David Crossen and Ben Teggart secured their first Fuchs Lubricants British Historic Rally Championship victory on Saturday [12 April], storming to a convincing win at the Carlisle Stages in the Kielder Forest complex.
The Ford Escort MKII driver has just half a dozen historic events under his belt but underlined his continued progression by taking the win by over 50 seconds from round one winners Daniel Mennell and John Roberts.
David Henderson and Chris Lees recovered from a challenging day to secure third spot, once again giving the Escort a podium lockout.
Adam Milner and Roy Jarvis took win number two in Category 2 [cars registered between 1968 and 1975], hurling their Ford Escort MK1 to an impressive 4th BHRC crew in the process. They finished 3 minutes in front of Jeremy Easson and Mike Reynolds [Escort MK1], with Tim Jones and Paul Barbet [Escort Mk1] rounding out the top three.
In Category 4 [cars registered between 1982 and 1990], Barry Jordan and Arwel Jenkins made it two from two after George Lepley failed to emerge from the final test. The Galant VR4 would be bruised and battered after a light roll but was patched up to secure a second victory.
The series now heads for Wales and the Plains Rally in May, with classic North Wales forest tests in store.
