19th - 22nd November 05 - Roger Albert Clark Rally 2005 contd By Matt Rudd

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About 10 cars after this on our corner, one of the Mk2 Escorts made modifications to the track by hitting the bales on the inside of the corner - the marshals soon had the bales back in position, however. A large number of cars passed then the final car on run 1 of the stage, Steve Graham in the MG ZR did exactly the same as David Cobb; he overshot into the bales on the previous corner.

David and Steve were much slower on their second runs as they didn't want to repeat what happened to them on the first run

On the first run through the stage the fastest time was set by Mark Higgins in the main class of the rally. Bob Bean set the fastest time in the Historic and Matt Barker set the fastest time in the open rally. For the second run David Stokes was fastest in the main event, Rob Pilcher was fastest in the Historic and in the Open Rally, Steve Bannister was fastest. So the results

After 29 stages Mark Higgins won the event - Escort RS 1800 2nd) 4 mins behind was last year's winner, Stig Blomqvist - Escort Mk2 RS 3rd) Jeremy Easson 3 minutes behind Stig - Escort RS 2000 16V 4th) David Stokes - Escort Mk1 RS 1600 5th) Martin Freestone - Escort Mk2 In the Historic Rally, neither car finished

The Open Rally was won by Steve Bannister with a 13 minute lead - Escort Mk2 2nd) Jason Lepley - Ford Escort MK 2 RS 1800 3rd) 1 min behind Jason was Robert Archer - Escort Mk2 4th) Dave Hemingway - Escort Mk2 5th) Matt Barker - Peugeot 205 GTI The Clubman Rally which was Monday only was won by Keith Robathan - Escort Mk2 2nd) Geoff Wilson - Escort Mk2 3rd) Tim Jones - Escort Mk2 For more info on the Roger Albert Clark Rally visit www.rogeralbertclarkrally.co.uk More of my photos can be found on www.motorsportinternational.tk

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