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Now that the dust has settled after the Pendragon Stages and our championship results up to and including that event have turned final, we\u2019re looking forward to a thrilling finish to the competitive year at the\u00a0Ford Parts<\/strong>\u00a0Cheviot Rally run in memory of Keith Knox.\u00a0 We may not have as many potential winners going into this rally compared to some previous years, but we still have very close competition between the challengers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Naturally most of the interest is in the overall driver\u2019s table where 3 people can still take the coverted title. \u00a0 Our current leading driver is Alistair Hutchinson.\u00a0 The man from Mickleton took the lead of the championship on the Summer Stages at Crail in June when his little blue and yellow Clio took the top score.\u00a0 And although his lead was sliced in half at Cumbria\u2019s Pendragon Rally, he still heads Barry Renwick by 5 points.\u00a0 Barry\u2019s year got off to a flyer as he took maximum scores over the opening 2 rallies at Croft.\u00a0 After that great start his Proton lost some reliability with one poor score and two retirements down to electrical issues.\u00a0 It\u2019s good to see that the car has been flying over the last couple of events as the Tynemouth man tries to recover the lost ground.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Both men have more than five \u2019scores on the doors\u2019 and are already to the point of \u2018dropping\u2019 their lowest ones.\u00a0 This not only clouds the Maths a little but also means the permutations increase as to who adds more to their current total.\u00a0 It may be the man that finishes behind his rival on the day that actually accrues more points and potentially takes the title.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Neil Thompson lies in 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0place and with the right results he could have equalled Alistair\u2019s points total.\u00a0 Perhaps he\u2019s decided to skip the Cheviot and concentrate all his efforts on the wee rally taking place on the island of Mull instead.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blending the right mix of speed and reliability will play a big part in deciding the outcome of this year\u2019s championship or quite possibly it might all come down to just a little bit of luck.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Across in the co-driver\u2019s section it\u2019s no less complicated as we find that this year\u2019s crown could go to any one from three possible contenders.\u00a0 Ann Forster currently heads Richard Wardle by 6 points with Julie McGuire a further 7 adrift.\u00a0 All three of them will have to drop a score when the Cheviot points are added on but both Richard and Julie will be dropping their lowest score of 1 while Ann\u2019s score to drop is a 6.\u00a0 It\u2019ll not be straight forward working this out.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some of the class winners appear to be sorted out but could all change if they collect top three awards so there\u2019ll still be plenty of interest in how the classes shape up as well as the overall tables.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One fact that is certain is there will it be new names on the top trophies this year.\u00a0 Change can be good \u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Entries for the Cheviot Rally haven\u2019t been as plentiful as the organisers would have chosen.\u00a0 However after the cancellation of last year\u2019s event due to military exercise on the planned rally weekend, the organisers are determined to run the rally this year.\u00a0 The entries may have closed for seeding already but the organisers will still be very happy to continue to accept latecomers right up until 18:00 on Wednesday 5th<\/sup>\u00a0October.\u00a0 Anyone interested can contact the Entries Secretary Gordon Bradford on 07412 107269 or go to the event\u2019s website,\u00a0http:\/\/www.cheviotstages.org.uk\/<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Now that the dust has settled after the Pendragon Stages and our championship results up to and including that event have turned final, we\u2019re looking forward 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