Adams takes lead
PA Rotorua A win in the third round of the national rally championship at' Rotorua yesterday has lifted Aucklander Paul Adams from fourth place in the series to second behind the current champion, Jim Donald. Adams, driving a Ford Escort RS, won the 15 stage, 357 kilometre third round on Saturday ahead of Donald, who also drove an Escort. Third in the event was the Tokoroa Driver Tony Teesdale. Escort RS 1800, with G.M. dealer team driving
Shane Murland. Wellington, fourth. John Sergei, of Christchurch. finished a creditable twentieth over all and first in the unmodified group one section in his tiny Toyota Starlet. Two top South Island contenders, Barry Robinson (Gore, Chevette 2.3) and Trevor Crowe (Christchurch, Escort RS) pulled out with engine trouble. Crowe was holding fifth place when he withdrew at the end of the tenth high-speed special stage. '
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