Round 2: Malcolm Wilson Rally, 5 March

Darren Pinchin and Ashley Sleights are tied atop the SWISHER MSA English Rally Championship points table following round two, the Malcolm Wilson Rally.

Experienced crews were not the only championship class winners on the event; 18-year-olds Ash Slights and Tom Hughes  again won Class E1 for standard cars of up to 1400cc, ahead of Joe Evett and Calvin Houldsworth, with both crews finishing ahead of many more powerful cars on the event.

Meanwhile it was 17-year-old Alex Parpottas, another graduate from the Junior 1000 Championship, who won Class E4 in a Ford Fiesta ST, accompanied by the experienced John Connor. 

ResultsClass E5: Warren Philliskirk / Matthew Whattam (Ford Escort) 55m 44sClass E4: Alex Parpottas / John Connor (Ford Fiesta ST) 55m 55sClass E3: Robert Wheeler / Chris Wheeler (VW Golf) 71m 33sClass E2: Darren Pinchin / Karen Watts (Proton Satria) 55m 01sClass E1: Ash Slights / Tom Hughes (Toyota Yaris) 58m 17s  

Championship positions (provisional)after Round 21 Darren Pinchin – 50 points= Ashley Slights – 503 Warren Philliskirk – 48           4 Alan McDowall – 465 Clive Anstey – 45