2020
Association of Northern Car Clubs
Wern Ddu Organised by Practical Safety Weekend 15 / 16th February
Volume 11 : Issue 3: March 2020 : Maurice Ellison Pg. 44 Radio Mutterings - Cambrian Pg. 45 Gemini Motorsport Team Contents Pg. 46 Grumpy Old Git Pg. 47 Inside the Industry Front Cover :- Pg. 48 Inside the Industry Safety Weekend Pg. 49 Inside the Industry Pg. 50 Inside the Industry Pg. 2 Contents Pg. 51 Northern Classic Trial Pg. 3 Chairmans Chat Pg. 52 Northern Classic Trial Pg. 4 SD34MSG Contacts Pg. 53 Ewan Tindall’s R2 Pg. 5 Member Club Contacts Pg. 54 NESCRO Challenge - 2020 Calendar Pg. 6 2020 SD34MSG Championships Positions Pg. 55 BRMC Pg. 7 2020 SD34MSG Championships Positions Pg. 56 ANWCC 2020 Calendar Pg. 8 Under 18 Championship Registration Pg. 57 ANWCC 2020 Calendar Pg. 9 2020 Championship Registration Pg. 58 ANWCC 2020 Calendar Pg. 10 2020 Championship Classes Pg. 59 ANWCC 2019 Championship Positions Pg. 11 2020 SD34MSG Calendar & Championships Pg. 60 ANWCC 2019 Championship Positions Pg. 12 2020 SD34MSG Calendar & Championships Pg. 61 ANWCC 2019 Championship Positions Pg. 13 2020 SD34MSG Calendar & Championships Pg. 62 ANWCC 2020 Championships Registration Pg. 14 Around the Clubs : Clitheroe & DMC Pg. 63 ANWCC 2020 Championships Registration Pg. 15 Around the Clubs : Clitheroe & DMC Pg. 64 Cars for Sale Pg. 16 Around the Clubs : Clitheroe & DMC Pg. 65 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 17 Around the Clubs : Knutsford Pg. 66 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 18 Around the Clubs : Blackpool South Shore Pg. 67 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 19 Around the Clubs : Liverpool & More Pg. 68 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 20 Around the Clubs : G&PMC & More Pg. 69 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 21 Around the Clubs : Longton & DMC Pg. 70 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 22 Around the Clubs : Longton & DMC Pg. 71 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 23 Around the Clubs : Lancashire AC Pg. 72 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 24 Harry & Ivy Novice Road Rally Pg. 73 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 25 Harry & Ivy Novice Road Rally Pg. 74 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 26 Cambrian Stages Pg. 75 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 27 John Robson Road Rally Pg. 76 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 28 John Robson Road Rally Pg. 77 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 39 Allan Healy Memorial Rally Pg. 78 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 30 Snetterton Stages Rally Pg. 79 North West Stages 2020 Pg. 31 Snetterton Stages Rally Pg. 80 And at long, long last : Meeting Dates Pg. 32 Snetterton Stages Rally Pg. 33 Snetterton Stages Rally Pg. 34 Manx Rally 2020 Pg. 35 Ormco Stages (I.O.M) Pg. 36 Ormco Stages (I.O.M) Pg. 37 Grass Roots Motorsport : Ilkley & DMC Pg. 38 Grass Roots Motorsport : 2300 @ Cambrian Pg. 39 Grass Roots Motorsport : Wern Ddu Pg. 40 Grass Roots Motorsport : February Fling Pg. 41 Grass Roots Motorsport : Wigton Awards Pg. 42 Gemini Motorsport Team Pg. 43 Radio Mutterings - Cambrian Chairman's Chat
Well a wet month for events! The Cambrian was very lucky running just before Storm Ciara hit North Wales. Sadly the organisers of Riponian had taken the correct decision on the weather advice and cancelled the event just 3 days before running. More event organisers will need to look carefully at insurance and their event costing, many events and clubs are running at breakeven and do not have a reserve to cover this type of hit.
The following weekend in the North West area, two training events took place during storm Dennis. I am sure all that attended these had a great weekend. Whilst also being VERY damp...One of the major safety items to get across to those who attended, was the safe use of gazebos at motorsport events. Many event organisers use them but inci- dents have happened, with a little thought they can be used safely even in a storm..
SD34 motorsport group and the regions are currently open to championship registrations. The benefits of both SD34 and ANWCC championships working together for the competitors is clear to see, competitors have two champion- ships for the one event; in these times of looking after the pennies, motor clubs need to attract their customers. Garstang and Preston MSC and Clitheroe DMC lead the way with both clubs having 15 members registered for the championships well done and many thanks for your proactive support. The Under 17 MC has 11, Warrington DMC has 8, Bolton Le Moors CC has 8 registered once again being active in the promotion of the championships to their members. Six clubs have only one registered competitor. 10 clubs have no registered competitors; half of these clubs run stage rally events and have several drivers out on many NW events all who run events will need marshals. I am sure a £5 fee is not putting these competitors off registering when a set of tyres will be £400 to £800.... Question to SD34 Club representatives why? I look forward to the meeting on the 18th March, please attend if you can and help shape SD34 Motor Sport Group. Steve Johnson, Chairman , SD34MSG Comprising the following 11 Clubs
Blackpool South Shore Motor Club www.bssmc.com
Chester Motor Club www.chestermotorclub.co.uk
Clitheroe & District Motor Club
Contacts www.clitheroedmc.co.uk
President : Alan Shaw Ecurie Royal Oak Motor Club U18 Championship [email protected] www.eromc.co.uk Marshals Compiler 01282-602195
C.P.O. Fylde Motor Sport Club www.fyldemotorsportclub.co.uk
Chairman : Steve Johnson Garstang & Preston MC [email protected] www.gpmc.org.uk 07718 051 882 High Moor Motor Club Secretary : James Swallow www.hmmc.co.uk
[email protected] Preston Motorsport Club 07807 211829 www.facebook.com/prestonmotorsportclub
Vice Chairman : Bill Wilmer Stockport 061 Motor Club Safety Radio MSUK Radio Co-ordinator www.stockport061.co.uk Gemini Communications 07973-830705 Warrington & District Motor Club
[email protected] www.warringtondmc.org
Treasurer : Steve Butler Wallasey Motor Club Road Rally [email protected] www.wallaseymc.com
Website : www.nwstages.co.uk Lancashire RLO : Chris Woodcock Mark Wilkinson - [email protected] MSUK Rallies Committee [email protected] Chairman of ANCC 01254-681350
Sprint /Hillclimb : Steve Price ADVERTISING
[email protected] in ‘SPOTLIGHT’ League Compiler : Steve Lewis Readership in Excess of 10,000 Individual Compiler [email protected] 1/4 page (ish - we are very flexible) advert
for a full 12 issues (1 year) for just £100 None Race/Rally : Tracy Smith Sent to all and then & Stage Rallies [email protected] 25 member clubs Website www.sd34msg.org forwarded to club members + another 7000+ on the distribution list (29 X 100 + 7000 = 10,000+ readers) Registrations : David Barratt And now sent to all ANWCC clubs (114) [email protected] All advertising revenue helps to fund SD34MSG ` 01254-384127 Contact either Les Fragle, Maurice Ellison
or Steve Johnson for more details
Newsletter : Maurice Ellison Steve Johnson
[email protected] 07718 051 882 [email protected] 07788-723721 Les Fragle 01995-672230 [email protected] 01524-735488 Maurice Ellison 07788-723721 [email protected] SD34MSG Member Clubs & Contact Details Accrington MSC Longton & DMC Contact : David Barratt Contact : Paul Tipping Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Tel. : 01254-384127 Website : www.longton-dmc.co.uk
Website : www.accrington-msc.org
Airedale & Pennine MCC Liverpool MC Contact : John Rhodes Contact : John Harden Email : [email protected] Tel. : 0161-9697137 Tel. : 07913 649131 Email : [email protected] Website : www.liverpoolmotorclub.com Website : www.apmcc.co.uk
Blackpool South Shore MC Manx AS Contact : Dave Riley Contact : Mark Quayle Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Website : www.bssmc.com Tel. : 07973-830695 Website : www.manxautosport.org Bolton-le-Moors MC Contact : Jack Mather Email : [email protected] Mull CC Website : http://blmcc.co.uk/ Contact : Chris Woodcock Email : [email protected] Boundless by CSMA (NW) Tel. : 07973-830695 Contact : Steve Johnson LIMITED Website : www.mullcarclub.co.uk Email : [email protected] Tel. : 01254-392663 Mob. : 07718 051 882 Pendle & DMC Contact : Ray Duckworth Clitheroe & DMC Email : [email protected] Contact : Maurice Ellison Tel. : 01282-812551 Email : [email protected] Mob. : 07484161972 Tel. : 01524-735488 Website : www.pendledistrictmc.co.uk Mob. : 07788-723721 Website : www.clitheroedmc.co.uk Preston MC Garstang & Preston MC Contact : Terry May Contact : Les Fragle Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Tel. : Tel. : 01995-672230 Website : www.prestonmotorsport.club
Website : http://gpmc.org.uk/
High Moor MC U17MC-NW Contact : Gary Heslop Contact : Steve Johnson Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Tel. : 0161-6430151 Tel. : 07718 051 882 Mob. : 07973-816965 Website : www.u17mc-northwest.org.uk
Website : www.hmmc.co.uk Stockport061MC Hexham & DMC Contact : Mark Wilkinson Contact : Ed Graham Email : [email protected] Email : : [email protected] Tel. : 07879-657580 Tel. : 0161-2919065 Website : www.stockport061.co.uk
Website : www.hexhammotorclub.co.uk Wallasey MC Knowldale CC Contact : Ben Donaldson Contact : Stephen Broadbent Email : [email protected] Email : Tel. : Tel : Website : www.wallaseymc.com
Website : www.knowldale.co.uk Warrington & DMC Knutsford & DMC Contact : George Jennings Contact : Mike Vokes Email : gajen- Email : . [email protected] Website : www.knutsfordmotorclub.co.uk Website : www.warringtondmc.com
Tel. : 07745-371386 Wigan & DMC Lightning MSC Contact : Tony Lynch Contact : Andy Rhodes Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Website : www.wiganmotorclub.org.uk Tel. : 01772-632820 2300 Club Lancashire A.C. Contact : Neil Molyneux Contact : Chris Lee Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Website : www.2300club.org Tel. : 07831-124417 Website : www.lancsautoclub.com MARSHALS CHAMPIONSHIP
2020 SD34MSG O/A Marshal Points Club Q 1 Brian Wragg 37 Liverpool Y Inter-Club League 2 Tracey Smith 27 Accrington Y 3 Maurice Ellison 24 Clitheroe Y Division A Position = 4 Alex Brown 20 Bolton Y Club Points Div O/A = 4 Jack Mather 20 Bolton Y 6 John Harden 11 Liverpool N Clitheroe & DMC = 7 Jo Evers 10 Bolton N Bolton-le-Moors CC = 7 Stephen Mather 10 Bolton N = 7 Ian Swallow 10 Bolton N Warrington & DMC = 7 James Swallow 10 Bolton N Liverpool MC = 7 Victoria Swallow 10 Bolton N = 7 Peter Schofield 10 Pendle N U17MC-NW = 7 Peter Wright 10 Pendle N Longton & DMC = 7 Eric Wilkockson 10 Bolton N Garstang & Preston MC = 7 Andy Gillet 10 Bolton N = 7 Jim Livesey 10 U17MC N Knutsford & DMC = 7 Paul Kelly 10 CSMA N = 7 Dave Barratt 10 Accrington N Division B Position = 19 Steve Smith 7 Accrington N Club Points Div O/A = 19 Rod Brereton 7 Pendle N Airedale & Pennine MCC = 19 Andy Fell 7 Liverpool N = 19 Bill Gray 7 Liverpool N Wigan & DMC = 19 Phil Howarth 7 Liverpool N = 19 Sean Robertson 7 Liverpool N Stockport 061 MC = 19 Max Quinton 7 Liverpool N Accrington MSC = 19 Robert O’Brien` 7 Liverpool N = 19 William O’Brien` 7 Liverpool N Blackpool South Shore MC = 19 Steve Smith 7 Accrington N = 28 Alan Shaw 4 Pendle N Wallasey MC = 28 Lauren Crook 4 U17MC N = 28 Andy Williams 4 U17MC N Pendle & DMC = 28 James Williams 4 U17MC N Preston MC Division C Position Non Race/Rally Championship Club Points Div O/A O/A Class Score Club Knowldale CC 1 Scott MacMahon 30.49 U17MC 2 Andy Williams 30.03 U17MC Manx AS 3 James Williams 29.74 U17MC 4 Lauren Crook 28.69 U17MC Hexham & DMC 5 James Robinson 21.02 U17MC 6 Gary Sherriff` 20.67 Bolton Mull CC 7 Andrew Robinson 20.44 U17MC Lancashire A.C. 8 Phil Clegg 20.06 Accrington 9 Steve Johnson 20.00 CSMA Lightning MSC 10 Chris MacMahon 19.12 U17MC 11 Dave Graves 18.87 Bolton High Moor MC ` 12 Matthew Nichols 17.56 Bolton 13 Andy Crawley 10.12 Warrington CSMA (NW) 14 Ian Swallow 10.00 Bolton 15 Stephen Holmes 9.58` Clitheroe 2300 16 Warren Nicholls 9.57 Bolton Motor Sport North West 17 John Jones 9.38 Accrington 18 Chris Livesley 9.20 U17MC Updated 19 Jess Crawley 9.08 Warrington Stage Rally Championship GAZZARD O/A Driver Class Pts Club
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We also cater for SMALLER Limited Companies. Workplace or Home/Evening visits can be arranged. We will offer you the following : U18 Championship Regular contact and advice O/A Competitor pts Club Assistance for Self Employed 1 James Robinson 20 U17MC Simple accounting practices 2 Daniel Millward Jackson 10 U17MC 3 Jessica Crawley 9 Warrington Friendly service and assistance
Serving Greater Manchester and Sprint & Hillclimb Championship areas of Lancashire and Cheshire. O/A Competitor Score Class Club Registered Office :
33 Acresfield Road, Middleton, Manchester. M24 2WT. Office Tel No : 0161 643 0151 E-Mail : Individual Championship [email protected] O/A Competitor pts Q Club 1 2020 SD34MSG Under 18 Championship Registration Form Name ………………………………………………………………………………….. Address .…..……………………………………………………………..………….. .. ………………………………………………………………….…………... ……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code …………….. e-mail ………………………………………………….. Tel No Home ………………………… Mobile ..…………………………………. SD34 Nominated Club ..……………………………………………..……. (1 only) Age on 1st January 2020 ………. DOB ………………………………………….. Competitor Signature …………………………………….. Date ..……………… Please register me for the SD34MSG Under 18 Championship. I agree to abide by the championship regulations. I understand that the information contained on this sheet will be held on computer, but will be for SD34MSG use only. (There is no fee due for this championship.) Parent Name ………………………………………………………………………….. Parent Signature ………………………………………..…. Date .………………… Parent Information (If different to above) Address .…..…………………………………………………………….. ………….. ..………………………………………………………………….…………... ……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code …………….. e-mail ……...………………………………………….. Tel No Home ………………………… ..…………………………………. Mobile………………………… ..…………………………………. General Data Protection Regulation 2018. Under the data protection regulations (the GDPR), which came into force on 25 May 2018, we have to ask your permission to hold data about you as per the Groups Data Protection Policy. NOTE: We can- not assume your permission; it has to be given to us explicitly. If we don’t get this consent we cannot communicate with you. Therefore by signing the above Championship Registration form you give your full consent and authority for SD34MSG to con- tact you via email, telephone and/or letter for the purpose of keeping you informed with activities, events and for social purposes so long as I you are a registered Championship contender. You also understand that you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting the Groups Data Protection Officer, who is the SD34 MSG Secretary ([email protected]), and is also the data controller for the purpose of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Our address is:- SD34MSG, c/o 6 Thistleton Road, Thistleton, Preston PR4 3XA. The SD34 MSG GDPR Privacy Statement can be viewed on the Groups Web Site. @ http:// sd34msg.org.uk/ Please return the completed form to the championship compiler. This can be done by post or by completing the form, print off, sign, scan and then e-mail to championship compiler. Address information at bottom of page. SD34MSG Under 18 Championship Regulations The SD34MSG “Under 18 Championship” shall allow any member of an SD34MSG club, who is under the age of 18 on the first day in the championship year (this will normally be 1st January in any year) to compete for the championship in any discipline of motorsport which allows their participation at an age of under 18 as defined in the current Motorsport UK Bluebook. As this will be a multi discipline championship then all Under 18 Championship qualifying competitors wishing to be considered for the championship must register for the Under 18 Championship separately to the normal champion-ships. This will not exclude them from registering for the normal SD34MSG championship as well. (Entry to this championship shall be free and points will be awarded from the date of first registration.) Scoring For championships which work out overall positions by Index of Performance (as per the SD34MSG Index of Performance system and rules) the Under 18 registered competitor with the best index in the event will be awarded one point for each under 18 championship contender, or 10 points whichever is the higher, and second placed one point less, etc. i.e The 2nd best index 1 point less, 3rd best index 2 points less and so on till all eligible registered Under 18 competitors have been awarded their points. For Championship events which work out overall position by means of the least actual time lost (or time and fails system) then the Registered Under 18 competitor with the best overall position will be awarded one point for each under 18 championship contender, or 10 points whichev- er is the higher, and second placed one point less, etc. i.e The 2nd best overall position 1 point less, 3rd best overall position 2 points less and so on till all eligible registered Under 18 competitors have been awarded their points. Some championship events may well have eligible competitors in both the driving and navigating positions and therefore I would envisage that points be awarded to both Drivers and Navigators separately according to their overall position either as navigators or drivers. There will be no distinction between drivers or navigators for the overall awards. Registered competitors may also score 5 points on two separate occasions by marshalling on any SD34MSG championship event. One of these must be for marshalling on an SD34 Championship event other than one run by their own club. If the event is run/co-promoted by more than one club and one of these clubs is their own club this will not count as another club for marshalling points. You must claim these points directly with the championship compiler within 1 (one) month of the event taking place stating which event you marshalled on. The REGISTERED Under 18 competitor with the highest score at the end of the championship year, from any discipline or multiple disciplines, would be the Overall Under 18 Champion. Next highest score 2nd Overall and third highest score 3rd Overall. It must be stressed that an Un- der 18 Championship contender must notify the Championship compiler of their taking part in a particular eligible event within 1 (one) month of the event taking place. (This can be easily done by e-mail just stating which event and its date.) The event organisers must supply a complete set of results and entry list with clubs entered under to the Under 18 compiler so that points can be awarded accordingly. These must be notified as soon as the results become available and no longer than three weeks after the date that the results become official. Please note all our (SD34MSG) Competitions are “Held under the General Regulations of Motorsport UK (incorporating the provisions of the International Sporting Code of the FIA) and any supplementary Regulations. Under 18 Championship Compiler:- Alan Shaw 31 Appleby Drive, Barrowford, NELSON, Lancashire, BB9 6EX. Tel No 01282 602195 e-mail address [email protected] 2020 SD34MSG Championship Registration Form Please register me for the SD34 Championships indicated below. By submitting this form and paying the registration fee I agree to abide by the Championship rules and regulations, which can be found on the SD34MSG website at www.sd34msg.org.uk.
General Data Protection Regulation 2018. Under the data protection regulations (the GDPR), which came in- to force on 25 May 2018, we have to ask your permission to hold data about you as per the Groups Data Protection Policy. NOTE: We cannot assume your permission; it has to be given to us explicitly. If we don’t get this consent we cannot communicate with you. Therefore by submitting the above Championship Registration form and paying the registration fee you give your full consent and authority for SD34MSG to contact you via email, telephone and/or letter for the purpose of keeping you informed with activities, events and for social purposes so long as I you are a registered Championship contender. You also understand that you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting the Groups Data Protection Officer, who is the SD34 MSG Secretary ([email protected]), and is also the data controller for the purpose of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Our address is:- SD34MSG, c/o 6 Thistleton Road, Thistleton, Preston PR4 3XA. The SD34 MSG GDPR Privacy Statement can be viewed on the Groups Web Site. At http://sd34msg.org.uk/ Please note all our (SD34MSG) Competitions are “Held under the General Regulations of Motorsport UK (incorporating the provisions of the International Sporting Code of the FIA) and any supplementary Regulations.
Please return the completed form complete with the £5 registration fee to the cham- pionship compiler. This can be done by post to David Barratt, 54 Lodge Street, Accrington, BB5 6EH or by completing the form, print off, scan and then e-mail to [email protected]. Cheques must be made payable to SD34 Motorsport Group Register on Line at https://form.jotformeu.com/93331429387362
Registration fees may also be paid by bank transfer to: Lloyds Bank Sort Code: 77-76-05 Account Number: 49052568 Please enter your full name as the reference Name Address Post Code Email Address Home Tel Mobile SD34MSG Nominated Club
Championship Class Stage Rally Driver / Co-Driver A B C D
Road Rally Driver / Navigator Expert Semi Expert Novice
Sprint Hillclimb Driver S 1A 1B 1C 2 3 4 5
Non Race Rally Driver A B C D E SD34MSG Championship Classes for 2020 Non Race / Non Rally
A) Production Saloon Cars up to 4.15m (13’7”) overall length and up to 1400cc (Must have all seats & trim fitted);
B) Production Saloon Cars up to 4.15m (13’7”) overall length and over 1400cc (Must have all seats & trim fitted);
C) Production Saloon Cars over 4.15m (13’7”) overall length (Must have all seats & trim fitted);
D) Series Production Sports Cars hood down or hood up;
E) All other cars (including “low volume” sports cars e.g. Caterhams, Westfields) and Stage Rally-prepared cars.
Sprint & Hillclimb
S Standard Cars conforming to S11.
1A Road Cars - Series Production up to and including 1400cc (or forced induction equivalent), conforming to sec- tion S12
1B Road Cars - Series Production over 1400cc up to and including 2000cc (or forced induction equivalent), con- forming to section S12.
1C Road Cars - Series Production 2000cc and over conforming to section S12. Classes 1A, 1B, 1C shall include sports cars, but exclude kit, replica, spaceframed and non-ferrous chassis cars.
2 Road Cars - Specialist Production conforming to section S12
3 Modified Cars conforming to Section S13.
4 Sports Libre Cars conforming to section S14.
5 Racing Cars conforming to Section S15.
Stage Rally
A) up to 1400cc
B) 1401cc to 1600cc
C) 1601cc to 2000cc
D) over 2000cc & 4 WD
Road Rally
Expert A competitor who, in the role registered has at least 3 top 10 finishes in Nat B or higher
Semi-Expert All Competitors not eligible for Expert or Novice Class (NB : You can only move up one class per yr)
Novice A Competitor in the Role Registered has never won a 1st Novice Award (See full rules) 2020 SD34MSG Calendar : March - June
1-Mar Stage Rally Yes PDMC / GPMC Lee Holland Stage Rally Anglesey Circuit, 1-Mar Stage Rally Yes Warrington & Dist MC Questmead Stages 3 Sisters, Wigan 8-Mar PCA Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC A&PMCC PCA 3 Rock & Heifer, Bradford 21-Mar Stage Rally Yes MS(NW) Ltd Legend Fires North West Stages Lancashire
04/05-Apr Road Rally Yes Clitheroe & Dist MC Primrose Trophy Rally Lancashire-Yorkshire 5-Apr PCA Yes Warrington & Dist MC WarDMC PCA 1 Wern Ddu, Ruthin 12-Apr PCA Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC A&PMCC PCA 4 Rock & Heifer, Bradford 19-Apr Stage Rally Yes Stockport 061 MC Altratech SMC Stages Anglesey Circuit, 20-Apr Trial Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC Sporting Car trial Longnor 25-Apr Sprint Yes Liverpool MC Aintree Spring Sprint Aintree 26-Apr Touring Assembly No Lancashire Automobile Club St George's Day Run
2-May PCT Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC PCT 1 2-May Targa Yes Stockport 061 MC 061 Targa Rally Buxton 10-May Stage Rally Yes Wigan & Dist MC The CompBrake Motorsport Stages 3 Sisters, Wigan 10-May PCA Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC A&PMCC PCA 5 Rock & Heifer, Bradford 15+16-May Stage Rally Yes Manx Auto Sport Manx National RallyChris Kelly Rally Isle of Man 16-May Stage Rally Yes Knutsford & District MC Plains Rally North Wales 16-May Sprint Yes Longton & Dist MC Sprint 1 Blyton Park, Lincolnshire 16-May Touring Assembly No Lancashire Automobile Club Fellsman Classic Car Run 17-May Sprint Yes Longton & Dist MC Sprint 2 Blyton Park, Lincolnshire 17-May Autosolo Yes CSMA CSMA Autosolo 1 Lymm Truckstop Jt 20 17-May Autotest Yes CSMA CSMA Autotest 1 Lymm Truckstop Jt 20 17-May PCA Yes CSMA CSMA PCA 1 Lymm Truckstop M6 J20 24-May Trial Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC Yorkshire Dales Classic Trial Pateley Bridge
6-Jun PCT Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC PCT 2
6-Jun Hillclimb Yes Liverpool MC Barbon Manor Hillclimb 1 Barbon
14-Jun Sprint Yes Longton & Dist MC Sprint 3 3 Sisters, Wigan
14-Jun PCA Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC A&PMCC PCA 6 Rock & Heifer, Bradford
14-Jun Stage Rally Yes Blackpool SSMC Keith Frecker Stages Weeton Barracks Manchester to Blackpool Classic Manchester to Blackpool 14-Jun Touring Assembly No Lancashire Automobile Club Car Run Classic Car Run 15-Jun PCA Yes Warrington & Dist MC WarDMC PCA 2 Wern Ddu, Ruthin
20-Jun Touring Assembly No Pendle & Dist MC Summer Touring Assembly
21-Jun Autosolo Yes CSMA CSMA Autosolo 2 Lymm Truckstop M6 J20
21-Jun Autotest Yes CSMA CSMA Autotest 2 Lymm TruckstopM6 Jt20
21-Jun PCA Yes CSMA CSMA PCA 2 Lymm Truckstop J20
26-Jun Sprint Yes Longton & Dist MC Sprint 4 Anglesey Circuit,
27-Jun Sprint Yes Liverpool MC Aintree Summer Sprint Aintree
Sprint & Hillclimb Stage Rallies Road Rallies Non Race/Rally Training Classic & Targas Others 2020 SD34MSG Calendar : July - December 4-Jul PCT Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC PCT 3 4-Jul Hillclimb Yes Liverpool MC Barbon Manor Hillclimb 2 Barbon 11-Jul Touring Assembly No Lancashire Automobile Club Coast to Coast Classic Car Run 12-Jul PCA Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC A&PMCC PCA 7 Rock & Heifer, Bradford 18-Jul Autosolo Yes Under 17 MC NW U17MC Autosolo 2 Blackburn Services, Jt 4 18-Jul PCA Yes Under 17 MC NW U17MC PCA 2 Blackburn Services, Jt 4 18-Jul Training No Fire training Blackburn Services, Jt 4 19-Jul Autosolo Yes Under 17 MC NW U17MC Autosolo 3 Blackburn Services, Jt 4 19-Jul Autotest Yes Under 17 MC NW U17MC Autotest 1 Blackburn Services, Jt 4 19-Jul PCA Yes Under 17 MC NW U17MC PCA 3 Blackburn Services, Jt 4 19-Jul PCA Yes Warrington & Dist MC WarDMC PCA 3 Wern Ddu, Ruthin 19-Jul PCA Yes Hexham & Dist MC The Northern Dales PCA 19-Jul Hillclimb Yes Mid-Cheshire MC Scammonden Dam Hillclimb Scammonden Dam, 25-Jul PCT Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC HawPike PCT 1-Aug PCT Yes Clitheroe & Dist MC Burnthouse PCT 9-Aug Stage Rally Yes PDMC / GPMC Heroes Stage Rally Weeton Barracks 9-Aug PCA Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC A&PMCC PCA 8 Rock & Heifer, Bradford 15-Aug Hillclimb Yes Pendle & Dist MC Scammonden Dam Hillclimb Scammonden Dam, 23-Aug PCA Yes Warrington & Dist MC WarDMC PCA 4 Wern Ddu, Ruthin 31-Aug Autosolo Yes Bolton-le-Moors CC Autosolo 2 Ormskirk 04+05-Sep Stage Rally Yes Wallasey MC Promenade Stages New Brighton Prom 5-Sep Sprint Yes Liverpool MC Aintree Autumn Sprint Aintree 6-Sep Sprint Yes Longton & Dist MC Sprint 5 3 Sisters, Wigan 12-Sep PCA Yes Under 17 MC NW U17MC PCA 4 Blackburn Services Jt 4 12-Sep Autosolo Yes Under 17 MC NW U17MC Autosolo 4 Blackburn Services, Jt 5 13-Sep PCA Yes Under 17 MC NW U17MC PCA 5 Blackburn Services Jt 4 13-Sep Autosolo Yes Under 17 MC NW U17MC Autosolo 5 Blackburn Services, M65 13-Sep Autotest Yes Under 17 MC NW U17MC Autotest 2 Blackburn Services, M65 13-Sep PCA Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC A&PMCC PCA 9 Rock & Heifer, Bradford 19/20-Sep Road Rally Yes Clitheroe & Dist MC Taybridge Clitheronian Rally Lancashire-Yorkshire 3-Oct Sprint Yes Longton & Dist MC Sprint 6 Anglesey Circuit 4-Oct Sprint Yes Longton & Dist MC Sprint 7 Anglesey Circuit 10+11-Oct Stage Rally Yes Mull Car Club Mull Rally Isle of Mull 11-Oct Stage Rally Yes Wigan & Dist MC The Adgespeed Stages 3 Sisters, Wigan 11-Oct PCA Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC A&PMCC PCA 10 Rock & Heifer, Bradford 18-Oct PCA Yes Warrington & Dist MC WarDMC PCA 5 Wern Ddu, Ruthin 06+07-Nov Stage Rally Yes Manx Auto Sport Poker Stars Stages Isle of Man 7-Nov Stage Rally Yes Bolton-le-Moors CC Neil Howard Stages 2019 Oulton Park 8-Nov PCA Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC A&PMCC PCA 11 Rock & Heifer, Bradford 15-Nov Stage Rally No CDMC / Malton MC Malton Forest Rally 21/22 Nov Road Rally Beverley & DMC Beaver Rally North Humberside 29 Nov Targa Knutsford Targa Knutsford & DMC 3 Sisters 5-Dec Training No FMOS & Fire Training Blackburn Services, M65 5-Dec Autosolo Yes Under 17 MC NW U17MC Autosolo 7 Blackburn Services, M65 5-Dec PCA Yes Under 17 MC NW U17MC PCA 7 Blackburn Services, M65 6-Dec Autosolo Yes Accrington MSC AMSC Autosolo 2 Blackburn Services, M65 6-Dec Autotest Yes Accrington MSC AMSC Autotest 2 Blackburn Services, M65 6-Dec PCA Yes Accrington MSC AMSC PCA 2 Blackburn Services, M65 13-Dec PCA Yes Airedale & Pennine MCC A&PMCC PCA 12 Rock & Heifer, Bradford
Sprint & Hillclimb Stage Rallies Road Rallies Non Race/Rally Training Classic & Targas Others SD34MSG 2020 Championship Rounds by Discipline at a Glance
Sprint & Hillclimb Championship 2020 Stage Rally Championship 2020
Date Event Organising Club Date Event Organising Club 25 April Aintree Spring Sprint Liverpool MC 1 Mar Lee Holland G&PMC 16 May Blyton Sprint Day 1 Longton & DMC 1 Mar Questmead Stages Warrington 17May Blyton Sprint Day 2 Longton & DMC 6 June Barbon Hillclimb Liverpool MC 21 Mar Northwest Stages MSNW 14 June 3 Sisters Sprint Longton & DMC 19 Apr Altratech Stages S061MC 26 June Anglesey Sprint Longton & DMC 27 June Aintree Summere Sprint Liverpool MC 10 May Compbrake Stages Wigan & DMC 4 July Barbon Hillclimb Liverpool MC 15/16 May Manx Nat, Chris Kelly Manx AS 15 July Scammondon Hillclimb Pendle & DMC 16 May Plains Rally Knutsford & DMC 19 July Scammondon Hillclimb Mid-Cheshire MC 5 Sept Aintree Autumn Sprint Liverpool MC 14 Jun Keith Frecker Stages Blackpool SSMC 6 Sep 3 Sisters Sprint Longton & DMC 9 August Heroes Stages PDMC & G&PMC 3 October Anglesey Sprint Day 1 Longton & DMC 4/5 Sep Promenade Stages Wallasey MC 4 October Anglesey Sprint Day 2 Longton & DMC 10/11 Oct Mull Mull CC
Non Race/Rally Championship 2020 11 Oct Adgespeed Stages Wigan & DMC
Date Event Organising Club 6/7 Nov PokerStars Manx AC 8 Mar PCA Rock & Heifer Airedale & Pennine 7 Nov Neil Howard Bolton-le-Moors CC 5 April PCA Wern Ddu Warrington 12 April PCA Rock & Heifer Airedale & Pennine 20 April Trial Airedale & Pennine Road Rally Championship 2020 2 May PCT Airedale & Pennine Date Event Organising Club 10 May PCA Rock & Heifer Airedale & Pennine 17 May AutoSolo, Autotest PCA CSMA 4/5 April Primrose Trophy Rally Clitheroe & DMC 24 May Trial Airedale & Pennine 2 May 061 Targa Rally S061MC 6 June PCT Airedale & Pennine 14 June PCA Rock & Heifer Airedale & Pennine 13/14 Jun Memorial Rally CANCELLED 15 June PCA Wern Ddu Warrington 19/20 Sep Clitheronian Clitheroe & DMC 21 June AutoSolo, Autotest PCA CSMA 4 July PCT Airedale & Pennine 21/22 Nov Beaver Rally Beverley & DMC 12 July PCA Rock & Heifer Airedale & Pennine 29Nov Knutsford ~Targa Knutsford 18 July AutoSolo, PCA, U17MC 19 July AutoSolo, Autotest U17MC 5 Rounds to Count 19 July PCA Hexham & DMC 19 July PCA Wern Ddu Warrington Training Dates 2020 1 August PCT Clitheroe Date Event Venue 9 August PCA Rock & Heifer Airedale & Pennine 23 Aug PCA Wern Ddu Warrington 18 July Fire Training J4 M65 31 Aug AutoSolo Bolton-le-Moors 5 Dec Fire Training J4 M65 12 Sep PCA AutoSolo U17MC 13 Sep AutoSolo, Autotest PCA U17MC 13 Sep PCA Rock & Heifer Airedale & Pennine 11 Oct PCA Rock & Heifer Airedale & Pennine 18 Oct PCA Wern Ddu Warrington 8 Nov PCA Rock & Heifer Airedale & Pennine 5 Dec PCA AutoSolo U17MC 6 Dec AutoSolo, Autotest PCA Accrington 13 Dec PCA Rock & Heifer Airedale & Pennine What happened at CDMC in January 2020 Tuesday 4th February The Club Meets at 8-30pm Colin Blunt Every Tuesday Waddington Sports & Social Club Waddington, Nr Clitheroe BB7 3HW M/R 103 / 730.25 436 Website : www.clitheroedmc.co.uk Whats on in MARCH Tuesday 3rd March
Committee Night Colin Blunt was 16 and working in engineering with a company in Haslingden when a new bloke started work th at the same firm. This bloke had a mini that he rallied Tuesday 10 March and Colins interest I Motorsport was started. He joined Springhill. His first event was as a Navigator on the Hall First on Scene Trophy. Started Navigating for Gribby and went on to do the Training BTRDA Championship with him. Changed seats and did the Lada Challenge with his th brother as co-driver in the late 80s Tuesday 17 March Rallying was starting to cost him a lot of money so he decided to go Stock Car racing . Things they Never Tell Decided to give Motorcross a go. In 1996 yhe won the Junior Championship and went on to do the British You about Rallying Championship In 2001 got back into Stage Rallying with his son Co- Terry Martin & Others Driving Postponed from last month There followed a cycle of Bikes, Rallying, Stock Cars etc th etc Tuesday 24 March #for the past 6 years he has been doing Enduro events in the woods. rd 3 of the 2020 Scatter Series Colin has now bought a Fiesta ST and is building it into a Stage car. It will probably be 2021 beforew he gets out O/S map 103 in the forests with it - Wants to do Grizedale Sign on from 19:30 1st Car away 20:01 Waddington Tuesday 31st March North West Stages Forum Tuesday 18th February Gordon Birtwistle Mr. Proflex
Gordon worked for 21yrs in the Competition Department of Triumph sorting out their suspension systems. He ap- plied for and was appointed as Competion Dept Manager only to be quickly rejected when a friend of the MD was made redundant and took Gordons new job. So Gordon th left Triumph and went to work for Andy Dawson for 18 Tuesday 25 February months. He left Dealer Team Datsun and worked as a freelance suspension engineer thanks to an introduction 2nd Round of the by Ian Grindrod to Sydney Meek who built the Mantas for Opel. This lead on to working on the whole of the Opel 2020 Scatter Series competition cars at the time. The success that he brought to the Opel Team led on to him working with anyone who was anyone in the Motorsport world (to mention just a Drivers Navigators few :- Simo Lanpinan, Raeno Alternen, Vic Elford, Jimmy O/A Competitor Pts O/A Competitor Pts & Alister & Colin McRae, Mark & David Higgins, Stig Blomquist, Tony Pond, Andy Rouse, Bjorn Walderguard 1 Paul Pendleton 53 1 Harris Halgate 53 and the list goes on) 2 Matthew Simon 47 2 James Squires 48 Gordons method was not just technical - he used to sit in with the drivers whilst out testing so that he could listen to =3 Ben Mitton 46 =3 Sam Mitton 46 what they wanted and Gordon could feel what the car =3 Colin Blunt 43 =3 Terry Martin 44 was doing so that Gordon could make the car handle as 5 Gareth Shepherd 40 5 Liam O’Kane 43 the driver wanted it to. Gordon was out testing a TR5 at MIRA in his early days 6 John Gribbens 25 6 Sam Ambler 23 and came across a bus crossing the track whilst he was 7 Dan Sedgwick 23 7 Levi Nicholson 23 doing 118mph. He was a lucky man to survive the result- 8 Stephen Hardy 23 8 Mark Dobson 19 ing end over end as he narrowly managed to avoid hitting the bus when you consider the Triumph was a soft top 9 Richard Craig 19 9 Adam Griffin 19 and didn't even have a roll cage. 10 Jason Marriot 19 10 Ben Coombes 18 Gordon then went on to set up as the UKs Proflex agent 11 Chris Day 19 11 Sam Shepherd 17 and still gets a big buz every day sorting out drivers sus- pension problems. 12 Sam Coombes 18 12 Erin McNally 1 In 2005 he sponsored the Proflex Stages run by Clitheroe 13 Rob Cotton 1 13 & DMC at Leyland Test Track. All the McRaes and Chris Meek turned up to drive the course car in turn and the 14 14 event raised over £3500 for North West Air Ambulance. A video of the Proflex Stages was shown and a snapshot of 2020 Scatter Series Dates a much younger Terry Martin got the biggest cheer of the night! Start R Date CoC Maps Time A terrific turnout to listen to a legend of competition sus- Venue pension - another great night Tue 1st
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Paul Pendleton Levi Nicholson / Ben Mitton Trier of the Year Scatter Series Winners
Martin Young Matt Hewlett : Club Member of the Year Young Member of the Year
Rob Bryn Jones James Squires 1st Road Rally Navigator Most improved Novice
Maurice Ellison Tony Vart Marshal & Media Compere & Vice Chairman
Heidi & Chris Woodcock Brandon Smith Lewis Griffiths All Round ‘Good Eggs’ 1st O/A Stage Rally Driver 1st O/A Stage Co-Driver Blackpool South Shore MC Meet on the 1st Thursday of the month. They are currently moving venues around Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre in a bid to take the club to a wider audience. For details of future meeting venues please email [email protected] With most focussed on the forthcoming Legend Fires North West Stages few South Shore members have been in rally action during the first two months of the year. As always though there’s an exception and in this instance it’s Callum Cross who has been flying the club flag on MSN Circuit Rally Championship events. Co-driving Paul Murro in his Ford Escort Mk2 the pair’s most recent outing was on the Snetterton Stages where the changing weather conditions made for some chal- lenging tyre choices. Having selected wets for stage five it turned dry then having chosen slicks for the stage six the rain descended, it was that sort of day! Despite that they maintained a top ten place going into the final stage in ninth place. Sadly an altercation with a bale and then being baulked by a slower car saw them slip to tenth but with rounds at Anglesey and Donington to come their championship challenge isn’t over! Away from rallying other South Shore members have been in the news this past fortnight for more diverse rea- sons. For starters, have you heard the one about the South Shore member selling sand to Turkmenistan, a country roughly the size of Spain with 80% of it made up of de- sert? No, this isn’t a joke! Simon Bowen flogged them 10,000 tonnes of the stuff claiming “Theirs is the wrong texture and the wrong shape.” Search ‘Bowen sand’ on the BBC News website if you’re not convinced. And those watching Mike Brewer’s new series, Wheeler Dealers: Dream Cars, on the Discovery Channel, will no doubt have spotted another South Shore member putting his salesman skills to best effect. In episode seven of the new series Paul Megretton persuaded the aforesaid Mr Brewer to part with some of his ‘hard earned’ in ex- change for an old Legend Fires Motorsport Mercedes service barge. Paul gave it his best sales pitch telling Mike “It’s towed the rally car all over the place.” It all goes to show that if it’s fame and fortune you want then you should become a member of Blackpool South Shore Motor Club. Anyhow, in next month’s ‘A view from the Shore’ I’m go- ing to concentrate on rally related news. The story about the South Shore member selling snow to the Eskimos will just have to wait a little longer! 2019 Awards Night Knutsford Friday 21st of February 2020 District Motor Club Meet on the second Monday of each Month at : The Kilton Inn Warrington Road, Mere, Knutsford WA16 0PZ www.knutsfordmotorclub.co.uk SCATTER 202 Monday 2nd March, Royal Abbey Arms, Delamere Cold enough to Freeze the Balls off a Brass Monkey! OS Map 117 It was necessary to keep a good supply of cannon balls near the cannon on old war ships. But how to prevent them from rolling about the deck was the problem. The Start at 19:45 storage method devised was to stack them as a square The second KDMC Scatter of 2020 will take place on based pyramid, with one ball on top, resting on four, rest- Monday 2nd March, starting and finishing at the Vale ing on nine, which rested on sixteen. Royal Abbey Arms, Delamere and will run on the east- Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a ern side of OS Map 117 small area right next to the cannon. There was only one problem – how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding/ Following the first event of the season which ran to a rolling from under the others. shorter timescale, this Scatter will return to the normal The solution was a metal plate with 16 round indentations, 2¼ hour format, starting at approx. 1945 and finishing at called, for reasons unknown, a Monkey. But if this plate 2200 but it is still intended to be a straightforward event were made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it. and be suitable for beginners to experts alike. Novices The solution to the rusting problem was to make them of brass - hence, Brass Monkeys. crews will as usual be given an extra 15 minutes plotting Few landlubbers realize that brass contracts much more time. and much faster than iron when chilled. Please remember that if this is your first event of the Consequently, when the temperature dropped too far, the year that Motorsport UK have changed the licencing brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron can- rules and to compete you will need: non balls would come right off the monkey. Thus, it was quite literally, cold enough to freeze the balls A 2020 (not 2019) KDMC membership card – member- off a brass monkey. And all this time, folks thought that ship forms will be available at signing on if you want to was just a vulgar expression? join / rejoin on the night A Motorsport UK RS Clubmans (or higher grade) Com- petition Licence – The RS Clubmans Licence is free and can be applied for online at the MSUK website. Alterna- tively you can submit a completed licence application form at signing on (provided you meet the medical re- quirements – driver only). Paper copies will be available at signing on, but it would help greatly if you can bring your own already completed form. Any queries please contact Mike Vokes [email protected] or tel 07745 371386. www.knutsfordmotorclub.co.uk/202.pdf Airedale & Pennine MCC Liverpool Meet at the Rock & Heifer Inn, Motor Club Rock Lane, Thornton, Club members meet on the Bradford, BD13 3RH 2nd Tuesday of each month
on the second Monday of the month for our business meeting. Then we meet on the fourth Mon- rom 8.00pm at day of the month Visitors are welcome to join us at The Unicorn Inn, either of these or any club meeting. 405 Cronton Rd, Rock & Heiffer Widnes, Cheshire WA8 5QF Next PCA Sign on at 10:00 am onwards1st Car Starting at 11am Sunday March 8th Marshals Entries - John Rhodes : [email protected] We need marshals for our Sprints on the historic Aintree Circuit on 25th April, 27th June and 5th September and for the meet every Thursday Speed Hillclimbs at at Fiveways, Macclesfield Road, Hazel Grove, spectacular Barbon Manor Stockport, Cheshire, SK7 6BE on 6th June and 4th July. from about 20.30 Previous experience isn’t essential, nor are orange overalls. Motorsport UK registration is not re- quired; inexperienced marshals will always be placed with our regular marshals. Meet on the first Tuesday of Don’t want to go track-side? each Month and start at 8pm You could also help at start-line, or in The Poachers, the assembly area. Cuerden Way, Bamber Bridge, PR5 6BA Interested? For more information, see our website at www.liverpoolmotorclub.com Bolton-le-Moors CC or you can contact LMC’s Chief Marshal Bill Gray The Club Meets at Via the Liverpool MC Website 9-00pm every Thursday @ Horwich RMI Club, All our sprints & hillclimbs are qualifying events for the SD34 Marshals’ Championship, Chorley New Rd, and the ANWCC Marshals’ Championship. Horwich. BL6 5NH Warrington & DMC Garstang & Preston Motor Club www.gpmc.org.uk meets at 20.00 every Tuesday at Meet every Tuesday Cock ‘O Budworth, Warrington Rd, at The Lonsdale Club, Gt. Budworth CW9 6HB Fulwood Hall Ln, Fulwood, www.warringtondmc.com Preston PR2 8DB From 8:30 GPMC MEMORIAL RALLY CANCELLATION Regular meetings are held on the At an open meeting of the club it was decided that un- second and fourth Mondays of each month fortunately that for this year at least we had no alterna- tive but to not go ahead with the Memorial Rally. This Park Hotel, 625 Wigan Rd decision was not taken lightly but unfortunately Steve Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 0BY Kenyon who had up until last year acted as Clerk of Course (after almost 20 years of doing the job) and www.wiganmotorclub.org. Mark Standen who valiantly stepped in last year now find that due to other commitments they are not in a position to take on the role. This doesn’t mean the event has gone for good and that hopefully it will return Knowldale in some guise or other. Car Club Our thanks for support over the years Meet every Tuesday night from 9pm at Milnrow Cricket Club 2019 Awards Night The Knowldale 20/20 Friday 21st of February 2020 Event 3: Rally Navigation Class - Map Plotting & rd Reading on March 3 at Milnrow CC
Event 4: Rally Navigation Class –Plotting the route of The John Clegg Mini Miglia 2020 10th
March, at Milnrow CC
Further details on the website www.knowldale.co.uk Hexham & DMC Meet every Wednesday at the Dr. Syntax Inn, Nr. Stocksfield NE43 7RG https://hexhammotorclub.co.uk/ WALLASEY MC The Club Meets Every Monday at 9-pm. Port Sunlight Village Social Club, Bridge St, Port Sunlight, CH62 4UP IT’S TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP All Longton memberships now start at the beginning of the new year. Meet at the You can renew online by going to the club’s Lonsdale Club website: www.longton-dmc.co.uk Fulwood Hall Lane, LDMC NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS! Fulwood, Preston PR2 8DA 8.30 p.m Every Monday (except Bank Holidays) www.longton-dmc.co.uk
As you may have read, the Club had a successful (and multi-award winning) 2019 season, but we know that doesn't mean we can relax. We've been working hard over the winter to look for ways to improve your Above is the glittering display of trophies that greeted experience with us, and looking for suitable venues over 100 guests at LDMC’s annual dinner and awards we can add to our calendar of events. We're pleased presentation at Barton Grange Hotel on January 18. The to say we've made progress on both! winners, many pictured in the following pages, received their silverware from Tom Purves, the chairman of the We've been working on a significant upgrade to our Motorsport Council of MSUK, who also delivered a fasci- website designed to simplify your experience in re- nating and entertaining after-dinner speech. newing club membership, registering for our champi- onships or entering our events. Although it's not quite ready, we're getting close. We want to make sure it's the best it can be and that the transition goes as smoothly as possible. That said, we don't want to keep you waiting indefinitely! For that reaon, we've opened Club Membership Applications and Championship Registration with our existing sys- tem, and the Anglesey Entry Form will open shortly thereafter. You'll find the link to apply for membership below, and the confirmation email will contain details for championship registration. We're also delighted to announce that - subject to our track licence application being a success - we are put- ting Olivers Mount Hill Climb back on the calen- 2019 Northern Speed Championship winner Robbie dar! The event, planned for Monday 31st August, Birrell receives his award from Tom Purves will be a combined bike/car event where we take the organisational/operational lead for the Motorsport UK permit. You'll see it's included in our Northern Speed Championship, and information on that will come to you from our Secretary of the Meeting in the com- ing weeks.
Continued on Pages 22 & 23 The Sprint Series Championship went to Mitsubishi Evo 7 driver Rob Loftus Awards Night
British Sprint Championship winner John Graham received the special Wilkinson Sword
John Wadsworth takes the trophy as fastest sports car driver
Geoff Ward with armfuls of trophies, including the Barry Whitehead award presented by his daughter Eve
Best novice James French
Garry Bunn, 4th in Speed Series
th John Moxham, 4 in Speed Series and winner of the th highest place saloon car award Terry Everall, took 5 place in the Northern Speed Series Awards Night
An Evening with Mike Wood Thursday 12th March Whalley Golf Club Mike Wood competed on several Monte Carlo Rallies in the works Mini Coopers and actually took part in 9 Monte Carlo Rallies in several different makes and models of car. The “Monte” was one of Mike’s favourite rallies and be- tween 1958 through to 1973 he accompanied a number of drivers on this iconic event. Of the nine rallies he en- tered he qualified as a finisher 7 times with his best re- sult being 4th overall in 1968. Mike has stories and memories appertaining to all the events and would like to share those at a forthcoming Richard Forber, 2nd LAC Supper Night on Thursday 12th March starting at in the Speed Series 20:00hrs prompt, the venue being, as always, Whalley Golf Club. Tickets cost £10.00 each and includes a hot pot supper (a vegetarian option is available) and can be purchased by contacting Eileen Dyson with full remittance. If wish- ing to pay by BACS please use HSBC Bank, sort code 40-12-04, account number 61153668 and annotate pay- ment “Mike’s Monte -
Bird At Snetterton
Continuing his push for the 2019/2020 Motorsport News Circuit Rally Championship with MSVR, Penrith-born racing driver Frank Bird continued his fantastic form when he scorched to yet another victory at today’s Snetterton Stages Rally in Norfolk. The event formed the sixth round of the series and now af- ter winning the last four having non-scored in round one and missing round two, the 20-year-old Cumbrian, along with Hexham co-driver Jack Morton have given themselves a great chance of landing the crown with two rounds re- maining. In the Dom Buckley Motorsport-prepared Ford Focus WRC07, with backing from VisionTrack, Yuasa, Frank Bird Poultry, Hager, Mac Tools, Fuchs Silkolene and PBM, Frank dominated once again from start to finish. Fastest on the opening stage by 11 seconds, he was never headed, winning all remaining seven stages to cross the finish ramp a comprehensive 2 minutes 29 seconds ahead of his nearest rival meaning he goes into the next round at Anglesey on March 1st full of confidence and looking to ex- tend his winning streak even further. The victory was the fifth in a row in the past two months, adding to the wins at Knockhill, Brands Hatch and Cadwell Park in the series as well as the non-championship Christ- mas Stages Rally at Croft. Frank Bird: “Another top day which couldn’t really have gone any better. We were nice and clean through every stage and made no mistakes so to come out with the win by nearly two and a half minutes was great. The stages were a bit different being a mix of the circuit combined with some loose stuff which I really enjoyed. The car was fantas- tic and never missed a beat so thanks once again to Dom Buckley Motorsport as well as Jack on the notes and of course my dad and our sponsors for making it possible. That’s five wins on the bounce so I hope I can keep the run going.” Photos courtesy of Russ Otway/90right.com. The 15th of February was the 2nd event of what is turning out to be a FANTASTIC 2020 so far , after a brilliant outing at Cadwell along Steve Dolan in the Paul Sheard Racing MX5, yesterday so me shouting instructions to my long time driver Micheal Farmer. I've sat with Micheal for around 5 years now and to be honest it's been a very trying time in and I quote "The Feckless Focus" Its the only rally car in my 30 years of rallying that I can honestly say the expecta- tion is to FAIL , BREAK or RETIRE , it is the only car that MPG is replaced SPE "Shafts Per Event" and I dont think Micheal will mind me saying it was really getting him down So off we went down to Snetterton on what could be the Focus swansong. After a vast investment in previous driveshafts for them to regularly fail, Micheal contacted a Mr Dave Mack #driveshaftmaster and after experiencing his wealth of Returning home from work, a blonde was shocked knowledge and experience it was decided he should design and build a.new pair of driveshafts ( not unbreakable as previ- to find her house ransacked and burglarised. ously sold because those dont exist). She telephoned the police at once and reported the So Snetterton on 15.2.20 was to see if we could break a Dave crime. The police dispatcher broadcast the call on Mack shaft !!!!! the radio, and a K-9 unit, patrolling nearby was the SS1 saw us take a gingerly approach with Micheal having no first to respond. confidence in the Feckless Focus it was a steady run to the As the K-9 officer approached the house with his end of SS1. dog on a leash, the blonde ran out on the porch, SS2 we gave it a bit more catching our 30sec man and being shuddered at the sight of the cop and his dog, then baulked by cars on sit and merges and yes the shafts survived sat down on the steps. even over the last section of very rough loose surface . Putting her face in her hands, she moaned, 'I come And so the day went we set 3rd fastest 1600 and 2nd fastest home to find all my possessions stolen. I call the 1600 and it looked like could be in contention of a podium police for help, and what do they do? They send place until DISASTER struck !!!!! Nope not a shaft lol , we had me a BLIND policeman.' caught and passed our 30 sec man and was in battle with our minute man when on the loose section a car in front of our 2 A blonde was bragging about her knowledge of car scrap went off and completely blocked the stage causing a state capitals. 5 car.traffic jam.and losing us over 90 secs and thus chucking She proudly says, 'Go ahead, and ask me, I know a podium away oh well, after.discussing this with the organis- all of them.' ing team we got some of the lost time back nothing like we A friend says, 'OK, what's the capital of Wisconsin?' would of posted. We then went on to push for the remaining stages and really test those shafts. The blonde replies, 'Oh, that's easy: W.' We finished and we finished hassle free . A blonde suspects her boyfriend of cheating on her, Micheal grew in confidence with the car and we go better & so she goes out and buys a gun. better all day , what started with the death bell tolling for a with She goes to his apartment unexpectedly and when Ford Focus needed with a very happy and positive crew... next she opens the door she finds him in the arms of a time we'll have tyres shafts and a positive frame of mind. redhead. The Feckless Focus may just be no more all hail The Favoura- ble Focus lol Well, the blonde is really angry. She opens her purse to take out the gun, and as she does so, she We ended 36th O/A and 6th in class and VERY VERY HAP- is overcome with grief. She takes the gun and puts PY. it to her head. Cheers to Micheal for once again letting me guide you round The boyfriend yells, 'No, honey, don't do it!!!' The and most of well done on Not Giving Up ( many would of ) blonde replies, 'Shut up, you're next!' Bruce Lindsay : Pendle & District Motor Club Manx Auto Sport Manx Rally 15th/16th May The iconic Castletown stage on the Isle of Man, famous the world over for its harbour hugging street-side ac- tion will make its return to the Manx Rally in 2020 as or- ganisers release outline details of the 15th/16th May event. The sound of rally cars will once again echo around the streets of Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Castletown, as crews in the Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship, Manx Rally Championship, Brian Dennis Motor- sport and Marsh Commercial Welsh Historic Championship, ANWCC Stage Rally Championship and the SD34 MSG Stage Rally Championship tackle the twisty test through the town under the cover of darkness on Friday 15th May. The Manx Auto Sport organised event will return to the British Rallying calendar in 2020 with a dynamic route, taking in classic island tests as well as introducing new twists to old favourites. An International and National event will be available and is also flanked by the Chris Kelly Memorial Rally and Manx Historic Ral- ly, ensuring all crews are catered for during the weekend. Ahead of entries opening on 1st March, organisers have an- nounced details of the route to enable crews to plan their trip to the island in May. After the pre-event recce either the weekend before or Wednes- day and Thursday prior to the event, 18 special stages and an impressive 130 competitive stage miles are on offer. From the now traditional Rally HQ of the TT Grandstand, shakedown on Friday morning enables crews to have the opportunity to acclima- tise to the unique Manx lanes ahead of three stages early that afternoon. After a short rest, seven stages make up Friday night’s offering including the return of the Ancient Capital of Mann, Castletown before a late overnight halt tests crews to their limits. Photos Courtesy of Russ Otway/90Right Saturday houses eight more stages before a late afternoon finish at the TT Grandstand which houses the traditional champagne spray podium for the lucky finishers. Clerk of the Course Mark Quayle believes this year’s Manx Rally is shaping up to be one of the finest in its history. “The roads on the Isle of Man are famed the world over for their unforgiving nature and unrivalled challenge, but to be able to add probably the most iconic stage on the island to our itinerary in 2020 is really the icing on the cake for Manx Auto Sport,” he says. “Castletown holds many fond memories for fans and drivers alike so we are looking forward to watching crews blast around the harbour once again, it’s certainly been a few years since we have seen that on the Manx. As well as that, we have some fantastic stage lined up with a pretty relentless itinerary ensuring crews are tested to the limits when they come here to compete. The Manx has never been easy, and this year is no different”. Organisers have also been able to secure discounted Ferry crossings and accomodation with their Official Travel Partner Isle of Man Event Services* and the entry fee for the Manx Rally starts from just £660. Event regulations and more information on the route, along with the opening of entries will be released on 1st March. For more information on the event, please visit https://manxautosport.org/ * Travel and accommodation can be booked through our Official Travel Partner Isle of Man Event Services on +44 1624 664460 or [email protected]. February 22nd The Co Drivers Return, Fifteen years. 1000’s of stage miles and quite a few co drivers have graced the silly seat since Mel C last read the notes for me. So it was great to have her back for the Ormco Stages Rally at Jurby last weekend. Due to my first planned event of the year been postponed until later in the year, a decision was made to head to the Isle of Man instead for the first round of the Manx Rally Championship, We’d always talked about us competiting again and this seemed an ideal event to ease Mel back into it. The idea being to trailer the rally car to Heysham ( but drive it on the boat to save money ) for the 14.15 ferry on the Friday afternoon, scrutineer as soon as I arrived. Ral- ly Saturday and back home Sunday morning. Due to yet another storm coming in, and the chance the the ferry may be cancelled, I changed the booking to Friday morn- ing at 02.15 instead, to at least guarantee getting there. Not the best run south with first heavy snow then high winds to content with down the A9. Into Heysham by mid- night, car unloaded and checked in ready to sail. With no spare cabins, I decided to blow the rally budget and travel in the premier lounge for a bit of comfort, and try to get some sleep. Woke a few times during the night, but de- cided just to keep my eyes closed as it was fairly rough. Spent Friday morning altering belts and checking car over ready for scrutineering at Motor Mall that night. With us all checked and signed on by 20.00, it was time to chill ready for the next day Saturday morning, and we are at the windy service area ready for first drivers briefing, then familiarisation run of SS1. I’ve only competited at Jurby twice before, both times co driving for ‘ Captain Slow ‘ Nigel Cordwell in his 205. there is only so many ways you can weave about the runways through gates made from cones, so I was confident we knew where we were supposed to go. Each stage comprised of 2 loops, with a slight alteration between 2 and 3 First 2 stages went without a hitch, but on SS3 I decided to follow everyone else’s line across the grass to the flying finish. Not the best idea as we cross the line sideways before disappearing into some gorse bushes and back on the road to pull up at the stop line. One more stage to do before lunch, and the stages would be reversed, with an additional loop in the afternoon. The afternoon passed without any major problems apart the cones blowing down making it hard to find the gates. Although she had been quiet in the morning, Mel was getting back into the swing of things by the end of the event Results went provisional showing us in 21st overall and 2nd in class, with 1 minutes penalty for missing 2 gates. Not the result I was wanting but we had a laugh and that’s what it’s all about. Tara never missed a beat all day and looks totally different with her winter make over The journey home was a complete opposite to the one down. Calm sea and a sunny A9 Big thanks as ever to those that made it possible for us to come and play. Iain Macleod for the loan of helmet and HANS device. Bonnie Papper for tea n cakes and Mel for agreeing to come back and do another event with me Hmm wonder if any of the others will come back, Joe Parsons, Mark Simpson, Kevin Bardon Linda Thomas to name but a few Kevin Jeffray Male or Female?
You might not know this...but a lot of non-living objects are actually either male or female.
Here are some examples: FREEZER BAGS: February 22nd They are male, because they hold everything in but you can see right through them. PHOTOCOPIERS: These are female, because once turned off...it takes a while to warm them up again. They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed...but can also wreak havoc if you push the wrong Buttons. TYRES: Tyres are male, because they go bald easily and are often over inflated Local Co-Driver Liam Whiteley makes it into the Motor- sport UK academy Now based on the Isle of Man but HOT AIR BALLOONS: originally from Lancashire, Liam Whiteley along with 5 Also a male object... others has been successfully accepted into the Motor- because to get them to go anywhere.....you sport UK co-driver academy which is ran by former have to light a fire under their arse. greats, Nicky Grist and Paul Spooner. SPONGES: Liam first started his co-driving career here in the North These are female… West with Preston Motorsport club competing in a couple because they are soft . . . . . squeezable and of auto-tests and circuit rallys at three sisters before stud- retain water. ying Motorsport at Myerscough College and joining their motorsport club. WEB PAGES: Female… Liam has gone from strength to strength and has most because they're constantly being looked at and recently achieved a couple of top 10 finishes in former frequently getting hit on. ‘National B’ status forest and tarmac stage rallies. The last rally for Liam was actually as he was competing TRAINS: at the Ormco Stages Rally on the island with seasoned Definitely male... competitor Terry Phillips. Liam and Terry have been to- because they always use the same old lines for gether a couple of years now and both won their class picking up people. championship together last year. The rally didn’t go with- out its hiccups as terry had a spin on the first stage, put- EGG TIMERS: ting it down to the wrong tyre choice and also the fact Egg timers are female because....over time...all that the tyres were cold and lost approximately 30 sec- the weight shifts to the bottom. onds; also having to complete the second stage on the HAMMERS: same tyres lost the crew even more time. They recovered Male.... because in the last 5000 years.....they've well however and didn’t put a foot wrong all day apart hardly changed at all...and are occasionally from clipping a bank on stage 7 but finished a credible handy to have around. 23rd o/a and secured an award for coming 3rd in their class, against tough competition and some very quick THE REMOTE CONTROL: cars. Female. The next rally for Liam will be this weekends Questmead Ha! You probably thought it would be male . . . stages at three sisters where Liam first started his co- but consider this: It easily gives a man pleasure, driving career; which will be good for him to go back to he'd be lost without it...and while he doesn't al his roots. ways know which buttons to push...he just keeps Liam Whiteley : Manx Auto Sport trying Ilkley and District Rally Round Up! Ilkley and District Navigation championship Round 3 of the Skipton Trophy started at the clubs headquarters at Otley rugby club and took the crews on a twisty journey across to the Heifer pub just outside Skipton. 12 crews plotted the 40 points available and had to choose the best route to visit Grass Roots as many of those points as possible in the 2 hours they had, a bit like orienteering in cars. The furthest plot was over in Settle Motor Sport and the closest just up the road above Otley. Championship leaders Dave Blaney and Andy Pullan set out to make these 3 wins in a row in their trusty Micra but had tough competition from Clive Rouse and Henry Carr, Clive choosing to use his Audi A2 rather than his Tesla to guide them through the tight lanes of the Dales. Neil and Claire Raven were looking to protect their 2nd place in the championship relying on the nimble Saxo VTR to provide the pace required to achieve a good result. First timers Jane and Gary Mitchell had a baptism of fire as the organisers, Nick and Hazel Pullan, had spread the plots over 4 maps! They had a great night and will be back for more fun. As the crews arrived back at the pub the results started to come in. There are strict penalties for arriving late so everyone made it back on time. Dave and Andy secured 1st place with Clive and Henry in a close 2nd place. Novice Team of Richard Bastow and Richard Snuggs had a great run with 3rd as their reward. Left to Right: Nick Pullan, Chris Tindall There are two rounds left with Dave and Andy looking good for the champion- ship but there are several teams who could upset their reign. Round four takes place in February with round five in March. Award Winners: Novice Driver: David Blaney Expert Navigator: Andy Pullan Expert Driver: Clive Rouse Novice Navigator: Richard Snuggs Ladies: Claire Raven Under 45: Joe Mallinson Over 45: Henry Carr Ilkley and District Road Rally Championship The 2020 road rally championship set off with a bang, well it certainly did for some crews, earlier this month with several Ilkley members competing on the infamous Bagger road rally in Chard, Somerset. Bevan Blacker & Niall Frost had been running in 5th overall but retired with a snapped drive shaft just after first petrol halt. Carl Hawkins and Iain Tullie had also made a promising start but re- tired from 8th in a similar location. Peter Scott and Nick Cooper didn't have much luck and broke the gear box at Time Control 5, of 68 time controls, making it a long journey and rather short night! Several crews were also out on the Ryemoor Trophy, organised by Malton Motor Club. There was a similar story of torrid luck here with both Joe Mallinson and Jason Metcalfe and Steve Mitchell and Ian Mitchell breaking an engine mount on the moors above Pateley Bridge. Ilkley did have one member who actually made it to the finish of an event, well done to Mark Standen on his early championship lead! New President Ilkley and District Motor Club has a new president! After 2 years in the post Nick Pullan has stepped down and Chris Tindall has taken the reigns of the local motor club based at Otley rugby club. Both Nick and Chris have held the role before and are taking the club forward to guide it through changes being imposed by the governing body, Motor Sport UK, and the challenge of boosting the clubs membership. Chris stepped up to the top table at the Ilkley and District motor club’s annual AGM and will see the club, which was formed in 1910 at the Crescent Hotel, Ilkley, celebrate it’s 110th anniversary this year. Before Nick passed on the chains of office he had one other task to perform on the night which was to draw the lucky winner from a hat for a ride in a world rally car. The lucky winner was club member David Smith. The raffle was in aid of Nicks chosen chari- ty, The Multiple Sclerosis Society, and raised £540 which brought the grand total of £5051 raised by club members and motor club events throughout his two year term in office. 2300 Club go marshalling on the Cambrian Rally The 6.30 alarm didn’t go off in room 122 in the Travelodge in Llandudno. Luckily we were awake, feeling the excitement, Grass Roots knowing it would be a big day. The Cambrian Rally, and storm Ciara. Motor Sport The 11 strong 2300club marshalling team met in the hotel lobby at 7am with the usual banter of who would navigate to the stage start at Penmachno. With good directions and a frank Si- natra cd we arrived at the sign on point/stage start, to be greeted by one of our club mates Mark Wilkinson, who was stage com- mander. Once we had signed on we made our way through the stage looking for junction 16. Travelling through the forest we noted just how slippery the track was. It had a layer of damp greasy mud on top. "This is going to be fun" we thought!! On arrival at junction 16, which was a crossroads, we found a safe place to park all our vehicles then proceeded to make a very fine breakfast of sausage, bacon and hash brown butties with hot coffee. A proper Marshalls breakfast considering the weather, very cold and windy. Fully fuelled we were ready. The spectators came in their hundreds, many with cameras with long lenses. All behaved impeccably. There was a great atmosphere, despite the cold. Then came the cars, and they didn't disappoint. The superb R5 cars blending the road underneath them. So fast, awesome to see. 2300 club had a special interest in the proceedings. The 2011 John Easson Award Winner Osian Pryce was at car 4 in a Hyundai i20 R5; he came through looking very fast, neat & tidy, then at car 10 was the 2018 John Easson Award Winner George Lepley. He was in the blue WD40 sponsored Mitsubishi. Unfortunately he had stopped earlier in the stage to change a puncture. In order to make up for his lost time he was going at a good pace, but had a Proton hot on his tail! Our main support this year was for Ewan Tindall in car 53, a Fiesta R2, who is our current John Easson Award winner. It has to be said we were all slightly concerned when car 52 came through, then higher numbers and then a very big gap. Has he broken down or was he off the road or even ok? There were still a few cars to come but would Ewan be one of them? Then the sound of a rally car on full chat could be heard in the distance, then a Marshall's whistle and a white car coming into view. It was Ewan, we all beamed and cheered. Fantastic. He was going very well, nicely through the corner and away down the freshly blended road. We were all relieved and very pleased. After the last car, the spectators made there way out of the stage, some even thanking us for our efforts, which was nice. It had been a pleasure. It was our job to clear the stage. This entailed removing the tape, stakes & arrows and any signs before we could leave. By around 2pm we arrived in Betws-y-Coed to see the service and refuel points in action. Also time for a spot of lunch. Even managed to get a few nice photos in the service point . We made it back to Llandudno still frozen to the bone, just in time for the champagne finish on the ramp. Osian Pryce finished in second place and got to spray the fizz with 1st and 3rd placed crews. There was a really nice at- mosphere. George Lepley, multiple award winner, got his chance on the ramp. Great event so far but would Ewan finish? We had agreed to meet him at the finish 45 minutes after the champagne presentation. The light was fading, it was raining, fingers crossed, we waited. A White fiesta appeared on the roundabout, he pulled into the last control. We were delighted he had finished. Congratulations to Ewan for finishing a very tough, difficult event in 27th place. Our job done, it had been a great day for us all. Ewan had to load up the car on the trailer and head all the way back to the northeast with storm Ciara bearing down. Our thoughts go out to the residents of Llanwrst who were very badly flooded overnight into Sunday morning. We are all looking forward to our next outing. Graham Ryding Wern Ddu Grass Roots Marshals Motor Sport Fire Theory & Practical, Timing, Radio, Chain of Command, Incident Reporting, and much more Training Weekend 15/16th February We had a vision to have a combined training weekend. Recov- ery ,Rescue and Marshals training together on one site and to train the volunteers to a high standard in real life situations in the field so to speak. The venue Wern Ddu Quarry between Ruthin and corwen fantas- tic site with full amenities with its dramatic landscapes made this an ideal location . The training we looked at covering from basic to full on get your hands dirty . The training covered Radio, Tim- ing , Fire training and first marshal on scene. Radio training was on both days and Timing only run on the Sat- urday both were well attended by new and experienced volun- teers who gave fantastic feedback . FMOS this training was aimed at putting the trainees 0n the spot . First on scene you ar- rive at a location to fine in our scenario it was a car down a small hill on its side. As a small group the volunteers and trainers they played out the scenarios from finding the car making it safe and then extracting the rally crew safely. We also had demonstrations on vehicle roll over dos and don’t when confronted by a rolled vehicle . also rally crew extraction with a car designed for this purpose both fantastic training aids . Then we come to the rescue crews giving both demonstrations and hands on technical entry into a damaged vehicle for crew extraction everyone had a go at the cutting equipment great kit i think we cut up 13 cars and a van . Recovery units with having a JCB on site we where able to give crews some great scenarios with steep banks, and big ditch- es we were able to give them some head scratching challenges. Fire Training what a great test rig i think it was a vw polo proper hands on practice it harder then you think . I would like to a massive thank you to all the volunteers who at- tended our first training weekend . And a fantastic shout out to all the Trainers for battling the storm to help make the event possible. We are now looking for ideas for next years training weekend please feel free to contact us Stephen Ellison : Warrington & DMC email : [email protected] Hexham & DMC February Fling 12th February 2020 Grass Roots The second round of the ever popular Hexham 12 car series, The Feb- Motor Sport ruary Fling, was again fully subscribed although only 11 cars actually left the start outside Stamfordham’s Swinbourne Arms, the Proton Sa- tria of Ian and George Eland hitting mechanical problems on the way to the start. Also non starters were the Husband and Wife team of Ali & Lynsey Procter, the winners of the opening round sidelined with their Peugeot still suffering from it’s outing on the Harry & Ivy event, howev- er, Luke Tait/ Josh Davison were a late inclusion and took the number one slot. The opening regularity ran via the series of 90’s down the B6309 and across the Military Road to finish near Whittle Dene, Tait/ Davison set the pattern for the night here, dropping just a single second, brilliant timekeeping in fact, the section saw several good performances with Dodds/Gibson dropping just 2 seconds and Jennings/Magee a mere 4, it set things up for a battle during the rest of the night. Two short 4 mi- nute sections followed, running West to Newton and back to Shildon Hill, after which only Tait/Davison remained clean, with Dodds/ Gibson (Proton ), Jennings/Magee (Peugeot ), Robinson/Procter (Audi) and Cook/ Blth ( A-H Sprite) all tied together a minute down. Turning North, the route headed up towards Matfen then West to Great Whittington and down the very “Yumpy” yellow back towards Matfen again, the temperature had dropped considerably since the rally began and there was quite a lot of ice on this section. Cook/ Blyth dropped a minute on this section, Sally Ann Hewitt/ Mark Lewis ( Mini Clubman) dropped 2 and Sarah Parker/ Roy Perkins (Porsche ) dropped 7. A qui- et through Matfen was followed by a blast along the fast yellow to Fen- wick and then a meander North to TC.5 at Makemerich Farm where good PR work ensured that the control could be sited right outside the farm buildings. The section from TC.5 to TC.6 featured a map extract which, for some reason, caused crews more problems than expected, the route ran North via Capheaton and used a rather “Cobbly” yellow past Clock Mill and Mirlaw Houseand used the not as map triangle at Kirkharle before crossing the A696 to Deanham and looping back round to the Make- merich crossroads. Only Tait/Davison and Jennings/ Magee cleaned RESULTS :- this one, Dodds/ Gibson and Robinson/ Procter the best of the rest dropping a minute. Sarah Parker/ Roy Perkins got completely lost, cut 1. Luke Tait / Josh Davison Proton Satria E 0:01 their losses and headed for the pub. 1. Simon Jennings / Andrew Magee Leaving map 81, the route headed South along some gloriously traffic Peugeot 106 N 1:04 free yellows via Belsay Barns and Black Heddon to TC.7 at Robsheugh 2. Chris Dodds / Pete Gibson Farm, penalties on this section were light with Sally Ann Hewitt/ Mark Proton Satria E 2:02 Lewis and Jeff Tait/ Warren Scott ( Escort MK2) dropping a minute. The 3. Mike Cook / Ross Blyth Aus- penultimate section was a short affair running towards The Heugh be- tin Healey N/H 2:23 fore heading down to near Dalton, most crews cleaned this one with 4. Thomas Robinson / Bob Procter Audi Quattro E/H 3:41 ease. The final section ran along the twisty, not to mention liberally mud 5. Alan Bennison / Roy Hewitt coated, yellow past Eachwick then turned West to run round by Proton Coupe E 4:13 Cheeseburn Grange and finish back in Stamfordham, not really a “Sting 6. Jeff Tait / Warren Scott in the tail” although Tait/Scott dropped a minute and Hewitt/ Lewis Ford Escort MK2 N/H 17:07 dropped 2. 7. Sally Ann Hewitt / Mark Lewis The rally ended in true Hexham tradition with an excellent buffet supper Mini Clubman E/H 21:54 and results were promptly announced and saw a clear and well de- 8. Sarah Parker / Roy Perkins served win for Tait/ Davison who’s performance can only be described Porsche 944 N/H 44:40 as remarkable. Jennings/ Magee took the Novice class and Cook/ Blyth 9. Ian Guthrie / Graham Hall were the first Historic crew home for the second round in a row, show- Peugeot 205 N O.T.L. ing great improvement over last season’s results. The series moves on Richard Derrick/ Robert Duley to Map 81 for round 3 , the March Melee Rally which, if the comments Mini Cooper N/H D.N.S at the finish are anything to go by will be another fully subscribed affair. Ian Eland/ George Eland Proton Satria D.N.S. Wigton MC Awards Night Grass Roots Despite the efforts of the weather a big turn out of members got to Keswick’s recently refurbished Skiddaw Hotel for the annual awards dinner, with members coming from as far away as Motor Sport Perth and Manchester. After an excellent three course meal it was time present the awards for the championships and overall club champions for 2019. The overall club championship went to Phil Hodgson who also sponsors the autotest series. Jacqui Raine was the ladies champion while Geoff Rae and Peter Wright won the autotest and autosolo championships. Events can’t take place without marshals and once again our stalwart marshal, Eddie Parson was the champion, missing very few of our, or other clubs’, events. Ron and Malcolm Mounsey won the stage rally championship after their excellent year winning their class in the British His- toric Rally Championship. Harry Moody was the speed champi- Phil Hodgson receiving his award from club president Charles Graves on. The Enthusiast of the Year went to David Agnew for his tre- mendous effort as project manager for the Motor House which is nearing completion. David Marsden and Mike Garstang won the Historic Rally Awards series while the sister Targa series went to Phil Hodg- son and Ian Giles. Second were Brian Bradley and Michael Marsden with third going to Malcolm Mackay and Marc Crack. John and Marian Sloan won class P of the Historic series in their MG Midget. With Ian Dixon taking second driver. David Agnew won class H of the series Brian Bradley / Michael Marsden In the autotests, Craig Stamper won the FWD class and John Holliday the RWD section with Callum Alexander taking the PCA FWD and Ian Cowan the PCA RWD class. Drive It Day April 26th Once again, Wigton Motor Club are hosting the official Cum- bria Drive It Day at Dalemain near Penrith on Sunday April 26th from 11 until 2. Cars, bikes, tractors and commercials can come and go at any time during that time. The Stables café will be open for food and drink and the house and gardens will be open. We are asking for a £5 donation per car towards our charities for 2020, Blood Bikes and Hospice at Home. Along with our other charity events we were able to present £1,000 each to our charities for 2019. Can we do more this year? Dalemain is a superb venue and is easily reached from M6 junction 40, follow the A66 west and then turn left at the Rheged roundabout onto the A592 for about a mile and a half. It’s a great way to start the motoring year! David Agnew Gemini Communications Bike Rides
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G 51 Gerry Morris 5 points points points points Visit the points ALL NEW points Gemini points Getting Bad Reception points Communi- Can't hear other Radios points cations Control is 'Back of the Box' points Been located in a bad Website place in the Forest points --:-- points Get one of our 30 foot pull points up Telescopic Masts points Masts and Antenna's points Always in Stock points Just ask Bill for details points Mob 07973 830 705 www.geminicommunica points tions.org.uk [email protected] Radio Mutterings An early start sees me drive the 90 odd minutes across to Llandudno and the St George’s Hotel, Rally HQ and Control for the 65th running of this truly iconic North Wales Rally, this year the first round of the British Rally Championship. After previous rumours of the events can- cellation due to poor entries and last minute route changes it was good to see a twenty two strong ‘200’ field, followed by a near eighty strong main field. North Wales Car Club can be proud of their efforts and Joint Clerks Alyn Edwards and Wenna Roberts and their teams did a sterling job in making the event a reality. For me the event meant pairing up with Chris Woodcock to share a pair of stages each in Control, for me Penmachno and Llyn Elsi, sup- ported by Heidi looking after the management channel, with Dom also in attendance and providing essential technical and practical support. Our Control in one of the stormiest weekends of the year was based in the Mostyn Suite, a tiny internal room resembling a Welsh sauna on the ground floor of the hotel. When I arrive Chris and Heidi are busy setting up for the first stages in Crafnant and then Gwydyr, whilst I set about thinking about Penmachno SS3. As ever the Control is a hive of measured chaos as Pilot cars set about their work in the field, Alyn and Wenna answering queries and problem solving as we get near to first car scheduled into Crafnant at 09:46, a somewhat unusually lei- surely start, compared to many events, with a total of seven stages expected. As I get into organising my stages and responding to various ques- tions and issues of my own it soon becomes apparent that we have some technical issues, when I transmit on Channel 3, I can affect our Chris on Channel 1 and vice versa, a not uncommon problem. Dom and the Gemini field controllers out in the forests make various tech- nical changes to help, although we never quite resolve the issue and have to make the best of it, at all times protecting airtime on one stage as safety and other matters arise. As ever we develop a coping strategy and get on with the job in hand, breakfast !!. Back to the serious business of a rally, I am soon into radio checks across SS3 and responding to various radios and marshals who need to move about the stage. By about 09:00 the first of the significant safety cars begin to enter Penmachno and with Chris’s stages live we juggle the airtime between us, sometimes having to call ‘wait out’ as the other stages takes priority. My first challenge of the day is out at Junction 22 where an understandably angry farmer is concerned as spectators begin to access up the track and his farm to the stage. A quick word with Alyn and Wenna and we get hold of the event security team to resolve matters at the entry point off the public road. Our all important Safety Delegate enters the stage just after ten, so it’s red flags to the front as the Delegate makes one of the last checks before the 00 and 0 Pilot Cars enter the stage. With the all clear given and the Pilot cars a safe distance through or indeed out of the stage, Penmachno SS3 goes live with Car 222 at 10:45 and my hard work really starts. Almost from the go the radio waves are humming with references to missing cars on the tracking system or cars reported off into the rough edges of the stage. Car 222 doesn’t make it out as first car, hitting some sort of problem and Car 220 beats them to the stop line. Car 218 then stops with Gemini 17 with a fuel leak and Car 209 who are reported off with a mechanical issue at Junction 22 with Conwy 8. Next I have further reports from Gemini 17, who will become a later magnet for stricken cars, that Car 205 is partially blocking the stage to change a wheel, but they do get going after some delay. To add some further spice Car 211 is then reported as leaving the Stop Line minus a bonnet, something the Scrutineers and Police may have an interest in as they head to the highway. Continued on Page 45 Radio Mutterings Continued from Page 44 More alarmingly I next get reports of a missing car via tracking and begin the process on 81 of trying to isolate the area in which the car is missing. After sometime the crew themselves of Car 202 ring the Clerk to report them- selves “well off” around 13a, but thankfully both OK. Car 203 then joins the carnage at Junction 5/6, meaning of the 22 starters in this part of the field I now have four of them off in the stage and by just after eleven the 200 cars are all in and out of the stage, or at least those still mov- ing. With all of the stricken cars in a safe’ish place I get the green light to start the main field and Car 1 fires off the start line for SS3 at 11:26. Hardly have I metaphorically put the mike down and there is a safety shout and Car 6 is reported as being parked off stage with Conwy 2 at Junction 7. Car 8 is then reported missing and after a quick search is located changing a wheel again at Junction 7. A rather odd message the comes in from Elsi Deputy who reports that although they aren’t scheduled to start until much later on, one of the SS3 cars has arrived with them somewhat lost and confused and is appropriately redirected !!. More seriously Chris hits problems on SS2 and after about sixty odd cars the stage is stopped due to a stage blockage and sadly the final fifteen cars have to eventually travel through this stage non competitively and onto SS3. Meanwhile back in Penmachno, the stage that just keeps on giving, next I have reports that Car 17 has joined the ‘pay & display’ area at Junction 5/6, although parking space even off the stage is now reported as tight and we give a verbal warning to all at the start to slow down on the approach to this junction. Reports back from the scene to the CoC report cars just aren’t slowing down despite the by now multiple warning triangles. If to prove the point Car 23 then falls off the stage at around the same location !. A more serious shout then comes in from Gemini 17 that the stage is blocked and an SoS Board is being shown. As I try to get more details Alyn comes over and is speaking to a driver at the scene at 5/6 and it turns out that an SOS Board was displayed for Car 50 who was well off and quite rightly the following competitors followed due process and the ‘stage blockage’ was actually a competitor stopping at the next radio to report the matter. Thankfully as Alyn talks to the scene via mobile phone it becomes clear that the immediate SOS Board has been withdrawn and the crew are OK and the stage doesn’t need to be stopped. Once I sort out exactly what’s happened I call Mark, Commander 3 to brief him on what just happened and stand down the ‘safety or above’ message. As we now begin to approach the ‘gap’ created by the late stoppage in the previous stage, the Clerks sensibly ask me to stretch out the starts for the few cars before the break to two minutes to avoid a gap that needs an interim safe- ty car. Their ‘cunning’ plan works and we just avoid the need for an interim safety car before the first of the ‘convoyed’ cars gets to the start of SS3. Just as I am beginning to think things have calmed down there is safety shout from Mer- cury 11 at Junction 21 that the stage is partially blocked. Unbelievably the stopped vehicle manages to resolve the problem and rejoins the stage but minus helmets on a live stage !!. I won’t state the car number but words do fail me and a JoF report from Mercury 11 and a couple of later radios who similarly call in for a crew with no helmets is the order of the day. Finally the last car is clear safely out of SS3 by 13:12 and the mammoth task of recovering the 8 cars stopped in stage can begin, including the four all at 5/6. My hat goes off to Rabbit Recovery, Cam Rescue 2 and Gemini Recovery, later also assisted by Catseye Recovery who collectively manage to recover all of the stranded cars in daylight, quite a feat. As the Penmachno recoveries are ongoing I set about the final stage of day, SS7 Llyn Elsi, as Chris looks after the Orme and second runs through Crafnant and Gwydyr. After a few problems with residents access by 14:00 the princi- ple safety cars are beginning to enter the stage, with the all important Safety Delegate at 14:16. Unfortunately some- where along the way somebody missed dropping off extinguishers at the Stop Line and after failed attempts to re- solve the issue via the roving equipment vans, I’m forced to redirect Calder Rescue from the refuel halt (no longer required) to re-position themselves close to the end of SS7. With the Pilot cars soon into the stage, SS7 the final one of the day starts at 14:47, with Car 222. Meanwhile the recoveries on Penmachno continue and having got the vari- ous cars out of the scenery at 5/6, I now have reports that the service barges and trailers are stuck tying to turn around, yet more work for Rabbit and Cam. With the gods with us, all 14 of the 200 cars are safely in and out of Llyn Elsi and by 15:17 once they are all clear, I have permission to let Car 1 go. As the stage gets underway a few ‘missing’ cars are reported via tracking but all are safely found or genuine errors resolved. A more serious shout then comes across the airwaves from Gemini 53 out at Junction 13, who reports Car 75 off the stage but the crew are OK. The crew with some help then make protracted attempts to recover the car back onto the stage and in the end a combination of Stage Commander and Clerk ‘direction’ persuades them that the car is going to have to sadly stay where it is, as the last thing we need is a late incident caused by their enthusiasm to get their car back onto what is still very much a live stage. The remainder of the stage passes of without too much drama and 56 of the 57 starters make it to the end of the stage. With the sweeper and safety convoy into the stage it’s just a case of staying alert and providing ‘top cover’ for the final recovery of Car 75 before it’s time to stand down and begin to derig the control after a most enjoyable event. Next month I’m down for the Malcolm Wilson and North West Stages. Ian Davies : Gemini 23 / motorsport UK Radio Controller. Saturday the 1st of February and I should have been marshal- ling at Blyton on the Hall Trophy Rally but because of difficul- ties with the sites new manager the Jack Neal and Hall Trophy Grumpy SV Stage Rallies wont be running this year (or until this guy gets found out by Ginetta) - so with very little time to spare Old Git Chris & Heidi Woodcock re-arranged the CDMC Awards Night and it was then held at West Bradford Village Hall. An abso- Still Wittering lutely fabulous night (the bottom shuffle race and Mr.& Mrs for On & On & On Driver/Co-Driver was a right hoot) and even I managed to col- lected the odd pot too. Thursday the 6th and news starts to come through about the cancellation of the Riponian. Early on there were the expected outpourings of derision on social media but it must have been the correct decision and if the Landowners wont let you go out to play on their property then there is not a lot that you can do about it. On Saturday the 8th I head for North Wales to Penmachno for the Cambrian. Originally Penmachno was to be run twice but with entries not meeting the levels expected the organisers reduced the stage mileage and the second running of Clitheroe & DMC Awards Night Penmachno was cancelled. That meant I could then get back up North to Tebay and Marshal on Kirkby Lonsdale MCs Harry & Ivy Novice Road Rally. The Cambrian was dry in the main (well it was where I was) but running a day in front of the Riponian North Wales did not suffer from Storm Ciara until the following day. However, as seems the norm on the Cambrian, competitors seemed to be hell bent on chuck- ing their cars off the road at every opportunity. The rain brought in by ‘Storm Ciara’ certainly affected the Harry & Ivy. It was horrendous. At my first control I was stood in what seemed to be a river bed with water flowing well over the tops of my boots. Every time a car came into my control the water splashed even higher. Quite a few didn't finish - plenty of cars drowned out. At the fuel halt the organisers decided that everyone had suffered enough and called a halt to proceedings. (see Pages 20 & 21). I was very pleased to receive the phone call to abandon my second control and return to Tebay for a bacon buttie - I didn't bother to hang around for the full breakfast, choosing to go home and dry off and get some well needed beauty sleep (still cant see any improvement though). The following weekend I was going to go to the Wern Ddu Training weekend but Storm Denis was due to hit and after my experience with Storm Ciara on the Harry & Ivy Rally I decided that discretion might be the order of the day and decided not to go. Seems I missed a cracker of a weekends very realistic training, but I doubt the old hip could have lasted it out! Lancashire Automobile Club (1902) Ltd has been recognised by Motorsport UK as one of the oldest clubs in the country. Liverpool MC was also formed in 1902 and both clubs have received the right to display the new MSUK Centenary Club badge celebrating their 100 years plus. They also received a ‘Club Centenary Award’ (see right) Two Weekends of terrible weather and then I am off up to Northum- berland to marshal on the John Robson Road Rally - it couldn't do three in a row - could it? I left home at 2pm and it was hailing very heavily. On the M6 just after Junction 37 the traffic comes to a halt. Someone had been pushing on just a little bit too swiftly and was parked up the banking and there were several dented cars on the hard shoulder and odd bits of vehicle scat- tered across all three carriageways. The Emergency Services were on the scene very quickly and within ten minutes the road is reopened. When I arrive at the start venue the weather has improved no end, however by the time I got out marshalling it had gone downhill but no where near as bad as on the Harry & Ivy. Storm Ciara and storm Denis had a knock on effect on Clitheroe & DMCs Primrose Rally. I left it until the Thursday after Storm Ciara to go out and do my bit of PR but within two miles of the start of my section I had to abandon the task because of flooded roads. So my next trip out to do some PR the roads were impassable because of snow. I have just returned from my third attempt and I still have to go back to finish off my section because I ran out of PR letters. The good news is that (up to press) I have not had a single objection. G&PMC (page 20) have announced that they wont be running the Memorial Rally in 2020 but “This doesn’t mean the event has gone for good and that hopefully it will return in some guise or other.” By ‘other guise’ I am assuming that that means it could return as a Targa Rally. Fine by me if it does, however, what I personally wouldn't want to see is another Single Venue Multi-Test PCA. No matter what you call it or how you dress it up it would still be a Multi-Test PCA and not a Targa Rally! Inside the Industry with Paul Gilligan Aston Martin Rescued As discussed previously Aston Martin’s desperate need for cash brought two suitors to the table, Chinese company Geely who already own Volvo and Lotus, and a consortium led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll. In the end Stroll who already owns F1 team Racing Point won and acquired a 17% stake in the company in exchange for an investment of £182 million which will be boosted by fresh investment from existing shareholders. This fresh cash should be enough to get Aston through until the point later this year when the new DBX SUV starts to generate sig- nificant profits. Racing Point will be rebranded as Aston Martin F1 although Aston will see out its contract to spon- sor Red Bull until the end of this year. Mr Stroll’s son Lance will continue to be one of the drivers for Racing Point. After that further funds are promised for the development of a mid engine two seat sports car to “go Ferrari hunt- ing”, and the introduction of hybrid and later pure electric models. Aston has been owned by a succession of rich men in the past including 1950s tractor tycoon David Brown and lat- er none other than Henry Ford, but all have got bored in the end with throwing money down what appeared to be a bottomless pit. Let’s hope Mr Stroll and his co-investors (who include Lord Bamford of JCB) have more stamina.
New Petrol, Diesel & Hybrid Cars To Be Banned From 2035 The industry had already been told that the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans would be banned in the UK from 2040. In early February the Government announced this would be brought forward to 2035 and would include hybrid cars as well. Then last week said they would advance the ban further to 2032 if possible. Industry reaction has been pretty consistent that the ban is simply unachievable, and that it isn’t currently supported by a detailed plan to make it happen. Industry heavyweights have cited the high cost of electric cars, the lack of re- charging points, shortage of raw materials to make batteries and the inability to generate the required electricity an- yway. Others have pointed to the lack of technicians trained to service and repair electric cars, only 5% of the cur- rent pool are currently so qualified. Electric cars being produced now normally use 400-600 volt systems and manu- facturers are working on 1000 volt systems. These things are simply lethal in untrained hands. The scale of the changes to the new car market needed to meet the target is simply amazing. Currently pure elec- tric cars represent 1.6% of sales. Of the 32.5M cars on UK roads only 155,000 or less than 0.05% are pure electric. If a smooth growth from 1.55 of the market if 2019 to 100% in 2035 is achieved then electric/hydrogen cars sales need to increase by 6.5% market share or around 160000 units every year for the next 15 years. So this year we need to go from last year’s 38000 sales to 200.000! And in 2021 to 360,000. Perhaps its understandable that peo- ple are sceptical. If the growth from 1.6% of sales to 100% over the next 15years is smooth then the industry will need to produce 17 million zero emission cars for the UK market in that time, over 1 million a year when last year the figure was 38000!
Tax Changes Needed To Support 2035 Ban Whilst bringing the ban date forward by 5, or maybe 8, years the Government hasn’t yet announced what it intends to do with the electric car and van grant which is due to expire at the end of march. This was cut in 2018 by £1000 per vehicle and hybrids previously included were excluded. The continuation if not increase in the grant is seen by many as a vital part of there being any chance of reaching the 2035 target. One thing that will boost the move to electric (or hydrogen) is the announcement that the Benefit In Kind (BIK) charge company car drivers pay will be reduced to zero for tax year 2020/21 if they choose a pure electric or hydro- gen car, as long as the operating range is at least 130 miles. Choosing zero emissions will save company car driv- ers broadly from £200 to £500 a month. This will put an enormous pressure on employers to provide those cars to their staffs, who will also benefit from reduced fuel costs for the private miles they pay for themselves. Companies can also benefit from attractive tax allowances when they but zero emission cars, for the present at least. However nobody has said yet what the Government intend to do to replace the fuel duty they currently collect from the sale of petrol and diesel. That was £28.4 Billion last year! Some form of road pricing seems inevitable? Continued on Page 48 Inside the Industry Continued from Page 47 Toyota Takes The Hydrogen Road Long Term Toyota pioneered the hybrid car and over half of their production of 9.5 million cars a year are now hybrids. They have taken 15 years to get to this point. In 2014 they launched their first hydrogen car and say the timescale will be similar, so expect hydrogen powered cars to be mainstream by the late 2020s. However the company has recog- nised he need to fill the gap between now and then and will be producing its first pure electric cars soon with ten models available in Europe by 2025. Toyota is clear that this to them is a temporary measure. Their Chairman re- cently said “Gasoline has been the primary fuel of the first 100 years of the car. Hydrogen will be the primary fuel for the next 100 years”.
Coronavirus Threat To Production The Coronavirus outbreak which started in China but is now spreading poses an enormous threat to the vehicle in- dustry. Many Chinese factories are closed or operating on a reduced basis . indeed Tesla who have been enjoying good news recently have been forced to close their Chines factory only weeks after it full opened. Now I’m not an expert in this but I’d be willing to bet that there isn’t a car produced in the World now that doesn’t have some components manufactured in China. Fiat Chrysler have already announced plans to close at least one of its European plants within a month because of these component shortages. Both Kia and Hyundai have put some of their South Korean factories on part time working. Just how bad this situation will become is impossible to fore- cast currently, but I’d say “very bad” is probably an understatement.
Self Driving Vehicles Progress The seemingly inevitable march to the self driving car has passed another few landmarks. Recently a Nissan Leaf completed a 230 mile journey in the UK without driver assistance at any point, although a human being was sat be- hind the wheel “just in case” as current laws demand. He was required when the electric Leaf had to stop to re- charge as at this stage of development it cannot safely cross a busy service station or locate a recharge point. Nev- ertheless a considerable achievement. Meanwhile in the US a self driving delivery vehicle is now operating in Houston Texas. Limited to 25 mph it takes groceries and take away food to customers who come out to the street when told the “van” is arriving and punch in a code to open the hatch and collect their goods. German industrial giant Bosch has announced it could launch an fully auotonomous car “tomorrow” and only obsta- cles are regulations and the scepticism of customers?
UK New Car Sales Off To A Bad Start As feared January brought no good news for UK manufacturers and dealers. New car sales were over 7% down on last January, itself well down on January 2018. Pure electric cars were over 200% up but still only 4000 sales or 2.7% of the total. Diesels fell to 20% of sales. These are frightening numbers for manufacturers and dealers alike. As ever some fared worse than others. Alfa Romeo were 32% down on last year, Citroen 22% down, Dacia 51% down, Hyundai 315 down, Kia 25% down, Mazda 26% down, Mini 33% down, Renault 14% down, Ssangyong 51% down, Suzuki 40% down and Vauxhall 25% down. Few were smiling. Audi did well at + 13%, Mitsubishi at +16%, Porsche at +10% and that’s about it. Amongst the tiddlers I can’t help wondering why they bother. Remember these figures include the registration of dealer and man- ufacturer staff cars, courtesy cars and demonstrators, Alpine registered 10 cars, Lotus 9, Subaru 49, and Ssan- gyong 103?
Falling New Car Sales Create Used Car Shortage As new car sales have slowed but used car demand has remained strong used car supply in the trade has become very tight indeed. Franchised dealers are hanging on to the lower number of part exchanges they take in to fill their own used car lots, leaving the independent trade fighting over what little is left. Inevitably the good old laws of sup- ply and demand have seen used values rise significantly. There are reports of traders paying over guide retail pric- es in the auctions just to get stock, how they them sell on at a profit is a mystery. Continued on Page 49 Inside the Industry Continued from Page 48
One large wholesaler I know who normally has over 12500 vehicles available currently has under 8000 and says they think the number will drop further. The rental and leasing companies who unload tens of thousands of cars a month are enjoying a bonanza. I was talking this week to a friend who manages a leasing fleet of 20000 vehicles and sells about 600 a month. I suggested he must be enjoying a windfall profit of about £300,000 a month just now. “More than that” he smiled.
Massive European Pre Registrations To Beat Emissions Deadline I reported last month on the new European regulations which came into force on January 1st this year requiring manufacturers to achieve an average emissions target of 95g/km or face massive fines. To reduce their exposure most pre registered many of their higher emission cars in December. Total registrations were 250.000 higher than in December 2018 and its thought pretty well all of these were actually unsold cars. Looking at the more “conventional” sales Tesla had another great month with its Model 3 becoming the 3rd best seller across Europe and outselling things like the VW Polo, Nissan Qashqai and Peugeot 208.
Brighton Goes Car Free Brighton and Hove Council want to ban cars from their town centre. That makes them just the latest town or city to take similar steps. Oxford plans to charge drivers of all but zero emission cars £10 to enter the centre, York intends to ban all private cars from the city centre within three years, and Cardiff will impose a £2 congestion charge. Others will no doubt follow.
Italians Pass The Test Research in Italy has shown that regions that have the highest rate of people passing their driving test first time also have the highest serious accident rates. Puzzling? So the best drivers have the most accidents? Most of these areas are in the south of the country where respect for things like laws and tax rules is low even by Italian standards. So the explanation is that learners fake their tests. In Sicily it was discovered that examiners would take the test themselves on behalf of the students – in exchange for 1600 euros of course. In Verona police found examiners tapping their pencils in written exams to give candi- dates clues to the correct answers. However it has also been suggested that relying on the accident statistics is unwise – many injuries are faked to boost insurance pay outs!
Uber Goes Electric – and Pushes For Self Driving Uber has just agreed a deal with Nissan for 2000 heavily discounted electric Leaf models for use by their drivers in London. They plan to have all their 45000 London drivers using electric cars by 2025. Then they intend to move as rapidly as possible to self driving cars as the drivers represent 75% of their costs!
Mercedes Profits Crash The costs of developing electric and self driving cars have caused a enormous drop in profits at Daimler, parent company of Mercedes. In 2018 the company made a profit of 7.7 Billion Euros, last year this fell to 2.7 Billion. The dividend has been cut by 72% to 90 cents a share. In 2017 Daimler made a profit of 10.6 Billion Euros and paid a dividend of 3.25 Euros a share. The company remains committed to development of electric and self driv- ing vehicles but big cost cuts in other areas are on the way. Whether the F1 programme survives remains to be seen but perhaps Lewis Hamilton has chosen the wrong time to ask for a big pay rise? Mercedes are fighting back with a massive new model programme, they intend to launch 32 new cars over the next 3 years. Many will be electric and hybrid, but equally many will be AMG performance cars.
Continued on Page 50 Inside the Industry Continued from Page 49 Alfa Romeo New Model Programme Some time ago I wrote about the massive new model programme Alfa had then just announced. I remember say- ing that I would believe it when I saw it because Alfa has made that sort of announcement before but failed to translate words into action. Sadly the same has happened again. After the untimely death of Fiat Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne things carries on as planned for a while then late last year the new model programme he’d ap- proved was slashed. Target changed from taking sales from 120,000 to 400,000. The new objective was to be “survival”. All that’s left is a facelift for the Giulia and the Stelvio for next year and two new cars for 2020 being the Tonale and a SUV smaller than the Stelvio. The Giulietta will be allowed to die and there is no longer any sign of a new Giulia. Following the merger with PSA future Alfas will share their underpinnings with Peugeots, Citroens, Vauxhalls and Opels as well as Fiats of course. High performance versions like the Giulia Quadrifoglio will not be replace the hope being that alfa cus- tomers looking for more powerful and more expensive cars will look to Maserati although it seems more likely to me that something German is more likely? Paul Gilligan
[email protected] www.gilliganvehicleconsulting.co.uk 07785 293222 NORTHERN CLASSIC TRIAL 22nd February In the last three weeks I should have been involved competing at two sporting trials with those rather strange little cars that can climb very steep muddy hills having “fiddle” brakes to con- trol wheelspin on each rear wheel, I also agreed to help on the Fellside Auto clubs famous Northern Trial but all have been cancelled owing to the weather either because the inces- sant rain has made the venues just too difficult to access, or it would destroy the farmers fields travelling over the ground or as was the case with the Northern trial the excessive wind speed made it too dangerous to allow people into the forests. I never realised until the Northern trial was cancelled that For- est Enterprise who own the local forests won’t allow anyone into their forests, or take part in any activity that takes place in their forests if the wind speed is forecast to be in excess of 47MPH. This of course affects lots of people in their cho- sen sports and hobbies such as mountain biking, walking, ori- enteering , watching the night sky in darkness as well as rallies and trials, you can’t even go to the Whinlatter visitor centre for lunch or just a coffee because they close off their car park be- cause of health and safety regulations. I gather they generally try to make the decision 24 hours prior to events but as competitors and marshals were going to travel from all over the country to the Northern the organisers had to make their call on the Tuesday as the winds were forecast to be over 50mph all week. As it happened they made the right call as the winds never really abated and on Saturday it was a very wild day indeed. What a pity when you saw all the work that has gone into put- ting on the trial. In the past I personally have organised many events but a long time ago I must add, autocross, trials, rallies etc but although there were lots of forms to fill in and permits to apply for I just couldn’t believe how many more things had to be done to put on an event these days primarily in case anyone was involved in an accident. I didn’t know that now the whole country is divided up into squares and not just given a grid reference as in the past that cover a 100 x 100 metre square but each little square is given a 3 word unique reference, the organisers had to issue every- one concerned with running the event various lists one of which I’ve copied from the Fellside clubs instructions. Just im- agine how much extra work this involved the small band of he- roes that made everything ready for the event to run then had it taken away from them. Each observed section is given a map reference and a grid square as is normal then in case of accident the ambulance services have to be given a meeting point where to access the forest which is a very sensible thing to do of course. All map references are given what is known as “what3words” so for instance the Routen Romp section has a meeting point for first aid vehicles at MR NY2041330613 which is the forestry work- shops at Peil Wyke and the “what3words identifying that partic- ular location are update.highlight.refreshed. Continued on Page 52 Norther Classic Trial Continued from Page 51 How on earth anyone thought of all these random names is mind boggling in itself, just imagine all the work typing out all these additional details in order to run a non -speed event alt- hough of course I am aware that serious accidents can occur on non- speed events. There were sheets of papers listing first aiders, sector control- lers and marshals, hill chiefs and a superb road book that was far better that the RAC or any other national or international rally I have competed on or been involved with. I have competed on the Northern as a driver with my Buckler several times and managed a couple of class wins, I have been fortunate to win the event outright without losing any marks at all and clearing every single hill passengering a friend of mine in a car that was very specialised and set up to the applicable regulations, I have marshalled and helped prior to events cutting down overhanging branches, moving danger- ous logs etc but even with that level of involvement I never realised how much work these events really entailed, I take my hat off to organisers and wish to thank you all for all the work put in over the years from all the competitors, marshals and spectators. Having our sport disrupted does seem to be a big issue to us all at the time but having looked at the TV news at all the unfortunate people having their homes and businesses destroyed by flooding due to horrendous weather condi- tions makes one put things into perspective. Many peoples livelihoods depend on sport or leisure be it F1, WRC, International football, rugby, tennis etc, holidays abroad or even in this country, with Coronavirus getting worse all the time It is a frightening time, to make it worse poor people all over the world in Syria, Yemen and other places have no food, had theirs homes destroyed, their families killed and suffer horrible death and malnutrition so we mustn’t think we have had a bad time considering what others have to put up with. Keith Thomas. NPTCC Stuart Butterfield Memorial trial & the Stone Trough trial 2 day event Edenhall, Penrith. March 14th & 15th It's the Stuart Butterfield Memorial trial & the Stone Trough trial. I am Clerking both days. Both events are Club, BTRDA & MSA rounds and as an add- ed twist it's the 2nd round of the English vs Irish match. However many Irish visitors come over, say 9, (promised), our top 9 English competitors scores are to count. If there are 8 then it's our top 8 etc etc. We were beaten on it's debut round in Ireland last year so we have to try harder We've missed a few events this year because of the weather but this place has got to be as "weather-proof" as it gets, if its wet - no problem, if its windy - no problem, Snow ? we'll work round it. There was another organisation wanting the venue on the same weekend but the landowner kindly let us have it as we were first so it has to run come what may. So get your entries in asap, the forms are out and on our website where you can enter online www.nptcc.org if you can't compete please come along and marshal, 2 per hill would be very nice. The Irish are coming to support it so lets make their journey worth while. Martin Grimood FIESTA R2: John Easson winner Ewan Tindall’s Weapon of Choice
To mount a serious challenge for any rally championship, you need a serious car. And for 2020, Ewan will be be- hind the wheel of a Fiesta R2, sourced from KG Motor- sport in Northern Ireland. That represents a big step-up for the ambitious youngster from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, who had previously contested the BTRDA Fiesta ST Tro- phy in an old-shape model. “We had a very successful debut year in 2018 with the ST in which we finished on the podium on every round we did, and we wanted to do the same in 2019,” explained Ewan. “But it didn’t quite go to plan, and only had one outing on the Jack Frost Stages in January. We got as far as stage seven when the two centre driveshafts broke. Our pace was good, but I think it was apparent that the car was lagging behind in development, compared with newer Fiestas. After the rally, my dad and I made the decision that we needed an R2 car to be com- petitive, so we reluctantly decided to sell the car and start saving!” After a quiet year on the sidelines, Ewan and his dad Lee spent a long time waiting for the right R2 car to come up for sale. “We had a look at a Citroen C2R2, but the car to have is a Fiesta, and luckily for us, a good one came up at KG Motorsport. It has a proven track record, having been built by M-Sport and used by Tom Williams on selected WRC and European Championship events, and it came with the right spares package, which is important. The biggest challenge for me, aside from the extra power, is that the car is left-hand-drive, which will take a bit of get- ting used to, especially as our pace increases, and the sequential gearbox. We took the car out for the first time – I’d only driven it up the road and back – on the Christ- mas Stages at Croft and it was very impressive. Although we retired with a broken gearstick, the seven stages we did was enough to convince us we had the right car for 2020.” NESCRO Historic Motorsport In The North Of England & Scotland 2020 Calendar & Challenge Rounds
Date Event Organising Club March 14th Mull Classic & Targa Mull CC & Saltire RC March 29th Shaw Trophy Targa Whickham / Hadrian
May 2/3rd Berwick Classic & Targa Berwick MC
May 24th William Patterson Targa South of Scotland CC
June 7th Rallye East Yotkshire De Lacey
June 28th Lake District Classic & Targa Wigton MC July 19th Northern Dales Classic & Targa Hexham & DMC August 16th Blue Streak Classic & Targa Spadeadam MC September 6th Wearside Targa & Classic Durham AC September 20th Doonhamer Classic & Targa South of Scotland CC October 18th Solway Targa & Classic Wigton MC November 15th Saltire Classic & Targa Saltire RC Possible addition events to add to the Challenge shown Below : Awaiting Confirmation October 25th Tynemouth Historic & Classic Tynemouth MC
29th November Solway Coast Targa South of Scotland CC ??
There could be 13 Historics & 14 Targa events. There could also be some date clashes. Bob Hargreaves is proposing that the Historics have 7 Rounds to count and that Targas have 8 Rounds to count Updates & News on Facebook at North of England & Scottish Classic Rally Organisers Firstly I have to say congratulations to the brand, recruiting and BRMC teams who made Autosport such a suc- cess. The new stands looked fantastic and the feedback was positive. The new BRMC logo looks great and the Teamwear smart - great idea by Kim Durose. Congratulations too to Ian Evans who was awarded the inaugural Rally Marshal of the Year trophy too. Teamwear is now available to purchase with the BRMC logo direct from the supplier, details via the BRMC website here—https://www.brmc.org.uk/images/pdfs/Regalia/BRMC_Team_Catalogue.pdf I also have to take this opportunity to thank Eric Ridler for his previous 20 years of supporting and setting up our stand at the Autosport show. This year certainly felt like we made our mark! Motorsport UK attended our BRMC trophy presentation and Jayne Poston, Oliver Anslow and I had an interview session on their stand on the Saturday afternoon. I also made a couple of presentations to tell people what we do. Better advertising next year could make this a real feature. Our next show is Race Retro at the end of this month. If you are able to support any recruiting activities in your area please contact your local recruitment officer – they will welcome the help! Our membership packs will be shipping out shortly – this is a huge job for one person (thanks Dave!) so please be patient. Renewals need to be submitted by end of March to be in with a chance of winning our star prize of a drive at Bedford Autodrome courtesy of MSV. (You will need to make your own way there and meet an MSV representative to accept your prize). Your pack will also include important information about our Employee Assistance Programme. Motorsport UK are shortly releasing a survey to understand exactly what encourages people to volunteer. I urge you to answer as honestly as possible for all roles you perform (questions repeat for different areas) – this will help shape some of the work of the Marshals Advisory Group in ensuring recruitment, retention, recognition and welfare of mar- shals is a paramount in the activities governed by Motorsport UK. We are also looking to simplify the understanding and documentation associated with the grading scheme – a key area for the group this year! So watch this space and input your ‘constructive’ ideas (we know what the issues are!). A gentle reminder about Social Media guidelines - https://www.motorsportuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/motorsportuksocialmediapolicyandguidance.pdf What you may think is a harmless comment or joke can be seen as disrespectful, threatening or quite simply a whinge! Many organisations monitor all forms of Social Media and aren’t always supportive or tolerant. Please be mindful that new, young marshals could be easily influenced by your “views” and may not get the full picture. If you have genuine issues or concerns please raise through the relevant channels and not on a public forum. Your local committees (and up to me) want to hear from you to make our lot a better place. BMMC 2020 Insurance Policies Details of our Personal Accident policy are available to view – https://www.marshals.co.uk/marshalling/bmmc-personal-accident-insurance All members are encouraged to volunteer using our online system as this automatically records your attendance for insurance purposes. If you volunteer direct to the organising club you will still be covered, but to make sure we know what meetings you are doing please tick the “for insurance purposes only” box in the online system or send your Volunteering Coordina- tor a list of all the meetings you want insurance cover for, making clear you have already volunteered via the organis- ing club. Details of the BMMC Emergency Medical Repatriation policy and how to arrange cover are available to view online https://www.marshals.co.uk/marshalling/repatriation-insurance Our first Council meeting of the year is approaching so I must complete my report and prepare for new ideas and de- cision making. Let your regional Chairs know what we should be working on.
Motorsport UK New Licences I am finally getting my head round the licencing situa- tion and event status. ... for competitor licences it's actually quite simple - if you're restricting your activity to Autotest, PCA, Autoso- los and Trials then the RS Clubman licence is all you need - and it's FREE. Also covers Clubman status ral- lies. If you're doing rallies (other than Clubman ones), Sprints or Hillclimbs then you need the RS Interclub licence. Dave Thomas
Autotest : O/A Driver Club Points 1 Colin Moreton Knutsford 58 Championship Standings 2 Paul Fobister Knutsford 30 In Brief : Updated go to http://anwcc.co.uk 3 Steve Johnson U17MC 29
Road Rally :
O/A Driver Club Points 1 John Gornall G&PMC 120 PCA (U 25 2 Mark Jones Rhyl 97 O/A Driver Club Points 3 Richard Hunter Matlock 88 1 James Robinson U17MC (NW) 59 2 Andrew Robinson U17MC (NW) 30 3 Milo Unwin U17MC 29 O/A Navigator Club Points 4 Jessica Crawley Warrington 28 1 Martin Gornall G&PMC 120 5 Gary Ross Ilkley 28 2 Andrew Lowe Mid-Derbysh 119 3 Paul Holmberg Clwyd Vale 116 AutoSOLO : 4 James Swallow Bolton 108 O/A Driver Club Points 5 Corey Powell-Jones Clwyd Vale 97 1 Neil Jones Bala 84 2 Scott MacMahon U17MC(NW) 80 Stage Rally : 3 Howard Morris Rhyl 76 O/A Driver Club Points 4 Andy Williams U17MC(NW) 73 5 James Williams U17MC 70
Sprint : O/A Driver Club Points
O/A Co-Driver Club Points
Hillclimb : O/A Driver Club Points Stage Rally (Forest) : O/A Driver Club Points 1 David Lloyd Roberts Bala 40 2 Jonathon Lee Jones NWCC 38 3 Jonathon Whalley Clwd Vale 36
Sprint & Hillclimb O/A Co-Driver Club Points O/A Driver Club Points 1 Peredur Davieas C & A 40 2 Emyr Hall Bala 38 = 3 Lewis Griffiths C&A 36 = 3 Peter Dennis Clwyd Vale 36 5 Ian Jones NWCC 35 Allrounders Championship O/A O/A Driver Club Points Championship Standings In Brief : Updated 09/12/19 go to http://anwcc.co.uk North Wales Stage Rally Challenge
O/A Driver Club Points O/A Junior (U25) Driver Club Points
1 Scott MacMahon U17MC 42 2 James Williams U17MC 40 3 James Robinson U17MC 29 4 Milo Unwin U17MC 14 O/A Navigator Club Points 5 Jessica Crawley Warrington 12 O/A Driver - 1000cc Club Points 1 Andy Williams U17MC 38 2 James Williams U17MC 28 3 Andy Crawley Warrington 13 4 Jess Crawley Warrington 12 5 Chris Livesey U17MC 10 North Wales Road Rally Challenge
O/A Driver Club Points Inter-Club Championship
O/A Club Points
1 U17MC (NW) 68
2 Knutsford & DMC 55
3 Bolton-le-Moors CC 39
4 Bala & DMC 29 O/A Co-Driver Club Points 5 Rhyl & DMC 21
6 Clwyd Vale MC 17
=7 Warrington & DMC AND Accrington MSC 14
=9 C&AMC, Ilkley & DMC, G&PMC 14
=12 North Wales CC & Mid Derbyshire MC 8
14 Preston MC 7 Historic Road Rally Challenge Marshals Championship O/A Driver Club Points O/A Marshal Club Points
1 Brian Wragg Liverpool 12 = 2 Paul Cross C & A 4 = 2 Maurice Ellison Clitheroe 4 = 2 Robert O’Brien Liverpool 4 O/A Co-Driver Club Points = 2 William O’Brien Liverpool 4 = 2 Ger Roberts C&A, Harlech 4 = 2 Tracey Smith Accrington 4
Championship Standings In Brief : Updated go to http://anwcc.co.uk Glynne Edwards Memorial Championship
O/A Club Points 1 North Wales CC 137 2 Caernarvonshire & Anglesey MC 107 3 Clwyd Vale MC 98 4 Bala & DMC 73 5 Harlech & DMC 45 6 Broughton & Bretton MC 34 7 116 MC 17 8 Rhyl & DMC 0
Ladies Rally Championship
O/A Driver Club Points
O/A Co-Driver Club Points
TARGA Rally Championship
O/A Driver Club Points
Trials :
O/A Driver Club Points O/A Co-Driver Club Points
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21st & 22nd March Fiesta ST150 2020 is the eleventh running of the North Yorkshire Clas- sic Rally, brought to you by an experienced team of reg- ular competitors from York Motor Club, and offers a fur- 55 Plate ther evolution of previous events. This year sees a continuation of the two day format with Performance Blue a return to our test venues South of York and some clas- sic road rally routes in North Yorkshire Moors on Satur- Petrol day night. We are also inviting Targa cars to enter our event this 3 door hatchback. year for the first time. Our aim is to offer you all a warm welcome, great value 11 months MOT for money, fair and manageable navigation with hardly any whites and a great fun weekend of motorsport with a Contact Angela Jones : 07775835976 little twist. You may be well advised to have spotlights fitted to your car. 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Keith Thomas We are a round of the 2020 HRCR Hagerty Insurance Clubmans Road Rally Championship. 01900603073 Need further information? 07778 659 338 Visit our website at https://www.yorkmotorclub.org.uk/ index.php/events/north-yorkshire-classic/ or contact us at [email protected] [email protected] Knutsford & DMC The Tour of Cheshire Historic Rally Saturday 7th. March Yes it's that time of year again, The Tour of Cheshire Historic Rally 2020. This years date is Saturday 7th. March. Liverpool MC will once again be running tests for this excellent event. No details have been confirmed as yet, although we do know that the Bolesworth Estate is not being used this year. We have a sneaking suspicion though that we may be asked to run tests on the rally/drift course at a well known Cheshire race circuit! We have previous- ly run tests on this site, for both T.o.C. & Rally of the Tests, so fingers crossed. As usual the more Marshals the merrier so if you haven't already contacted me to confirm yourself as a volunteer please do so ASAP. Confirmation of location & timings as soon as I Jason Pritchard picked up his second BTRDA Gold Star at get them the British Trial & Rally Driver Association’s annual awards Thanks in advance lunch at Drayton Manor on Sunday. The Builth Wells ace secured back-to-back Protyre Motor- Geoff ([email protected] ) sport UK Asphalt Rally Championship titles by the smallest Oh & if you can't make it also let me know so we of margins last year, beating arch rival Damian Cole to the can let Knutsford DMC know how many of us to trophy by just one point after a thrilling final round on the expect. Cheers Ford Parts Cheviot Stages Rally on Otterburn. Jason had scored maximum points after winning the open- ing three rounds of last year’s series, before retiring on Round 4 and missing Round 5 owing to the birth of his Barbon Hillclimb son. Having slipped to fifth in the points table, he and co- raises over £1100 for driver Phil Clarke (who also collects his second Gold Star) fought back – driving brilliantly to overcome a few perfor- North West Blood Bikes. mances niggles in their North Road Garage-backed Ford Over the past 3 years, competitors taking part in the Focus WRC05 to win the title for a second time in a row. Barbon Hillclimbs run jointly by Liverpool MC & Kirkby BTRDA President Mike Broad presented Jason with his Lonsdale MC have been invited to add a donation to Gold Star. their event entry fee in support of the North West Blood Bikes Charity. So far, this has raised over £1000 for the charity which provides a Free, but professional voluntary out of hours transport service to local NHS hospitals by carrying urgent and emergency blood, platelets, samples, donor breast milk, patient notes, theatre equipment, in fact anything that is urgently required that can be carried by motor- cycle, between hospitals. They provide this service through the night, at weekends and Bank Holidays enabling hospital funding to be better spent on patient care. You can help their volunteers too by making a donation direct to www.nwbb-lancs.org Entries now OPEN for
061 Targa Road Rally
3rd May Regs : http://www.stockport061.co.uk/wp-content/ uploads/2020/02/ SupplementaryRegulationsTarga2020.pdf On Line Entry : https://mtc1.uk/Entry/061Targa20/EntryForm.php
Legend Fires North West Stages Marshals Briefing Sat. 7th March We are holding a marshal briefing session on 7th March North Humberside Motor Club are once again run- 2020 at Myerscough College from 10.30 - 12.30 and ning a fantastic Special Stage Rally on the Warcop would like to invite you to attend. Military Ranges in Cumbria. The topics we aim to cover are: This years event is on Sunday 12th April (Easter Expectation from Closed Road Marshals Sunday): Explaining how the roads will be closed, (RSS Clo- sure and Personnel) The NHMC Warcop Stages Rally is a round of:
The Safety Car schedule for the event and the stage • the North of England Tarmacadam Rally status as each car passes Championship, Explaining Red/Amber/Green Resident access sys- • the ANCC Stage Rally Championship, tem Manning of Public Footpaths / Road Junctions and • the ANWCC Stage Rally Championship, what to say to anyone who needs access/ Conflict • the HRCR Motoscope Northern Historic Asphalt Resolution. Rally Championship, Safe Viewing area and absolutely nobody in Prohib- • the Fuchs Lubricants Classic Mini Challenge. ited areas / box junctions. Crossing Points • the Mini Cooper Challenge. Liverpool Motor Club Barbon Speed Hillclimbs
Entries now open for Liverpool & Kirkby Marshal Request
Lonsdale MC’s 2020 Barbon Hillclimbs. th Spectacular venue Saturday 25 April ‘20
Challenging course Marshals required for various roles. Friendly events Food van on site Instage, Rally Cars welcome timing,
Race suits not required for Standard Car drivers radio.
6th June New look one day event Interclub Hillclimb (old Nat B) with a compact format with Rounds of 3 stages ran twice, plus Liverpool MC Speed Championship start, service and finish all Longton’s Northern Speed Championship in Kielder Forest . ANWCC Hillclimb Championship SD34 Sprint & Hillclimb Championship
th To Marshal :- 4 July www.kielderforestrally.co.u Interclub & National Hillclimb (old Nat A/B) k/volunteer-to-marshal/ Rounds of Or Liverpool MC Speed Championship Contact Chief Marshal ANWCC Hillclimb Championship Barry Lindsay, SD34 Sprint & Hillclimb Championship Email [email protected] 07745450714 The events are open to any member of a Or club in SD34, ANWCC or ANCC. Contact Stage Commanders Direct, For more Info and to enter, Jon Binns – [email protected] see www.liverpoolmotorclub.com Karen Spencer – [email protected] Neville Simmons – [email protected] ALTRATECH SMC Stages Rally Entries are now open for the forthcoming Altratech SMC Stages due to be held at Anglesey Circuit on 19th April 2020 - be quick to enter, as there are only 3 stage rallies at the venue this year.
The event is a round of: Association of North Western Car Clubs JD Tyres Welsh Association of Motor Clubs - Tarmacadam Championship SD34 Motorsport Group Stage Rally If you have any questions, please email Mark Wil- kinson on [email protected] Entries :- www.rallies.info Mull Car Club Argyll Rally 19/20th June Mull Car Club are disappointed to announce that the 2020 Argyll Rally will not be running - the timescales for obtaining the motorsport or- der were short, and it has not proved possible to complete the required procedures within the time required. We would like to pass on our thanks to the Sponsors, Authorities and volunteers that have spent a tremendous amount of time preparing for 2020. This effort will not be wasted since on The Legend Fires a positive note the work already put in has put us well ahead of schedule for 2021 and we look North West Stages forward to bringing the great new look event to 20/21st March you all next year. The Legend Fires North West Stages forms the opening round and kicks off the 2020 Protyre MUK Asphalt rally Championship in March. The event held their press day at Myerscough College at Garstang (which will also Rally HQ during the event) which introduced the event, it’s new ‘totally ‘closed road format’ and even hosted a special stage for guests of the day to be taken in a variety of rally cars. With a Ceremonial Start in Garstang High Street on the evening of 20th March and competitive action on the 21st, the 2020 Leg- end Fires North West Stages is planned to offer 14 stages with approximately 60 stage miles and 115 road miles. 14th March 2020 sees the 44th running of the Malcolm Wil- Entries for the 2020 event will opened at 7pm on Monday 13th son Rally which will take place on Saturday January and filled within a couple of hours. 14th March featuring 7 stages in the Lake Dis- http://www.northweststages.co.uk trict. As usual I'm looking for radio crews to help with the running of the event. Marshals Register at RST The event will be the second round of the BTR- DA Championship (amongst others) and we https://www.rallystageteam.co.uk/ anticipate a quality field on the entry list. If you're able to help, please reply to me using this email address or ring me on 07795 253563 or 01539 737173 If you can, please can you scan or photograph your Marshals Registration Card or Certificate of Accreditation and send it with your reply. If you can't, then please supply your 2020 Mar- shal Registration number. If you've not done the On-line Accreditation then that's not a problem as long as we're aware and can then buddy you up. However we would advise you to do the Ac- creditation, it takes around 30 minutes and can be acceses here. www.motorsportuk.org/ Marshals/Online-rally-marshals-training Hope to hear from you! Dave Brodie Liverpool Motor Club Aintree Sprints
2020 Dates for Your Diary We have a full programme of events in Liverpool MC’s entry lists are now 2020 so make sure you don't miss out. open for its 2020 Aintree Sprints • Hospital Supercar Easter Egg Run: Historic ex-Grand Prix Venue 11th April Wide course, over a mile long • Spring Meet Friendly events at Turf Moor: Lots of runs 25th April Great Value Café on site • The Charity Motorshow
Race suits not required for Standard Car drivers at Nelson & Colne College:
2020 Dates:- 24th May (Booking Required) th • Autumn Meet 25 April at Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick: 27th June 17th October 5th September • Challenge Tour - Date TBC The events are all rounds of Liverpool MC Speed Championship ANWCC Sprint Championship SD34 Sprint & Hillclimb Championship
Longton’s Northern Speed Championship
And lots of other championships too. See website for details The events are open to any member of a club in SD34, ANWCC or ANCC. For more Info and to enter, see www.liverpoolmotorclub.com TRACK DAYS EVERY MONTH at Three Sisters
Rally/Race Car Testing At Three Sisters Circuit Take advantage of the Three Sisters Circuit’s Early Bird discount on all mid week race car testing between 9am and 11am. www.threesisterscircuit.co.uk
Association of Northern Car Clubs PD Extinguishers ANCC Stage Rally Championship 2020 TBA Riponian Stages Forest https://www.rmsc.org.uk/riponian-stages 20/21st March North West Stages Tarmac http://www.northweststages.co.uk/ 5th April Lookout Stages Mixed https://www.trackrodmotorclub.co.uk/lookout/ 21st April NHMC Warcop Stages Tarmac https://www.nhmcwarcopstages.org.uk/ 16th May Plains Rally Forest https://www.plainsrally.co.uk/ 16th June Flying Fortress Mixed https://www.flyingfortressstages.co.uk/ 7th July Greystokes Stages Forest http://www.greystokestages.co.uk/ 6/7th Sept Promenade Stages Tarmac http://prmrally.wallaseymc.com/ Oct Heroes Rally Mixed http://www.pendledistrictmc.co.uk/ 15th Nov Malton Forest Rally Forest https://www.maltonmc.co.uk/malton-forest-rally/ Primrose Trophy Navigational Rally April 4/5th 140 miles on O/S Maps 97 & 98 approx. 4 miles of whites Start & Finish at Truckhaven Carnforth (J35 M6) Regs www.clitheroedmc.co.uk Or https://www.rallies.info/webentry.php
Marshals th Chief Marshal 15 / 16 May Paul Buckel Email : [email protected] MARSHALS We are looking for volunteers for the 2020 Event to be held on Friday 15 & Saturday 16 May 2020. For the successful running of the event we require: Timekeepers In Stage Marshals Radio Operators If you can spare some time to help with the event please or contact Alison our Volunteers Liasion Officer at [email protected] or 07624 287178. Marshal Packages will be released in due course. GAZZARD ACCOUNTS Registered Agent with HM Revenue & Keith Frecker Customs. Memorial Rally Accounts and Book-keeping th services for Small Businesses. 14 June 2020 We specialise in Blackpool South Shore Motor Club are happy to say that we are running Keith Frecker Memorial Self Assessment, Rally at Weeton Barracks on the 14th June 2020. CIS We are looking for Marshals of all disciplines to help out VAT Returns. so if you can help please contact the Chief Marshal on We also cater for SMALLER [email protected] . Limited Companies. We can now reveal that we have secured not 1 but 2 brand new championships that wish to join us at the Keith Workplace or Home/Evening Frecker Stages. Whilst these are quite different champi- onships, both have been created with the aim of providing visits can be arranged. close competition whilst limiting the cost of competing. We will offer you the following : The first is the Back to Roots Two Wheel Drive Tarmac Championship promoted by Condor Motor Sport Regular contact and advice Club https://www.condormsc.co.uk/ which will be contest- Assistance for Self Employed ed over 7 rounds, 2 of which are at Weeton. The remain- ing rounds are all in Scotland across 3 venues, 1 (Condor) Simple accounting practices that has only recently started to be used for rallying and 1 Friendly service and assistance (Milltown) that has not been used for rallying for nearly 20
years. Both are disused military airfields and from person- Serving Greater Manchester and al experience I know that they can provide a good variety areas of Lancashire and Cheshire. of stage layouts with a good mix of fast and free flowing and tighter more technical stages. Given the geographical Registered Office : spread of events, the organisers have recognised that 33 Acresfield Road, competitors may not be able to compete in all events so the dropped scores have been arranged to allow a north- Middleton, ern or southern bias to be used when choosing Manchester. M24 2WT. events. For further information on this championship con- tact [email protected] Office Tel No : 0161 643 0151 The second championship coming to Weeton is the E-Mail : RallyMe Mini Cooper Challenge www.rallyme.co.uk. [email protected] This one make series is based on the BMW Mini Cooper with limited modifications permitted to reduce costs whilst still creating a competitive 1600 class car.
The full list events are yet to be confirmed, however this is going to be a North West / North Wales biased champion- ship. I will circulate a link to the finalised championship regs when available. For further information on this cham- pionship contact [email protected] We hope to hear from you soon PLAINS RALLY 16th May 2020
The BTRDA is relaunching the Rally First championship running In the MRF BTRDA Rally Series.
The classes will be 1.0, 1.4 and 2.0 MARSHALS Events are PLAINS RALLY 2020 MARSHALS: Cambrian 8th February Save the date 16th May 2020. We need your help once again, sign up here Malcolm Wilson 14th March www.plainsrally.co.uk/marshals-for-plains-rally Rallynuts 18th April Scottish 6th June Nicky Grist 11th July Woodpeaker 5th September
Trackrod 26th September
Rally first runners enjoy a £50 discount off the entry fee There is a single make tyre (MRF) and rally first competitors will enjoy a very special price. TECHNICAL STUFF https://www.btrdarally.com/wp-content/ uploads/2017/12/2018-Rally-First-Tech-Regs-.pdf Rally First Mull Car Club Ltd and Saltire Rally Club Mull Classic Rally LIMITED 14th March 2020 LIMITED Mull Car Club Ltd and Saltire Rally Club welcome you to the 2020 Mull Classic Rally - the continuation of the Mull Tar- ga/Historic Rally. The Facebook page will be the prime method of communication for the rally. The intention* is to hold the 2020 Mull Classic Rally on 14th March 2020 with a format similar to the 2018 Mull Targa Rally - i.e. tests and regularities making good use of the best forest roads on the island. The event is being held jointly with the Mull Car Club annual dinner dance ceilidh and will be based at the Isle of Mull Hotel & Spa in Craignure. We look forward to welcoming you to the Isle of Mull for an enjoyable and laid-back event with maximum opportunities for socialising. The origins of the Mull Classic Rally lie with the unfortunate cancellation of the 2017 and 2018 Beatson’s Mull Rally – a full-blown and epic stage rally which used closed public roads on Mull. In lieu of those events, the Beatson’s Mull Targa Rally was organised and was well-received. The Mull Classic Rally is the evolution of the Targa, and will follow roughly the same format as the 2018 Targa Rally. We are very grateful for the support of Mull Hire - the proprietor Allan Cameron is a well-known competitor and a key member of the Mull Rally team, as well as being the 2018 Mull Targa Rally Manager. The Mull Hire premises is on the rally route in Salen - you can't miss it so give them a toot (and buy something). www.facebook.com/mullclassicrally ADGESPEED Unit 14, Thames Trading Centre, Woodrow Way, Irlam Manchester. M44 6BP Telephone Unit : 0161 777 9949 Mobile : 07960 964069 Fax : 0161 777 9948 E-Mail : [email protected]
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Sunday 10th. May Championships: 1 The ANWCC Stage Rally Championship 2020. 2 The ANWCC All-rounders Championship 2020. 3 The ANWCC Ladies Rally Championship 2020. Regulations 4 The ANCC Stage Rally Championship 2020. www.pendledistrictmc.co.uk 5 The 6r4.com Three Sisters Stage Rally Challenge 2020. 6 The SD34MSG Inter Club League 2020 supported by MARSHALS Gazzard Accounts.
Regulations & Online Entry Forms NEEDED
We could really do with some more marshals for can be downloaded at:- this event at Aglsey Circuit on Sunday 1st March. It is a round of the Motorsport News Circuit Rally Championship and we already have a very good entry list. Marshal’s & Timekeepers So please could you put the word out around your clubs and if anyone wants to sign up then they wanted should contact the please contact Chief Marshal Tony Jones the Chief Marshal Andrew Benson on [email protected]. Mobile:- I appreciate there are other events on that day but it would be very disappointing if we ended up run- 07770 210881 ning the event with less than the ideal number of marshals. or via
Acknowledgements Thanks to all contributors - and a big thanks to SD34MSG
the Championship Compilers th Wednesday 18 March Steve Butler Road Rally 8-00pm, Tracey Smith Stage Rally Steve Lewis League Poachers, Bamber Bridge Alan Shaw Marshals & U18 PR5 6BA Steve Price Sprint & Hillclimb Steve Lewis Individual Near Junction 29 of the M6.
Tracey Smith None Race / None Rally
(not an easy job keeping track of all those events and competitors from so many different clubs)
A Special mention of gratitude to ANCC ALL THOSE CLUBS AND PEOPLE Monday 6th April 2020 WHO DO SEND IN REPORTS, Cleckheaton Sports Club, BB19 3UD
Jokes, Photographs, Information, reports etc Just off Chain Bar Roundabout ,
Terry Martin, Steve Entwistle, Junc 26 of the M62 Rod Brereton, John Rhodes www.ancc.co.uk Alan Bibby Bruce Lindsay Paul Buckel, Jem Dale, Steve Butler, Gregory Harrod George Jennings Keith Thomas Tony Lynch Lauren Hewitt Neil Raven Tony Vart Tommi Meadows Matt Broadbent th Bob Hargreaves Tony North Tuesday May 12 Songasport Ray Duckworth 8.00pm Ed Graham Sam Collis Niall Frost Simon Frost Kilton Inn John Harden (LiMC) Matt Hewlett A50, Warrington Road, Mike Garstang Steve Johnson Adrian Lloyd Dave Thomas Mere, Knutsford,
Chris Williams Geoff & Maggy Bateman WA16 0PZ Phil James of Pro-Rally, Geoff Bengough Bill Wilmer & The Gemini Communications Team http://anwcc.co.uk/ Keith Lamb (Gemini 9) Ian Davies (Gemini 23) Peter Langtree (Gemini 48) Tony Jones (Gemini 58) The intention is to publish this EMag on the last day of Bryan Flint (Gemini32) Derek Bedson (Gemini 21) each month. It will be emailed to SD34MSG Delegates for them to forward to their Club Members as they wish. Adrian Spencer (Adgespeed) Phil Andrews Tom Irvin Photography Paul Gilligan ‘Inside the Industry’ Deadline for copy Paul Commons : Paul Commons Motor Sport for the April edition is Duncan Littler Speed Sports Photography th and last but not least, Ex Chairman / Secretary Saturday the 29 of March (& my complaints manager) which is due out on
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Les Fragle Tuesday the 31 March & if I have left you out of the above credits, PLEASE Email Reports etc. ASAP to The opinions expressed in this Maurice Ellison at : publication are those of the individual [email protected] contributors, and not necessarily NB : The Editorial team reserves the right to do those of the editor or the committee their job as Editors and may amend articles of the SD34MSG and reports as they see fit