You don’t come to Devon in March for an easy Torbay Trial, especially in Class Eight, and Dave Haizelden and Keith Sanders certainly made things tough for the specials this year with some difficult restarts.
It’s a while since a Class One car scored an overall win so well done James Shallcross and Mike Greenwood in their Peugeot 205. The second car was also front wheel drive with Aaron Haizeldon piloting the Golf he passengered in when introduced to the sport as a very young man. Rob Holden was third in his BMW Estate.
The initial batch of sections were on private land and their restarts sorted out 7 and 8, only Roger Hancock emerging with a clean sheet.
Transiting over to the Ilsington area the action started with Tipley although later this had to be scrubbed during to some scoring issues.
This group of sections were mostly familiar although MCC types were in for a shock when they saw the deviation on Simms!
James Shallcross nearly left Ilsington Parish with a clean sheet but for the one he dropped on Birchanger Bank.
The event finished with the Coombehead sections where once again Class Eight had some difficult restarts.
It took the special tests to decide the best Solo; Richard Maddern (Husqvarna), Ian Thompson (Beta Alp 200), Ryan Eamer (Triumph T100) and Stephen Kingstone (Matchless G3L) all going clean. Andy and Kayleigh Seward had a one point win amongst the outfits over Steve Urell and Julie Williams.
| Best Car | James Shallcross | Peugeot 205 | 4 |
| Best Solo | Richard Maddern | Husqvarna | 0 |
| Best Outfit | Andy and Kayleigh Seward | Suzuki | 3 |
| 1 | Aaron Haizelden | VW Golf | 8 |
| 2 | Steve Hill | Ford Model A | 15 |
| 3 | Rob Holden | BMW E30 | 10 |
| 4 | Jack Selwood | VW Beetle | 14 |
| 5 | Nick Farmer | BMW Z3 | 12 |
| 6 | Karen Warren | VW Beetle | 18 |
| 7 | Josh Tuck | Dutton Melos | 20 |
| 8 | Roger Hancock | VW Buggy | 22 |
| 90 | Brian Hampson | Suzuki X90 | 11 |
| B2 | John Reeves | KTM Freeride | 3 |
| B1 | Ian Thompson | Beta Alp 200 | 0 |
| A | Ryan Eamer | Triumph T100 | 0 |
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