Kerridge Rally - Car 90, DNF SS3 with a broken driveshaft (81 started and 53 finished)
Trevor was co-driven by David Wyer on this event
The 4th round of the 1997 Mintex Rally Series: A National 'A' event organised by Midland Manor Motor Club comprising 72 stage miles (8 Special Stages) and 120 miles of linking public roads in mid-Wales on 13th and 14th June. The event started and finished at the Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells and Rally HQ was situated at the Hotel Metropole, Llandrindod Wells.
As usual the Kerridge organising team, were willing to try something new and had organised the first stage, that being 14 miles in Radnor, at NIGHT! There were a few reasons for this experiment, some of the competitors compete on the Network Q at the end of the year and have not even put a set of lights on the car, let alone driven in the forest at night. It also gave many marshals who would be tied up the following day the opportunity to see the spectacle of top line British rallying.
The weather had been wet during the week prior to the event so fortunately there would be no repeat of the previous year's hanging dust obscuring the stages. The Kerridge National Rally based at the Royal Welsh Showground at Builth Wells was to be joined this year by the Peugeot Sport Hella Rally Sprint which was to take place at the showground on the Saturday whilst the main event was away taking place in the forests.
Scrutineering and documentation took place without undue drama, with 64 Mintex crews signed on for the event it seemed a good day of competition was in store, the talk was of the weather and darkness. Vince Wetton was asked what he thought of the night stage and replied "what else is there to do on a Friday in Builth?" Sadly, he retired on the first stage having an indiscretion in Radnor, so perhaps he found out. The older drivers were seen eating bunches of carrots in Builth moaning about not being able to see in the dark!
14 miles night time rallying in Radnor and then the Coventry Automotive team fell into bed in the early hours of the morning looking forward to a nice early breakfast and a good day of competition.
First on the agenda was a 10am blast through Hafren to check if competitors were awake and then onto Pantperthog where the drive shaft let go, putting them out of the event.
Trevor was co-driven by David Wyer on this event
The 4th round of the 1997 Mintex Rally Series: A National 'A' event organised by Midland Manor Motor Club comprising 72 stage miles (8 Special Stages) and 120 miles of linking public roads in mid-Wales on 13th and 14th June. The event started and finished at the Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells and Rally HQ was situated at the Hotel Metropole, Llandrindod Wells.
As usual the Kerridge organising team, were willing to try something new and had organised the first stage, that being 14 miles in Radnor, at NIGHT! There were a few reasons for this experiment, some of the competitors compete on the Network Q at the end of the year and have not even put a set of lights on the car, let alone driven in the forest at night. It also gave many marshals who would be tied up the following day the opportunity to see the spectacle of top line British rallying.
The weather had been wet during the week prior to the event so fortunately there would be no repeat of the previous year's hanging dust obscuring the stages. The Kerridge National Rally based at the Royal Welsh Showground at Builth Wells was to be joined this year by the Peugeot Sport Hella Rally Sprint which was to take place at the showground on the Saturday whilst the main event was away taking place in the forests.
Scrutineering and documentation took place without undue drama, with 64 Mintex crews signed on for the event it seemed a good day of competition was in store, the talk was of the weather and darkness. Vince Wetton was asked what he thought of the night stage and replied "what else is there to do on a Friday in Builth?" Sadly, he retired on the first stage having an indiscretion in Radnor, so perhaps he found out. The older drivers were seen eating bunches of carrots in Builth moaning about not being able to see in the dark!
14 miles night time rallying in Radnor and then the Coventry Automotive team fell into bed in the early hours of the morning looking forward to a nice early breakfast and a good day of competition.
First on the agenda was a 10am blast through Hafren to check if competitors were awake and then onto Pantperthog where the drive shaft let go, putting them out of the event.
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