DISASTER FOR DICKINSONS AT CADWELL PARK RUN

Father-and-son Mark and Oli Dickinson suffered a disastrous first-stage retirement at Cadwell

Park 10 day ago.

Their freshly prepared Rover 200 went off the startline of stage one, got into second gear and the complete gear linkage collapsed. They pulled off 150 metres into the stage and were out for the day.

It was their first event together and Mark’s first rally for nearly 10 years since doing the Roger Albert Clark Rally in 2013. Having rallied an Escort and a Peugeot 205 on occasional events over a 30-year period, Dickinson Sr had not rallied for nine years since getting his previous Rover 200 to the finish of the Roger Albert Clark.