The Daily Dispatch Gen 24 - mid res for WEB - Flipbook - Page 8
22 to 24 March 2024
Day 3
Clwydian Hills
Easy like a Sunday morning? No chance! The last
half day of the Generations Rally proved to be a
full-gas blast from start to finish. There were four
Tests, three Regularities and 95 miles before the
crews could sit down to a well-deserved roast lunch
and the all-important prize-giving ceremony.
In a day bookended by golfing and cheese references, Mark
Appleton and Anthony Preston teed the crews up with a
short, sharp Test around the car park of the famed Carden
Park Golf course. Then it was off towards the first of the
day’s Regularities via a Route Check and a Passage Control
on Halkyn Mountain, with views over the River Dee.
The section through Pen-y-Cefn and the low-lying
Clwydian hills required crews to work out the correct
route via a series of control points with just a page of
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the Ordnance Survey map and a paragraph of basic
instructions. The pace quickened for the second Test at
the vast Lleweni Parc Airfield. The home of the Denbigh
Gliding Club gave up their taxiways and runways for our
- slightly more earth bound - delight. With long straights
and plenty of chicanes this was a high-octane fix which the
crews really appreciated.
Another Regularity around Coed Moel Prion brought
the rev counter needle down to a lower position, as the
route clawed its way through a series of steep, narrow
lanes. We then dropped down to the Ruthin Livestock
Market for another Test ahead of a Time Control and
well-deserved bacon roll.
As thoughts turned towards the finish line, the Regularity
over Nercwys Mountain kept the crews focussed. Leaving
the maze of unmarked roads behind, there was still one
more hurdle ahead of the chequered flag. The Hartsheath
Test; our last timed section before crossing the border and
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Class 5 winners: Dick and Harry Baines, 1965 Austin Mini Cooper S
2nd place pre-war category: Nick and Jess Sleep, 1926 Bentley Supersports
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Classic Category winners: Jack and Simon Brien, 1972 Porsche 911
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