Round 7: Colin McRae Forest Stages, 1 October

David Stokes and Guy Weaver secured their third MSA British Historic Rally Championship title by winning Category 2 on the Colin McRae Forest Stages.

Despite dreadful weather conditions, Stokes and Weaver drove a measured rally to win the title after transmission failure claimed their key rivals Rikki Proffitt and Phill Harrison.

Graham Waite and Gill Cotton won Category 1 in their Volvo Amazon, while the non-registered crew of Stig Blomqvist and Anna Goni won Category 3 in their Ford Escort Mk2.

Results – Category One1 Graham Waite / Gill Cotton (Volvo Amazon) 1h04m28.7s2 Derek Boyd / Roisin Boyd (Porsche 911) 3 Edmund Peel / Janet Craine (Porsche 911)

Category Two1 David Stokes / Guy Weaver (Ford Escort MK1) 1h02m23.3s;2 Baz Jordan / James Gratton-Smith (Ford Escort Mk1)3 Dick Slaughter / Geoff Dearing (Ford Escort Mk1)

Category Three1 Stig Blomqvist / Anna Goni (Ford Escort Mk2) 1h01m32.5s2 Simon Tysoe / Cliffy Simmons (Ford Escort Mk2)3 Jimmy McRae / Pauline Gullick (Porsche 911)

Final championship positions (provisional)1 David Stokes – 156 points (CHAMPION)2 Rikki Proffitt – 1453 Dessie Nutt – 1344 Andrew Siddall – 133.55 Dick Slaughter – 133