In the BRC team's championship, the Atlas TEG Sport now leads from Team TQ.com, all four nominated drivers scoring points. Mitsubishi Motors UK is now third, Wilks having not scored, while Phillip Morrow used the SupeRally to score.
The Revolution Wheels Rally Team had two finishers, although both Karl Simmons and Rob Swann had offs on Sunday afternoon, both at high speed, but Swann's new Impreza rolled four times.
The classes were hard fought too, Rally 3 front-runner Brian O'Mahony's Clio not re-starting after engine mount failure caused engine problems. The lead had swung to Fin McCaul, but he lost water, turbo boost and a huge chunk of time, handing the class award and the Diesel Cup to Steve Graham.
Graham's striking green Astra Diesel had run faultlessly until transmission problems on the very last stage of the event. The car stuck in first gear, then would not select first, meaning he had to nurse it round the tight hairpins and chicanes. The resulting slipping clutch added to his concerns, but it made the ramp in sunny Kelso with plenty of crossed fingers and toes.
Rally 2 was blitzed by Adam Gould, whose Clio was another car to run without problems. The British Rally Elite member also took the nomination for the
Jim Clark Rally Pirelli Star Driver. His excellent stage times put him not only top placed two wheel drive car, but seventh BRC finisher, just 30 seconds behind Humphreys.
Alastair Fisher's challenge faded when he rolled out of contention, while Kris Hall's similar Fiesta struggled with fuel related problems, but finished third on his first ever International rally and first ever asphalt event.
Second in R2 and leading the Citroën C2R2 Cup was George Thomas. He struggled as the event went on with clutch problems, but still was delighted to return to the BRC after missing the Pirelli.
