WBCC Members Win Starlight Novice Road Rally
Geraint
Parks and Andy Falconer took a well earned win on Wolverhampton and
South Staffs car club run Starlight novice rally.
The Parks and Falconer partnership taking shape on only their second
outing this year.The
pair only dropprd 1m:31s over a 150mile route, all on map 138,by winning
the rally overall by 2m: 23s also matching and beating the top 'local'
semi-expert crews.
Three other crews out supporting WBCC were the young pairing of Aled
Stephens and Robbie Wood finishing 8th overall on Aled's first event.
Wyn Roberts and Chris 'tank' Young showing good pace early on but
then fuel problems deprived them of what would have been a well earned
breakfast. Gary Roberts in his brothers 'doer' of a 205, partnered
by Daniel Williams also showing good pace. They kept the winners Geraint
and Andy on their toes when coming into controls on the following
minute, but sadly bottom arm 'trouble' put them out.
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WBCC Member Wins Cambrian Road Rally
Dale Furniss
sitting alongside Gary Davies took victory on the Cambrian road rally
12/13 January 2008 run by Tregaron Motor Club. The crew started car
1 and held their position over a 110 mile route on the 135 and 147
maps. Clive Williams/Patrick Walsh had been matching the pace of Davies/Furniss
but then an overshoot dropped them over a minute behind, only to retire
with gear linkage problems. This left Davies/Furniss quickest in the
first half by a margin of over four minutes. They were able to relax
in the second half still managing to be second fastest and to take
the win by just under five minutes.
Geraint Parks / Andy Falconer also out for WBCC had a good night,
proving WBCC can do it away from home by taking 2nd in class three
and 10th overall. On a very wet night, water troubles may have cost
them the class win. But Geraint was more than pleased with the
escort's performance.
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WBCC Takes Top Honours in Road Rally Scene
The
Welsh Border Car Club took top honours in the 2007 Welsh Association
of Motor Clubs Road Rally Championship where they clinched not only
the Club Championship, but both the drivers and navigators titles as
well as the team award. Fought over 11 road rallies throughout the year
the Welsh Border Car Club boys were on fine form, taking 6
wins and 19 top 3 positions saw Mark 'GT' Roberts, Ian 'Dude' Roberts
and Glyn Price take the top 3 positions in the drivers championship.
Proving that it really is a team sport Dale Furniss took top honours
in the navigators championship with 3 wins and a total of 5 podium finishes.
Iwan Jones finished the season in 3rd position whilst 'Team Havoc',
comprising of Mark and Ian Roberts, co-driven respectively by Steve
Price and Dale Furniss, took the team award by a dominant margin.
Speaking at the end of the season, Club Chairman Dave Evison was more
than happy with how the year had panned out. "This has been one
of the most successful years for the Welsh Border Car Club. With GT
winning the drivers title and Dale dominating the navigators championship
it has been a great 12 months. To top it off the Border 100 Road Rally,
one of our most prestigious events, was ranked at number 6 in the recent
Motorsport News 'Best Event of the Year' survey."
The 2008 Welsh Association of Motor Clubs Road Rally Championship begins
at the end of February but already the boys have been busy. Dale recently
took a 6 minute victory on the non-championship Cambrian Road Rally
last weekend.
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