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Henry/Moynihan take overall victory on DMACK Carlisle Stages
Posted: August 1, 2016 1:36 PM
Irish crew Desi Henry and Liam Moynihan scored an emphatic victory on the DMACK Carlisle Stages (Saturday 11 June) after a superb field of cars battled over five special stages in the Newcastleton region of Kielder forest.
The rally, organised by the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club, was a round of the Ravenol BTRDA Rally Series, the MSA English Rally Championship, the BTRDA Rally Challenge, the S G Petch Association of North East and Cumbria Car Clubs Stage Rally Championship, the Motoscope Northern Historic Rally Championship and the Association of Northern Car Clubs Forest Challenge. In addition, the event drew a strong entry of Scottish crews as well as several MSA British Rally Championship contenders seeking some extra gravel mileage.
A total of 111 cars left Carlisle on Saturday morning and 75 were finally classified as finishers. At a fraction under 14 miles, the Kershope stage was one of the longest gravel stages of the national rally season.
Henry and Moynihan headed an amazing field of quick cars and drivers including nearly a dozen R5 and WRC cars and took overall victory by 38s from Peter Taylor and Andrew Roughead (Ford Focus WRC). Taylor also finished second on the 2015 DMACK Carlisle Stages and won the inaugural event in 2013.
“It was a great rally and we really enjoyed it,” said Henry. “The stages were brilliant. We came here for mileage ahead of the Scottish Rally, the next BRC round, and we had a great day.”
Top of the BTRDA contenders was the Ford Fiesta of Charlie Payne and Carl Williamson. “You’ve got to respect Kielder and we had a 40-metre moment in a ditch,” said Payne. “It was a very good event and the 13/14 mile stages were fantastic.”
Heading the two-wheel drive entry was the Fiat 131 of Matthew Robinson and Graham Wilcock, which finished an excellent 21st overall as just three two-wheel drive cars finished in the top 30 overall. Another fine result came from Jordan and Paul Hone who were top 1400 finishers in their Proton Satria.
A superb field of 115 cars will contest the 2016 DMACK Carlisle Stages (Saturday 11 June), with an entry that is big on both quality and quantity.
The rally is a round of the Ravenol BTRDA Rally Series, the MSA English Rally Championship, the BTRDA Rally Challenge, the S G Petch Association of North East and Cumbria Car Clubs Stage Rally Championship, the Motoscope Northern Historic Rally Championship and the Association of Northern Car Clubs Forest Challenge. In addition, the organisers are delighted to have drawn a strong entry of Scottish crews keen to tackle these famous stages, which have not been used for rallying since the 2015 Carlisle Stages.
The route will feature just eight miles of double-used stages in a five-stage rally, with two stages of more than 13 miles. Great news for spectators, is that there is excellent viewing on four of the five stages and no charges whatsoever for spectator access.
Spectator information is now available on the event website.
Heading the field away are current BTRDA Gold Star pacesetters Luke Francis (Mitsubishi Evo 9) and Charlie Payne (Ford Fiesta), but they are followed by an amazing array of quick cars and drivers including nearly a dozen R5 and WRC cars. Notable among them are BRC contenders Jonathan Greer (Citroen DS3 R5) and Desi Henry (Skoda Fabia R5) as well as Euan Thorburn (Peugeot 208 T16 R5) and Matt Edwards in a DMACK-supported Ford Fiesta R5+.
Heading the two-wheel drive entry is Matthew Robinson in the stunning Fiat 131, while top seed among the 1400cc contenders is Mat Smith in his Proton Satria.
The Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club event will be based at the premises of H&H Auctions in Carlisle, close to junction 43 of the M6. The first car will start at 8am on Saturday and return to the finish at around 3pm. Scrutineering and documentation will run from 2pm until 7pm on Friday afternoon.
Seeded Entry List
Posted: June 6, 2016 4:14 PM
1 Luke Francis/John H Roberts (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [B13]
2 Charles Payne/Carl Williamson (Ford Fiesta S2000) [B14]
3 Euan Thorburn/Paul Beaton (Peugeot 208 T16 R5) [B14]
4 Jonathan Greer/Kirsty Riddick (Citroen DS3 R5) [B14]
5 Stephen Petch/Michael Wilkinson (Ford Fiesta R5+) [B14]
6 Peter Taylor/Andrew Roughead (Ford Focus WRC) [B14]
7 Matt Edwards/John Millington (Ford Fiesta R5+) [B14]
8 Martin Cairns/Gary Mcelhinney (Ford Fiesta WRC) [B14]
9 Desi Henry/Liam Moynihan (Skoda Fabia R5) [B14]
10 Rory Young/Allan Cathers (Ford Fiesta R5) [B14]
11 Shaun Sinclair/Stephen O'Hanlon (Subaru Impreza WRC S9) [B14]
12 Stephen Simpson/Patrick Walsh (Ford Fiesta S2000) [B14]
14 Paul Benn/Richard Cooke (Ford Focus WRC02) [B14]
15 Thomas Preston/Jack Morton (Skoda Fabia R5) [B14]
16 Russ Thompson/Andy Murphy (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [N4]
17 Andy Davies/Max Freeman (Subaru Impreza N12) [N4]
18 Mark McCulloch/Michael Hendry (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) [B13]
19 Simon Rogers/Wyn Davies (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6) [B13]
20 Phil Pickard/Simon Pickard (Subaru Impreza WRX) [B13]
21 Sacha Kakad/James Aldridge (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X) [N4]
22 Fraser Wilson/Craig Wallace (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [N4]
23 Ross MacDonald/Stuart Loudon (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8) [B13]
24 Scott McCombie/Mark Fisher (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [B13]
25 Barry Groundwater/Neil Shanks (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X) [B13]
26 Niall Henry/John Rowan (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X) [B13]
27 Steve Petch/John Richardson (Ford Fiesta S2000) [B14]
28 Brian Bell/Jamie Edwards (Ford Focus 07 WRC) [B14]
29 Matthew Robinson/Graham Wilcock (Fiat 131S) [H3]
30 Boyd Kershaw/Bryan Hull (Ford Escort) [B11]
31 Seamus O Connell/Andy Richardson (Ford Escort) [B12]
32 Peter Smith/Alan Walker (Subaru STI) [B13]
33 Ian Baumgart/Mike Dickson (Subaru Impreza) [B13]
34 Michael Glendinning/Paul (midnight) Hughes (Subaru Impreza) [B13]
35 Allan Mcdowall/Gavin Heseltine (Ford RS1800) [H3]
36 Ian Graham/Tommy McErlean (Mitsubishi Evo 9) [B13]
37 Nigel Feeney/Abi Louden (Subaru Impreza) [B13]
38 Fred Milne/Chris Williams (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [B13]
39 Brian Watson/Caroline Will (Mitsubishi Evo) [B13]
40 Daniel Hiorns/Mike Johnson (Subaru Impreza) [B13]
41 James Hutchings/James Hood (Vauxhall Nova) [B10]
42 Kit Leigh/Tim Leigh (Ford Fiesta) [B10]
43 Cameron Davies/Lee Taylor (Ford Fiesta ST) [N3]
44 Mat Smith/Derek Cornforth (Proton Satria) [1400S]
45 Chris Powell/Jim Lewis (Talbot Sunbeam) [1400S]
46 James Williams/Paul Wakely (Ford Ka) [1400S]
47 Jordan Hone/Paul Hone (Proton Satria) [1400S]
48 Tony Williams/Karen Phelps (Ford Escort RS) [B11]
49 Ben Cressey/TBC (Vauxhall Disastra) [B11]
50 Andy Davison/Tom Murphy (Talbot Sunbeam VXR) [B11]
51 Barry Lindsay/Caroline Lodge (Peugeot 206) [B10]
52 Tim Kirvan-Rodgers/Abigail Haycock (Ford Fiesta ST) [N3]
53 Keith Riddick/Mairi Riddick (MG ZR) [1400S]
54 Barry Jordan/James Gratton-Smith (Talbot Sunbeam lotus) [H3]
55 Paul Bonas/Craig Cameron (Subaru Impreza) [B13]
56 Andy Gibson/Chris Pattison (Ford MK2 Escort) [B11]
57 David Dobson/Caron Tomlinson (Ford Escort MK2) [H2]
58 Mark Holmes/Craig Simkiss ( ) [H3]
59 Bob Bean/Malcolm Smithson (Ford Escort RS) [H3]
60 Darren Martin/Martin Steele (Mitsubishi Evo) [B13]
61 Rob Gill/Anders Howard (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [B13]
62 Michael Binnie/Claire Mole (Mitsubishi EVO 5) [B11]
63 Scott Partridge/Mike Jode (Subaru Impreza STI) [B13]
64 Phil Jobson/Caroline Jobson (Ford Escort MK1) [H3]
65 Andy Kelly/Campbell Roy (Ford Escort MK1 RS 2000) [H2]
66 Sam Bilham/Richard Crozier (Ford Fiesta ST) [N3]
67 Matthew Jackson/Claire Williams (Nissan Micra) [1400S]
68 Nick Taylor/Paul Gribben (Subaru Impreza) [B13]
69 Dave Forrest/Charlie Carter (Ford Escort) [H2]
70 Freddy Brick/Toby Brick (Vauxhall Nova) [1400C]
71 Neil Andrew/Dom Adams (Nissan Micra) [1400C]
72 Mike Reed/Alistair Wilk (Ford Escort RS 2000) [H2]
73 Robin Shuttleworth/Ronnie Roughead (Ford MK1 Escort Mexico) [H1]
74 Andy Turner/Steve Harris (Subaru Impreza RWD) [B12]
75 Alan Mayhew/Bryan Newton (Ford Escort MK2) [B11]
76 Tom Easson/Ian Bevan (Ford Fiesta ST) [N3]
77 Scott Sloan/David Sloan (Vauxhall Corsa) [1400S]
78 Carl Davies/Richard Jones (Nissan Micra) [1400C]
79 Jim Robertson/Colin Maxwell (Citroen C2R2) [B10]
80 Julian Barnett/Sasha Heriot (Subaru Impreza) [N4]
81 Malcolm Davey/Paul Slingsby (Ford Escort Mk1) [B10]
82 Petr Krizan/Jaromir Svec ( ) [N4]
83 Linzi Henderson/Tom Hynd (Subaru Impreza) [B13]
84 Jan Budge/Heather Grisedale (Subaru Impreza) [B13]
85 Ben Cree/Andy Brown (Peugeot 205 GTI) [B10]
86 Rob Graham/Helen Harkness (Ford Escort Mk1) [H1]
87 Richard Wells/Calvin Houldsworth (Volkswagen Polo GTi) [RF1.6]
88 Dominic Hodge/Stefan Arndt (Nissan Micra) [RF1.4]
89 Keith Davison/Henry Richardson (Hillman Avenger) [H1]
90 Andrew Robinson/Kevin Wilson (Ford Escort) [H3]
91 Andy Chalmers/Martin Maccabe (Ford Escort MK2) [B11]
92 John Tolson/Connor Tolson (Subaru Impreza) [B13]
93 Rob Evett/Michael Evett (MG ZR) [1400C]
94 Gordon Alexander/Anthony Litchfield (Rover ) [1400C]
95 Emily Retallick/Eliot Retalick (Peugeot 205 XS) [RF1.4]
96 Nick Kitching/Andrew Trolope (Ford Escort MK1 RS2000) [H2]
97 Wayne Hirst/Don Bramfoot (Ford Escort MK2 Moredoor) [B11]
98 Jonathon Hodgson/Gary Baker (Suzuki Swift) [B10]
99 Kris Hopkins/Martin Melsome-Smith (Ford Sierra ST) [B11]
100 Mark Boulton/Graham Wild (Ford Escort) [H2]
101 Charlie Blaney/Adrian Wilford (Ford Escort MK2) [H2]
102 Chris Marlow/Ralph Storke (Vauxhall Nova) [1400C]
103 Mark Talbot/Amanda Talbot (Peugeot 106 XSI) [1400C]
104 Neil Prior/Peter Littlefield (Vauxhall Astra) [B11]
105 Luke McLaren/Phil Kenny (Peugeot 205) [B10]
106 Caroline Carslaw/Ross Williams (Ford Fiesta ST) [B11]
107 Sandy Fairbairn/Derek Miller (Ford Fiesta ST) [N3]
108 Richard Garnett/Rob Gilham (Nissan Micra) [1400C]
109 Sheldon Furby/Carrie Rogers (MG ZR) [RF1.4]
110 David Perkins/Simon Jones (Nissan Micra) [RF1.4]
111 John Hepworth/Bruce Lindsay (Ford MK2 Escort) [B11]
112 Alan McMorran/David Kirkpatrick (Chrysler Avenger) [H1]
113 Tom Williams/Emma Morrison (Ford Fiesta R1) [RF1.6]
114 Phil Spilsted/Osian Owen (Nissan Micra) [RF1.0]
115 Gavin Chisholm/Robert Gray (SAAB 96) [H2]
Entries building for DMACK Carlisle Stages
Posted: May 10, 2016 3:15 PM
With just over a month to go until the 2016 DMACK Carlisle Stages (Saturday 11 June), the first 40 entries are already in and the organisers are expecting a run of entries after this weekend's Plains Rally.
The rally is a round of the Ravenol BTRDA Rally Series, the MSA English Rally Championship, the BTRDA Rally Challenge, the S G Petch Association of North East and Cumbria Car Clubs Stage Rally Championship, the Motoscope Northern Historic Rally Championship and the Association of Northern Car Clubs Forest Challenge.
The route will feature just eight miles of double-used stages and the route has been designed to limit the double-usage to the strongest forest roads. In response to competitor feedback from the 2015 rally, the Chamot Hill stage will not be used. No roads used on the recent BRC-based Carlisle Rally are being used and none of the roads on the DMACK Carlisle Stages have been used since the 2015 event.
"Entries are coming in very well and we're expecting a lot more after the Plains Rally," said Clerk of the Course Nicola Heppenstall. "We started 126 cars last year and we hope to at least match that number this year."
With continued title sponsorship from DMACK, the event offers 42 stage miles in the Kershope and Newcastleton complexes. A shakedown stage is available before documentation starts on Friday. The route includes two stages of more than 13 miles in length. The entry is Ł480, reducing to Ł430 for Rally First contenders.
The Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club event will be based at the premises of H&H Auctions in Carlisle, close to junction 43 of the M6. The first car will start at 8am on Saturday and return to the finish at around 2.30pm. Scrutineering and documentation will run from 2pm until 7pm on Friday afternoon.
The DMACK Carlisle Stages will be organised by the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club. Event regulations are available from www.racrally.org, link below.
The route for the 2016 DMACK Carlisle Stages (Saturday 11 June) has been unveiled and will include two stages of more than
13 miles in length.
With continued title sponsorship from DMACK, the event will offer 42 stage miles in the Kershope and Newcastleton complexes
for contenders in the BTRDA Rally Series and several regional championships. The entry fee has been set at STG480, reducing
to STG430 for Rally First contenders.
The route will feature just eight miles of double-used stages and the route has been designed to limit the double-usage to
the strongest roads. In response to competitor feedback from the 2015 rally, the Chamot Hill stage will not be used.
The Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club event will be based at the premises of H&H Auctions in Carlisle, close to junction
43 of the M6. The first car will start at 8am on Saturday and return to the finish at around 2.30pm. Scrutineering and
documentation will run from 2pm until 7pm on Friday afternoon.
The action starts with a 3.5-mile stage known as Florida before a 13.5-mile stage in Newcastleton. SS3 is a 5-miler in Ash
Park before cars return to Rally HQ for the main service. The second loop starts with a 14.5-mile stage in Kershope before
a second run through Ash Park. Only 2.5 miles of the stages in Newcastleton and Kershope will overlap.
Clerk of the Course Nicola Heppenstall said: "None of the stages have been used since the 2015 Carlisle Stages and were all
re-graded shortly after that event. The stages have had 12 months to settle and are in prime condition."
The rally will be a round of the Ravenol BTRDA Rally Series, the MSA English Rally Championship, the BTRDA Rally Challenge,
the S G Petch Association of North East and Cumbria Car Clubs Stage Rally Championship, the Motoscope Northern Historic
Rally Championship and the Association of Northern Car Clubs Forest Challenge.
The DMACK Carlisle Stages will be organised by the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club. Event regulations will be available
from www.racrally.org during the weekend of 16/17 April.
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