Smith and Brown make it to the end and put their Honda up for sale
Fraser Smith and Steven Brown heaved a sigh of relief at the finish as their unmarked Class 2 winning Honda Civic is now up for sale. “I’m building a new one for next year,” said Smith.
Niall Cowan Jr and Callum Shanks were second in their MG ZR ahead of Niall Cowan Sr and Chris Wareham in the MG3.
After another scintillating drive in their Class 3 winning Peugeot 208 Rally4 Peter Stewart and Harry Marchbank finished 11th overall just missing out on a top 10 placing by 23 seconds. Richard Stewart (Sr) and Carin Tait-Logan were second in the other 208 with Ashleigh Morris and Martin Haggett taking third in the Fiesta R200.
Bobby Mitchell and Craig Wallace scored the Class 4 win from Johnnie MacKay and Emily Easton-Page, both crews in Fiesta STs, but MacKay and Easton-Page clinched the SRC Junior award when Jordan
Anderson and Clare MacKenzie retired their Peugeot 306 with brake failure.
Paul Thompson and Josh Davison were the Class 5 winners in their Ford Escort, while the Class 6 award went to the Mercedes of Steve Magson and Kevin Bardon ahead of Ian Holt and Steve Pugh in their Ford Escort Mk2 with Holt revealing that it was 35 years since his last rally.
Three Subaru Imprezas topped Class 7 with Michael
Renton and John Shepheard winning from Mike Moates and Gary McDonald. Once again, Mike Grant and Graham Kelman defied predictions to finish third, but it was close. “Luck was on our side in SS1,” said Grant. “We got the tail in a ditch and were left looking at nothing but the sky.”
Hugo and Arthur MacMillan won Class 11 in their Ford Escort Mk2 .Steve Bannister and Callum Atkinson won Class 12 in their Ford Escort Mk2 .