2001 winners Andrew and Ann Wood did not have such a good time. Repairs following the Snowman had forced Andrew to use standard Audi parts for the BCR. This kept the performance down as Lyall's times stole seconds from the Woods' As the stages started to cut up on their second runs, so the mighty Audi suspension let go, the struts collapsing and jamming the steering. 

Dave Weston and BECC's Dave Robson drove a fast and accurate line in the Lancer Evo 6, missing second place by only 4 seconds to Guy and Dashfield, winners of the Snowman. "Good fast stages" reported Dave who seemed to be enjoying himself as he caught breath at the central service at Reesdale Camp. Daves' performance also secured him the Richard Paterson Memorial Trophy as fastest border co-driver, as well as 3rd overall.

Over in class 6, another BECC member, Jude Wylie, led Barry Groundwater's Evo 6  to a class win, with believe it or not, 21 seconds separating them from second place Gordon Cunningham's Impreza. "The rear suspension needed welding and was slowing Barry down" reported Jude at service. Maybe - but still fast enough to win the class, and 7th overall!

HBCC's own Ian Baumgart and Gail Hislop in Ian's Impreza won the D.S.Dalgleish award for the first HBCC Crew, placed 19th overall and 8th in class 7. 

Young blood Niki Clelland took to the forests after tasting the autotest scene last year, and teamed with Iain Edwards in a Ford Ka. The pair ended 46th overall and 5th in class.

Biggest disappointment must have been felt by Jim Carty. A roll on stage 1 left a dented roof and rather loose tail wing on the mighty 6R4, but the final straw came in SS4 when the car missed a 90 left and careered down into a steep gully. It would challenge the  recovery crews to get that one out, with only the roof of the car visible from the road! Anyone got a spare Chinook? 

Luckiest man was Gerry Kilmurray, whose Astra decided to fireball in stage 3, burning the car to a bare shell. Gerry was lucky to get away with singed eyebrows to tell the tale. 

In the historics, newcomer David Hayton brought his Mexico and roared to a win in the post historic, ahead of Donald Brooker in his BMW 2002. Donald picked up the class prize, as did David Hood driving Rally Sponsor John McClory's mini in the historic class.

19 competitors from HBCC and BECC joined the teams across all the classes. 

The stages covered a mixture of surfaces, from fresh graded gravel to smooth sand, sometimes dry, but often wet under the tree's.  

New stages, or at least 10 years since last rallied, meant a bit of variety for the younger crews who have challenged the BCR in past years.

22 cars succumbed to the terrain during the day.