november 2006

LUDLOW CASTLE MOTOR CLUB
AUTOTEST
12.11.06

Seven competitors took part in the second autotest of the year organised by Michael Wilding on behalf of Ludlow Castle Motor Club.
The recent event took place at Henley Hill Farm, Bitterley, on a stubble field kindly provided by Steve Howells and Mike Davis.
The competitors faced four different driving tests, each of which had to be taken four times.
The top three finishers of the Henley Hill autotest were identical to that of the previous autotest, once again proving that the old fashioned Mini is the ideal vehicle for this type of motorsport.

Full results are as below:

1st O/A David Lloyd Mini 657 secs
2nd O/A Liam Rollings Mini 699 secs
3rd O/A Philip Martin Mini 708 secs
4th O/A Tim Hall Nova 793 secs
5th O/A Andrew Cowell Peugeot 309 794 secs
6th O/A Anneka Cowell Peugeot 309 806 secs
7th O/A Jamie Smith Peugeot 309 951 secs

Tim Hall

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GON Granite & Marble Cambrian Rally 2006

The very last Round of the 2006 Silverstone Competition Tyres BTRDA Rally Series took place in North Wales last Saturday.
The GON Cambrian & Marble Cambrian Rally was based in Llandudno with blasts
around the Great Orme to start and finish the competitive action.
In between these two Special Stages, the 120 competitors visited the forests of Alwen, Clocaenog and Penmachno where they faced very cold, bright sunshine and sections that were extremely slippery.
Five crews from Ludlow Castle Motor Club made the trip to North Wales but due to mechanical problems only two of them managed to reach the finish .
The first to retire was Simon Rogers in his Ford Escort Cosworth on SS2 with a broken front differential.
The next stage claimed the Vauxhall Nova of brothers Martin and Simon Ridge who were forced out of the event with a broken gearbox.
The Ford Escort RS of Henri Grehan and Chris Ridge suffered a broken crossmember ending their day.

Shaun & Ben

The two LCMC crews who did manage to cross the finish line were not without their problems.
Gear selection in the TNT tyres Mistubishi EVO 5 of the 2006 Silvertstone Competition Tyres Rally Series Gold Star Champions, Shaun Gardener and Ben Innes, made the latter stages of the rally very difficult.
They lost 3rd gear on SS6 and then 4th gear on the very last run around the Great Orme.
Chasing the eventual winner of the event, Andreas Mikkelsen , was always going to be a difficult task for Shaun and Ben.
Losing two gears made this even harder and they were very pleased to finish a very worthy second place O/A behind the Ford Focus 02 WRC of the young and very talented Norwegian.

Alex

The other LCMC crew to finish the rally had a very fraught day.
It started on the second stage when Alex Allingham’s GPn Subaru Impreza slid along the side of the road for the best part of 300 yards, luckily not hitting anything or rolling the car. Later on the same stage they had another big slide and broke the exhaust.
Apart from struggling with the broken exhaust, losing a door mirror somewhere and having to cope with his co-driver not keeping with the notes, Alex claimed 12th O/A position out of the 80 finishers.

Ludlow Castle Motor Club will be holding another Autotest at Henley Hill Farm, near Bitterley, on Sunday 12th November.
Contact Michael Wilding on 07711 207737 for further details.

REPORT by KEITH GLUYAS
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