THIRD VICTORY FOR HUGHES-JONES ON THE FARRINGTON TROPHY SHOWDOWN
Arwel Hughes-Jones took his third road rally win of year when he and navigator Dylan John Williams finished first on the Farrington Trophy Rally.
However, at the petrol halt the pair were only in second place. Iwan Roberts Jr and Michael Penrhos Jones had been fastest to the end of the very wet first section and led the eventual winners by seven seconds at the break.
Hughes-Jones/Williams then cleaned the second half to pass Roberts/Jones to secure victory. The Toyota pair dropped 21 more seconds before the end.
A broken rear shock absorber bush on their Satria slowed Baz Green/Matthew Vokes in the second half. They had been in third place at petrol but fell to fourth behind previous
Farrington winners Ian Lloyd/ Cyril Jones by the finish.
Mark ‘GT’ Roberts/Ryan Griffiths were disqualified after failing a noise check, while Declan Mason/Jamie Mills withdrew at petrol as the power steering on their Ford Puma failed.
Allowing competitors to share cars meant that the battle for the win on the Bonfire Targa was between Gary and Bradley White and Bradley and Gary White, with the former crew taking victory by just 10s after leading throughout the event. David Smalley/Will Brown recovered from 15th place after Test 1 to claim the final podium position.
Results
Farrington Trophy Rally
Organiser: Clwyd Vale Motor Club
When: October 15-16 Where: North East Wales Championships: ANWCC Route: 120 miles Starters: 50.
1 Arwel Hughes-Jones/Dylan John Williams (Ford Escort) 2m03s; 2 Iwan Roberts Jnr/Michael Penrhos Jones (Toyota Corolla T Sport) +14s; 3 Ian Lloyd/ Cyril Jones (Ford Escort); 4 Baz Green/ Matthew Vokes (Proton Satria); 5 Alun Pierce Jones/Alun Haywards (Ford Escort); 6 Chris Hand/Darren Ikin (Ford Sierra); 7 Carwyn Madoc Jones/Gwyndaf Evans (Ford Fiesta); 8 Kevin Peacock/ Gerallt Davies (Ford Escort); 9 Heath Griffiths/Dylan Griffiths (BMW 318Ti Compact); 10 Chris Way/Ian Clapham (Honda Civic). Class winners: Jones/ Hayward; Way/Clapham.
Bonfire Targa
Organiser: Chelmsford Motor Club
When: October 16 Where: Debden Airfield Tests: 11 (15 test miles) Starters: 76.
1 Gary White/Bradley White (BMW 318Ti) 28m53s; 2 Bradley White/Gary White (BMW 318Ti) +10s; 3 David Smalley/Will Brown (Vauxhall Corsa); 4 Mark Peterson/Jim Bowie (MG ZR); 5 Adrian White/Lewis White (BMW 318Ti); 6 Gavin Rogers/Derek Rogers (Ford Escort); 7 Matt Endean/Dave Leadbetter (MG ZR); 8 Tony Clements/Louise Clements (Skoda Fabia VRS); 9 Alan Coombs/Andy Bainbridge (Renault Clio); 10 Andy Bainbridge /Alan Coombs (Clio). Class winners: Smalley/Brown; Toby Carter/Sam Carter (Citroen Saxo).