Round 2: Manx Telecom Rally, 7-8 May Damian Cole collected his maiden maximum points haul in the Richard Egger Insurance MSA Asphalt Rally Championship with third place overall on the Manx Telecom Rally. Cole and co-driver Craig Drew overcame clutch problems on their Ford Focus WRC to head the Asphalt runners over 120 miles of closed road stages.Eighth place overall moves John Stone into the championship lead after two rounds, while Mark Jasper finished half-a-minute behind and now holds second place in the title race.Results1 Damian Cole / Craig Drew (Ford Focus WRC) 1h33m11.7s2 John Stone / Lee Carter (Skoda Fabia WRC) 1h34m07.4s3 Mark Jasper / Don Whyatt (MG Metro 6R4) 1h34m49.0s

Round 3: Jim Clark National Rally, 28-29 May

Championship positions (provisional) after Round 2

1 Stone – 40 points 2 Jasper – 373 Marshall – 334 Cole – 255 Peter Lloyd – 256 Steve Simpson – 22