Maxsport Points after Regis Rally
John & Edward KiffPhotos: www.tonylarge.net (daytime), m&h andy manston (night)
Andy Nixon/David Taylor
Roy Gillingham/Andy Gibson
Stan & Heather Appleton
Dave Foster/Bernard Northmore
Jon Wood (with Paul Taylor)
Robert & Susan McClean
David Mustarde/Mike Burrows
Dick Appleton (with Mark Appleton)
Maxsport Historic Rally Championship Points Table- The above pdf download(s) require Acrobat Reader.
Added: 22nd January 2008 [permalink]
2008 Maxsport Historic Rally Championship rounds
January 19/20 - Carpetbagger Rally
Road Rally Register, Graham Dance, 402 Wimborne Rd East, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9NB grahamdance@hotmail.co.uk
A very long night in the muddy East Devon lanes. Popular with modern cars too. Preplot.
March 8 - Tour of Cheshire
Knutsford & DMC www.tourofcheshire.co.uk Challenging tests at stately homes, sensible regularities and celebrity marshals.
April 11-13 - TDC Irish Retro Trial Drivers Club www.tdcireland.org Open tests, autotests, regularities and a half-night leg. A full-weekend close to the ferry ports, run by Frank Fennell and Fred Bent.
June 1 - Hughes Rally Blackpalfrey MC www.hughesrally.co.uk Regularity without tears ! Straightforward navigation and slick organisation.
June 14/15 - G & P Memorial Rally Garstang & Preston MC www.gpmc.co.uk Based around North Lancashire. Shorter than some because of the time of year. A mix of preplot and plot and bash with favourites like Haylots and the Trough of Bowland.
July 12 - Ross Traders Ross & District MSC www.rossmotorsports.co.uk Based around Hereford & Gloucestershire. A friendly summer welcome, some quick test venues and navigation that's fair but makes you think.
August 9/10 (weekend) - Devils Own Classic Rally
Kirkby Lonsdale MC, Bob Milloy, Laburnum Cottage, Hincaster, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7ND milloybob@yahoo.co.uk or www.klmc.org.uk
Afternoon tests to supper halt, half-night tulip-book lanes event, then sleep before a day of varied tests.
September 27/28 - Clitheronian Rally
Clitheroe MC with CSMA(NW), Steve Johnson, sjohnson@csma-netlink.co.uk
Traditional night rally, largely pre-plot with small element of plot and bash. Last year's event was used for the Inter-Association championship.
October 11 - Regis Rally Bognor Regis Motor Club www.theregisrally.co.uk Straightforward navigation with tests at venues like Goodwood
December 6/7 - Welsh Rally Retro
Clwb Modwr Cymru, Denis Cardell, Pen yr Heol Cottage, Cathedine, Brecon, Powys, LD3 7SZ
deniscardell@lineone.net
Night-only event around Brecon lanes. A form of pre-plot with a jogularity section.
Reserve events: Twilight (6 Sept), Clitheronian (27/28 Sept), Hexham (22/23 Nov)
Added: 31st December 2007 [permalink]
Useful Links
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.
Motor Sports Association - Website of the governing body for motor sport in the UK.
Added: 5th January 2007 [permalink]
New look for 2008
The HRCR has announced two new initiatives that between them will bring a new expanded approach for those who venture out after dark.
The championship format has been shaken up and the Maxsport Historic Rally Championship will now contain a mix of full-weekend, night and daytime events. This will remain open to cars from Categories 1, 2 and 3, although the first three overall awards - including the Maxsport Trophies are only open to cars from Category 1, ie pre-1968. Later cars compete for their own class awards and a significant trophy is expected for that too.
Alongside this will be the HRCR Silver Jubilee Challenge that will enable competitors in cars of all categories to claim points for virtually any night-based road rally to which HRCR members are invited.
The Maxsport Historic Rally Championship includes night, day and full-weekend events. These cover a wide seasonal and geographic spread and are tried and tested events of a high standard. Competitors need to register as now and pay a registration fee. They would also be expected to comply with relevant technical regulations. The best seven scores would count, obliging successful crews to contest at least two of the three disciplines. It would be possible to get seven scores without entering the more expensive full-weekenders. Southern crews would need just two 'northern forays' and vice-versa. Rounds are listed elsewhere on this site.
The HRCR Silver Jubilee Challenge enables competitors to claim their own points from any National B or Clubmans historic permit (or mixed permit) event to which HRCR is invited. Because HRCR is affiliated to several regional associations and to the NESCRO group this covers at least 40 events in the UK alone. Although primarily aimed at UK crews it could be viable in Ireland or beyond. A points scoring system will count up to the best eight scores and takes account of the size of the historic entry, so that say coming third from an historic field of 17 scores higher than second out of just five. It is hoped to use the Members' Area of the HRCR website to alert crews to potentially suitable events.
The HRCR Silver Jubilee Challenge is open to cars of all historic age categories complying with MSA or equivalent regulations and satisfying the event scrutineer. Simple baseline standards will be defined, broadly in line with those used by NESCRO and the northern associations. To win an overall award UK crews would need to include within their claims at least two events from the Maxsport Championship to reduce the risk of the top crews never meeting 'head to head'. Class awards would not have that requirement. Registered Maxsport competitors would also be able to gain Silver Jubilee points on the full-weekend and night rounds of their championship.
Road rallying, and particularly night rallying, is regarded as a budget form of motorsport. However in these days of the £1 litre we are finding that the cost of travel to and from events is often exceeding the combined cost of entry fees and on-event fuel. We looked at how we could provide a high-profile championship with top-flight events yet also cater for those with more limited time and budgets. There are many night rally competitors out there who are keen supporters of their own regional championships but who get little wider recognition. The Silver Jubilee Challenge enables them to compete against others in a similar position but perhaps at the other end of the country. It will also illustrate the wealth of historic events and competitors that are out there. HRCR recognises that some parts of the country apply differing interpretations of the Blue Book's eligibility rules. The Challenge seeks to accommodate this with a simple (and hopefully not contentious) baseline that can apply everywhere, even beyond the UK.
Click on links below for regulations and a registration form for the Maxsport Historic Rally Championship, or regulations for the HRCR Silver Jubilee Challenge.
- Maxsport Historic Rally Championship Regulations
- Maxsport Registration Form
- Silver Jubilee Challenge Regulations
- The above pdf download(s) require Acrobat Reader.
Added: 15th December 2007 [permalink]
