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Winners of ‘RPS’ Tin Cup Trial and League Revealed

After a year of testing man and machine, the winners of the Rally Preparation Services (RPS) Tin Cup have been revealed.

The Tin Cup league, a year-long championship with point awarded for each rally entered and the results, was won by Ian Canavan who competed in 12 rallies in his Porsche 911 and Nisaan Stanza including the RAC 1000 Mile Trial, Le Jog, and the Classic Marathon.

The Tin Cup Trial, a two-day rally, was won by Keith Weed and Richard Holmes in the 1940 Pontiac Coupe for the Vintageant class while the Classic winners were David and Alison Ring in the 1972 Datsun 240z.

Starting in the stunning grounds of the Englefield Estate in Reading, 15 crews set off on the 500 kilometre route that would take in the Salisbury Plains, Worthy Farm better known as the home of the Glastonbury festival, Bath, Kemble Airfield, The Classic Hub in Bibury, and finishing at Oxfordshire’s Eynsham Hall.

Special awards were also presented, with George and Margo Coelho winning the Concours d’Elegance in their unassuming 1974 Volvo 144 and Franco Lupi and Eric Warren in the 1979 Porsche 924 Turbo were presented with the Spirit of the Rally awards.

The RPS Target award was given for a manourvability test which saw the crews reverse onto a target with the winner being whichever crew got nearest to the centre. The silver Spitfire, representing the previous modes of transport built on the RPS site where the Target test was held, was presented to Rudy Hug and Piere Gerber in their 1967 Ford Cortina. Rudy also finished third in the Tin Cup league.

For more details on RPS,  visit www.rpsrally.com/tincup

Photo credit: Chris Wynne

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