MSA Championships Update 7 April 2008
Pirelli MSA Gravel Rally Championship
Round 2 - Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally,
5 April
Cheshire driver Jon Ingram took his maiden victory in the
Pirelli MSA Gravel Rally Championship as he finished second
behind event winner Barry Johnson on the Brick & Steel
Border Counties Rally. In their Subaru Impreza WRC, Ingram,
and co-driver Ian Allsop came home 5.6 seconds behind the
Ford Focus WRC of Johnson and Stewart Merry on the Jedburgh-based
event following a trouble-free run to claim maximum points
in the ANCRO championship on the second round of the series.
Richard Cathcart and Martin Brady finished second of the
registered crews, and third overall, as well as taking honours
in the Production Cup and the Mitsubishi Evo Challenge in
their Mitsubishi Evo 9. Daniel Barry and Mark Bowens were
next up in their Mitsubishi Evo 9 behind Jimmy Girvan/John
Bennie and Mark Higgins/Rory Kennedy.
"I'm pleased to win the MSA Gravel Rally Championship
round but disappointed not to win the event outright,"
Ingram said. "It's great to get my first win in the series;
it's one of the hardest one-day rallies I've ever done."
Round one winners Marcus Dodd and Andrew Bargery went out
on stage one when they spun backwards into a bank and damaged
the exhaust on their Hyundai Accent WRC. As a result, Ingram
moves to the lead of the series going into the next round,
the RBS Manx International Rally on 9/10 May.
EVENT RESULTS
1 Barry Johnson/Stewart Merry (Ford Focus WRC) 59:32.8
2* Jon Ingram/Ian Allsop (Subaru Impreza WRC) 59:38.4
3* Richard Cathcart/Martin Brady (Mitsubishi Evo 9) 1:00:30.4
4 Jimmy Girvan/John Bennie (Subaru Impreza) 1:00:47.1
5 Mark Higgins/Rory Kennedy (MG S2000 Sport) 1:01:11.2
6* Daniel Barry/Mark Bowens (Mitsubishi Evo 9) 1:01:11.5
7* Julian Reynolds/Patrick Walsh (Subaru Impreza WRC) 1:01.15.5
8* Stephen Petch/Michael Wilkinson (Hyundai Accent WRC) 1:01:37.3
9* Neil McCance/Anthony O'Connell (Mitsubishi Evo 9) 1:01:58.6
10* Andrew Burton/Shelley Rogerson (Peugeot Cosworth) 1:02:12.3
* denotes registered for MSA Gravel Rally Championship
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