Retirements Course cars rarely fare any better than competing cars on the Preston: Dave Taylor (in his Legacy rally car) lunched his gearbox after showing off on one of the starts. He managed to find 2nd gear, and kept it there for the rest of the event. Time keepers Lee Earthy and Jim Bowie: Yet again the Bowie jinx struck. Two years of destroying Ian Phillips' Firenza was replaced this year with damaging Lee's 309. This time they lost the exhaust and had to resort to Jim's 405 at petrol (which has been the usual arrangement for the last three years). The Landrover course closing car broke a front damper and put it through the header tank. Ben Conway managed to roll the equipment-collecting Toyota Hi-Luxe while slotting onto the final white of the first half. Car No Control Driver Navigator Car Reason 6 MTC1 Damian Conway Simon Tebbutt Talbot Samba Exhaust 7 IRTC24 Richard McLachlan Paul Barrett Ford Escort II Broken rear shocks and muddy feet 9 RTC27 Matt Schumann Steve Brumpton MG Maestro EFi Lost all his oil 12 MTC18 Peter Toogood Neil Ayling Peugeot 205 GTi Destroyed front lamps 13 MTC1 Lee Burgess Craig Burgess Ford Fiesta XR2 14 IRTC10 Darren Hall Glyn Williams Audi 80 CD Gearbox 15 DNS Chin Andy Coshan Opel Manta Head Gasket 16 MTC1 Steve Massey Ben Coles Peugeot 205 GTi Clutch failure 20 DNS Doug Kingsley Ben Greenwood Vauxhall Nova GTE 22 MTC1 Steve Croucher Graham Reaburn MG Metro Blown Head Gasket 23 MTC18 Dave Brown Simon Tomlinson Peugeot 205 GTi A heavy landing , which broke the exhaust off, punctured a tire and broke 2 engine mounts. 24 MTC18 Alan Wakeman Ian Perry Peugeot 205 GTi 26 DNS Chris Rowlands Chris Moore Vauxhall Astra Gearbox 28 MTC18 John Parsons Brian Jaggs VW Golf GTi Split fuel tank 32 IRTC10 Kevin Needham Dave McKay Austin A40 MkII 33 MTC18 Jamie Turner Joe Ivey MG Maestro EFi Cracked oil filter 34 MTC18 Nathan Gunson Mark Swallow Peugeot 205 GTi 35 TTC19 Robert Reynolds Alan Collyer Vauxhall Chevette Went head long into unseen big ditch whilst avoiding rough track! 36 MTC1 Dave Goulding Matt Clark Peugeot 309 Broken front suspension (see picture!) 39 DNS Kevin Fisher Glyn Heighton Ford Siera XR 4x4 40 MTC1 Phillip Deft Rachel Hill Ford Escort II Rolled in Knetttishall 41 MTC18 Ian Bradley Dave Broadley Ford Escort III Damaged steering rack = big toe out 42 DNS Antony Sims Gavin Ford MG Metro 45 DNS Mark Ingram Kathy Smith Peugeot 309 GTi