Six months have passed and it’s been a busy year so far!

Several Championships are very close including the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland Navigational Championships both having a different winner on every event so far!

We’ve had a total of 65 events run so far across the UK, unfortunately there has already been 6 events cancelled as well. The Targa rallying scene is growing quickly with several permits running along side classic events to allow for bigger entries and for the newer cars to go and have some fun on some brilliant tests.

Some of the more popular events are still getting entries of over 100 people, so the interest is still there!

The Rankings currently looking like the following half way through the year;

Drivers
1st – Ian ‘Dude’ Roberts – 147 (2)
2nd – Mark ‘GT’ Roberts – 85 (1)
3rd – John Ruddock – 84 (30)
4th – Leslie Young – 66 (17)
5th – Neil Dalrymple – 65 (-)
6th – Ross Butterworth – 61 (47)
7th – Benny Grainger – 58 (57)
8th – Howard Warren – 57 (10)
9th – Adrian Green – 55 (5)
10th – Matt Warren – 52 (4)

Can anyone catch Dude before the end of the year?! The numbers in brackets are their positions at the end of last year.

Navigators
1st – Gwawr Hughes – 147 (2)
2nd – Andy Pullan – 133 (71)
3rd – Nick Bloxham – 73 (18)
4th – Lewis Boyd – 66  (19)
5th – Iain Tullie – 65 (3)
6th – David Howard – 58 (59)
7th – Ian Gibbins – 55 (7)
8th – Dylan Jenkins – 53 (21)
9th – Lowri Davies – 52 (34)
9th – Max Freeman – 52 (5)

Gwawr Hughes had a strong lead for the first few months but Andy Pullan has recently been creeping up and is now pretty close behind! Who do you think will be on the top spot at the end of the year?

Looking at each individual disciplines;

Drivers
Road/Navigational 1st – Ian ‘Dude’ Roberts – 147 (2)
Road/Navigational 2nd – Mark ‘GT’ Roberts – 85 (1)
Road/Navigational 3rd – Leslie Young – 66 (6)
Classic/Historic 1st – John Ruddock – 84  (8)
Classic/Historic 2nd – Ross Butterworth – 61 (12)
Classic/Historic 3rd – Howard Warren – 57 (3)
Targa 1st – Allan Harryman – 40 (73)
Targa 2nd – Mark Woodside – 36 (-)
Targa 3rd – Adrian White – 35 (112)
Endurance 1st – Ben Smith – 38 (15)
Endurance 2nd – Paul Sharp – 30 (2)
Endurance 3rd – Freddy Camp – 27 (23)
Novice 1st – Steffan Llywelyn – 20
Novice 1st – Matt Lamble – 20 (-)
Novice 1st – Hefin Lewis – 20 (-)
Novice 1st – Alun Pierce Jones – 20 (39)

Navigators
Road/Navigational 1st – Gwawr Hughes – 147 (1)
Road/Navigational 2nd – Nick Bloxham – 69 (11)
Road/Navigational 3rd – Lewis Boyd – 66 (10)
Classic/Historic 1st – Andy Pullan – 122 (14)
Classic/Historic 2nd – Iain Tullie – 45 (3)
Classic/Historic 3rd – Paul Harley – 43 (7)
Targa 1st – Suz Graham – 40 (11)
Targa 2nd – Andrew Blair – 36 (-)
Targa 3rd – Jim Bowie – 35 (15)
Endurance 1st – Ross Whittock – 30 (20)
Endurance 1st – Gruff Parry – 30 (1)
Endurance 1st – Simon Harris – 30 (16)
Novice 1st – Daniel Jones – 20 (13)
Novice 1st – Stewart Freeman – 20 (-)
Novice 1st – Gethin Sollis – 20 (-)
Novice 1st – Robert David Evans – 20 (-)

We have also been keeping an eye on the different cars that are being used, this is the most successful list;

Overall
1st – Ford Escort – 809
2nd – Volkswagen Golf – 303
3rd – Mazda MX5 – 230
4th – MG ZR – 217
5th – Proton Satria – 203
6th – Vauxhall Nova – 195
7th – Subaru Impreza – 191
8th – Vauxhall Corsa – 184
9th – Mini – 183
10th – BMW 3 Series – 181

Road/Navigational
1st – Ford Escort – 334
2nd – Volkswagen Golf – 294
3rd – Proton Satria – 181

Classic/Historic
1st – Ford Escort – 315
2nd – Porsche 911 – 159
3rd – Mini – 121

Targa
1st – Mazda MX5 – 175
2nd – Ford Escort – 128
3rd – Toyota Starlet – 69

Endurance
1st – MG ZR – 159
2nd – Rover 200 – 73
3rd – Peugeot 106 – 40

Novice
1st – Ford Escort – 32
2nd – Vauxhall Astra – 25
2nd – Citroen Saxo – 25

But I’m sure all of this will change before the end of the year! Who will be on top of what lists? Will anything be able to catch the mighty popular Ford Escort? There’s 66 more events planned so there may even be someone new at the top!