After eight slippery stages in the Forest of Dean, Callum Black and Elliott Edmondson mastered the conditions to secure the Welsh Forest Rally Championship as they won the Wyedean Stages in their Ford Fiesta R5.
Less than a minute behind were Nick Elliott/Dave Price, who put in the drive of the day to finish second in their Ford Escort Mk2, as Peter Stephenson/ Darren Garrod finished third in their Ford Focus WRC06.
Black only needed to finish the event to ensure the title and so opted for a steady approach as both he and Edmondson felt it was the most slippery event they had ever done. Nonetheless, fastest time on the first two tests and top four times on the following two tests of the four-stage loop meant they held a 5s lead at halfway.
The first two stages hadn’t gone well for Stephenson/Garrod, who had an intermittent wiper fault and also stalled at a hairpin.
With temporary repairs effected, they could commit more, and after setting fastest time on SS4 they moved into second position.
This story is from the November 15,2017 edition of Motorsport News.
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