I was in Gale Rigg on the Malton Forest Rally and it was the wettest day marshalling we've had for a long time, although it was quite wet on Warcup Camp on Friday evening marshalling on the Rally of the Tests as well.

Roger Kilty lives not far from me, he used the Chevette for nearly 3 seasons but felt he wasn't getting anywhere with it, he hadn't got significantly quicker than his first outing with it on the 2006 Trackrod despite a lot of testing and trips to se Penti Arrikala and Gerry Johnstone, so he traded it in to Richard Lepley for the Escort. I spoke to him after the Malton and he said he feels much more at home in the Escort, and obviously had his best ever result finishing 3rd historic car and beating many people for the first time.

As far as I know he won't be doing the Roger Albert Clark Rally this year, and Richard Lepley was going to use the Chevette himself but felt it needed 25 more bhp to be competitive so has decided to use the Porsche that he used on the Malton. The Chevette is for sale on his website and in the photos it still has its original registration number, so maybe the DTV number that was on it at Castle Combe wasn't permanent!

Davidr

Just got in after marshalling in Langdale, Rob Smith was going well and is now 6th overall as they leave Yorkshire and head up to Kielder. The weather has been good today, dry and cool wind, but last night was horendous - 7 cars off in Langdale including David Stokes who rolled and retired.

Tony Thompson has made a steady start and is currently around 40th, but considering the conditions last night and this is his first rally for probably a year he is doing OK. We are off up to Dumfries area tomorrow, good forecast and excellent stages up there, Forest of Ae and Holehouse Hill,