Round 2: Bulldog National Rally, 2 April

Shaun Gardener and Ben Innes won the Bulldog National Rally to secure a maximum Hankook MSA Welsh National Rally Championship points haul.Roger Duckworth and Mark Broomfield held the early advantage but retired in Dyfnant. Nigel Griffiths and Jon Scott then grabbed the opportunity to head the leader board and strengthened their position with a scratch time on the 15-mile Gartheiniog.

However, Griffiths failed to emerge from Dyfi Main and Gardener stormed through to take a lead that he held to the finish.

Results1 Shaun Gardener / Ben Innes (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) 0h48m49.6s2 David Howells / Julian Wilkinson (Subaru Impreza) 0h48m52.2s3 Alex Allingham / Mark Glennerster (Subaru Impreza) 0h49m19s

Championship positions (provisional) after Round 21 Alex Allingham – 48 points2 Tom Naughton – 463 David Howells – 454 Patrick Naylor – 42= Paul Davy – 42