Davies and Smalley head Twyford Wood Targa

After over 90 minutes of competition, Ethan Davies/ Matt Smalley beat Gary White/ Bradley White by three seconds to win the Twyford Woods Targa.

Davies/Smalley had led initially, but fell behind White/White, who built up a lead of 43s at one point. However, the Ford Puma pair bounced back, taking fastest times on the final three tests. They took seven seconds, the lead and maximum BTRDA points on the final test.

These two crews were over four minutes ahead of the rest of the field. Keith Lane/Martin Lane had been in the mix until a wrong test sent them plummeting down the order.

David Crooks/Richard Lumbs were declared overall winners of the Easylarity Rally. The event consisted of nine regularities and 12 tests. The final standings were determined by points that were awarded for positions after all the regularities, and, separately, after all the tests.

Crooks/Lumb, who had been second on both the regs and tests, tied on points with Alistair Leckie/Matt Outhwaite, who had been first and third.

The matter was decided on their penalties at the event’s first timing point.

On scratch times, Leckie/ Outhwaite were over three minutes ahead of the rest of the field.

Results

Twyford Wood Targa

Organiser: Mid Derbyshire Motor Club

When: May 14 Where: Twyford Wood Championships: BTRDA Tests: 14 (11 run) Starters: 52.

1 Ethan Davies/Matt Smalley (Ford Puma) 91m51s; 2 Gary White/Bradley White (BMW 318Ti) +3s; 3 Mark Peterson/Alan Coombes

(MG ZR); 4 Wayne Langthorne/Richard Cheetham (Ford Escort); 5 James GrattonSmith/Paul Nelson (MG ZR); 6 Jon Crook/James Crook (Vauxhall Astra); 7 Robert Milligan/Nic Jones (Austin Mini); 8 Ken Worf/Oliver Michaels (Proton Compact); 9 Andrew Bainbridge/Dave Hargreaves (Mazda MX-5); 10 Richard Jones/ David Hillidge (Nissan Micra). Class winners: Experts: Jones/Hillidge; Novices: Simon Hawken/Sarah Hawken (Micra); Clubman Rally: Crook/Crook.

Easylarity Rally

Organiser: Loughborough Car Club

When: May 15 Where: East Midlands - Route: 9 Regularities, 12 Tests

Starters: 20.

1 David Crooks/Richard Lumbs (Vauxhall

Astra) 58pts; 2 Alistair Leckie/Matt Outhwaite (Saab 900 Turbo) 58pts; 3 Clive Woodhouse/ Paul Darch (Peugeot 206 GTi); 4 Steve Farmer/John Gearing (MGB GT V8); 5 Gordon Waddington/Anji Martin (Mazda MX-5); 6 James Newbould/Derek Newbould (Vauxhall Corsa); 7 Rupert Burne/Carole Burne (Citroen C1); 8 Matthew Mantle/Diane Mantle (Peugeot 106); 9 Richard Elms/David Elms (Ford Escort Mexico); 10 Tim Sturla/David Sturla (Vauxhall Nova). Class winners: Novices: Burne/Burne; Historic: Crooks/ Lumb; Modern: Woodhouse/Darch.