2008 Champions: Jonathan Hancox and Richard Lambley, Triumph TR4
4th overall on the Tour of Cheshire, Ilkley Jubilee, Cloverleaf and Regis Rallies, 8th on the Hughes Rally and 10th on the Leukaemia, was just enough for Jonathan Hancox & Richard Lambley to secure the 2008 Richard Egger Insurance HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship in their works rally replica Triumph TR4 '7VC'. It wasn't until the final round that they clinched their victory, holding the lead that they took after the penultimate round from the Citroen DS of Warren and Jean Chmura.
The championship winning car, Triumph TR4 '7VC', has a website of its own, at http://www.7vc.co.uk/
Championship Award Winners:
| Award | Driver | Navigator |
| CHAMPIONS | Jonathan Hancox | Richard Lambley |
| Best Clubman | James Griffiths | James Howell |
| Best Newcomer | Michael Hunter | Paul Darch |
| 1st in Class 1 | Warren Chmura | Jean Chmura |
| 1st in Class 2 | Neil Dowie | David Taylor |
| 1st in Class 3 | Julian Broadhurst | Avril Banks |
| 1st in Class 4 | Wesley Coleman | Neil Guyett |
| 1st in Class 6 | Peter Keel | Paul Maynard |
| 2nd in Class 1 | David Mustardé | Jeanne Taylor |
| 2nd in Class 2 | Richard Fisher | Neil Lewis |
| 2nd in Class 3 | Ron Kendall | Les McGuffog |
| 2nd in Class 4 | David James | Neil Warren |
| 3rd in Class 1 | David Barker | Mike Burrows |
| 3rd in Class 3 | - | Jonathan Hurley |
| All-Rounder | Nick Cooper |
2008 Awards Evening - 28th February 2009
As the various Championships come to a close, remember the 2009 Annual Dinner and 2008 Championship Presentation Night will be held at the Barcelo Daventry Hotel on Saturday 28th February 2009 where all HRCR awards will be presented.
We have moved to a new venue for the 2009 function in response to requests for a venue which can offer accommodation and with this in mind, we have negotiated special rates for a limited number of rooms.
Bookings are now open and you can secure your room by telephoning the Barceló Daventry Hotel direct on telephone 01327 307000. State you are at the HRCR function.
Also in response to requests from members the 2009 AGM will be held on Sunday 1st March at the same venue.
The Barceló Daventry Hotel is centrally situated and is close to both the M1 and M6 Motorways.
http://www.barcelo.com/BarceloHotels/en-GB/Hotels/UnitedKingdom/England-Central/Daventry/Home.htm
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HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship
The 2009 Richard Egger Insurance HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship will be run over a series of single day, daytime historic road rallies in various scenic parts of England and Wales.
<< Click on this map to see the area where each rally takes place
2009 Provisional Calendar
| 1 | Sat 7th March | Tour of Cheshire | Knutsford & District MC |
| 2 | Sun 19th April | Ilkley Jubilee Historic Rally | Ilkley & District MC jubilee-rally.org |
| 3 | Sat 16 May | Leukaemia Historic Rally | Ecurie Cymraeg ecurie-cymraeg.co.uk |
| 4 | Sun 31st May | Hughes Rally | Blackpalfrey MC of Kent hughesrally.co.uk |
| 5 | Sat 20th June | East Anglian Classic | Chelmsford MC chelmsfordmc.co.uk |
| 6 | Sat 11th July | Ross Traders Historic Tour | Ross & District Motor Sports rossmotorsports.co.uk |
| 7 | Sat 5th September | Cloverleaf Historic Rally | West Essex CC |
| 8 | Sat 24th October | Regis Rally | Bognor Regis MC theregisrally.co.uk |
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Championship Points Tables after Final Round
Top 5 Drivers:
1st Jonathan Hancox 184
2nd Warren Chmura 179
3rd David Mustarde 170
4th James Griffiths 169
5th Neil Dowie 167
Top 5 Navigators:
1st Richard Lambley 184
2nd Jean Chmura 179
3rd Mike Burrows 170
4th Jeanne Taylor 169
5th James Howell 169
DRIVERS TABLE after Final Round- NAVIGATORS TABLE after Final Round
- Results for All 8 Rounds
- DRIVER CLASS RESULTS
- NAVIGATOR CLASS RESULTS
- The above pdf download(s) require Acrobat Reader.
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Gallery - There's a great variety of cars competing
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Competitive and Affordable Historic Rallying
These regularity rallies are as competitive as historic rallying can get, without requiring the finances for special stage rallying or the stamina for all-night rallying. All events in the series include some special tests on private land where you can use your driving skill to compete against the clock. There's also plenty of regularity road mileage where you'll need to closely watch your average speed whilst navigating your way around the map to find various control points.
Great Variety
Every rally in the series has a different organiser and is run in a different area, so there's plenty of variety as each presents a different challenge to driver, navigator and classic car. All events run at weekends, and just on a single day, so for the majority of us there's no need to use up valuable holidays. Have a look through the championship calendar and see which of the rallies you might like to enter.
Cars up to 1981
Cars fitting into MSA Category 1 (up to 1967), Categrory 2 (1967-74) or Category 3 (1975-81) can compete in the championship. For 2008 the championship's vehicle eligibility regulations have reverted to as they were in 2006, the controversial 2007 regulations relating to auxiliary lights, bumpers and non-standard multicolour schemes having been rescinded.
Points are scored on overall classification order in each round with just the best 6 scores being counted from the 9 rounds. Three experience-based categories, Master, Clubman and Newcomer, give everyone a good chance of collecting a championship award at the end of the year.
Pre-1960 Awards
If you compete in the Clubmans Rally Championship in a pre-1960 car, you will be eligible to win the HRCR's special Pre-60 Awards. These will be presented to the driver and navigator considered to be the most active and successful across the HRCR's range of road and stage rally championships in a pre-1960 car.
Clubmans Rally Championship Coordinator
Andy Gibson
70 Grasmere Road, Whitstable, Kent CT5 3NA
Tel: 01227 792740 Mob: 07511 668257 (Note NEW MOBILE No.)
Championship Regulations and Registration Form
2008 Clubmans Rally Championship Regulations
2009 Registration Form - not yet available
- Championship Regulations
- The above pdf download(s) require Acrobat Reader.
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Help for Newcomers
If you're a new HRCR member and want to go historic rallying, attending a Newcomers Rally School day is the best way to start. These days are absolutely ideal for complete beginners to historic road rallying and also suitable for competitors who have done a few rallies and wish to learn more to improve their performance, or find out what they've been doing wrong! The instruction is particularly tuned to the type of events that will comprise the HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship. The HRCR runs these training days periodically and in various locations. >> Further Information
Informative Articles
Click on the title to read the full article:
Intoduction to Historic Road Rallying Historic Road Rallies cater for enthusiasts who wish to drive their classic cars on moderately competitive events. Many competing cars are rally-modified, much as they were in the Fifties and Sixties, but others compete successfully in standard showroom specification.....
What Car to use? If you want to go historic rallying but do not yet have a suitable car, you may be in a quandary over what car to look for. Here's some background that may help you to choose a car to compete in UK historic road rallies.....
Don't buy the Wrong Tripmeter To minimise your penalties on regularity sections, you'll need to fit an additional tripmeter in your historic rally car.....
Download Useful Documents
You can download these PDF documents which provide a lot of information that is invaluable to rallying newcomers:
- Getting Started in Historic Road Rallying
- Novice's Guide to Historic Road Rallying
- Navigation Handbook
- The above pdf download(s) require Acrobat Reader.
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Links
Results of the 2007 HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship
Historic Rally Car Technical Information - Anyone building a Historic rally car, for use on events governed by the MSA, should visit this website for guidelines on what can and cannot be done.
FIA Homologation Papers index - For those planning to use a Historic Category 3 Historic Rally Car (1975-81) in historic road rallies.
Motor Sports Association - Website of the governing body for motor sport in the UK. Apply for your Competition Licence here.
Event Photographers Tony Large and M&H Photography have kindly supplied photographs for this section of the website.
Richard Egger Insurance - Our championship sponsor who can offer insurance for your competition car.
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