Johnston Trophy
Historic Rally 2008
Report by Stuart Bankier
Scots crews crossed south of the Border and dominated the Johnston Trophy taking the top four positions. Archie Simmonds and Craig Wallace took top honours on the Johnston Trophy in their MG Midget only two seconds clear of Adrian Stewart and Tom Hynd in a Cooper S. Third and nearly a minute down were Jim Hendry and Graham Couser in their venerable TR3. Simmonds/Wallace established a clear 44 second lead after the thirteen special tests but nearly threw it all away with a wrong slot on the second regularity.
Run over a 105 mile route in North Northumberland and Berwickshire the event comprised 13 very muddy and slippery tests on private roads before heading into two long regularities as darkness fell. Scott Clements and Jason Ferry chased the leaders all day in their Hillman Imp and were one of a number of crews to set some excellent regularity times to claw their way up the leader board before the finish. The Volvo Amazons of Stuart Bankier / Ed Barber and Ian Guthrie / Charlie Tynan also turned the tables on the more nimble cars with top three regularity results.
Michael Deans and Guy Flannigan again dominated the modern category in their Colt heading home the Peugeot 205 Gti of Jeff and Graham Malthouse and the Nova of Neil Foster and Anthony Chrisp
Overall
1st Archie Simmonds Craig Wallace MG Midget 15.29
2nd Adrian Stewart Tom Hynd Cooper S 15.31
3rd Jim Hendry Graham Couser TR3 16.16
4th Scott Clements Jason Ferry Hillman Imp 18.01
5th Stuart Bankier Ed Barber Volvo Amazon 18.23
6th Ian Guthrie Charlie Tynan Volvo Amazon 18.48
7th Neil Morrison Ewan Leeming BMW 2002 Tii 19.38
8th Ian Dixon Nial Thomson RS2000 19.40
9th Nick Cooper Jo Greenway Mini Cooper 20.08
10th Peter Joyner Steven Roy Scimitar 21.25
Class Winners
H1 Adrian Stewart Tom Hynd Cooper S
H2 Jim Hendry Graham Couser TR3
H3 Scott Clements Jason Ferry Hillman Imp
H4 Ian Guthrie Charlie Tynan Volvo Amazon
H5 Ian Dixon Niall Thomson RS2000
H6 Jeff Malthouse Graham Malthouse Peugeot 205
H7 Barry Siddle Colin Richardson MX5
Modern Class Michael Deans Guy Flannigan Colt
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