LHS of Junction 4

This year the weather was much kinder to us than last year when it was cold and overcast.


This year there was a real fight between car 1 (John and Caroline Price) who have won the rally for the last five years in a row and car 2 (John Stone + Lee Carter) in similar specification metro 6r4. This picture shows John and Caroline Pricing pushing hard... with only three wheels on the ground!

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John Stone / Lee Carter in car 2, another metro 6r4 were hot on the heals of John and Caroline Price.
It was 1991 when a Darrian T90 last won the rally but Chris Davies / Brandon Parker in car 3 took the battle back to the metro 6r4s.
According to the rally program car 7 was supposed to be a Ford Escort WRC with 1998cc engine. Unfortunately for Hugh Hunter / Anna Marchbank things didn't turn out as planned, the escort wouldn't start so they borrowed his Mum's car.

This picture shows car 41 (a Fiesta 1600cc) driven by Eddie and John McGuinnes overtaking car 7 (a Nissan Micra) on a hairpin bend - heading towards me!.
Dave Martin / Wayne McArdle in car 24, a Ford Sierra with a v8 3900cc engine seemed to be doing well until they suffered transmission problems.
J McDonald / A McDonald in car 70, a Peugeot 309 Gti (1900cc) carried on despite having a battered looking door.


New Brighton Promenade 2005
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