Severn Valley National

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BURTON’S SECOND SEVERN VALLEY!..

Andy Burton and co-driver Shelley Rogerson have won the Severn Valley National Rally for the second consecutive year. Burton’s Peugeot Cosworth, fitted with a newly rebuilt engine that was only completed in the days leading up to the event, was immediately into its stride, setting a stunning time on the opening stage of the day at Esgair Dafydd, which put him into a lead he was to maintain through to the finish.

Arriving back at the Royal Welsh Showground, in Builth Wells, behind the leaders, Jon Ingram/Ian Allsop (Subaru Impreza WRC) & 2007 Severn Valley runners-up Marcus Dodd/Andrew Bargery (Hyundai Accent WRC) took 2nd & 3rd places respectively.

The Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge accounted for ten of the entries in the National Rally and it was Scottish teenager David Bogie and co-driver Kevin Rae whose 6th place overall in their Lancer EVO9 gave them maximum points on the day. Following disappointment on the previous round of the Challenge on the Isle of Man, Richard Cathcart/Martin Brady were next up, just a handful of seconds behind Bogie.

Shaun Gardener/Jon Scott (Mitsubishi Lancer EVO) scored a convincing win on the Severn Valley Clubmans Rally, completing the 44 miles of stages over two minutes ahead of runners-up Malloch Nicoll/Robert Lumgair (Mitsubishi Lancer EVO7).

Third place went to Elfyn Evans/Gareth Roberts who also took maximum points in the Ford Fiesta Sporting Trophy, of which the event was a qualifying round. Elfyn & Gareth beat the identical 2.0 litre Fiesta ST of Max Utting/Huw Mathias by half a minute.

The Severn Valley Historic Challenge was won by Richard Hill/Patrick Cooper in a Ford Escort. This is the second victory in the Dunlop/Gambia MSA British Historic Rally Championship, having also shown the opposition a clean pair of heels on the opening round of the series in Nottinghamshire at the beginning of March.

Darren Moon/John McNichol (Ford Escort) were runners-up in the Challenge, finishing marginally ahead of the Porsche 911 of Steve Smith/John Nichols. Having retired on both the first two rounds of the series, defending Historic Champion David Stokes’ miserable season continued when his Ford Escort RS1600 suffered a puncture in Radnor forest. To add insult to injury, the car fell off the jack while the offending wheel was being replaced and 10 minutes were lost before David and co-driver Guy Weaver were mobile again, ruining any chance of a good result.

In spite of the pace of the event on what was a dry and sunny day, the retirement rate was lower than usual. However, that will be of no consolation to the likes of Mike O’Brien whose Ford Focus WRC ended up in a ditch on the third of the seven stages, or former British Historic Rally Champion Patrick Watts whose Sunbeam Tiger did likewise on the opening stage in Radnor!…
 

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Well that's it for another year....

The organisers would like to thank everyone involved in the running of the 2008 Severn Valley.

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