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Neal/Briggs win East Anglian Classic
As some compensation for their Hughes Rally non-finish disappointment, Martin Neal and Mick Briggs took their Austin-Healey Sprite to victory on the East Anglian Classic on 20th June by just 4 seconds from the MGB of Jim Deacon and Dave Wilson.
Full results of this 5th round of the Richard Egger Insurance HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship can be seen on the Chelmsford MC website www.chelmsfordmc.co.uk
Championship Drivers- Championship Navigators
- EAC Championship Points
- The above pdf download(s) require Acrobat Reader.
Added: 21st June 2009 [permalink]
First win for Team GT on the Hughes Rally
The Hughes Rally has been won by James Griffiths and James Howell in their Mini 1275GT, the green car of the Essex-based 'Team GT'. In a very close finish, Warren and Jean Chmura took second place in their Citroen DS after the Sprite of championship leaders Martin Neal and Mick Briggs failed to make it to the final control.
Jim Deacon & Dave Wilson proved best on the regularities, but a wrong test penalty relegated them to 9th overall in the final standings. Many other crews had problems on the same farmyard test at a new Hughes venue owned by 1960's rally driver John LaTrobe.
With Neal's Sprite failing to finish, the championship lead has now been taken by driver Roy Gillingham and navigator David Taylor, while 2008 champions Jonathan Hancox & Richard Lambley hold second place. Andrew Buzzard and Rob Lyne head up the Clubman category in their Alfa.
Top 10 finishers:
| 1 | James Griffiths | James Howell | Mini 1275 GT | 912 |
| 2 | Warren Chmura | Jean Chmura | Citroen DS | 921 |
| 3 | Roy Gillingham | Richard Dix | Escort Mexico | 924 |
| 4 | Steven Winter | Chris Winter | Volvo 144 GL | 929 |
| 5 | Mike Harrison | Lorna Harrison | Triumph TR3A | 929 |
| 6 | Keith Colman | David Taylor | Escort Mexico | 934 |
| 7 | Kevin Haselden | David Kirkham | Mini Cooper | 937 |
| 8 | Simon Parson | Trevor Cattermole | Austin Healey Sprite | 938 |
| 9 | Glen Pearson | Nigel Blackburn | Porsche 911 Targa | 945 |
| 10 | Mike Jordan | Liz Jordan | Escort RS2000 | 947 |
Added: 26th May 2009 [permalink]
Deacon/Wilson win in Wales
A sting in the tail - the final regularity section, sorted the results of the Leukaemia Historic Rally, the third round of the Richard Egger Insurance HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship. The section's first junction, not being as map, sent many of the leading crews off in the wrong direction, with Colman/Taylor, Hancox/Lambley and Gillingham/Dix all slipping away to gift the top two places to Deacon/Wilson and Hernaman/Gibson. It was a close finish, with only one minute separating the top 5.
Starting with a regularity through Cwmcarn forest, the meat of the event came in the afternoon with 12 excellent tests in the Caerwent complex, which unfortunately claimed the retirement of David Mustarde's Alfa and Guy Woodcock's Scimitar.
Top 10 finishers:
| 1 | Jim Deacon | Dave Wilson | MGB | 41:41 |
| 2 | Paul Hernaman | Andy Gibson | Porsche 911 | 42:02 |
| 3 | Keith Colman | David Taylor | Ford Escort | 42:20 |
| 4 | Jonathan Hancox | Richard Lambley | Triumph TR4 | 42:36 |
| 5 | Martin Neal | Mick Briggs | Austin Healey Sprite | 42:41 |
| 6 | Duncan Stonier | Chris Winter | Volvo 144 | 43:16 |
| 7 | Dave Keen | Andy Berry | Ford Cortina | 43:36 |
| 8 | Roger Bricknell | Len Olds | Triumph TR4 | 43:44 |
| 9 | Roy Gillingham | Richard Dix | Ford Escort Mexico | 43:59 |
| 10 | James Griffiths | James Howell | Mini 1275GT | 44:00 |
Full results of the Leukaemia Historic Rally can be found at http://www.rallyroots.com/ and pictures at www.bg-photosport.co.uk
Martin Neal & Mick Briggs still lead the championship in their Austin-Healey Sprite, with the battle for points resuming on the Hughes Rally next weekend (24th May).
Added: 18th May 2009 [permalink]
Ilkley Jubilee to Wignall & Raeburn
HRCR Championship contenders were up against some strong northern competition on the Ilkley Jubilee on Sunday 19th April, with southerners Martin Neal & Mick Briggs settling for second place, 36 seconds behind a dominant Paul Wignall & Nigel Raeburn.
Next best championship contender was the Harrisons' TR3A in 5th place, followed by the Parson/Cattermole Sprite in 7th and the Taylor's Mini in 9th. Best of our Clubman class crews were Andrew Buzzard/Rob Lyne taking their Alfa Giulia to a creditable 12th overall.
Perfect weather, in contrast to last year's blizzard, made for a great day in North Yorkshire, where the organising Ilkley and District MC laid on five regularity sections and twelve special tests.
Wignall claimed that his victory was at the cost of wearing out his only set of 15 inch 70 profile tyres which he says he will now have great difficulty finding replacements for!
1. Paul Wignall/Nigel Raeburn (Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint) 11:59
2. Martin Neal/Mick Briggs (Austin-Healey Sprite) 12:35
3. Richard Prosser/Andy Gibson (Sunbeam Alpine) 12:49
4. Graeme Cornthwaite/Ali Proctor (Mini) 13:08
5. Michael Harrison/Lorna Harrison (Triumph TR3A) 13:21
- Ilkley Jubilee Championship Results
- The above pdf download(s) require Acrobat Reader.
Added: 21st April 2009 [permalink]
Ilkley Jubilee Full
With five weeks still to go to the Ilkley Jubilee, the second round of the HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship, the entry list is already full with 60 cars on the main event and another 20 on the Jubilee Run. Coming after the Tour of Cheshire ran a full entry of 75 cars, this could be the start of a trend for the season.
Some of our registered contenders will be disappointed at not getting an Ilkley Jubilee entry, so all are warned to enter as early as possible for future rounds.
Regs and entry forms for round 3, the Leukaemia Rally on 16th May, are now available for download from the rally's website at:
http://www.ecurie-cymraeg.co.uk/Leukaemia.htm
Added: 16th March 2009 [permalink]
Dowie/Taylor win Tour of Cheshire
A full entry of 75 cars on the Tour of Cheshire saw 35 crews battling for early championship points. At the end of the day it was Neil Dowie and David Taylor who triumphed in the red GT6, just 11 seconds ahead of Martin Neal/Mick Briggs.
Competitors were kept busy through 10 tests and 7 regularity sections, with impecable organisation by a new team at Knutsford Motor Club and the event graced as usual by a selection of celebrity VIP marshals.
The top 5 places turned into a clean sweep for HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship contenders, all five crews in sports cars.
1 Neil Dowie/David Taylor (Triumph GT6) 733
2 Martin Neal/Mick Briggs (Austin Healey Sprite) 744
3 Roy Gillingham/Andy Gibson (MGA) 756
4 Jonathan Hancox/Richard Lambley (Triumph TR4) 765
5 Simon Parson/Trevor Cattermole (Austin Healey Sprite) 777
(pictures: Robert Grounds)
3rd Gillingham/Gibson
2nd Neal/Briggs
4th Hancox/Lambley
5th Parson/Cattermole- Championship Points from Tour of Cheshire
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Added: 8th March 2009 [permalink]
Clubmans Support Growing
Registrations for the Richard Egger Insurance HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship are at a marginaly higher level than this time last year, but still only 25% have signed up from the full 75-car entry on the first round, the Tour of Cheshire. Those indicating that they will be registering before 7th March should bring the figure up to 40%, but if all the HRCR members that are entered on the event do register it could increase to over 70%. That would make a really good championship for all competitors!
If you have not yet registered, you can do so in a few seconds on-line, then the championship coordinator will issue cards and collect the fee (only a tenner this year) from you at your first event.
LATEST FIGURE - 32% now registered (26/02/09)
Added: 26th February 2009 [permalink]
Hughes Rally Date Change
Due to the availability schedule of a certian popular test venue, the Blackpalfrey MC of Kent has announced that the date of the 2009 Hughes Rally has been brought forward a week to Sunday 24th May. The HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship event will again be sponsored by Southern Aircraft Consultants and the organisers are hoping for a repeat of the full 60-car entry achieved in 2008.
The website of the Hughes Rally can be found at www.hughesrally.co.uk
Added: 28th January 2009 [permalink]
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