Stage Snippets - for what happened to whom and who said what

	Border Win for Barry Johnson Barry Johnson and Jerseyman Stewart Merry's Focus won this years Border Counties from John Ingram and Ian Allsops Subaru Impreza WRC with Richard Cathcart and Martin Brady taking third spot, and top place in the Evo Challenge.
Local Crew Take Group B Win Ali Thorburn from Duns and East Lothian's Paul McGuire won the Group B challenge in their Subaru on Saturday 5th April, over 23 seconds ahead of second placed crew Mike Faulkner and Peter Foy in an Mitsubishi Evo 6.
The Mini Rally saw Iain Haining and Phil Short in the Vauxhall Nova in first place despite a 10 second penalty.

Photos courtesy
Ian Hardy Motorsport Photography

Cathcart Claims first Evo Challenge Win

Richard Cathcart and co-driver Martin Brady scored their first Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge victory this weekend, following an impressive performance in round two of the one-make series for Group N (production specification) Mitsubishi Lancers, the Brick and Steel Border Counties Rally. Their performance also netted them an impressive third place in the rally’s overall positions. [more]

Maximum Points for Ingram

Cheshire driver Jon Ingram took his maiden victory in the Pirelli MSA Gravel Rally Championship as he finished second behind event winner Barry Johnson on the Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally.
In their Subaru Impreza WRC, Ingram, and co-driver Ian Allsop came home 5.6 seconds behind the Ford Focus WRC of Johnson and Stewart Merry. [more]

The seven stage, six for the Group B competitors, once again used the Kielder forest as the main venue. Starting in Jedburgh the crews challenged their first 6 mile stage in  Wauchope Forest before heading south over the border for some 7.5 miles at Ogre Hill. A quick service then off to Simonside, which is a high spot for miles around and left the start marshals exposed to the freezing hailstones and snow showers that peppered the day, and the cars as they hurtled down the 8 miles stage in low visibility during the showers.  Staying in the forest the competitors trundled down to the start of Fallowlees for a 7 miler to complete the downhill slalom towards Elsdon village. A return to service before competing over Byreness, Ogre Hill in reverse, before the Group A cars regrouped and challenged a combined Simonside and Fallowlees, a 15 miler that tested the crews concentration to the limits to keep the cars on the now well used stage. For a selection of what happened to whom, and what some of the competitors were heard to say, click on stage snippets

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