Tempest Rally

After several years of following the same schedule we mixed it up on the Tempest this year. Okay so it was the same old stages but in a different order and we got to see the most of this rally which provided a tight battle in both the Tempest 2 & Tempest 4. In the Tempest 4 Dan O’Brien & Mark Glennerster (Focus WRC) came out on top by 20 seconds after spending the first half of the rally behind Jason Pritchard & Dale Furniss (Focus WRC). It had been a good battle all day long as Pritchard looked set for a great debut result in a WR car but in the end he just held onto 2nd with Rob Swann & Darren Garrod (Impreza) only 4 seconds back.

It’s a family affair…..

British Rally Championship regular Alex Parpottas will contest his home event this weekend as he tackles the Tempest Rally, which will wrap up the youngster’s season in his Buzz Sweets supported Fiesta R2.  Parpottas, 19 from Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire has been campaigning the AVS Motorsport Fiesta in the hotly contested British Championship and Fiesta Sport Trophy during 2012 and is relishing the chance to push for the win of the 2wd section of the event.

Tempest Rally

Bonfire night and another trip down to Farnborough for the Tempest rally. As per the last few years the rally was split into two, the Tempest 2 and Tempset 4. In the Tempest 4 Michael O’Brien & Paul Spooner took victory debuting their latest Focus WRC.  The victory margin was just over a minute which was an excellent performance but eyes were drawn to the crew in 2nd place as it was Dan O’Brien & James Morgan out in a much older Focus WRC, that hasn’t been used by his father for a couple of seasons. Just 9 seconds back in third place were Jason Pritchard & Dale Furniss, in their group N Impreza.

Harris ready for Wales Rally GB

Mike Harris Junior and co-driver Josh O’Connor have pronounced themselves ready for next weekends Wales Rally GB after conducting a short but productive acclimatization run on the recent Tempest Rally. The pair will compete on the National section of this world famous rally at the wheel of a platepledge.co.uk supported Citroen C2.

Pritchard takes podium on pre Wales Rally GB test

22 year old Jason Pritchard finished a strong second overall on the recent JLT Tempest Rally, an event which the Builth Wells based rally driver was using as a pre Wales Rally GB test, and very nearly ended up winning! Jason was co-driven by Dai Roberts in his North Road Garage backed Subaru Impreza N2010.

Tempest Rally

Another enjoyable days rallying down South for the Tempest Rally. Once again we moved around taking in 3 different stages catching the finale of the 4WD rally last. Jason Pritchard & David Roberts (Impreza) shot out of the blocks and took an early lead against the WRC cars, in their group N car. A 15 second lead at 1st service became just 2 seconds at 2nd service and lo and behold John Lloyd & Adrian Cavenagh (Focus WRC) caught up on SS8 and then moved ahaed over the final two stages to win by 8 seconds. JLT team mates Andrew Barnes & Guy Simmons (Focus WRC) completed the podium 14 seconds behind Pritchard.

Pritchard to use Tempest as warm up for Wales Rally GB

Builth Wells resident Jason Pritchard will use this weekends JLT Rally South of England Tempest Rally as a warm up session ahead of his four wheel drive World Rally Championship debut on next weekends Wales Rally GB. Pritchard will contest both events at the wheel of his North Road Garage supported Subaru Impreza N2010.

Pritchard takes Tempest victory

Builth Wells based MSA British Rally Elite member Jason Pritchard took a stunning victory on last weekends South of England Tempest Two wheel drive Rally, the first outright win of his young but impressive career.

Moore takes best ever gravel result on Tempest 2 rally

Janice Moore had her best ever overall gravel rally result on Saturday (7th November) when she co-drove Mark Gamble to second place on the Tempest 2 rally in a Citröen C2R2 Max.

With Gamble using the car for the first time on gravel the crew made a cautious start to the Aldershot-based event, lying 11th overall after the opening two Yateley Wood and Warren Heath stages.

Tempest Rally

Our annual trip to the Aldershot/Farnborough area saw us take in the 2009 Tempest Rally. Now in it’s familiar format of two rallies, one for 4WD and one for the 2WD crews, we managed to take in several stages. In the 4wd rally Will Nicholls & Nick Broom (Impreza WRC) took a comfortable victory once the attentions of Marcus Dodd & Alun Cook (Accent WRC) disappeared with retirement at the mid-point of the event. It was the Focus WRC pairings of Andrew Barnes & Guy Simmons along with John Lloyd & Adrian Cavenagh who took second and third respectively.