1997 Final Results – 2300 Club

Here are the final results from the 1997 Philips Tour of Mull

Pos	Car	Driver/Navigator	Car	Total	Differ.	Cls.
1	1	Neil MacKinnon/Mike Stayte	Subaru Legacy	2:50:57		A8 – 1
2	3	Chris Griffiths/Aled Davies	Subaru Legacy	2:53:51	02:54	A8 – 2
3	5	Eddie O'Donnell/Ed (Snr) O'Donnell	Escort 2100	2:54:12	03:15	B12 – 1
4	8	Dougi Hall/Gareth Williams	Esc Mk2 2400	2:59:09	08:12	B12 – 2
5	4	John Price/Mike Bowen	Metro 6R4	2:59:28	08:31	B12 – 3
6	6	Paul Kirtley/Jon Geldart	Escort Cos	3:01:52	10:55	B12 – 4
7	10	Terry Rooke/Carl Sorensen	Escort Cos	3:03:40	12:43	B12 – 5
8	16	John Cressey/Ian Grindrod	Manta 2002	3:05:13	14:16	B12 – 6
9	14	John Brodie/Don Whyatt	Escort Cos	3:05:32	14:35	B12 – 7
10	25	Dave Miller/Andrew Bailey	Esc Mk2 2000	3:06:30	15:33	B12 – 8
11	21	Callum Guy/Fred Bell	Avenger 1700	3:07:07	16:10	B11 – 1
12	49	Roy Jarvis/Colin Kennedy	Corsa GSi	3:07:46	16:49	B10 – 1
13	19	John Dalton/Chris Baron	Escort 2100	3:07:48	16:51	B12 – 9
14	24	Mark Hudson/Geoff Crabtree	Esc Mk2 2100	3:07:55	16:58	B12 – 10
15	47	Martin Healer/Martin White	Escort Cos	3:08:59	18:02	A8 – 3
16	18	Gareth Jones/Lee Ellis	Esc Mk2 1996	3:09:09	18:12	B11 – 2
17	34	Curley Haigh/Graham Willcock	Esc Mk1 1998	3:09:47	18:50	B11 – 3
18	37	Tugs Sherrington/Jim Brindle	Mini 1293	3:09:54	18:57	B9 – 1
19	46	Robin Hamilton/Iain Edwards	205 RWD	3:10:23	19:26	B10 – 2
20	23	Tim Stell/John Bennett	205 GTI	3:11:08	20:11	A7 – 1
21	22	Stuart McQueen/Alaistair Green	Lancer Evo 4	3:11:17	20:20	B12 – 11
22	40	Ian Donaldson/Graeme Taylor	Sunbeam 1600	3:12:05	21:08	B10 – 3
23	67	Howard Moore/Dave Lewis	Civic VTi 1596	3:12:23	21:26	A6 – 1
24	79	John Swinscoe/Paula Swinscoe	Esc Mk2 1998	3:12:34	21:37	B11 – 4
25	55	Dougie Ingram/Adam Greenaway	Mini 1293	3:12:54	21:57	B9 – 2
26	63	Scott Calderwood/Ally Campbell	205 rwd 1998	3:13:07	22:10	B11 – 5
27	52	Phil Walker/Peter Martin	323 4×4 Turbo	3:13:07	22:10	B12 – 12
28	57	Guy Woodcock/Hu Kent	Astra QED 1998	3:13:29	22:32	B11 – 6
29	38	George McDonald/Graham Thomson	Nova 1600	3:15:27	24:30	A6 – 2
30	42	Davy Crockett/Ian Millar	Corsa 1997	3:16:51	25:54	B11 – 7
31	85	Peter Monkhouse/Deborah Monkhouse	RS2000	3:16:53	25:56	B11 – 8
32	59	Mark Durham/Andy Mort	Nova GSi 1598	3:16:58	26:01	A6 – 3
33	44	Kevin Dodd/Simon Moss	Escort 2001	3:17:22	26:25	B12 – 13
34	75	Dermot Common/Dave Fotheringham	Escort 2400	3:19:02	28:05	B12 – 14
35	56	Dave Calvert/Daniel Barritt	Esc Mk2 1998	3:19:05	28:08	B11 – 9
36	20	Donald Brown/Linda Brown	Sunbeam 2000	3:19:22	28:25	B11 – 10
37	45	Graham Darcy/Graham Shiel	Astra GSi	3:19:30	28:33	B11 – 11
38	117	David Harris/Richard Hands	205 GTi	3:19:44	28:47	N3 – 1
39	48	Gordon Boyd/Stella Boyles	Lotus Cortina	3:20:40	29:43	B10 – 4
40	77	Malcolm Oxborrow/Andy Bull	MGF 1789	3:21:10	30:13	B11 – 12
41	136	Miles Whitelock/Lisa Thwaites	309 GTi	3:21:47	30:50	B11 – 13
42	65	Sheridan Williams/Nick Bray	Astra GSi	3:22:44	31:47	A7 – 2
43	83	Paul Darlington/Bob Wilkinson	Micra 1275	3:24:06	33:09	A5 – 1
44	61	Paul Northall/Jon Southall	Rover 220GTi	3:24:18	33:21	N3 – 2
45	111	John Davie/Nigel Felstead	Esc Mk3 2380	3:24:20	33:23	B12 – 15
46	66	James Wright/Alastair Bolton	Nova 1388	3:24:33	33:36	B10 – 5
47	126	John Jackson/Bob Brown	Escort 1600	3:25:48	34:51	B10 – 6
48	31	Angus Mathieson/Marion Mathieson	Nova 1600	3:26:08	35:11	B10 – 7
49	58	John Hardy/Stew Dale	323 4×4 Turbo	3:26:31	35:34	B12 – 16
50	132	Paul Marshall/Steve Hughes	TR7 V8	3:27:10	36:13	B12 – 17
51	80	Rick Fry/Steve Thompson	Sierra Cos 4×4	3:28:12	37:15	A8 – 4
52	90	Tim Baker/Andrew Smallman	Sunbeam 1998	3:28:47	37:50	B11 – 14
53	128	Mark Hughes/Damian Whittle	Esc RS 1993	3:29:12	38:15	B11 – 15
54	130	Alan Noble/David Crisp	Sunbeam 1600	3:29:22	38:25	B10 – 8
55	72	Gavin Gray/Niall McCall	405 M16	3:29:24	38:27	A7 – 3
56	113	William Langford/Thomas Paterson	Astra 2000	3:29:49	38:52	B11 – 16
57	64	Martin Fox/Nigel Webster	Escort Cos	3:29:51	38:54	B12 – 18
58	156	Phil Ward/Mark Simpson	Nova GTE 1600	3:30:12	39:15	B10 – 9
59	108	Ian Chadwick/Linda Whitmore	Fiesta 1600	3:30:55	39:58	B10 – 10
60	70	Ian Curwen/Stephanie Fry	RS2000	3:31:03	40:06	B11 – 17
61	87	Robert Mathieson/Helen Leitch	Sunbeam 1998	3:31:05	40:08	B11 – 18
62	114	Kevin MacIver/Robin Nicolson	Esc Mk4 rwd	3:31:06	40:09	B10 – 11
63	140	Alan Hewitson/Dave McGowan	Esc Mk2 1998	3:31:06	40:09	B11 – 19
64	102	Giles Brooksbank/Peter Nowell	Golf GTi 1781	3:31:16	40:19	B11 – 20
65	105	Dave Barritt/Chris Campbell	Manta 2001	3:31:48	40:51	B12 – 19
66	137	John Roberts/Oliver Tomlins	Strada 1995	3:31:59	41:02	B11 – 21
67	92	Patrick Johnson/Graham Harper	Cortina GT	3:33:46	42:49	B10 – 12
68	84	Chris Tooze/Jo Tooze	106 Rallye	3:35:23	44:26	N1 – 1
69	141	Gordon Milne/Iain Huitson	Nova GSi 1600	3:35:32	44:35	B10 – 13
70	148	Kevin Lomax/Nigel Long	205XS 1360	3:36:46	45:49	B10 – 14
71	138	Kenneth Headspeath/Tom Nelson	Escort 2000	3:37:21	46:24	B11 – 22
72	125	Dave Goodwin/Peter Wilcock	Astra GTE 1998	3:37:38	46:41	B11 – 23
73	147	Paul Blackburn/Wayne Rodgers	Nova 1290	3:38:04	47:07	B9 – 3
74	134	Stuart Atkinson/Gary Miller	205 rwd 1600	3:39:12	48:15	B10 – 15
75	143	Willie Patterson/Euan O'Neill	Esc Mk2 1998	3:40:49	49:52	B11 – 24
76	154	Iain Campbell/I. (Snr) Campbell	Nova 1300	3:41:47	50:50	B9 – 4
77	89	Lee Sharples/Jim Alcock	Nova 1297	3:42:56	51:59	B9 – 5
78	153	John Mason/Shades Minshaw	Escort 1997	3:43:15	52:18	B11 – 25
79	159	Kris Tennant/Karl Holmes	Fiesta 1340	3:45:03	54:06	B10 – 16
80	30	Alasdair Ingram/Mark Boyle	Starion Turbo	3:45:44	54:47	B12 – 20
81	142	Andy Austwick/Dave Riley	205 GTi 1600	3:46:18	55:21	B10 – 17
82	96	Francine Duncan/Lorain Nixon	Ibiza 1984	3:48:04	57:07	N3 – 3
83	97	Nick Bailey/Andy Bebbington	Esc Mk1 2000	3:48:12	57:15	B11 – 26
84	28	Ian Crossley/Fred Bent	Sunny GTi-R	3:49:21	58:24	N4 – 1
85	158	Andy Blower/Alexis Harper	Nova 1300	3:55:00	04:03	B9 – 6
86	123	Richard Egger/Pat Egger	Nova GSi	3:56:33	05:36	A6 – 4
87	150	Paul Gunn/Liam Robinson	Esc Mk2 1998	3:57:27	06:30	B11 – 27
88	121	Dave Twilton/Richard Vincent	Mini 1293	4:00:34	09:37	B9 – 7
89	152	Andy Rhodes/Nicky Rhodes	Mini 1293	4:01:50	10:53	B9 – 8
90	100	Nigel Hicklin/Ian Johnston	Corsa GSi	4:02:38	11:41	B10 – 18
91	119	Martin Vickers/Dave Marriott	TR7 V8	4:06:09	15:12	B12 – 21
92	160	Linda Allan/Ken Maguire	Esc Mk2 2000	4:12:07	21:10	B11 – 28
93	151	Gavin Bailey/Adrian Gibbins	Rover 216i	4:16:27	25:30	B10 – 19

Published October 11, 2008

2008 – Murmur Chapter 6

MullMurmurs – Chapter 6

( Provisional ) Leaderboard after 6 (of 17 Stages)

1 P MacKinnon/D Barritt (Subaru Impreza) 49m 48s
2 C Duffy/I Duffy (Ford Escort MkII) 50m 09s
3 D Harper/C Campbell (BMW MINI) 52m 36s
4 J MacGillivray/I Frazer (Ford Escort MkII) 52m 58s
5 K Hall/R Millener (Ford Fiesta) 53m 01s
6 J Cope/R Fagg (Subaru Impreza) 53m 04s
7 W Bonniwell/K Rae (Subaru Impreza) 53m 14s
8 T Pye/K Riddick (Subaru Impreza) 54m 00s
9 D Miller/A Bailey (Subaru Impreza) 54m 30s
10 P Kirtley/D jones (Subaru Impreza) 54m 32s
11 E O’Donnell/S Proud (Ford Escort MkII) 54m 38s
12 T Sherrington/S Bould (Mitsubishi Lancer) 54m 56s

The young guns are taking charge. At the end of the first Leg of the 39th Tunnock’s Tour of Mull Rally, the boys are taking over the old school. Star pupil is 21 year old Paul MacKinnon out there in front, but only 15 seconds clear of Callum Duffy. The other star in the making is Kris Hall lying fifth in a Fiesta. When co-driver Richard Millener was asked what it was like sitting beside the 19 year old, he said: “I’m just hanging on!”

As for their Dads, they are both out. Neil MacKinnon saw engine oil temperatures soaring and each time he pulled over to let it cool, it started boiling again when underway. No choice. Stop. As for Dougi Hall. His Lancer is parked in a ditch. We don’t know why, either puncture or shiny tar. And that’s the big story on this weeknd’s Tunnock’s Tour, grip, or lack of it. It was wet in the run up to the event and although there was little rain overnight, what there was left the roads in treacherous conditions. This is a place fit only for the brave and the foolhardy.

Paul hasn’t been without his problems though. Overnight the power steering pump was being replaced while Calum went back to base to check out a misfire. Daniel Harper is mighty pleased with third in the MINI but there is still some fine tuning to be done although team mate John Cressey is out with a broken gearbox. Young Kris Hall is an amazing fifth ahead of a disconsolate John Cope. After 6 stages he still doesn’t know whether it’s him or the car that is off the pace. Willie Bonniwell is as happy as a schoolkid in a sweet shop and Tristan Pyre would probably go quicker if he would stop wildlife watching (see previous Murmurs). Dave Miller is content to be in the top ten while Paul Kirtley is jus working his confidence back up after a massive slide on Gribun where there was no room for a small slide, let alone a massive one!

John MacCrone is leading the 1600 class in his Peugeot from Iain ‘Ogg’ MacKenzie in the 106 and Irishman Jim McKenna in the Toyota. Matthew Tarbutt tops the 1400 class in his Nova from Mark Constantine in the Corsa and Donald Brown in the Suzuki engined Nova. As for the girls, it looks as though Donna Ingram is leading from Nicola Harper, but as for Louise Thomas, she seems to have disappeared in the dark!

And now for daylight. Whereas carrots are supposed to be good for night vision, here’s my tip for daylight – a Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer. Well, it keeps me going. As for the boys, they’d better watch out. The old men will be able to see better in daylight!

Yer Auld Pal, Jaggy Bunnet – Saturday, 10.30 am, Tobermory.

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