Shipley's Luke Pinder and co-driver Kim Baker came away from the Jim Clark International Rally as joint leaders of British Rally Championship R2 class.

They were not without problems though in the Scottish Borders race as their Ford Puma 1400 developed an electrical problem on the very first stage.

"Despite the best efforts of the team, we could not pin it down," said Pinder.

"The strange thing was that it only became a problem after a few miles into each stage. I think we had the hazard lights on for part of every stage on the first day!"

The team worked through the night to rectify the problem and Pinder set a string of fastest times in class the following day.

Pinder said: "It was important to me that we could show what we were capable of."

Despite the problems, the RDL/Sintura-backed crew finished high enough up the leader board to collect sufficient points to lead the R2 class overall.

In addition, Pinder is also joint leader in the British Junior Rally Championship.

He added: "We are very happy to survive the Jim Clark and to find that we are leading the class overall is fantastic. It's the best possible way we can reward the team, who have been brilliant."