Mid Summer Caerwent

It was back to Caerwent for round 5 of the Welsh Tarmac Championship. We had been seeded at car 9 and the weather was on our side being dry.

Stage 1 was a good stage coming away with a fastest stage time but we lost the breaks towards the end of the stage. The service crew cleaned the discs and pads before stage 2 and we changed onto a harder rear tyre it was a good stage going 15 seconds quicker. Stage 3 we bent the suspension bracket. after hitting a curb 1/2 way around and dropped around 10 seconds but we were still in 2 place overall. Stage 4 we collected a puncher around 3/4 of the way around the stage and buckled the wheel and that was the rally over for us

I would like to thank Barrie Jenkins, Karl Davies, Neil (Central) Jones and John Curzon for the help and support. Also a big thank you to Kath Curzon for an excellent job done in the co-drivers seat.

Big thank you to Forresters Motor Club for a well run event!

On a positive note we still hold a 5 point lead on the Welsh Tarmac Championship!

Dale Stages Rally 2013 In Car

Mini Epynt Stages

We decided to compete in the Mini Epynt stages although it is not a round of the Welsh Tarmac Championship. We were seeded car 1 which brought extra pressure but weather was on our side.

We were happy to be in second place after the first loop of stages 1 and 2. We also had a fastest time on stage 4 we pushed into the lead of the event. Going into the last loop of two stages we were 7 seconds down on Bryan Davies and Alun Lewis. We had two good stages which saw us come away with the overall win being our best result today after a very enjoyable day.

I would like to thank Barrie Jenkins, Neil Jones, Richard Roberts and a massive thank you to Kath Curzon.
Also thank you to Herefordshire Motor Club for a very well run event and JMS Photography and Wayne Turner for the pictures.

Dale Stages

Dale stages was the 5th event of the 2013 Welsh Tarmac Championship. As we had never been to this venue before we did not know what to expect. We were seeded car 5 and on the day it was warm and dry.

The first stage went well resulting in an early lead. We also picked up fastest stage time on stage 2. Stage 3 saw a change in the route which caught us out which dropped us to second behind Bob Fowden/Paul Wakely.

We dropped another couple of seconds to Bob on stage 4 holding us at second. Everything went well up to stage 6 where we decided to push for the win but we spun then came across a chicane that was blocked after the tyres has been hit dropping us down to 3rd place. Stage 7 was a better stage followed by a fastest stage time on stage 8 resulting in us getting up to second overall and first in class.

A big thank you to Barrie Jenkins, Karl Davies, Neil Jones and John Curzon. Another top job done by Kath Curzon. 

Also thank you to JMS photography and Red Dragon Images for the photos.