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British Rally Championship hopes for Elfyn Evans
publication date: Aug 25, 2011
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author/source: Robin Roberts
Welshman Elfyn Evans
kept his hopes of the 2011 Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship alive
with a sensational performance on round five of the series which comprised the
Toddsleap International Rally of Northern Ireland.
Although he and
Aberystwyth co driver Andrew Edwards had to eventually settle for a fifth place
finish on the Antrim-based event in the TEG Sport Pirelli Shoot Out sponsored
Subaru Impreza N15, it was a case of what might have been had the 22 year old
from Dolgellau not dropped over two and a half minutes with a puncture on the
very first stage.
It meant an uphill
task for the crew but marked the start of a fantastic comeback drive which
would end in Evans winning an amazing nine of the remaining 13 stages around
the closed Ulster tarmac roads in his attempt to salvage vital championship
points. | Fastest on both
Glendun and Torr Heads stages on Friday evening, Evans had clawed his way up
from 32nd place after SS1 to hold tenth at the overnight halt such was his pace
to claim four stage wins.
Saturday saw Evans
back on the pace although he dropped a little time on the opening two tests but
still moved up to seventh position.
However, on the final six stages, Evans set
fastest time on five of them to secure sixth overall at the finish just over
two minutes down on the winner. | Carl
Fogarty, the most successful World Superbike racer of all time, is the guest of
honour at the Castle Combe Circuit's Fowlers Motorcycles Pro Bike National meeting
on Saturday 3 September.
The
event marks the 60th anniversary of the first motorcycle meeting at the
Wiltshire track where back in 1989, Fogarty recorded the first ever 100mph lap.
As well as setting a mean 102.22 mph on his quickest lap, 'Foggy' averaged more
than 100mph for all eight laps.
He went on to win the World Superbike
championship four times. | However, with winner Garry Jennings not being a
registered BRC contender, it meant a top five placing for the Welsh crew and
their Carnforth-based team.
The result sees Evans
maintain second place in the 2011 Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship
going into next month's International Rally Yorkshire. |
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