BTRDA / RD4 / NICKY GRIST STAGES 2024
06/08/2024WORDS BY ANDY COOK | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDY COOK & ANDREW SCOTT
As the Protyres BTRDA Rally Series has now passed the mid-point in the 2024 season, we can begin to build a picture of the runners and riders who are potentially in line for championship awards. With fierce battles across the field to date, the series would return to Builth Wells, Powys in Wales for the second time this year for the Nicky Grist Stages.
Organized by the Quinton Motor Club; this event is sponsored by former World Rally Championship Co-Driver to the late great Colin McRae, Nicky Grist, and is the fifth round of the ProTyres BTRDA Rally Championship.
Formed in 1959, the Quinton motor club, although originating from the West Midlands, has been laying on stage rallies all over Wales since the nineteen eighties. Their first crack at a forest stage rally came in 1981 where The Nicolet Stages Rally would feature 35 miles in the Forest of Dean. Throughout the decades, the event would, however, utilize many of the classic Welsh tests, from Clocainog and Penmachno in the North, down through Hafren, Ceri and Coed Sarnau in Mid-Wales, to the long but not forgotten Esgair Dafydd and recently the Crychan and Halfway Forests in and around the Sennybridge Training Area of Epynt that we see used in 2024.
Joining the BTRDA Clubmans Championship in 1987 and then the BTRDA GoldStar in 1990, the Quinton motor club’s annual stage rally has been a popular round of the series over the years and evokes many fond memories across the generations. Malcolm Wilson’s name graced the trophy back in 1985 in what was possibly his first competitive outing in the MG Metro 6R4?, proving to be a crowd-pleaser at the time. Some 19 years later his son Matthew Wilson would follow in his footsteps, winning the event in the M-Sport Ford Focus WRC car.
Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen who cut his teeth in rallying on the British Stages would also win the event in a Ford Focus in 2006. Current WRC star Elfyn Evans has also won the event, in 2016, in his DMACK Tyres backed Ford Fiesta R5 car, on his way to winning the British Rally Championship that year. The Welshman then returned to the top-flight WRC with M-Sport in 2017.
But perhaps the most fond of memories of this event for the avid British rallying fans would be of the now legendary (in rallying circles) Andy Burton, who won the event five times throughout the nineties and noughties. Burton’s string of wins on the event began in 1996 in what could have been the last outing of his homebrew Alfa-Ferrari?
But fear not, the Herefordshire farmer was back to winning ways on the 1998 event in his new creation. The Peugeot 306, was based on an ice racing beast. Burton would win the event in 1998, 2000, 2005 and 2006 in that awesome-sounding Pug 306 special build, and would last grace the event and indeed our stages in 2008 before his iconic machine was outlawed by the MSA for the following year…. anyway, that’s enough reminiscing, time to focus on the current.
With its rally HQ in Builth Wells, the 2024 event would offer up 44 competitive miles across eight gravel stages (4 of which repeated). With 122 starters, last year’s winners, Elliot Payne, with Patrick Walsh on the notes would return with the No1 on their doors to fight for the GoldStar victory. But the two times reigning BTRDA GoldStar Champs would have to try not to be distracted by a pack of British Rally Championship crews, (including the likes of Chris Ingram, Merion Evans, Keith Cronin and Kyle White) who would be using the event as a shakedown.
GOLDSTAR
Last time out on the Kielder Forest Stages, Payne would fight all the way to finish the rally in his Ford Fiesta Rally2 which despite suffering some gremlins would come home in fifth. Championship rivals, Matthew Hirst & Declan Dear who have had a torrid time themselves of late, secured the win in Kielder. This result would bring Hirst and Dear right back into the GoldStar title fight, heading into the Grist trailing Payne & Walsh by a single point in the standings.
LEG 1 / MORNING LOOP (SS1 – SS4)
The morning began with a short but sharp blast over the Llyn Login test; at just 3.5 miles in length, this little stage is fast with a number of big jumps along the way which are always a hit with the fans. Hirst and Dear would carry on that speed from the previous round in Kielder and the pair would top the timings on this opening stage, beating Payne & Walsh by a second but that high would soon turn into a low.
Photo: Matthew Hirst & Declan Dear | By Andrew Scott
Before Hirst & Dear had even made it out of the stage end and onto the road section towards the next stage, they were seen parked up with the bonnet up. The Ford Fiesta has been plagued with issues since their nonstart at the Woodpecker last year. With a hired car and a hired engine over the previous two events, those troubles would continue with a failed injector that would end their Nicky Grist Stages prematurely. Having only completed the first stage and being on the pace from the off, Hirst who is in search of that first BTRDA GoldStar title this year would now slip back in the standings with three events remaining in the Championship.
With Hirst out of the picture, Elliot Payne could now focus on getting his head down and on with the job in hand. Due to a timing issue, SS2 Monument was omitted from the results for all but Payne would take up the position at the top of the GoldStar from SS3 Halfway and was almost 10 seconds quicker than his nearest GoldStar competitors in Vivian Hamill & Lorcan Moore in the VW Polo GTi R5.
Photos: Elliot Payne & Patrick Walsh | Vivian Hamill & Lorcan Moore | By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media)
Payne & Co-Driver Walsh completed their morning loop with a second GoldStar stage win in Crychan Forests and would arrive back in Builth at midday with a lead of 19 seconds over Hamill & Moore.
The battle for the final podium place would fall to a pair of B13 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX driven by Russ Thompson and Patrick Naylor. Thompson and Co-Driver Steve Link were looking to bring home a good results on the Grist, given the disappointment last time out, on the Kielder, where they retired on the fifth stage of the event after running wide and sliding off the road. For now, the pair were on top of the battle with Naylor and Lawrence and had eked out a decent gap of around 34 seconds over the course of the morning’s loop of stages.
Photos: Russ Thompson & Stephen Link | Pat Naylor & Ian Lawrence | By Andrew Scott
| POS | LEADERBOARD | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1 E.PAYNE / P.WALSH | 16:45.2 |
| 2 | #10 V.HAMILL / L.MOORE | +19.0 |
| 3 | #12 R.THOMPSON / S.LINK | +31.4 |
| 4 | #17 P.NAYLOR / I.LAWRENCE | +34.4 |
| 5 | #28 A.DAVISON / T.MURPHY | +30.5 |
LEG 2 / AFTERNOON LOOP (SS5 – SS8)
The afternoon’s loop would continue on the trend from where the morning’s action had ended. Elliot Payne & Patrick Walsh were in control and pretty much free to push on for the victory. Although Hamill & Moore came close to a stage win in SS6 Monument 2, Payne would still nip this one by a mere 0.8 of a second, Payne & Walsh would sail on through to the final stage of the event with more than half a minute in reserve.
Photos: Vivian Hamill & Lorcan Moore – By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media) | Elliot Payne & Patrick Walsh – By Andrew Scott
Elliot Payne & Co-Driver Patrick Walsh would cruise through the final 6.27 miles of Crychan Forest to secure their third GoldStar victory of the year thus far. Crossing the finish line back in Builth with a final margin of 36.2 seconds over Irishman Vivian Hamill, this was another solid result to put towards his quest for that third GoldStar title.
Photo: Elliot Payne & Patrick Walsh | By Andrew Scott
Hamill and Moore would once again score the runners-up spot like they had done last time out on the Kielder and at the opening round of the year, the Malcolm Wilson Rally. If it wasn’t for a dip in luck on the other two rounds, where they rolled out on the Severn Valley Stages and then followed that up with a retirement on the Border Counties, they perhaps would have also been in the mix for the title?
Photos: Vivian Hamill & Lorcan Moore | Russ Thompson & Steve Link | By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media)
Rounding out the GoldStar podium Rus Thompson and Steve Link would put the DNF at the Kielder firmly behind them bringing their B13 Mitsubishi EVO IX home for another solid points haul. Having only picked the car up from the body shop the Wednesday before the off, the team had put in all the hours finishing the rebuild on Friday afternoon. A slightly sleep-deprived Thompson would then see off any potential challenge from the likes of Pat Naylor & Ian Lawrence through the morning’s efforts and was able to keep his wide eyes open throughout the afternoon loop of stages with a relatively trouble-free run to reap the rewards.
Photos: Pat Naylor & Ian Lawrence – By Andrew Scott | Scott Renshaw & Bonnie Papper – By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media)
Best of the rest, Naylor and Lawrence also in a Mitsubishi EVO IX would come in some one minute twenty-eight seconds behind Thompson & Link but would hold a decent gap themselves of around one minute and six to Scott Renshaw & Bonnie Papper who would round out the top 5 GoldStar in the Citroen DS3 R5.
Elliot Payne sits pretty at the top of the GoldStar drivers standings with a lead of 13 points over Patrick Naylor who in turn, is enjoying a 15 points gap to his B13 rival, Russ Thompson in third. Matthew Hirst’s DNF on the Grist has dented his title challenge, he sits in P4 just two points behind Thompson but 9 points ahead of Liam Clark who rounds out the top five driver standings.
FINAL RESULTS
| POS | LEADERBOARD | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1 E.PAYNE / P.WALSH | 38:35.8 |
| 2 | #10 V.HAMILL / L.MOORE | +36.2 |
| 3 | #12 R.THOMPSON / S.LINK | +1:17.1 |
| 4 | #17 P.NAYLOR / I.LAWRENCE | +1:28.9 |
| 5 | #16 S.RENSHAW / B.PAPPER | +1:05.8 |
SILVERSTAR
Following his DNF on the Rallynuts and omission from the previous round, the Kielder Forest Stages rally, Andy Davison would be playing catch up in the SilverStar award at the Nicky Grist Stages to the likes of Mr Consistent, Steven Ward, and Michael Jenkins. In addition to these two protagonists, Nick Dobson who despite rolling his MKII Ford Escort in one of those infamous “Killer Kielder” ditches still managed a fourth-place finish and therefore was another to gain ground, along with Lewis Hooper who finished second to the SilverStar winner Ben Jemison on the Kielder.
LEG 1 / MORNING LOOP (SS1 – SS4)
Having finished third last time out in Kielder, Steve Ward would be the one to arrive in Builth Wells heading up the standings with a 19-point lead over Jenkins but Ward would be a little slow off the mark on the opening 3.5 miles in SS1 Llyn Login, beginning his day marked down as the 15th SilverStar crew.
Ian Evans & Julia Perry would be the quickest horse out of the stables in their MKII Ford Escort RS1800, topping the timings by 2.1 seconds over Geoff Phelps & Colin Jenkins (also in an MKII Ford Escort) but thier initial pace would tail off pretty quickly over the morning’s loop of stages only to return in the afternoon. The Talbot Sunbeam of Andy Davison and Tom Murphy would hold P3 after that opening stage of the day, just 2.8 seconds off the benchmark set by Evans & Perry.
Photo: Ian Evans & Julia Perry | By Andrew Scott
With the omission of the second stage (SS2 Monument) from the results due to a timing issue, Davison & Murphy would rise up to the top and lead the SilverStar from SS3 Halfway onwards. The longest test of the rally at 6.79 miles in Halfway Forest would see Davison peddle the Sunbeam a shade over 19 seconds quicker than the R2 Spec Ford Fiesta driven by Lewis Hooper. A returning Jonathan Brace in his MK1 Ford Escort would also slipstream Hooper and Davison, moving into P3 in the SilverStar. Brace would, however, just about edge Will Graham by a minuscule 0.7 seconds heading into the final stage of the morning loop, a stones throw away in Crychan Forest.
Photos: Andy Davison & Tom Murphy | Lewis Hooper & Rhys Edwards | Jonathan Brace & Paul Spooner | By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media)
SS4 Crychan would see a further shuffle around at the sharp end of the SilverStar leaderboard, although Davison and Murphy would secure their second stage win here, to round out their morning with a lead of more than 35 seconds. It would be Will Graham alongside Co-Driver Kenny Owen who would make an impression in Crychan Forest, the pair leap-frogging both Hooper and Brace in the stage to end the morning loop in P2.
Photo: Will Graham & Kenny Owen | By Andrew Scott
As the crews reached the mid-day service halt in Builth, Brace, and Co-Driver Paul Spooner would hold the final podium place in their MK1 Escort at half-time, having caught and overhauled the R2 Fiesta of Lewis Hooper & Rhys Edwards. Lee Ashbury & Ian Jones would round out the top five of the SilverStar crews in their MKII Ford Escort RS1800.
Elsewhere, sadly, Nick Dobson and Steve Pugh would retire their MKII Ford Escort from P6 in SS4 and Rob Dennis & Andrew Boswell would take an early bath having damaged the front left corner to their MKII Escort after hitting a rather large boulder in SS2 Monument.
| POS | LEADERBOARD | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | #28 A.DAVISON / T.MURPHY | 18:40.5 |
| 2 | #212 W.GRAHAM / K.OWEN | +35.2 |
| 3 | #203 J.BRACE / P.SPOONER | +1.3 |
| 4 | #56 L.HOOPER / R.EDWARDS | +2.2 |
| 5 | #43 L.ASHBERRY / I.JONES | +13.0 |
LEG 2 / AFTERNOON LOOP (SS5 – SS8)
In much the same way as the opening stage of the event, Ian Evans & Julia Perry would use the “Cut n Paste” buttons in their MKII Escort (if such things were to exist!), once again recording the stage win in Llyn Login. This time around, the pair had gone a full five seconds quicker than their morning effort, clearly, the pair enjoyed this stage the most. Evans and Perry still buzzing from their second stage win, would follow it up in the very next test, the second pass of Monument. Securing their third stage win, with a time that was 2.2 seconds quicker than Jonathan Brace, they had found themselves edging in on the top 10.
Photos: Ian Evans & Julia Perry | Jonathan Brace & Paul Spooner | By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media)
As the crews entered the penultimate stage, SS7 Halfway 2, leaders Andy Davison & Tom Murphy would hold a lead of 41 seconds over Will Graham & Kenny Owen and would then add Halfway 2 to their score sheet of stage wins to sure-up their lead of the SilverStar.
Photos: Andy Davison & Tom Murphy | Will Graham & Kenny Owen | By Andrew Scott
Heading into the final stage of the event, Hooper was 5.2 seconds short of Graham & Owen. The final 6.27 miles through Crychan Forest were simply not going to be enough and Hooper with Edwards alongside him would have to settle for the third step on the SilverStar podium; which in itself, is a strong result for the pair in their Ford Fiesta R2.
Photo: Will Graham & Kenny Owen | By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media)
Will Graham & Co-Driver Kenny Owen could ease off the pace through that final stage ensuring that the result was in the bag. The pair had scored a strong second place in their MK1 Escort RS1600 on the Nicky Grist but ultimately weren’t able to match the pace of the SilverStar winners, Andy Davison and Tom Murphy.
Photo: Andy Davison & Tom Murphy By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media)
Davison and Murphy took charge of the rally in the morning and would not look back, building on their lead throughout the day to cross the finish line in their Talbot Sunbeam with a final margin of 50 seconds to take maximum points and to the top step of the SilverStar podium for their third time this year.
Photos: Ben Jemison & Dean Kellet – By Andrew Scott | Lewis Hooper & Rhys Edwards | Lee Ashberry & Ian Jones – By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media)
Ben Jamison & Dean Kellet would come home in fourth place and were 11.4 seconds down on Hooper. The pair had a slightly slower start to their day, but soon picked up the pace in the Vauxhall Chevette, consistently putting in top five times on all four of the afternoon stages. Steadily climbing the leaderboard they would eventually come out on top in that battle with Lee Ashberry & Ian Jones, having passed them in stage 6 to end the event with a margin of 4.6 seconds over them.
Photo: Jonathan Brace & Paul Spooner | By Andrew Scott
Elsewhere, unfortunately for Jonathan Brace & Paul Spooner, a time penalty was dished out to them for a late arrival at the first stage of the afternoon loop. This had undone their hard work and would see them drop down the order and out of podium fight; which was even more disappointing considering they were on the pace and mixing it up at the top with their stage times. The net result of this meant that the pair would end the day in 7th in the SilverStar behind Sam Mason & James Seymour who missed out on the top five in the Ford Fiesta R2T by just over 11 seconds.
Photo: Steve “Korky” Ward & Philip Sandham | By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media)
Steve “Korky” Ward who finished the event just outside of the top 10 in P11, remains on top of the SilverStar standings after the Grist. Ward leads Lewis Hooper by 12 points with Jenkins rounding out the top three a further 8 points down on Hooper. Andy Davison’s win moves him into P4, 6 points ahead of Ben Jemison who rounds out the top 5 in the drivers standings.
FINAL RESULTS
| POS | LEADERBOARD | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | #28 A.DAVISON / T.MURPHY | 43:45.6 |
| 2 | #212 W.GRAHAM / K.OWEN | +58.9 |
| 3 | #56 L.HOOPER / R.EDWARDS | +4.0 |
| 4 | #36 B.JEMISON / D.KELLETT | +11.4 |
| 5 | #43 L.ASHBERRY / I.JONES | +4.6 |
BRONZESTAR
In the hotly contested BronzeStar, Ashley Francis-Adams arrived in Builth leading Nigel Jenkins by a single point in the standings. Francis-Adams scored second place on the podium last time out on the Kielder Forest Rally, losing out on the win by 10 seconds to Dylan Fowler-Bishop in what was a fierce battle between the two Nissan Micras. That result for Adams was sweetened further as the little green machine, the Vauxhall Nova of Nigel Jenkins, failed to finish the event, having suffered engine gremlins on the third stage.
LEG 1 / MORNING LOOP (SS1-SS4)
It was Kielder winners Dylan Fowler-Bishop & Dan Evans in their Micra K11 who were to open up the proceedings with the first stage win on the board through SS1 Llyn Login. Just one second was enough to beat the Micra of Ashley Francis-Adams, with Nigel & Karen Jenkins just a further 0.8 of a second in third.
Photos: Dylan Fowler-Bishop & Dan Evans | Nigel & Karen Jenkins | By Andrew Scott
Skipping SS2 monument which was excluded from the results due to timing issues, the third test through Halfway Forest would see Jenkins put the Vauxhall Nova on the top of the timings sheets. Jenkins would take 2.4 seconds out of Fowler-Bishop, winning the stage and taking the lead of the BronzeStar field from then on.
Photo: Nigel & Karen Jenkins | By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media)
Jenkins would round out his morning with his second stage win in the final stage of the morning loop through Crychan Forest, boosting his lead by a further 6.3 seconds to lead Ashley Francis-Adams by 13.5 seconds at the midpoint in the rally.
Photos: Dylan Fowler-Bishop & Dan Evans | Ashley Francis-Adams & Malcolm Ammonds – By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media) | Edward James & Kevin Lane – By Andrew Scott
Sadly the early pace seen from Dylan Fowler-Bishop & Dan Evans would not be seen again, the pair retiring their Nissan Micra K11 before seeing out Crychan. The demise of Bishop & Evans also promoted another Micra that was being driven by Edward James alongside Kevin Lane into third of the BronzeStar field. The pair were a further 27.5 seconds behind Francis-Adams but 11.2 seconds ahead of Chris Bush who was holding P4 in the Vauxhall Corsa, who in turn was ahead of Patrick Homan & Richard Wardle in the Ford Puma rounding out the top five BronzeStar at halftime.
| POS | LEADERBOARD | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | #210 N.JENKINS / K.JENKINS | 19:31.9 |
| 2 | #206 A.FRANCIS-ADMANS / M.AMMONDS | +13.5 |
| 3 | #217 E.JAMES / K.LANE | +27.5 |
| 4 | #208 C.BUSH / R.JONES | +11.2 |
| 5 | #215 P.HOMAN / R.WARDLE | +10.4 |
LEG 2 / AFTERNOON LOOP (SS5-SS8)
The afternoon loop would offer Francis-Adams a chance to come back at Jenkins, and the Nissan Micra driver made a good start in the repeated run through Llyn Login. Picking up his first stage win he would stop the clocks 2.2 seconds quicker than Jenkins here. However, Jenkins would slap him down again in the very next stage (SS6 Monument 2) and again in the penultimate stage, Halfway 2 to firmly stamp his authority over the rally.
Photo: Nigel & Karen Jenkins | By Andrew Scott
Nigel and Karen Jenkins would enter the final 6.27 miles of the rally through Crychan Forest with a lead of 14.4 seconds as their buffer. The pair would seal the deal with their fifth stage win to take the victory by a final margin of 18.7 seconds. Returning to the top step of the BronzeStar podium for the second time this season, this result would also see them return to the top of the BronzeStar standings, all be it by just a single point ahead of second-placed man Ashley-Francis-Adams who would secure his third P2 of the season on the Grist.
Photos: Ashley Francis-Adams & Malcolm Ammonds – By Andrew Scott | Edward James & Kevin Lane – By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media)
Edward James & Kevin Lane would take the final podium spot in their Nissan Micra Kit Car, the pair were more than a minute and twenty-three seconds adrift of Francis-Adams in front of them but a P3 on the podium was a pretty good result for their first BTRDA outing of the year.
Elsewhere, sadly, Chris Bush & Robert Bryn Jones were another crew to join Dylan Fowler-Bishop & Dan Evans on the retirement list, retiring their Vauxhall Corsa from a potential top-five finish in the penultimate stage of the rally. Luke Watts & Matt Rogers would be the ones to benefit from this, the pair would scoop up forth in their MG ZR having come out on top of the battle with Patrick Homan & Richard Wardle in the Puma.
Photos: Chris Bush & Robert Bryn Jones | Patrick Homan & Richard Wardle – By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media) | Luke Watts & Matt Rogers – By Andrew Scott
The pair had traded place on the final stage of the event which would see Homan losing out and rounding out the top five of the BronzeStar crews. With one second, two-thirds, and one-fourth, so far this season, Homan’s consistent result would see him lying in P3 in the standings, just 6 points behind Francis-Adams and firmly in that three-way fight for the title.
FINAL RESULTS
| POS | LEADERBOARD | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | #210 N.JENKINS / K.JENKINS | 44:58.6 |
| 2 | #206 A.FRANCIS-ADMANS / M.AMMONDS | +18.7 |
| 3 | #217 E.JAMES / K.LANE | +1:23.6 |
| 4 | #212 L.WATTS / M.ROGERS | +28.5 |
| 5 | #P.HOMAN / R.WARDLE | +9.4 |
HISTORIC CUP
On top of their SilverStar podium, Will Graham and Kenny Owen would also walk away from Builth with the BTRDA Historic Cup honors to their name. The pair were locked in a battle with the similar spec MK1 RS1600 Escort of Jonathan Brace & Paul Spooner over the morning loop. That was until Brace and Spooner were handed that time penalty before the afternoon run had begun, of course; This took them out of the running for any potential podium finish.
Photo: Will Graham & Kenny Owen | By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media)
Ben Jemison & Dean Kellett in the Vauxhall Chebette HSR would pass the MKII Ford Escort RS1800 of Lee Ashberry & Ian Jones over the afternoon to pick up second in the Historics, 15.4 seconds was the gap between Jemison in second and Ashberry who rounded out the Historic podium.
Photos: Ben Jemison & Dean Kellett – By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media) | Lee Ashberry & Ian Jones – By Andrew Scott
Photos: Jonathan Brace & Paul Spooner – By Andrew Scott | Steve “Kory” Ward & Phil Sandham – By Andy Cook (Xlerate.Media)
Brace and Spooner would bring it home in P4 somewhat wondering “what if”; ignoring that 40-second time penalty, they would have been on for a significantly better result otherwise. Steve “Korky” Ward and Philip Sandham rounded out the top 5 historic crews in their MKII Ford Escort RS1800. Mr Consistent, Ward still leads the Historic Cup standings, heading up Will Graham by 22 points, with Ben Jemison in third on 59.
STANDINGS / ROUND ?
GOLDSTAR DRIVERS
| POS | LEADERBOARD | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | E.PAYNE | 143 |
| 2 | P.NAYLOR | 130 |
| 3 | R.THOMPSON | 115 |
| 4 | M.HIRST | 113 |
| 5 | L.CLARK | 104 |
SILVERSTAR DRIVERS
| POS | LEADERBOARD | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | S.WARD | 117 |
| 2 | L.HOOPER | 105 |
| 3 | M.JENKINS | 97 |
| 4 | A.DAVISON | 91 |
| 6 | B.JEMISON | 85 |
BRONZESTAR DRIVERS
| POS | LEADERBOARD | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | N.JENKINS | 109 |
| 2 | A.FRANCIS-ADAMS | 108 |
| 3 | P.HOMAN | 102 |
HISTORIC CUP DRIVERS
| POS | LEADERBOARD | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | S.WARD | 82 |
| 2 | W.GRAHAM | 60 |
| 4 | B.JEMISON | 59 |
NEXT TIME
The ProTyres BTRDA Rally Series will have a summer break, resuming with the Woodpecker Stages on 7th September for Round 6. This year, the ever-popular event will undergo a bit of a shake-up with rally HQ moving from its traditional home at Ludlow Racecourse, to Newtown, Mid Wales where the event will take in stages in Ceri, Hafren Forest and Sweet Lamb.
