JONES ACHIEVES DOUBLE SUCCESSStuart Jones repeated not only his win on last month's Swansea Bay Rally, but repeated his 2003 victory over Mynydd Epynt when he dominated the Peugeot 206 Super Cup on the Mewla National Rally at the challenging classic Mid Wales asphalt venue. The win has projected the young Welshman from third in the series to the head of the table.  The Welshpool driver and his Wolverhampton co-driver, Richard Edwards started the day as they planned claiming fastest times on the first two opening tests, giving themselves a slender lead, despite a misfire on the latter part of the second special timed stage. However, stage three would see the misfire get progressively worse and the slender lead turn into a forty second deficit."We noticed the misfire towards the end of the second stage, which then caused the car to start cutting out on us over the third stage and our lead was gone. In service the problem was traced to a faulty map sensor, which we then replaced." The problem cured, Jones and Edwards pushed hard in their Mick Jones Timber Peugeot 206 in an attempt to claw back some of the time loss, but on stage six, a repeat of the third stage, Jones discovered another problem which would cause more time."We were less than a quarter of a mile into the sixth stage and we cut one corner going over some gravel. While the cut didn't appear to cause a problem on the next bend I realised we had no power steering. Thankfully the stage was fairly straight and wasn't much of a problem, but we did lose a little more time. We seemed to have thrown a stone up and dislodged the alternator belt, which also operates the power steering."Jones again pushed very hard on the next loop of three stages and without any further problems occurring, he then reduced his time to the front running Peugeot to twenty six seconds adrift.The Epynt Military Ranges are a daunting prospect for many drivers, but after nine stages the heavens opened making the ranges even more daunting with tyre choice a crucial factor in making or losing that all important time. Added to that was the change in layout and direction of the next batch of stages, with a longer ten mile stage to test the brave.Jones needed the win and second was not a word in his vocabulary and decided to gamble on the slick tyre option, while his competition opted for the safer intermediate tyre. The tyre choice went in Jones' favour, the twenty six second gap was dramatically closed down to just three seconds with just two stages remaining."We left the tyres off to the latest possible moment and then made our choice. Luckily it paid off for us, but we nearly lost out with a spin on the long stage."The Welshman was now fired up for the final lap of two stages, he had gripped the bull by the horns and returned to the Builth Wells finish fourteen seconds ahead of his nearest Peugeot rival."It has been a testing day, we needed the win to keep our championship alive and winning like this is very rewarding. We have worked hard to take the win and to lead the series."Having now taken three seconds and two wins, Jones now has the joint lead in the series, his run of misfortunes have prevented him from leading the series until now. Although his domination of this years series is evident with his stage tally totalling thirty-seven stage wins out of sixty-nine completed over six qualifying rallies. Stuart and Richard will aim to keep their lead in Scotland contesting the next round of the series, the Park Systems Stages on 11th September 2004.