Mcknight victorious at Warcop
Warcop Stages
Organiser: North Humberside MC When: April 1 Where: Warcop Ranges, Cumbria Championships: ANECC; ANCC; ANWCC; F1000; NHRC X Stages: 6 Starters 57.
Greg Mcknight had a different car and co-driver but he still managed to repeat his win on last year’s event this time around at the wheel of a Ford Escort Mk2 with Harry Marchbank reading the notes.
The winning pair survived a first-stage altercation with some chicane bales to head the standings throughout, although differential problems later gave cause for concern.
Rob Snowden and Mark Fisher were locked into second place throughout, enjoying a troubleand incident-free day in their Escort Mk2 that required nothing more than fuel. Iain Wilson and Chris Williams completed an Escort Mk2 podium after surviving an opening stage overshoot and spin on stage five.
A malfunctioning gear indicator caused some distraction for Ian Paterson and Dave Robson, who brought their Subaru Impreza home in fourth place ahead of Marcus and Helen Noble’s Escort Mk2. Cole Hastings had never read notes before, but he soon got into the flow of it and helped guide his father, Impreza pilot Lee, to sixth place.
Stevie Irwin and Ian Middleton won a three-car Class 2 contest bringing their Vauxhall Nova home four seconds ahead of the battle- scarred Peugeot 106 GTI of Barry Lindsay and Caroline Lodge. Donald Bowness and Paul Gribben had been in the fight but a broken driveshaft meant they slipped to 10th in their Nova behind the Escort of Stephen Hope and Shona Hale.
Results
1 Greg Mcknight/ Harry Marchbank (Ford Escort Mk2) 1hr11m19s; 2 Rob Snowden/ Mark Fisher (Escort Mk2) +38s; 3 Iain Wilson/ Chris Williams (Escort Mk2); 4 Ian Paterson/ Dave Robson (Subaru Impreza); 5 Marcus Noble/ Helen Noble (Escort Mk2); 6 Lee Hastings/ Cole Hastings (Impreza); 7 Stevie Irwin/ Ian Middleton (Vauxhall Nova); 8 Barry Lindsay/ Caroline Lodge (Peugeot 106 GTI); 9 Stephen Hope/ Shona Hale (Escort Mk2); 10 Donald Bowness/ Paul Gribben (Nova).