Bala & District Motor Club Autotest - 21st August 1999

A round of the Welsh and ANWCC championships

On a nice sunny Saturday the Square on the Ranges was cleared of tyres and setup to run a autotest.
18 tests in total were run, 6 tests run three times, Kev and Gareth Hall (Bala) turn up in a Datun Sunny purchased the night before for 30 pounds. Paul Jones (Bala) turned up in his RS2000 to marshall, but decided to join in the fun.
Lee Mathews in the Nova Special was car one and showed the way from the start, Paul was using his LSD to great effect which did his tyres no good at all.
Kev and Gareth shared the Datsun and swopped times all day, but Gareth lost out eventually due lack of autotesting experience.
Nigel was new to autotesting but used his PCT (production car trial) experience to eventually finish 3rd.
A good day's motorsport was had by all, Thanks to C&A for the loan of the poles.

Results Top 5

NO

DRIVER

CLUB

CAR

TIME

AWARD

1

Lee Mathews

C&A

Nova Special

940.1

FTD

2

Kevin Roberts

Bala & District

Datsun Sunny

1260.4

1st in Class

3

Nigel Griffith

C&A

Nova

1286.7

2nd in Class

4

Gareth Hall

Bala & District

Datsun Sunny

1294.5

1st Novice

5

Paul Jones

Bala & District

Escort RS2000

1336.7

1st Bala Member

Walking the course

Now if you've never been to an Autotest, then this is a strange site,
people walking around poles with pieces of paper in their hands,
they even walk backwards in certain places.

The trophy winners

The trophy winners

The 30 pound special

The 30 pound special in action

I only came to spectate

Paul Jones in the RS2000

Nova special

The overall winner and fastest of the day in the Nova Special

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