‘Davies and Gilbey took an emotional win’
Michael Gilbey maintained his 100 per cent winning record for the year when he guided Andy Davies to victory on the Rali Bro Caron; it was Gilbey’s third win of 2018.
The initial pace was set by Rhodri Evans/max Freeman on the second round of the Welsh Road Rally Championship. In treacherously icy conditions they had built up a lead of almost a minute by the petrol halt. However they crashed soon after the restart, blocking the road and causing the section on which the incident occurred to be cancelled.
This left Daniel Jones/gerwyn Barry chasing Davies/gilbey, but Jones hit a ditch on the final section and had to cut the route to make the Finish. The winners had also hit a gate, damaging their lighting, but still came home with a 34-second victory margin. Kevin Davies, partnered on this occasion by Alan James, had to be content with the runner-up spot.
Einion Williams/ Rhodri Evans put in a notable performance to win the Expert Class and take fifth overall. The last-minute pairing of Chris Hand/aled Richards had been level on time with Jones/ Barry at Petrol, but retired in the second half with a dry sump pump failure.
Tomos Parry/michael Jones won the Anglesey-based Valentine Rally in their Peugeot 106, with the Beginners crew of Meirion Gadd/ Ffion Alaw Parry securing the event’s premier award, the Valentine Trophy.
Matt Flynn/rob Bryn Jones took their maiden win on the John Robson Rally, while Dan Willan/ Niall Frost won the Hexham Results Rali Bro Caron Organiser: Lampeter & District MC When: February
24/25 Where: West Wales Championship: WAMC Route: 95 miles Starters: 87. 1 Andy Davies/ Michael Gilbey (Subaru Impreza) 4m23s; 2 Kevin Davies/alan James (Ford Escort) +34s; 3 Simon Summers/ Dilwyn John (Escort); 4 Mark ‘GT’ Roberts/ Dylan Jenkins (VW Golf GTI); 5 Einion Williams/ Rhodri Evans (Escort); 6 James Davies/ George Eadon (Proton Compact GTI); 7 Telor Pugh/ Ian Beamond (SEAT Ibiza); 8 Matt Barker/ John Connor (Peugeot 206 GTI); 9 Gari Evans/arfon Griffiths (Escort); 10 Paul Morgan/ Rhys Griffiths (Honda Civic Type R).
Class winners: Williams/ Evans; Rob Stephens/ Nathan Summers (Escort); Rhys Davies/ Llyr Davies (MG ZR).