A specially set up 2 mile track which consisted of concrete, loose gravel, and various vegetation
the WIM Starlet had a great day finishing second in class with a time of 119.47, giving an overall placement of 11th
Dave Ellen in the Soarer finished with a 120.49 and overall placement of 14th
1st place went to Adrian Smith of Fensport in his Celica gt4 with a time of 103.49
in second place Jonny Milner, who rightfully had the excuse that he had competed in the welsh rally the day before
Former double British Rally champion and 2009 Toyota Sprint Series champion Jonny Milner will have his work cut out when he defends two titles on consecutive days next month.
Yorkshireman Milner and co-driver Ian Windress from Northallerton will start the Severn Valley round of the MSA National Gravel Rally Championship in pole position on 5th June after last month’s decisive victory at Kielder gave them the championship lead.
Straight after the rally, Jonny will make the 226 mile journey from Powys to Fakenham, Norfolk in readiness for the third race in the Toyota Sprint Series Championship that takes place at RAF Sculthorpe on 6th June. Jonny is hoping that he will not be cursed by the gearbox issues that cost him the lead by 0.38 of a second in the second round at Barkston Heath on 4th April.Commenting on the prospect of back to back racing, 41 year old Jonny said; “It will be a challenging and tiring weekend with a rally one day and a sprint road race the day after but both the BFGoodrich and 7 Lakes supported Toyota Corolla WRC and the Merlin International and Anglo American Oil Company Ltd sponsored Toyota Celica GT4 are performing well. It’s 20 years since I last did a back to back �" it was an eventful weekend where I rolled end to end on the rally, drove up to York hospital for x rays then set off to Rallycross at Knockhill in Scotland and won!
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overall was a good day, weather was kind up until late afternoon when a few showers appeared
the Starlet performed well all day, with the only problem being with the brake fluid, after each round the fluid was boiling away and overflowing, so an upgraded racing fluid is now on order
handling wise was near on perfect, with grip being available even where i least expected it, a little understeer was eliminated by tweaking the rear damper settings and a little less pressure in the front tyres
really pleased how Tony has fine tuned the car to be a great set up
Janey had a hard long day, having some fierce competition in her class, and then suffering a puncture
here is an inboard video
Starlet at Sculthorpe
roll on the next round
