Billy Coleman wins the 1975 Mintex Dales Rally in the Thomas Motors Ford Escort RS1600

Posted by Scott Coursey 4 July, 2009 (0) Comment

Reigning British champion Billy Coleman got his 1975 season off to a great start with victory on the Mintex Dales Rally in the Thomas Motors Ford Escort RS1600.

Coleman, navigated by John Davenport, fought off some stiff opposition in the Yorkshire Dales from the likes of Roger Clark who ended up retiring his Mk1 Escort RS1600, Tony Drummond, after putting up a determined challenge in another Escort RS and Jack Tordoff in his Porsche… Continue reading

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Trackrod Rally 2008 – BRC International Rally Yorkshire: Results provisional as Guy Wilks wins and then is excluded as manufacturers’ continue feud

Posted by Scott Coursey 6 October, 2008 (0) Comment

WILKS EXCLUDED AFTER WINNING IN YORKSHIRE

In a repeat of his dominant performance in 2007, Guy Wilks took victory on every stage of Rally Yorkshire, beating title rival Mark Higgins by a minute and thirty seconds at the end of the penultimate rally in the Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Championship.

However, the result was overturned soon after the finish ceremony, when a protest relating to his Mitsubishi… Continue reading

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