MSA Championship Update

MSA Championships Update 2010 28 June 2010

Hankook MSA Scottish Rally Championship

Round 5: RSAC Scottish Rally, 26 June 2010

Reigning champion David Bogie was in dominant form on Saturday's RSAC Scottish Rally to secure his third victory of the 2010 Hankook MSA Scottish Rally championship.

The Dumfries competitor was fastest through four of the six bone-dry stages in his re-engined Mitsubishi Evo 9 to finish with a total time of 44 minutes 20.8 seconds, 19.2 seconds ahead of last year's winner Mike Faulkner in an Evo 6.

Hard-charging David Wilson from Alness secured the final podium spot – and Hankook Group N honours - a further 56.6 seconds adrift in his Evo 9.

With three rounds remaining, Bogie now leads the overall standings by five points from Andy Horne, who in turn is eight points ahead of third-placed Alick Kerr.

Results

1st David Bogie (Dumfries)/Kevin Rae (Hawick) Mitsubishi Evo 9 44mins 20.8 secs

2nd Mike Faulkner (Kirtlebridge)/Peter Foy (Bingley) Mitsubishi Evo 6 44.40.0

3rd David Wilson (Alness)/Drew Sturrock (Laurencekirk) Mitsubishi Evo 9 45.36.6

4th Alick Kerr (Bothwell)/Neil Shanks (Elgin) Subaru Impreza 45.38.4

5th Barry Groundwater (Stonehaven)/Daniel Paterson (Stonehaven) Mitsubishi Evo 9 49.59.7

6th Andy Horne (Inverness)/Jim Howie (Kilmarnock) DAM 4100 Gti 46.11.9

Championship (provisional) after 5 rounds

1. David Bogie (Mitsubishi Evo 9) 118

2. Andy Horne (DAM 4100 GTi) 113

3. Alick Kerr (Subaru Impreza) 105

4. Mike Faulkner (Mitsubishi Evo 6) 103

5. Wayne Sisson (Mitsubishi Evo 9) 94

6. Shaun Sinclair (Mitsubishi Evo 9) 93

Image shows David Bogie in action on Saturday, courtesy of LindsayPhotoSport

Championship after Round 3

1. Alastair Moffatt 33pts

2. David Thompson 30pts

3. Lee Valentine 27pts

4. Chris Chapman 21pts

5= Rob Rolston 20pts

Richard Pinkney 20pts

Roger Holder 20pts

Image shows Alastair Moffatt in action, courtesy of Nic Ayre

Link Up Ltd MSA British Autotest Championship

Round 3: Hartlepool Championship Autotest, 27 June 2010

Alastair Moffatt made it a hat-trick of wins in 2010, when he took FTD at the Hartlepool Championship Autotest. This year’s event had moved to the seafront at Seaton Carew, the test site overlooking the beach providing a pleasant backdrop, along with good viewing for spectators. Moffatt’s day did not start well though, when a throttle cable broke on the opening test, allowing 2007 Champion Paul Swift to take an early lead. Swift, however, then promptly had a wrong test on the next test, promoting Mike Sones into the lead, but by test 6 Moffatt had put in some stunning times to overhaul Sones and regain the lead. He steadily increased the margin to win by nearly 29 seconds from the Vauxhall Nova of David Thompson, with Mike Sones finishing in 3rd.

Event Top 6

1. Alastair Moffatt - Mini Special - 558.2

2. David Thompson – Nova - 586.9

3. Mike Sones - Mini Special - 593.0

4. Malcolm Livingston – Lindsay - 594.0

5. Henry Moorhouse - Mini Special - 599.3

6. Stephen Morten - Raw Striker - 603.4

MSA British Car Trial Championship

Round 7: Wye Valley Car Trial, Hereford

Ross & District MSC, 27 June 2010

Duncan Stephens won the Wye Valley Car Trial on Sunday to extend his lead in the MSA championship, driving his Vauxhall Nova. Stephens slowly extended his lead in the class over Barrie Parker to win the event by the closest margin in years. Thomas Bricknell wheeled out his classic trials-prepared Escort for BTRDA Allrounders points and won the highly modified class to finish very close behind in second overall. Bill Moffatt made least mistakes in the rear wheel drive class, winning the class for the first time in nearly ten years and taking a close third overall, while Dave Walker won the new car class for the first time, finishing seventh overall in a recently purchased Corsa.

Results:

1 Duncan Stephens (Vauxhall Nova) 57.4%;

2 Tom Bricknell (Ford Escort) 58.8%;

3 Bill Moffatt (Hillman Imp) 59.0%;

4 Barrie Parker (VW Scirocco) 72.0%;

5 Neil Mackay (Citreon AX GT) 84.6%;

6 Dave Oliver (Hillman Imp) 87.0%;

Inter-Association Team Trial

The Wye Valley Car Trial hosted the inter-association team trial on Sunday with the South West team of Duncan Stephens, Barrie Parker and Paul Bartleman winning clearly from last year’s victorious West Midlands’ team of Dave Oliver, Steve Courts and Nigel Weeks. The Northern team of Rupert North, Les Andrew and Aiden Reynard was third.

Championship (Provisional) after 7 of 11 rounds (best 8 count)

1. Duncan Stephens (Vauxhall Nova) 36 points from 7 events

2. Dave Oliver (Hillman Imp) 26 from 7

3. Barrie Parker (VW Scirocco, Peugeot 104, Smart Roadster) 22 from 6

4. Rupert North (Rover Mini) 21 from 6

5. Nick Pollitt (BMW 116, Lotus Elise, Skoda Fabia, Citroen Saxo VTR) 15 from 4

6. Nigel Weeks (Hillman Imp) 13 from 4

Image shows Duncan Stephens / Jade Bray on their way to winning the Wye Valley Car Trial

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MSA Championship Update - 28 June 2010