Revenge is sweet for Merc pairing

July 7, 2014

Rally of the Tests November 10-13

Having missed winning the 2004 event by just 12 seconds. Frank Fennell and Kevin Savage claimed the ’05 Rally of the Tests by a comfortable margin in their Mercedes 3005E.

After three full days of special tests and regularity sections. Fennell/Savage arrived at the finish at the Heritage Motor Centre with a lead of two and a half minutes over the Alfa Romeo Giulia of Mickey Gabbett /Michael Jackson.

Starting in Scotland for the first time, the recreation of the 1950s RAC Rally was a tough challenge as it headed over the border towards the Lake District and the Pennines. A virtually full entry included 2004 winners Robin Eyre-Maunsell/Peter Scott. but they went out in Cumbria when their Sunbeam Rapier broke a driveshaft at Lowther Park. Transmission failure at the same special test claimed the Alfa Romeo of Paul Wignall and Peter Rushforth.

Fennell/Savage stormed to victory as Irish and Dutch crews locked out the top five places. Behind Gabbett/Jackson, Bert Dolk/Jan Berkhof impressed hugely on their first appearance at this event to take third in their Alfa Romeo Giulietta.

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Paul Lawrence

Here is a man who goes racing every weekend from March to October. Paul’s passion for the sport goes back to when he was a child of the 1960s. He has organised, competed in and marshalled on scores of events, and has written about the subject for 20 years. He is as at home in the paddock at Brands Hatch as in a Welsh forest or at Shelsley Walsh.

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