Duncan Stephens won Stroud Motor Clubs Mechanics Trial, his third win of the season dropping just a single point. Stephens was the only car off the restart on the last section that saw local Josh Moss slip from first to third overall dropping his only three points whilst debuting his freshly rebuilt Cannon. Fellow Cornish driver Philip Thomas dragged his Escort out to tie with Stephens, but lost on the timed test. He was still ecstatic to win the class, let alone second overall, dropping his point on the same Sapseed Surprise section. Despite the dry conditions points were taken off all competitors with a good mix of classes. Sam Holmes was fourth overall, and third different class winner in his 1300 Beetle having failed to get off the restart at Don’t Blink.
Stewart Green broke the selector for first gear, but showed why never give up and completed the final four hills in second gear with lots of clutch slipping to finish third in the specials class and a brilliant fifth overall, considering.
Chris Ferrin debuted his freshly bought Troll and finished sixth, after been penalised for a tiny rollback on Bulls Banks restart.
Championship challenger Keith Sanders made a very uncharacteristic mistake spinning to a halt on a technical deviation on Greenaway 1 dropping all his nine points, costing him overall and potentially ACTC championship opportunity. Ryan Eamer and Dean Partington completed the top ten overall in their specials.
The kit car class was won by Jonathan Ellwood in his Marlin, beating the Melos of Ed Wells on the tie breaking timed test, on a day four could have won the class but made costly errors. The big engined rear wheel drive class was won by Kevin Sharp who beat Karen Warren by a single point. Warren beating her brother Greg in his Escort during her first season by six points. Nick Deacon was challenging for the overall win but struggled towards the end with car issues slipping outside the top ten overall on the final three hills which were all climbable.
- Duncan Stephens, UVA Fugitive, 1
- Philip Thomas, Ford Escort, 1
- Josh Moss, Cannon, 3
- Sam Holmes, VW Beetle, 4
- Stewart Green, SG Grufallo, 8
- Chris Ferrin, Troll, 9
- Keith Sanders, Reliant SS1, 9
- Nicola Butcher, VW Beetle, 10
- Ryan Eamer, Cannon, 11
- Dean Partington, DP Wasp, 12
Duncan Stephens
Links:-
- Mechanics Trial on the Classic Trials FB Group
- Some FB OnBoard Videos from Paul Watson
- Some Wood Lane Photos from Dave Middleditch’s Dad
- Photos from Calvin Samuel
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