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e-Newsletter 16^th April 2006

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Clubmans Rally Championship

web links

Clubmans website

www.h= rcr.co.uk/clubman

Technical website

www.hrct.co.= uk

HRCR Club Shop

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Photos - Tony Large

www.tonyl= arge.net

HRCR main website

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Night Rally Championship

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Contacts

Championship Coordinator

Andy Gibson

andy@hrcr.co= .uk

01227 792740

Eligibility Scrutineer

Paul Loveridge

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01594 824747

HRCR Office

Tony Barron

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01332 672533

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Next Events

Round 4

E= ast Anglian Classic

Sat 22nd April

Chelmsford MC

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Round 5

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Top Drivers

Paul Hernaman 107

Roy Gillingham 103

David Mustarde 99

Jonathan Hancox 83

Linda Orme 78

Top Navigators

Dave Wilson 111=

Ray Crowther <= /span>107

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Michael Fogg 85<= o:p>

Richard Lambley 83=

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Newcomers Challenge

Barker/Killeen 72

Secker/Secker 55

Rann/Parnell 39

Molloy/Molloy 36

Brooks/Hurley 33 =

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Full points t= ables

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Devonian Date Change

The Torbay Motor Club has requested a date change for their 2006 Devonian Rally. The new date is Sunday 1st October 2006. This = is one week later than the originally published date for the penultimate round of the championship.
Any objections to this date change (from HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship registered contenders) must be submitted in writing (letter, fax or email= ) to the HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship Coordinator, by 30th April 2006.

Terratrip 202+

If you have a Terratrip 202 Plus tripmeter, you can now get a software modification done by Terratrip to permanently disable the speed display function. The modification will cost £25-£30 and the tripmeter will then be eligible for use in all HRCR championship road rallies. The contact number at Terratrip = is 01332 880468. The older mod= el 202 does not need to be modified as it does not have the speed display functi= on.

Should you wish to buy a new electronic tripmeter you = can order a 202 Plus from Terratrip with the modification already done.<= /o:p>

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Rear Bulkheads

The MSA will be sending out a message to scrutineers c= larifying the confusion regarding the isolation between the passenger compartment a= nd fuel tank for road rally cars as required by E.12.2 1. Although a sealed (liquid proof = and fireproof) rear bulkhead is certainly advisable in any competition car wi= th the fuel tank inside the boot, it should not be mandatory for road rallyi= ng, as long as the original barrier (i.e. the rear seat back) is in place to provide separation between the passenger and boot compartments.

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Hughes Rally Regs

Th= e Hughes Rally website currently has downloadable regulations and an entry form available, although printed paper copies will be posted out to all regist= ered contenders a few days after Easter.

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Leukaemia Rally News

We= have just heard that the Leukaemia Rally on 25^th June cannot use Caerwent this year due to army activities. However other test venues have been secured and no tests will be used twice in succession, to avoid dela= ys. Also the route is designed to be= less hectic than last year, with a finish time of 4pm for the first car. Regulations will be posted to championship contenders shortly.

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Zeals Rallytest

Al= though the Salisbury and Shaftesbury Car Club will not be running their Palladwr Rally this ye= ar, there is an opportunity to drive some tests at Zeals airfield on Sunday 2= 8^th May, in a fun Rallytest event. There will be open autotest type tests, run to the same principals= as the special tests on the Palladwr Rally, and for an entry fee of only £15. The HRCR is invi= ted, but contact Dick Appleton on 01202 676350 or email appleton@onetel.com for entry det= ails.

April’s Regularity Tip

Wh= en I’ve been marshalling at Intermediate Time Controls on regularity sections I’ve often noticed navigators restarting their stopwatch as they leave the control. If = they then maintain perfect average speed against their stopwatch they will be = late at the next ITC by the amount of time they were stopped at the control for the marshal to fill in their timecard.&n= bsp; The time to start a stopwatch is when you arrive at the control and the marshal presses the button to freeze the time on his clock. So as you approach the ITC, get = ready with your stopwatch, observe the marshal with the clock and try to catch = the exact moment when he presses the button.

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W= elcome to the new format email newsletter for the HRCR Clubmans Rally Championsh= ip. Look out for this newsletter appearing in your inbox soon after each roun= d as well as at other times when there’s special news to circulate.

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I= f you have any items of news that would be of interest to other championship competitors, I can publish it here if you email it to andy@hrcr.co.uk

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Points Tables Updated

T= he driver and navigator championship points tables on the website have been updated following points awarded for round 3, the Ilkley Jubilee Historic Rally.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Please check your allocated poin= ts and email andy@hrcr.co.uk if you have = any queries.

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Good Entry for the EAC

The seeded entry l= ist for next weekend’s East Anglian Classic has been published on the Chelmsford MC website, now showing 28 entries for Saturday’s ‘Light’ event and another 29 for the full weekender. 34 of the 57 cars contain Clubma= ns Championship contenders. The organisers have certainly hit on a popular format with the combined event= s, following their disappointment at declining numbers in previous years.

It’s not only the HRCR Night Championship contenders that have entered for the full weekend; there’s a dozen Clubmans Championship crews that will not = be going home on Saturday evening.

The first 4 crews = that will be leading the rally away from the Norwich Holiday Inn at 11am on 22= ^nd April contain the winners of six previous EAC’s, but the highest se= eded Clubmans contender is navigator Nigel Raeburn at 4, followed by Graham Ca= rter at 5 and Jim Deacon/Dave Wilson at 7.&nb= sp; Paul Simmonds/Mike Gray will lead away the ‘Light’ eve= nt cars which follow directly behind the full event.

Your championship coordinator will be navigating the full event with photograp= her Eric Richardson driving a Volvo 142 hired from the event sponsors, Rob and Emma Henchoz of Amazon cars.

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Ilkley Jubilee – Round 3

Sunday 9^th April

A first historic rally win for the Porsche 911 crew of Peter Stonor and Paul Doe, deposed last year’s winners and top championship contenders Jim Deacon and Dave Wilson in the RS2000 to second place in the Ilkley Jubilee by the slender margin of just three seconds.

The third round of the championship was based at the Craven Cattle Market= at Skipton in Yorkshire and attracted 58 entries, half of which were championship crews, to compete over eleven special tests and six regularity sections.

The non-championship Minis of James Tyson/Neil Harrison and Jon Wood/Kevin Savage put up a strong northern challenge to the southern visitors, but settled for 3rd and 4th places after Martin Neal/Andy Gibson threw away a certain 4th place by putting the Sprite off the road at Scargill Reservoi= r, down a bank and into a bog within sight of the finish of the very last te= st. Accelerating hard across a cattle grid is not a good idea!

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Martin Neal’s Sprite awaits recovery

J= onathan Hancox and Richard Lambley had an excellent day in their works replica Triumph TR4, finishing 8th overall and best expert crew, whilst fast-improving Newcomers Challenge leaders David Barker and David Killeen achieved a best ever result in their Triumph Vitesse by rounding off the = top 10.

David Mustarde and Mike Burrows in the Alfa Giulia Sprint didn’t ha= ve a good day in Yorkshire, collecting a wr= ong approach penalty at a manned passage check and allowing Paul Hernaman to snatch the drivers lead in the championship. Dave Wilson’s result consolidated his lead in the navigators, now holding a four point margin = from Ray Crowther.

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1 = - Peter Stonor / Paul Doe, Porsche 911, 12:31
2 - Jim Deacon / Dave Wilson, Ford Escort RS2000, 12:34
3 - James Tyson / Neil Harrison, Mini Cooper S, 12:57
4 - Jon Wood / Kevin Savage, Mini Cooper, 13:20
5 - Colin Wallace / Craig Wallace, SAAB 96 V4, 13:28
6 - Paul Hernaman / Ray Crowther, Porsche 911, 13:49
7 - Duncan Wild / Nigel Raeburn, Triumph Vitesse, 15:00
8 - Jonathan Hancox / Richard Lambley, Triumph TR4, 15:03
9 - Linda Orme / Richard Dix, Ford Escort Mexico, 15:18
10 - David Barker / David Killeen, Triumph Vitesse, 15:33

Alan Rogers – Round 2

Su= nday 2^nd April

T= he Alan Rogers Historic Road Rally, a week before the Ilkley Jubilee, lived up to= its reputation of providing a real test for the navigators, although the spec= ial tests which included six tests at Smeatharpe airfield and a run up the Wiscombe hillclimb, certainly tested the drivers too.

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R= oy Gillingham and Matt Fowle took victory in Peter Joy’s Lotus Elite, their winning margin over second placed Dave Keen and Andy Berry in the M= k 2 Cortina being 25 seconds after the nine special tests and five regularity sections in the narrow and muddy lanes of map 193.

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P= aul Hernaman’s Porsche was easily the fastest up Wiscombe, although Martin Neal’s Sprite, Andy Gibson’s Midget and Roy Gillingham’s Elite proved more nimble around the cones on the rest of the tests. Neal unfortunately lost several places after having to change a wheel at a critical point on= the last regularity section.

Best Experts were David Mustarde and Mike Burrows despite having to take = it easy on the Wiscome hill after the start line marshal informed them that = the Alfa had a flat rear tyre. Best of the Novices were Nick Smith and Tony Beale, getting their Sunbeam Rapier into 20th place overall.

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1 = - Roy Gillingham / Matt Fowle, Lotus Elite, 903
2 - Dave Keen / Andy Berry, Ford Cortina Mk2, 927
3 - Cliff Doe / Paul Doe, Riley 1.5, 955
4 - Tony Newman / Peter Rushforth, Austin Cooper S, 958
5 - David Mustarde / Mike Burrows, Alfa Giulia Sprint, 1004
6 - John Broughall / Dave Wilson, Saab 99 EMS, 1174
7 - Paul Hernaman / Ray Crowther, Porsche 911S, 1194
8 - Linda Orme / Richard Dix, Ford Escort Mexico, 1403
9 - Keith Grant / Robin Maclachlan, Volvo 122S, 1413
10 - Martin Neal / Simon Harris, A-H Sprite, 1416

I= t was most regrettable that one of our championship contenders lodged a formal appeal to the stewards following the Alan Rogers. The stewards meeting, which even= tually rejected the appeal, delayed the prizegiving so that there was only a han= dful of competitors left to collect their awards and yours truly didn’t = get home until 1:30am, at which time I still had to sit down and email the re= port and results off to Motorsport News. This was the first time in the 14 years I’ve been doing HRCR championship historic road rallies that I’ve known a competitor not= to accept the decision of the Clerk of the Course and I hope it’s the last.

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