Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally Championship

David Stokes and Guy Weaver took maximum points in the Waterend Asphalt Cup on Sunday (1 August) when the SGC Printing Harry Flatters Historic Rally ran as a round of the asphalt competition that is a sub-set of the Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally Championship.The challenging Epynt ranges again delivered a fine challenge on an excellent event and a good historic field added to the quality of the rally. In overall terms, victory went to the Escort Mk2 of Mark Solloway and Den Golding as they completed a hat-trick of wins on the event.In category three, behind Solloway/Golding came Simon Tysoe and Cliff Simmons (Ford Escort Mk2) after a strong run, although they were nearly caught at the finish by Connor Corkill and Rob Fagg in their Escort Mk2. As he got back into the swing of Epynt, Corkill pulled back 18s on Tysoe over the final two stages and was just three seconds down as crews headed back to the finish at Brecon. "I can't wait for the Ulster Rally now," said Corkill.With Terry Brown and Martin James (Escort Mk2) out early with a broken gear selector, fourth in category three went to Phil and Mick Squires (Escort Mk2), although their progress was hampered by a misfire over the closing stages.Out of the contest for category three went the Triumph TR7 V8 of Stephen Hall and Aggie Foster, which went off on the sixth stage and bounced high in the air before coming back to earth. Hall was taken to hospital for checks after hurting his back.Stokes and Weaver dominated category two having topped Solloway on the opening long stage, which ran in wet and misty conditions. "It went very well, no problems at all," reported Stokes, after just an overshoot at the start of the New Road. Local experts Tony Adam and Richard Burton were second in category two in their Escort RS2000, while third went to Philip Wylie and Howard Pridmore in their Escort Mk1. "That's my first tarmac event in the Escort and it took a while to get used to it. But I loved the last stage," said Wylie.A resounding victory in category one went to Rikki Proffitt and Peter Scott in Proffitt's Porsche 911. "That was a brilliant day," said Proffitt. "It was tricky on the wet first stage, but I was very pleased with it. The good news is that Peter is going to come back and do some more events with me; I've not frightened him off!"