Round 3: Plains Rally, 15 MayAndrew Burton drove his Peugeot Cosworth to victory in round three of the Hankook MSA Welsh Rally Championship, the Plains Rally.Burton stamped his authority on the event immediately by completing the nine-mile opener 21 seconds clear of Steve Perez. He then went quickest on a further three stages to extend his winning margin to almost half a minute at the finish.Also on form was David Wright, who set five top-three times to take a deserved third overall and first in class, while Roger Chillman Jnr took maximum championship points with fourth overall and first in GpN.

Further down the order, a tenth place finished left Paul Davy with a comfortable 17-point cushion at the top of the overall championship standings.

In the Junior category Sara Williams put two DNFs behind her to take maximum points, while Sion Matthews maintained his consistent form and now leads the class.Results1 Andrew Burton / Robin Kellard (Peugeot Cosworth) 42m39s2 Steve Perez / Paul Spooner (Ford Focus WRC) 43m04s3 David Wright / Michael Wilkinson (Mitsubishi Evo 9) 44m11s 4 Roger Chillman Jnr / Andrew Sankey (Subaru Impreza N4) 44m26s5 Shaun Gardener / Ben Innes (Mitsubishi Evo 5.9) 44m38s6 Tom Cave / Shaun O Gorman (Proton Satria Neo S2000) 44m41sRound 4: Severn Valley National, 5 JuneChampionship positions (provisional) after Round 3 1 Paul Davy – 74 points 2 Roger Chillman – 573 Sion Matthews – 564 Alex Allingham – 555 Martin Walby – 53