Knutsford & District Targa

Event Report

The last Targa of the season was the Knutsford Targa at Three Sisters Kart Circuit. A great venue with many roads to use and multiple splits and merges.

With the Mr Tyre Motorsport BTRDA Targa Road Rally Championship having been effectively decided earlier, only a few crews entered the event, with the main focus being Allrounders points.

John Fox was the hero on the day, but he didn’t realise until the Results were published! John had thought that he’d missed a lap on one Test, but he hadn’t. As he thought his day was done, he started “Hooning”, collecting some cones. However the Results showed him second overall at the finish, without the penalties he would have won the event in his Clio 182 Trophy, which he also uses for Autosolos. The result may have pushed John up to second overall in the Allrounders Championship.

John Rhys Owen and Sandra Loton-Jones were missing the loose, the asphalt providing more grip than they would have liked. But they still finished well, taking third in the event Class.

Ben Pritchard had a trouble free run in his BMW, after breaking the wheel studs on one wheel at the Trac Mon Targa. This was probably due to an impact with a kerb on the Venta Silurum Targa at Caerwent on the previous event.

Regular BTRDA Competitor Duncan Wild was out in his classic Mini Cooper S. Duncan and Navigator Steve Skepper took fifth overall in the mighty Mini.

The final Championship tables will follow …

Pictures courtesy of Phill Bramhill.