4×4 Magazine UK – August 2019

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Revolution, Cameron Crow rolled
his Tomcat and Chloe Jones’
troubles continued with a misfi re
followed by a broken fuel pump. She
managed to continue, though, after
fellow competitor Dale Gilbertson
lent her a spare.
Up ahead, meanwhile, there was
no let up in Birchall’s pace. Just as
he had done on the Saturday, he
posted the fastest time on every
one of Sunday’s stages, stretching
his lead into a winning margin of
almost eight minutes.
‘It’s been a fantastic event,’ said
Birchall. ’The stages were great. It’s
all gone really well – I think Lady
Luck was on our side as we’ve not
really had any problems, other than
a smoking relay which we sorted.
‘I’ve been trying to win a hillrally
for ten years so it’s nice to fi nally
achieve it! The car has been spot on,
although it’s taken a hammering. It’ll
defi nitely need a good check oZer
before round two of the BXCC!”
4aul Rowlands fi nished in second
place – and with Mark Jacques
retiring on Sunday, it was Rowlands’
son Jason who took third in his
Can-Am X3.
Ian Gregg and Adam Evans
made it three UTVs in the top
four aboard their Polaris. Gregg
commented: ‘It’s been a good
weekend, a bit dusty but the stages
were excellent. We had a bit of a
front diff mishap which meant we

had to do all of Sunday’s stages in

two-wheel drive. This wasn’t ideal

for our times, but it certainly put a

smile on our faces!’

In fi fth place was the AT x Indy

Challenger of Rob Bool and Victoria

Vaughan. ‘It’s been hard graft but

we made it to the fi nish,’ said Bool.

‘It’s a tough event and we had a

few problems, including a broken

driveshaft and CV boot. The wheel

bearing was on its way out on the

fi nal stages, so we were glad to get

to the end.’

George Bryson and Wallace

McKay said before the start that

they were hoping for a fi nish and a

good event, and they achieved their

aim with 10th place overall and

second in class. Phill Bayliss left his

usual Land Rover 90 TD5 at home

and did the event in a new car –

and despite a couple of issues, he

fi nished 12th and fi rst in class.

Ian Linford also won his class in

his Freelander – although he found

the terrain a little rougher than his

last event, which was on the closed

public roads of Essex!

.ohn 4ickering fi nished 22nd in

his production-spec Land Rover

Discovery, despite an oil leak

resulting in a couple of stage

maximums. Pickering was awarded

the Spirit of the Rally trophy after

helping a fellow competitor get

back on the road after putting their

car on its side.

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