Allingham Hits Bullseye on Bulldog Rally

Reporter: Chris Horner
Date online: 29 March 2010

Stalybridge Rally Driver Alex Allingham and co-driver Mark Glennerster boosted their Hankook Welsh National Rally Championship campaign in fine style this weekend with a brilliant Result at the Bulldog National Rally that started from Welshpool, Powys.

Starting as car one in the National section of the rally, Alex felt pressured to arrive home first overall, but the battle was not an easy one. A problem the pairing found running first on the road was catching spectators walking down the stage unaware of cars approaching, and on SS1 this distracted their concentration briefly losing a few seconds.

Alex limited his pace not taking any risks on the following two stages, Dyfi and Gartheniog, where speeds of 130mph were reached at some points and the pair arrived at the service halt 2nd overall, 4.9 Seconds down on their nearest rival Paul Davy in a much newer Subaru Impreza. With two more stages and a further 18 competitive miles left to complete within the forest complex Alex knew he had to up the pace.

Alex and Mark decided to push very hard on the final two 9 mile tests, beating Paul Davy by 3.1 seconds and 7.1 seconds respectively leaving them Winners of the Event by 5.3 seconds. Paul Davy was a further 50 seconds up on third overall Paul Walker in his Subaru Impreza WRC.

Mark and Alex scooped maximum points for themselves for the Hankook Welsh National Championship and look forward to their next round in the championship.

Top 10 Results:
1 101 Alex ALLINGHAM/Mark GLENNERSTER N4 1 Subaru Impreza 0:44:37.9
2 102 Paul DAVY/Roger ALLAN N4 2 Subaru Impreza N12b 0:44:43.2
3 104 Paul WALKER/Mark LEWIS B13 1 Subaru Impreza 0:45:28.3
4 106 Martin NEWCOMBE/Peter NEWCOMBE B13 2 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 0:45:31.7
5 103 Wug UTTING/Bob STOKOE N4 3 Subaru Impreza N12B 0:46:06.0
6 118 Shon REES/Owain DAVIES N4 4 Subaru Impreza 0:48:34.8
7 114 Nigel JENKINS/Karen WATTS B9 1 Vauxhall Nova 0:50:45.0
8 108 Geoff COTTRILL/Nathan CREWE B13 3 MG Metro 6R4 0:51:58.8
9 117 Sion MATHEWS/Endaf DAVIES B9 2 Vauxhall Nova 0:52:20.0
10 111 Ian SUTTON/Heather WATKINS B9 3 Vauxhall Nova 0:53:43.6