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Sunday 15th January 2006
Stages
Rally
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BARDY LOOKING FOR A JACK FROST TREBLE
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Darlington
& District Motor Club has attracted yet another top quality field for the
seventh running of The Altodigital Jack Frost Stages Rally at Croft Circuit this
forthcoming Sunday (15th January), and with another capacity entry the action is
bound to be fast and furious.
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Utilising all
of the tarmac roads around the popular North East venue, the event, which
comprises qualifying rounds of the 2006 North of England Stage Rally
Championship and the 2006 ANCC Stage Rally Championship, starts at
9.25am and the organisers are aiming for eight
stages with at least one running in darkness.
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Attempting to
claim a third successive title is local hero Tony Bardy who was victorious on
the recent Specsavers Christmas Stages Rally also. The Scotch Corner driver
teams up with new co driver Neil Colman from Saltburn and the Nissan Sunny GTI-R
crew will be hot favourites for top honours once again over the 36 stage
miles.
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Previous
winners John Bogie (MG Metro 6R4) and Dave Holland (Ford Escort Mk 1) are both
absent this year so challenging Bardy will be Cumbrian Tim Finch (Ford Escort
Cosworth) but should it stay dry, there are no less than four crowd-pleasing MG
Metro 6R4’s in with a shout of victory including Leeds brothers Phil and Mick
Gallagher as well as Lancastrian marauders John Stone and Lee Carter. Mark
Jasper teams up with the experienced Don Whyatt in his version and the local
Thirsk pairing of Chris Wise and Tracey Taylor West will also be gunning for
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