MSA Championships Update

Britpart MSA British Cross Country Championship Round 3: Forrest Estate, 3-4 June

Justin Birchall won his first championship event of the season after a very challenging event at Forrest Estate in South West Scotland.

Martin Gould, winner of the opening two rounds, led early on but his Buxton 4x4 Rivet succumbed to engine problems on the fourth run which handed the lead to Birchall. Despite a blown diff and some punctures Birchall maintained his lead for the rest of the event.

“I’m very pleased with the result, it was a really tough weekend which was hard on the cars and crews,” said Birchall. “We ended up using a standard diff which wasn’t ideal but we did enough to clinch the win.”

Results
1 Justin Birchall/Jonny Koonja (Lofthouse Freelander) 01h49m45s
2 Adrian Marfell/Paul Bartleman (Fouquet Nissan) 01h51m25s
3 Lee Mansfield/David Roberts (Milner R5) 01h54m28s
4 Ryan Cooke/Darren Cooke (Milner LRM-1) 01h55m10s
5 Rob Bool/Aaron Burch (AT Indy Challenger) 01h58m59s


Mintex MSA British Historic Rally Championship Round 4: Rallynuts Severn Valley Stages

Nick Elliott and Dave Price made it four wins from four rallies in the 2017 championship on the Severn Valley Stages.

The Ford Escort Mk2 crew finished with a winning margin of just five seconds over defending champions Jason Pritchard and Phil Clarke after a fierce battle on dry and fast Welsh forest stages.

Once again, other BHRC category wins went to Phil Harris/Richard Suter (Mini Cooper) and Phil Jobson/Arwel Jenkins (Ford Escort Mk1).

Results
1 Nick Elliott/Dave Price (Ford Escort) 46m57s
2 Jason Tauber Pritchard/Phil Clarke (Ford Escort RS1800) 47m02s
3 Steve Bennett/Osian Owen (Ford Escort RS) 48m15s

Provisional championship standings
1 Nick Elliott/Dave Price – 130 points
2 Jason Pritchard/Phil Clarke – 110
3 Ben Friend/Cliffy Simmons – 70


Pirelli MSA Welsh Rally Championship Rallynuts Severn Valley Stages, 3 June

Former champion Connor McCloskey led the Rallynuts Severn Valley Stages from start to finish, but it is Andy Davies who heads the 2017 title chase after three points scoring events.

McCloskey and co-driver John Rowan reported a trouble free run through the event’s seven stages in their Ford Fiesta WRC and their victory elevates the Irish duo to joint third place in the championship standings.

A closely fought battle for second place was waged between the R5+ specification Ford Fiesta of Martyn and Dawn England and Dylan Davies and Llion Williams in their Subaru Impreza. A spin for the Fiesta on the penultimate stage allowed the Impreza to move ahead but a fastest stage time on the final test snatched the runner up spot back for the Fiesta crew.

Results
1 Connor McCloskey/John Rowan (Ford Fiesta WRC) 44m22s
2 Martyn England/Dawn England (Ford Fiesta R5+) 45m41s
3 Dylan Davies/Llion Williams (Subaru Impreza) 45m46s

Provisional championship standings
1 Andy Davies – 70 points
2 Wug Utting – 61
3 Dylan Davies – 57
= Connor McCloskey – 57


MSA British Kart Championship Rounds 1-2: Clay Pigeon, 3-4 June

Roman Haskett won round one at Clay Pigeon after starting the second final from 12th on the grid. Jamie Flynn and Oliver Clarke completed the podium.

Joe Turney lead final two, before Clarke and Roy Johnson battled their way through to take the top two positions.

Results
Round one
1 Roman Haskett (Tonykart) 15m58.79s
2 Jamie Flynn (Alonso) +1.12s
3 Oliver Clarke (Tonykart) +5.87s

Round two
1 Oliver Clarke (Tonykart) 16m05.06s
2 Roy Johnson (Kosmic) +6.44s
3 Joe Turney (Kosmic) +8.87s


MSA British Junior Kart Championship Rounds 1-2: Clay Pigeon, 3-4 June

Morgan Porter won round one before the weather put an end to final two with a red flag just after half distance. Luca Griggs and Tommy Foster completed the podium after pole-sitter Harry Thompson retired.

Thompson qualified on pole again in round two and took a dominant win ahead of Jamie Day and Alex Eades. The second final was red flagged shortly before the race was due to end after a coming together between the battling Day and Eades.

Results
Round one
1 Morgan Porter (Tonykart) 7m46.33s
2 Luca Griggs (TBC) +2.00s
3 Tommy Foster (Tonykart) +4.25s

Round two
1 Harry Thompson (Alonso) 15m13.55s
2 Jamie Day (Kosmic) +1 lap
3 Alex Eades (Tonykart) +1 lap


MSA TKM Senior National Championship Round 5: Clay Pigeon, 3-4 June

Adam Sparrow and Simon Vercoe shared the heat wins with Vercoe taking pole for final one, which he won from Stephen Letts.

The second final saw eight lead changes among the tight-knit pack at the front, with Letts taking the win on the last lap. Lee Whittingham finished second ahead of Bradley White. Vercoe ended the race in seventh despite leading for most of the race.

Results
1 Stephen Letts (Tonykart) 12m39.54s
2 Lee Whittingham (Tal-Ko) +0.12s
3 Bradley White (Tal-Ko) +0.24s


MSA TKM Junior National Championship Round 5: Clay Pigeon, 3-4 June

Abbi Pulling won both heats ahead of poleman Zak Oates but lost the lead in a wet final one to finish fifth.

Better weather in final two allowed her to work her way through to the front at half distance to win ahead of James Pashley and the other race leader Kurt Roberts.

Results
1 Abbi Pulling (Tal-Ko) 11m25.50s
2 James Pashley (Jade) +1.05s
3 Kurt Roberts (Jade) +1.14s


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