Four-wheel-drive cars dominate She reline rally
ilji I ; : i Four-wheel-drive cars dominated [the Shoreline rally arpund Duinectn on Saturday, taking ihel firsi three places over: all.! after the . eight special [stages. ■' | Brian' Sio.kte seeded! first, finished as he started, at the head! of the field, and nearly four mirJutes; up on the second place-getter. (Simon [Davies.' in hijs Subaru. | ! Stokes. ; of: jWaikuku. has [finally :sorted lall the [major !p:'oblems jhisi Sierra XR4 has [been giving Bnd with k swift [crew ot niine[mechanics, com- .. i !
pleted the rai y with no senous breakages Gary Cliff, in his newlybuilt Mazda 23 four wheel drive, drove admirably for his first rally in the machine to finish thirc over all. r Although there was nearly full field of 57 starters, none of the drivers came from the North island The field was soo: whittled down, only 30 cars driving past the flags on the ma! stage Graeme Co’y was fortunate enough to.fmsn his second rally for some time, driving
through the last stage with virtually no brakes and a failing clutch. ■ j ; The most difficult special stage of the rally was a tjfikm drive through forest, south of Dunedin's airport. . Eleven cars failed to continue the rally after this gruelling section [of road which was riddled with [fords, foliage pnd narrow sections of carriageway. |[J | ; The rally was trie second round of rhe Mainland senes and also the second roiind of the national series tind bohsequenily drivers I (iaijned double points for their placing*. ' [ ' | i' Over ail results.-pB. Stokes (Ford Sierra) I. S. Davies (Subaru) 2. G. Cliff (Mazda 323) 3. I). Bond (Toyota StarJet) 4. R. Jeffrey (Toyota Corolla) 5. .M. Laughton (Datsun) 6. R. Young (Toyota Corolla) 7, G. Coey Mitsubishi Stirion) 8. G. Goile (Toyota Starlet) 9. S Gray (Toyota Starlet) 10. [ [[
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