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 Sunday 28th October saw the running of the ever popular Rallitrak Premier/Historic Rally based around the Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire. The event attracted quality entries in both the modern & historic classes which featured six stages on a compact route.
The 1st stage in the modern event set the scene for the rest of the day as the top 4 seeds Hugh Hunte/Andy Marchbank (Ford Focus WRC 01), Pete Egerton/Paul Spooner (Hyundai Accent WRC), Donovan Jenkin/Ian Bass (Subaru Impreza WRC) & Karl & Guy Simmons (Subaru Impreza) all filling the top 4 times.
SS2 was the only time Hunter/Marchbank didn’t top the time sheets all day with Egerton/Spooner taking the honours.
 The pair were dominant in the top two positions separated by 31 seconds finishing as they started with Jenkins/Bass eventually finishing as seeded in third 1minute 59 seconds adrift. 3 seconds back was the hard charging Martin Healer/Shaun O’Gorman’s Ford Escort WRC in 4th with Karl & Guy Simmons rounding out the top 5 a further 2 seconds adrift.
The Historic Category 1 was won by the Volvo Amazon of Graham Waite/Gill Cotton by nearly 8 minutes in front of the only other finishers Freddie & Stuart Rolt in their Porsche 911.
Historic Category 2 was won by the Porsche 911 RS of Andrew Haddon/Mark Crisp finishing 2 minutes 33 seconds ahead of the Mk2 Escort of Richard Lane/Frank Richer while 3rd went to the similar chariot of Chris White/Chris Dewsnap a further 17 seconds back.
Results
 Historic Category 1
Graham Waite/Gill Cotton Volvo Amazon 46:49
Freddie Rolt/Stuart Rolt Porsche 911 +7:59
Historic Category 2
Andrew Haddon/Mark Crisp Porsche 911RS 40:58
Richard Lane/Frank Richer Ford Escort Mk2 +2:33
Chris White/Chris Dewsnap Ford Escort Mk2 +2:50
Premier
 Hugh Hunter/Andy Marchbank Ford Focus WRC01 38:18
Pete Egerton/Paul Spooner Hyundai Accent WRC +0:31
Donovan Jenkin/Ian Bass Subaru Impreza WRC +1:59
Martin Healer/Shaun O’Gorman Ford Escort WRC +2:02
Karl Simmons/Guy Simmons Subaru Impreza +2:04
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