Proctors Coaches Riponian Historic Rally 2013

Pearcey's Prize

Notable among those caught out by the conditions being Bob Bean in his Mk1 Lotus Cortina who experienced “just a gentle roll”, while the similar car of Richard Holdsworth and Yvette Hughes bore evidence of a more violent inversion. More service crew heroics saw Bean’s car return to the fray after the mid-way halt with new windscreen and looking almost as it had at the start. The effort being repaid when Bean was able to reach the finish in first place from amongst the oldest “H1” category of Historic competitors. While among the Historic cars Tim Pearcey was being challenged hard, particularly on the early afternoon stages by the unique shape and sound of Whitby’s Chris Birkbeck in his rotary engined Mazda RX7, with Ripon’s Charlie Taylor and Steve Bielby just four seconds behind Birkbeck at the finish in their Mk2 Escort.