Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally ChampionshipRound 4:

Will Onions and David Williams scored the narrowest victory in the history of the MSA British Historic Rally Championship when they won the Severn Valley Rally by just three-tenths of a second in their Ford Escort Mk2.

In a grandstand finish after eight hot and dusty gravel stages in the Epynt region, Onions fended off the closing Escort of Julian Reynolds and Ian Oakey by the tiny margin.

Category Two pacesetters David Stokes/Guy Weaver, Stefan Stouf/Joris Erard and Rupert Lomax/Dave Allcock all suffered mechanical dramas in their Escort Mk1s, leaving Chris Browne and Liz Jordan to claim the spoils. Graham Waite and Gill Cotton took another Category One win in their sideways Volvo Amazon.

Results – Category One1 Graham Waite / Gill Cotton (Volvo Amazon) 64m30.9s 2 Simon Wallis / Graham Wride (Lotus Cortina) 66m12.4s3 Rikki Proffitt / John Stanger-Leathes (Porsche 911) 66m44.0s

Results – Category Two1 Chris Browne / Liz Jordan (Ford Escort Mk1) 61m02.6s2 Peter Smith / Russ Langthorne (Ford Escort Mk1) 62m03.4s3 Jeremy Wells / Ken Bowman (Ford Escort Mk1) 62m50.1s

Results – Category Three1 Will Onions / Dave Williams (Ford Escort Mk2) 58m32.3s2 Julian Reynolds / Ian Oakey (Ford Escort Mk2) 58m32.6s3 Tim Pearcey / Neil

Championship positions (provisional)after Round 41 Rikki Proffitt – 119 points2 Will Onions – 1033 Dick Slaughter – 1004 Chris Browne – 975 David Stokes  - 89= Nick Elliott – 89= Graham Waite – 89