13

Chris Jenkins

AN Other

Austin Mini

70

14

Peter Pratt

Julie Eaglen

Triumph TR2

72

15

Tony Brooks

Ian Young

Saab Sonett

325

NF

Geoff Twigg

Graham Carter

Mini Cooper S

NF

Philip Shingler

Eric Richardson

BL Mini

NF

Janet Shoolingin-Jordan

Peter Shoolingin-Jordan

Mini Cooper S

 

PALLADWR RALLY - Sunday 3rd November 2002

PALLADWR WIN FOR LEN OLDS & RYAN PICKERING

  Final Results       Eric Richardson's Report       Peter Noad's Comments

For full information and an entry list of the final round of the Classic Challenge,
visit the Palladwr Rally website at: www.palladwrrally.co.uk

CLASSIC ILLUMINATIONS RALLY - Sat/Sun 26th/27th October 2002

Our top Championship contenders were beaten by Irish drivers, but Terry Pickering & Paul Robinson took maximum championship points with 3rd place overall in Morecambe's Classic Illuminations Rally.

Dave Hughes is now the 2002 HRCR Road Rally Champion Driver, beating Worth Birkill into second place by just one point. 
Dave finished 5th and Worth was 8th overall in the final Premier Challenge round.

  News Report             Classic Illuminations Results

REGIS RALLY - Saturday 12th October 2002

Jim Deacon and Dave Wilson win again

Jim Deacon and Dave Wilson maintained their superiority by winning the Regis Rally for the second year running in their Mk I Lotus Cortina, by over a minute from the Volvo Amazon of Dave Hughes and Andy Gibson.

Bognor Regis Motor Club's tenth running of the historic Regis Rally attracted nearly 60 crews to the start at Fontwell Racecourse and the route took in 120 miles of West Sussex and Hampshire lanes with eleven special tests at various venues en route.

The first pre-plotted regularity section had a sting in the tail; the route turned into the Goodwood House grounds and finished at the top of the Hillclimb course, after cramming three intermediate controls into just over a mile of private road. Ted Manktelow's Escort was best here, keeping its total regularity section penalties down to only 12 seconds.

The next regularity was plot-and-bash, but despite being straightforward tulips and spot heights it caused many crews a few problems. Not for Deacon/Wilson however, who dropped only 6 seconds over 5 intermediate controls. Top Classic Challenge contenders Peter Noad and Peter Cox in the Audi lost any chance of a good score from the Regis, navigational problems on this regularity resigning them to a 30th place finish.

Further regularity sections in the afternoon, again the first pre-plotted and the next plot-and-bash, kept navigators busy and several crews reported being delayed by deliberately obstructive tractor drivers in the narrow lanes.  Then the final short regularity went back down the Goodwood Hillclimb with another succession of closely spaced controls. This time more crews were prepared.

It was good to see Geoff Twigg back in action and recovering from his recent serious illness, and also driving his Renault Alpine.  Unfortunately navigational errors by Graham Carter cost them a high placing but Geoff was a worthy winner of the "Spirit of the Rally" award.

David and Paul Clifford were Best Novice Crew, finishing 18th overall in their beautiful BMW CSL.  Brod Purdy/Eric Richardson could only manage 36th place, but their Hillman Imp won the trophy for the Best Prepared Car.

Colin Hewitt and Andrew Swann were delighted with their highest ever placing of third, while Dominic Worsfold / Matt Fowle did very well to bring home a borrowed Mini in 5th place, following a panic to replace the windscreen that shattered on the way to the start.

An 8th place finish by Peter Goldsbrough & Steve Freeman in the pretty Alpine A110 has now put Peter into the lead in the Classic Challenge, ahead of previous leader Robert Taylor.  The Classic Challenge will be finalised at the Palladwr Rally on November 3rd and if you study the scores you'll see that any of the top 6 drivers still have a chance of winning the Challenge.

1

Jim Deacon / Dave Wilson

Ford Lotus Cortina

625

2

David Hughes / Andy Gibson

Volvo Amazon

697

3

Colin Hewitt / Andrew Swann

Triumph Vitesse

758

4

Ted Manktelow / John Evans

Ford Escort Mexico Mk1

766

5

Dominic Worsfold / Matthew Fowle

Austin Mini

795

6

David McRobert / Peter Blackett

Volvo PV 544 Sport

808

7

Gill Dix / Richard Dix

MG Midget

810

8

Peter Goldsbrough / Steve Freeman

Alpine Renault A110

851

9

Peter Locks / Ann Locks

Morris 'Landcrab'

911

10

Peter Pratt / Ryan Pickering

Triumph TR2

918

FULL RESULTS        Eric Richardson's Report  

RALLYE BRISTOWE - 28/29 September 2002

ANOTHER WIN FOR WORTH BIRKILL

 Top 10
1st Worth Birkhill / Graham Carter, Mini, 24 secs
2nd Peter Noad / Peter Cox, Audi, 59 secs
3rd David Pengilly / Peter Blackett, MGB, 66 secs
4th Terry Pickering / Paul Robinson, TR3, 83 secs
5th Dave Hughes / Richard Dix, Volvo, 84 secs
6th Len Olds / Andy Ballantyne, TR4, 153 secs
7th Dick Appleton / Mike Gray, Mini, 213 secs
8th Tony Brooks / Ian Young, Saab, 232 secs
9th Keith Grant / Cliff England, Volvo, 355 secs
10th Paul Heal / Matthew Heal, MGB, 1145 secs

    Eric Richardson's Report     

28th TARGA RUSTICANA - 31st August 2002

Worth Birkill and Dave Harris convincingly won the 28th Targa Rusticana in their Morris Mini by over 8 minutes from the second placed crew of Jim Deacon and Dave Wilson in a Lotus Cortina. Peter Horsburgh and Alistair Bell brought their Mini home third, despite incurring a wrong test penalty and missing a passage control on a tricky loop through a farmyard.

 
The 11th round of the 2002 HRCR Historic Road Rally Championship on Saturday 31st August had 65 starters and was based at the Builth Wells Showground where 12 of the 15 special tests were run. Clerk of the Course Peter Rushforth devised an excellent road route on maps 136 and 147 with simple but clever navigation to trap the unwary.   

Fastest on the tests was Birkill, by the incredible margin of a minute and a half from autotesters Peter Noad and John Larkin who were closely followed up by David Pengilly in his MGB.  But the event's handicap formula put Peter Baker's 1955 Lancia Appia only 4 seconds behind Birkill on test penalties and Wesley Massam's Volvo PV third. 

The five regularity sections challenged competitors with "Benularity" and "Deeliarity" variations. One regularity section used 18 miles of loose surfaced roads in Hafren Forest, navigating from the OS map, where many crews missed a codeboard on a tricky loop. Cutting a hairpin turn in a section through a farm field in an attempt to pass Massam's Volvo, Peter Baker bogged down the little Lancia in a patch of rather unpleasant substance and was sportingly towed out by the oldest car in the rally, David Moore's 1935 Brough Superior.  

The final regularity section, using the Deeliarity tulip roadbook which gave no distance information, was the downfall of many crews. The Renault Alpine A110 of Peter Goldsbrough/Graham Carter was second placed at the lunch halt but dropped to 13th after making a turn at the wrong signpost. Then a disagreement between father and son, Paul and Matthew Heal in their MGBGT over another signposted junction (the 16 year-old navigator was proved to be right) lost them their chance of claiming the second spot and they settled for 6th.

1

Worth Birkill

Dave Harris

Morris Mini

193

2

Jim Deacon

Dave Wilson

Lotus Cortina

696

3

Peter Horsburgh

Alistair Bell

Mini Cooper S

758

4

Paul Wignall

Colin Francis

Alfa Romeo Giulietta

839

5

Dave Hughes

Richard Dix

Volvo Amazon

841

6

Paul Heal

Matthew Heal

MGB GT

888

7

Peter Joy

Peter Blackett

Lotus Elite

896

8

Peter Noad

Peter Cox

Audi 80GT

914

9

David Pengilly

Willy Cave

MGB Roadster

1038

10

Chris Exelby

Nick Handy

MGB Roadster

1211

 
Full Results on the Targa Website
 
  Eric Richardson's Report
 

St WILFRIDS ROAD RALLY - 3rd/4th August 2002

"First Terry Pickering, second Peter Noad" has now become the championship order for the third round in succession.  This time it was Ripon MSC's St Wilfrids Rally, a round of the Nocturnal Challenge on 3rd/4th August that produced those consistant placings, when just nine championship crews made the trek to North Yorkshire to join 32 moderns in a 130-mile night rally.
 
Plot and bash route cards made navigators work hard, but for those that took their time to plot there was ample opportunity to recover lateness.  With numerous code boards to be found, many around tricky grass triangles, coupled with treacherous fog on the higher ground, all crews found themselves loosing time on the competitive timed-to-the-second sections.
 
Report from Peter Noad
 
 
St Wilfrids Rally Historic Results:

1st

Terry Pickering

Paul Robinson

Triumph TR3

10:59

2nd

Peter Noad

Peter Cox

Audi 80GT

19:21

3rd

Peter Baker

Andy Gibson

Lancia Fulvia HF

23:17

4th

Dave Hughes

Richard Dix

Volvo Amazon

25:38

5th

Wesley Massam

Bernard Northmore

Volvo PV 444

1F 14:56

6th

Rob Pilcher

Roger Burkill

Lotus Cortina

1F 16:10

7th

Dick Appleton

Mike Gray

Mini Cooper S

1F 32:43

8th

Phil Shingler

Eric Richardson

Mini

2F 43:41

9th

Pam Butterworth

Shon Gosling

Land Rover

3F 44:49

10th

Jeremy Ford

Stephen Myers

Daimler SP250

5F 57:10

 
Full results for historic and modern entries
 

 

ROSS TRADERS HISTORIC TOUR - 20th July 2002

1

Terry PICKERING

Anthony PRESTON

Triumph TR3

00:12:24

2

Peter NOAD

Peter COX

Audi 80 GT

00:13:27

3

Dave Keen

Andy Berry

Mini GT

00:13:29

4

Worth BIRKHILL

David Harris

Morris Mini

00:13:55

5

Laurence BURRAGE

Andy Gibson

Austin A35

00:14:26

6

Ali Green

Mick Briggs

Mini Cooper

00:14:44

7

Peter GOLDSBOROUGH

Steve FREEMAN

Alpine Renault A110

00:15:05

8

Len OLDS

Tony PETTIE

Triumph TR4

00:15:06

9

David Roxburgh

Jonathan Ing

Rover 2000 P6

00:17:56

10

Gill DIX

Richard DIX

MG Midget

00:18:35

Full results summary

Report by Peter Noad

    Eric Richardson's Report     

 

AB MOTORSPORT HALF NIGHT RALLY

Formerly called the CARS Half Night Rally, a change of sponsorship has resulted in a name change to the AB Motorsport Half Night Rally. 
This HRCR Nocturnal Challenge round took place in Derbyshire on the night of 6/7 July, organised by Matlock Motor Club. 

Report by Peter Noad                 Report by Bernard Northmore

HISTORIC RALLY RESULTS

O/A

Class

No.

Driver

Navigator

Class

Car

Score

1

1

25

Steve Perez

John Pickavance

H1

Porsche 911S

10.24

2

2

26

Terry Pickering

Paul Robinson

H1

Triumph TR3

12.51

3

3

27

Peter Noad

Peter Cox

H1

Audi 80GT

22.27

4

4

28

Dave Hughes

Richard Dix

H1

Volvo Amazon

24.19

5

5

24

Peter Valentine

Michael Valentine

H1

Mini Cooper S

25.55

6

6

29

Tony Barron

Dominic Barron

H1

Triumph TR4

34.42

7

1

33

Brod Purdy

Ric Hands

H2

Hillman Imp

42.21

8

1

50

Pam Butterworth

Shon Gosling

H4

Land Rover

43.54

9

2

30

Wesley Massam

Bernard Northmore

H2

Volvo PV444

45.17

10

3

31

Chris Jenkins

Kevin Chaffey

H2

Mini

45.53

11

4

32

Tony Brooks

Ian Young

H2

Saab Sonett

48.55

12

2

49

Ken Watts

Simon Foster

H4

Volvo Amazon

2F 103.57

13

5

35

Mike Kimmens

Steve Kimmens

H2

MG BGT

4F 99.20

14

6

34

Graham Gilmore

Michael Watkins

H2

MG 1100

5F 44.07

15

3

46

Andy Nash

Phil Prosser

H4

Sunbeam Tiger

5F 63.59

16

4

48

Damon Green

Tony Green

H4

Volvo Amazon

10F 114.44

17

5

47

Maurice Williams

Malcolm Lamb

H4

Austin A40

11F 93.09

LEUKAEMIA HISTORIC RALLY

 The Leukaemia Historic Rally on Sunday 23rd June featured in the championship for the first time and fielded a good number of contenders looking for Premier Challenge or Classic Challenge points.  Navigators were surprised to receive the entire route, including the regularity sections, on marked maps at the start - nobody could complain about difficult navigation on this one!
Although billed as a drivers' event, with numerous special tests, the first six tests in the Cwmcarn forest complex were spoilt by having to note codeboards (car number plates) on the tests, which were not positioned for easy spotting.  Many crews collected several 30 minute penalties for missed boards, after driving past without seeing them, and this was the overwhelming deciding factor for the results.  With the urgency to record a fast time on the test, it was difficult to make a decision whether or not to reverse back to look for a code board (a possibly dangerous manoeuvre with the next car approaching), which in some cases was not there anyway.
 
None of the leading Premier Challenge contenders fared well in the results.  Len Olds (Still leading the Challenge) with Andy Ballantyne in the TR4 was 16th, Dave Hughes/Richard Dix came 8th and Brian Cope/Paul Doe were 12th.  Of those that did find all the codeboards, John Pascoe and last-minute navigator Mark Robinson, in the familiar red Volvo Amazon, took the outright win, John's first win in 40 years of rallying!  Making it a Volvo 1-2, in second place came novice crew Andi Crellin and Mark Kelly in their PV.  Best of those with just one code board penalty were Worth Birkill and Mark Appleton in 6th, followed by Paul & Matthew Heal in 7th place.
 
Notable Retirements were George Alexander / Terry Dunn who retired the Mini at the Coffee Stop with a cracked sump.   Peter Noad / Peter Cox retired on Test 13 with a failed CV Joint on the Audi 80GT.  Martin Shaw / Andy Gibson suffered ignition failure on test 3 and had to cut tests 4, 5 and 6, collecting many hours of code board penalties!, then they retired the Healey on the finish line of the last test with total loss of brakes. 
 
A 5th place for Ted and Judy Howles in the Inca Trail Scimitar elevated Ted to the lead in the Classic Challenge, and Judy into second place behind Richard Dix who also leads the Premier Challenge Navigators.  Next in the Classic Challenge, only 3 points down on Ted & Judy,  are Bob and Jeanne Taylor in their red Mini.
 
In the Newcomers Challenge, the unlikely Land Rover of Pam Butterworth and Shon Gosling is now running second to Wes Massam and Bernard Northmore, while Wes and Bernard also still hold the HERO Challenge lead from another Volvo PV crew, Keith Wilson and Dave Cooper.
 
Leukaemia Historic Rally Top 10 Finishers
 

1

John Pascoe

Mark Robinson

Volvo

42.58

2

Andy Crellin

Mark Kelly

Volvo

43.50

3

Steve Hindmarsh

Robin Moses

Mini

44.46

4

Dave Harris

Phil Stroud

Escort

45.26

5

Ted Howles

Judy Howles

Scimitar

46.44

6

Worth Birkill

Mark Appleton

Mini

67.32

7

Paul Heal

Matthew Heal

MGBGT

69.24

8

Dave Hughes

Richard Dix

Volvo

69.52

9

Chris Jenkins

Kevin Chaffey

Mini

71.36

10

Dick Appleton

Mike Gray

Mini

72.35

    Eric Richardson's Report     

Leukaemia Entry List

  FULL RESULTS

 

HUGHES RALLY
 

The Championship visited Kent on 26th May for the Hughes Rally, organised by The Blackpalfrey Motor Club of Kent, with championship coordinator Andy Gibson as clerk of the course assisted by leading Volvo driver Dave Hughes; - no connection with the traditional name of the rally.  Based in Ashford, the single day rally took in 150 miles around Kent, incuding the infamous Romney Marsh.  It featured simple and straightforward navigation, and was an ideal event for beginners.  The rally qualified for the HRCR Classic Challenge, the Newcomers Challenge and the HERO Challenge for Pre-1960 cars.  Here are the top 10 finishers from the 44 starters.

1

Jim Deacon

Dave Wilson

Ford Lotus Cortina

280

2

Ali Green

Mick Briggs

Mini Cooper

319

3

Peter Goldsbrough

Steve Freeman

Alpine Renault A110

337

4

Derek Skinner

Tony Pettie

Austin A35

341

5

Peter Noad

Peter Cox

Audi 80GT

362

6

Gill Dix

Richard Dix

MG Midget

371

7

Chris Exelby

Nick Handy

MGB Roadster

380

8

Phil Shingler

Eric Richardson

BL Mini

417

9

Mark Summers

Andrew Summers

Austin Healey Sprite

475

10

Doug Wright

Carol Wright

Datsun 240Z

550

Full results and some pictures from the rally are on the website, www.blackpalfrey.co.uk/hughes.htm

    Eric Richardson's Report     

EAST ANGLIAN CLASSIC - 11/12 May 2002

Leading Championship Crews

1

Peter Valentine

Michael Valentine

Morris Cooper S

1625

2

Jim Deacon

Dave Wilson

Ford Lotus Cortina Mk1

1774

3

Peter Stoner

Paul Doe

Porsche 911

1855

5

Dick Appleton

Andy Gibson

Morris Cooper S

1925

6

Chris Hunt-Cooke

Dave Kirkham

MGB

1974

8

Dave Hughes

Richard Dix

Volvo B 121

2166

9

Brian Cope

Stan Appleton

Mini Cooper S

2178

12

Geoff Breakell

Nigel Raeburn

Jaguar MkII

2235

Full results are available on-line at www.chelmsfordmc.co.uk  

WELSH RETRO

 

1

Peter Horsburgh

Anthony Preston

Mini Cooper S

00.35.23

2

Peter Valentine

Mike Valentine

Mini Cooper S

00.39.27

3

Dick Appleton

Mark Appleton

Mini Cooper S

00.40.31

4

David Hughes

Richard Dix

Volvo Amazon

00.44.00

5

Terry Pickering

Paul Robinson

Triumph TR3

00.50.05

6

Geoff McGladdery

Steve Freeman

Ford Anglia

00.56.12

7

Keith Jenkins

Andy Gibson

Saab 96 V4

00.57.54

8

Len Olds

Andy Ballantyne

Triumph TR4

01.06.53

9

Paul Heal

Robin Maclachan

MGB GT

01.32.37

10

Keith Grant

Cliff England

Volvo 122S

02.12.26

Download the Full Results (PDF)

Report by Andy Ballantyne

ALAN ROGERS HISTORIC ROAD RALLY

The first round of the HRCR Classic Challenge and the second round of the Premier Challenge, the Alan Rogers' Historic Road Rally on 7th April, lived up to its old reputation of providing a tough test for the navigators.  But overcoming this to take a very well deserved first ever win were Gill and Richard Dix in their MG Midget, by a margin of over 100 seconds from Len Olds and Ryan Pickering in the TR4. 
 
Dave Keen and Andy Berry in their Mini Clubman were leading the field up to the final regularity section, but a missed control dropped them well out of contention.  Only 13 crews from the 52 starters in the Dorchester-based rally escaped without any 30 minute penalties for missing regularity controls, and this included just three novice crews who were given the benefit of easier route instructions for the afternoon plot-and-bash regularity sections.  Best Novices Paul and Alison Simmonds couldn't believe that they had finished 4th overall and second novices Emma and Rob Henchoz came in 9th.
 
With just five special tests all completed within the first hour of the rally, the emphasis was then on performance over four long regularity sections.  The downfall of most crews came in the last section which included ten 25 metre radius avoid points, all eight figure grid references.  All the plots fell very close to junctions and extreme plotting accuracy was crucial to defining the correct route, something that's not at all easy on the move. Navigators who were using the very latest issues of the OS maps (those with the green A roads) were also struggling to determine details that had been obliterated by the overprinted cycle route markings.
 
The next single day road rally in the HRCR championship, the Hughes Rally on 26th May, promises a much easier time for the navigators, but in the meantime there's the Welsh Retro and the East Anglian Classic for those that also enjoy night rallying.
 
Top Finishers
 

1

Gill Dix

Richard Dix

MG Midget

950

2

Len Olds

Ryan Pickering

Triumph TR4

1,054

3

Shaun Bateman

Graham Carter

Riley 1.5

1,171

4

Paul Simmonds

Alison Simmonds

Wolseley 1500

1,794

5

John Pascoe

Lee Vincent

Volvo 122S

2,041

6

Derek Skinner

Peter Rushforth

Austin A35

2,076

7

Terry Schraider

Chas Davies

Sunbeam Rapier SII

2,126

8

Richard Batt

Dave Cooper

Riley 1.5

2,140

9

Emma Henchoz

Rob Henchoz

Volvo Amazon

2,149

10

Mark Summers

Andrew Summers

Austin Healey Sprite

2,330

11

David Mustarde

Martin Madge

Austin Healey MkII

2,666

12

Paul Channon

Robin Maclachlan

MG A Twincam

2,762

13

Geoff Rogers

David York

Sunbeam Rapier SII

2,820

 
Full Final Results (Excel File)
 
  A personal report from Richard Dix
 
Comments from competitor Peter Noad

POWDERHAM HISTORIC RALLY OF DEVON

After the disappointment of having to cancel the 2001 event only days before it was due to run, Torbay Motor Club came back with an excellent rally on 9/10 March 2002, to open the HRCR Premier Challenge.  Throughout the weekend, which included 4 regularity sections, 25 special tests and a two hour competitive night section, the lead changed several times, but the eventual victory went to the MGB GT crew, Paul Heal claiming his first rally win.

 
1st   Paul Heal & Robin Maclachlan MGB GT  

 44:37

2nd  Dave Hughes & Richard Dix Volvo 122

45:51

3rd   Brian Cope & Paul Doe Mini Cooper S 

53:27

4th  

Worth Birkill & Mark Appleton

 Morris Mini 

55:29

5th   Geoff McGladdery & Steve Freeman Ford Anglia  

57:10

Results

Report from the Volvo PV of Wes Massam and Bernard Northmore

Another report, from a historic rally "first-timer"


GREMLIN HISTORIC RALLY

1st   Peter & Michael Valentine    Mini Cooper S    1:36
2nd 

Peter Horsburgh & Graham Carter  

Mini Cooper S  14:00
3rd   Dick Appleton & Andy Gibson   Mini Cooper S  21:26
4th   Peter Baker & Lee Vincent   Lancia Fulvia 1600   28:44
5th   Phil Stroud & Dave Harris  Escort RS    33:55

Peter & Mike Valentine had an excellent run in Round 1 of the Nocturnal Challenge, cleaning all except the initial regularity section, and were second overall when combined with the modern event.  It was a tough 200 mile rally using a lot of loose forest roads as well as the military roads of Eppynt, borne out by the fact that only 50% of the starters qualified as finishers.  Notable retirements were Dave Hughes & Richard Dix, whose Volvo broke its diff ascending the Devil's Staircase and Ian Crammond & Peter Ward who put their Mercedes off into a bog.

Results
Report and Pictures from www.welshrallying.co.uk