Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally Championship

Round 2: Pirelli Historic Rally, 24th April Will Onions and David Williams scored their first victory in the Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally Championship after an incident-packed Pirelli Historic Rally in Kielder. Onions grabbed the lead on the final stage in Bewshaugh and then steered his Ford Escort Mk2 to a memorable victory, as other leading contenders fell victim to the ditches of the Northumberland forest.Category two was decimated on the final stage, leaving Peter Smith and Russ Langthorne to win aboard their Porsche. Meanwhile victory in category one went to the mighty Volvo Amazon of Graham Waite and Gill Cotton.ResultsCategory One 1 Graham Waite / Gill Cotton (Volvo Amazon) 47m28.8s2 Jonathan Gale / James Whitaker (Sunbeam Tiger) 47m40.6s3 Philip Smith / Barbara Smith (Porsche 911) 54m08.7sCategory Two1 Peter Smith / Russ Langthorne (Porsche 911 RS)      44m24.8s2 Andrew Siddall / Colin Thompsonm (Ford Escort Mk1) 44m41.3s3 Chris Browne / Liz Jordan (Ford Escort Mk1) 45m27.9sCategory Three1 Will Onions/Dave Williams (Ford Escort Mk2) 41m55.8s2 Julian Reynolds/Ian Oakey (Ford Escort Mk2) 42m07.7s3 Richard Lane/Frank Richer (Ford Escort Mk2) 43m53.0sChampionship positions (provisional) after Round 2 1 Jonathan Gale - 61 points 2 Graham Waite - 603 Peter Smith - 554 Geoff Taylor - 545 Chris Browne - 52= Andrew Siddall - 52= Julian Reynolds - 52

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