It was a mixed weekend for local crews who ventured South for last weekends Somerset Stages.

The Minehead-based event attracted 165 crews for round three of the BTRDA series, offering 45 miles of competitive action,

including two runs up the famous Porlock Toll road.

Alex Allingham with Ross Weir alongside took top local honours bringing the Weir Laundry Equipment Subaru Impreza home 10th overall and third in class after a consistent run, the first time the duo have rallied together.

A spin on the first run up Porlock dropped ten seconds but from then on, consistent top ten times brought its rewards.

Ross on Wye duo Gary Bollands and Russ Joseph in the GB Motorservice's Subaru took 49th and 15th in class.

Allensmores Ian Evans with Cinderford's Tom Marrott on the notes had a difficult day finishing 65th and 10th in the 1.4 Nova after a high speed spin-off into some logs, and had a two minute road penalty for being late out of service, effecting repairs.

Father and son duo Mike and Lee

Truman in the M.E. Damsell Subaru Impreza took 94th & 21st in class.

Ross-on-Wye lady Claire Marsh with Jody Taylor took an excellent 2nd in class in the 1.0 litre Nissan Micra and 106th overall.

Those locals who didn't make the finish were Ross duo Dan Gray/Matt Rogers with engine problems in the Peugeot 106 on stage 2.

Mark Griffiths and Will Rogers suffered fuel problems after stage 6

Sacha Kakad and Andrew Price's debut in the Lancer Evo 9 ended on stage 2.

Spencer Price and Chris Hands in the M-Sport Landrover ended their day in stage 6 with a broken driveshaft.

Dave Edwards and Ade McNally retired in stage 3 when they broke a steering arm which speared them into a bank, ripping off a wheel in the Woodman Inn Escort RS.

The overall winners were Scottish pairing Dave Weston jnr and Kirsty Riddick in a Subaru S11 WRC after 12 tough stages.