HRCR NEWSLETTER JUNE 2015
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HRCR NEWSLETTER JUNE 2015
HRCR NEWSLETTER JUNE 2015 Web site www.HRCR.co.uk Facebook www.facebook.com/theHRCR th The current issue of Old Stager went out to members on Thursday 4 of June 2015 and the next issue th will be distributed on Thursday 6 of August 2015 In this issue: HRCR WEB SITE HRCR Mintex ‘Old Stager’ Historic Stage Rally Championship 2015. HRCR CLUBMANS ROAD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP ST WILFREDS RALLY PREMIER RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP HRCR SCENIC TOURS 18TH REGIS CLASSIC CHESHIRE PLAINS TOUR 3rd DERBYSHIRE DALES DRIVE WEARSIDE CLASSIC LOCAL AREA NEWS MEMORIAL SERGE MESSINE ARE YOU RECEIVING OLD STAGER CLASSIFIED ADVERTS USEFUL CONTACTS HRCR WEB SITE The design of an all-new HRCR website has been underway for some time now and to assist with the current site’s replacement, the old site at had now been taken off- line and replaced with a single holding page at www.HRCR.co.uk. Alan Turner, who is in charge of this substantial task on behalf on HRCR, has said that every endeavour is being made to ensure that the new site will be up and running as soon as possible. The 2015 HRCR Mintex ‘Old Stager’ Historic Stage Rally Championship incorporating the Mini Sport Mini Challenge and The HRCR Imp Cup Anderson family personal best at Down Ampney. A warm and sunny day welcomed the 11 crews to Down Ampney for the Red Dragon IT Stages run by Emcos – Round three of the championship. The event consisted of 8 stages run around the disused airfield with splits and a water splash for crews to contend with. This made the concrete slippery in places. Stuart & Jack Anderson in the Vauxhall HS Chevette took top honours of the day, not only winning Cat three but coming fifteenth overall, their highest ever placing on an event with total time of 64:40. This is especially rewarding given the quality of the modern vehicles taking part. Cat One. Bill Douglas/Ian Hamer took victory in their BMW 1800 over John Brooks/Phil Harvey in the Austin Mini Cooper by 12 seconds overall. Peter Horsburgh/Graham Carter had been setting fastest stage times until their unfortunate retirement after stage 4 due to mechanical problems. Cat Two winners Andrew O’Hanlon/Ryan Taylor were showing good pace out on the stages, resulting with an excellent twenty sixth overall. Paul Kendrick and Clive King’s regular co driver, Anton Bird, were not far behind with a total of 71:03 after the eight stages. Once again, engine trouble forced Simon Malins/Colin Tombs in the Vauxhall Firenza to retire, the car going sick after just one stage. Another disappointment in what is the best presented car at scrutineering. Cat Three Stuart/Jack Anderson had a very successful day taking the category win saying “the only issue was over filling the gearbox”. The father and son pairing Lee/Sean Sellars were not so lucky, with the pair hitting a bale in a chicane on the first stage resulting in damage to the front of the Triumph PI. Never the less they managed to carry on and compete the day with a determined fortyfirst overall. Mini Sport Mini Challenge was once again well supported with seven Minis taking part. Andrew O’Hanlon/Ryan Taylor took the top Mini Challenge position with John Brooks/Phil Harvey 2nd and Paul Kendrick/Anton Bird taking 3rd. The rest of the Minis gradually fell by the wayside during the day. Disaster stuck Shane Gamble/Jonny ‘Tad’ Evans on the penultimate stage with the Mini producing a lot of smoke. Eric Davis/ Russell Joseph had a radiator hose come off on stage six leading to the end of their rally. Newcomers Peter Elerby/Ian Jackson stopped in stage one after the car stopped unexpectedly and then refused to start. A sad exit, given all the late nights and hours of work spent getting the car ready for its first event. Peter Horsburgh/Graham Carter stopped after stage four with mechanical problems. Hopefully this will all be behind them for the next round of the championship, which is the televised round of Sweet Lamb Historic Rally on 19th July 2015 The 2015 HRCR Mintex ‘Old Stager’ Historic Stage Rally Championship incorporating the Mini Sport Mini Cup, consists of six rounds – 1. Rally North Wales, 2. Dixies Historic Challenge, 3. Red Dragon IT Stages 4. Sweet Lamb Historic Rally, 5. Isle of Man Rally, 6. Cambrian. The Championship will be open to Category 1, 2, 3 & 4 historic specification cars with separate awards for each category, no overall winner and will follow the MSA Historic Rules and regulations. PHOTOS: Supplied by Start Line Media. Stuart/Jack Anderson Andrew O’Hanlon/Ryan Taylor Bill Douglas/Ian Hamer Top three placements Kevin Baldwin Sweet lamb Histroric Stages The next round of the Old Stager championship is the Sweet Lamb Historic stages rally on Sunday th 19 July. The event is open to only two wheel drive cars. It is planned to run category one cars first on the road. A total of 44 stage miles for an entry fee of £285. For more information visit www.rallies.info/webentry/2015/sweetlamb/. Any offers to marshal will be most welcome, please contact the chief marshals Rob Baldwin [email protected] or Steve Suckling [email protected] if you can help. New Rally Regulations The recent MSA Council meeting has made the wearing of Hans (Head and Neck Support system) or st FHRS (Forward Head Restraint System) mandatory from January 1 2016. Category one Historic rally cars are exempt until 2017. They are however strongly advised to wear one. Please watch the following video clip clearly showing a with and without situation. http://jalopnik.com/hans-vs-no-hans-in-a-car-crash-1532535262 HRCR CLUBMANS ROAD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP TEMPORARY WEBSITE While the HRCR website is down, details and full contender’s points tables for the HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship can be found on the website: http://historicroadrally.co.uk After five rounds, the championship is being led by the Expert MGB crew of John & Peter Dignan, while the leading Novice crew is currently Peter Kleyn & Gaius Hiscox, in their Sunbeam Alpine. The next round, the sixth of nine scheduled for 2015, will be the East Anglian Classic Rally on th Saturday 20 June. Entries are still available and can be made on-line via the Chelmsford MC website at www.chelmsfordmc.co.uk/EAC th The entry list for round seven of the championship, the Ross Traders on 18 July, is also filling fast. Go to http://www.rossmotorsports.co.uk/ for full details of the event and the on-line entry facility. HUGHES HISTORIC RALLY The 5th round of the HRCR Clubmans Rally Championship took place in Kent on Sunday 31st May. After seven regularity sections and eight special tests, four of which were on wet grass, the rally was won by the Sunbeam Tiger of John Abel and Martyn Taylor from the Porsche of Howard Warren and Iain Tullie and the Golf GTi of Simon Harris & Matt Fowle. Full results of the Hughes Rally can be found at www.HughesRally.co.uk ST WILFRIDS CLASSIC RALLY th Sunday August 9 will see the historic city of Ripon welcome competitors to the start of the St Wilfrids Classic Rally. The Ripon Motor Sport Club event will start from Ripon Market Place and will take competitors on a scenic route of approximately 150 miles through the Vale of York and the North Yorkshire Moors. The event follows the tried and tested format of previous years with a number of regularity and transport sections on OS maps 99 and 100. Special tests on a variety of surfaces are included in the route, some of the test sites are new to the rally this year. Once again the event will finish at the Angel Inn where dinner will be served, prior to presentation of the awards. 2013 Event Winners: Matt Warren/Cath Woodman The event is a scoring round of the HRCR Clubmans Road Rally Championship and also a round of the new HRCR Premier Rally Championship. The St Wilfrids is also a round of the NESCRO Summer Series. Regulations for the event are now available on the club website http://www.riponmotorsportclub.co.uk/st-wilfrids-rally as is the online entry form. In order to run a successfully event we need a large number of marshals. Experience is not essential and everyone will be made welcome. So if you are free on the day, please come along and marshal, Chief Marshal David Wainwright will be pleased to see you. Please email him via [email protected] 2014 Event Winners: John Ruddock/Andy Pullan courtesy of Tony North Photography HRCR PREMIER RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP This new championship for 2015, which was the brainchild of the late Philip Young, currently has 39 registered contenders competing for points over a varied number of events. Full information is on the championship web site at www.PremierRally.co.uk HRCR SPEED SERIES The next round of the Speed championship is this weekend. It is a two day Hill Climb on the Epynt military ranges. This one mile course is one of the longest in the UK. The championship leader is Malcom Shaw in his Mk1 Escort Mexico. BLACKPALFREY KENT 100 RALLY - Saturday 29th August 2015 An Easy Regularity Rally in the South-East, Ideal for Beginners. The Blackpalfrey Kent 100 Rally will be 100-mile road event on OS map 189, incorporating several varied but easy regularity sections, run for a maximum of 20 cars. The event will start from the Roadhouse Cafe on the A20 at Lenham and will finish at the Woolpack Beefeater Inn on the A20 at Tutt Hill, both venues having been favourite haunts of Philip Young, who grew up in the area. The rally will have a lunch stop at the Woodchurch Rare Breeds Centre and there will also be a morning Coffee break and an afternoon Tea break. The entry fee is an unbelievable £30. Entries can be submitted using the on-line entry form on the Blackpalfrey Motor Club website www.Blackpalfrey.co.uk The Blackpalfrey Motor Club of Kent also runs low-key 60-mile Regularity 12-Car events on Sunday mornings, once a month from October through to May. The next planned events in that series are on th nd 25 October and 22 November. Details of these can also be found on the Blackpalfrey website. HRCR SCENIC TOURS th th THE 5 REGIS “TAP” Classic Car “Tour And Picnic” SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2015 The team from Bognor Regis Motor Club are hoping for another day of brilliant sunshine and beaming smiles for the fifth running of their charity classic car Tour and Picnic generously sponsored for the fourth year by Kevin Law of Orchard Restorations of Heathfield. Photo eXcepio Media – showing five times Le Mans Winner, Derek Bell flagging away James & Liz Campbell in the 1927 Alvis 12/50 SD on the 2014 “TAP”. Orchard Restorations has been established over 25 years and specialises in restoration and preparation of Austin Healey and Jaguar cars for both general motoring and more competitive Motorsport. In fact, the first car Kevin ever worked on was the ex-works Healey TON 792 used by Nancy Mitchell (from Felpham, Nr Bognor Regis) and Ann Hall. The Start will again be at the charming Great Ballard School at Eartham, just north of the A27 between Chichester and Arundel, where crews will sign-on, collect their documentation and enjoy a breakfast buttie and coffee. Our picnic lunch venue this year will be at the beautiful hidden gem of Busbridge Lakes near Godalming, this Grade 2A heritage garden is famous for its follies, standing in 40 acres of grounds and now a wildfowl reserve with exotic species. Before lunch, there will be a chance to visit the nearby Silent Pool Gin Distillery and Albury Organic Vineyard – tasting by navigators only please! Our cream tea stop is at privately owned Bignor Roman Palace which has been in the Tupper family for over 200 years when it was exposed by a relative of the current farming family. Our finish venue, again thanks to Jeremy and Margaret Oates will be the amazing Tithe Barn, Old Ditcham Park Farm, south of Petersfield. Matt will supply one of his delicious hog roasts and there will be a cash bar. Entertainment at the finish will be from “Dawn’s Vintage Do”. Entry fee for a crew of two will be £97.50 to include: Breakfast rolls and coffee, picnic lunch venue at Busbridge Lakes, visits to Silent Pool Gin Distillery and Albury Organic Vineyard, afternoon cream tea and visit to Bignor Roman Palace and Hog Roast with live music at the finish . Additional passengers £41.25 per person. Entry fee includes £12.50 per person donation to Sussex Air Ambulance. st nd rd th The 1 Regis TAP raised over £3,000 for St Wilfrid’s Hospice and the 2 , 3 & 4 raised over £13,000 for Sussex Air Ambulance with a full entry of 80 cars. Already 44 entries have been reserved! With thanks to The Regis TAP sponsor: www.orchardrestorations.co.uk th The 5 Regis TAP is part of the Historic Rally Car Register Scenic Tour Series 2015 Series Sponsor: The 18th Regis Classic Tour 2015 The total amount raised has now been finalised for this year’s annual tour and a total amount of £28,941.32 has been split equally between Against Breast Cancer & Orchid – Fighting Male Cancer. This figure will rise once the charities have calculated Gift Aid on the eligible amounts donated. The team would like to thank all this year’s sponsors, participants, donors of auction and tombola prizes and all the host venues who made this year’s event another resounding success. We were blessed with sunshine and a fabulous route where the views were stunning through Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire. The overall figure for 18 years has now reached £482,212.93 for Cancer charities. Next year’s tour is planned for 11 – 13 March 2016 and the host hotel has been announced as Hilton St Anne’s Manor at Wokingham. The area being planned to visit in 2016 is Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. We have already received 33 deposits for next year. We are very grateful for the continued support from William Frost of Frosts (Cars) Ltd for his sponsorship. Also the generous support of other regular participants: Geoff Insley of Clayton Classics, James Campbell of James Campbell Insurance, Barry Griffiths from Griffield and Christopher Millward of the RAC who provides an excellent breakdown service on the event. As almost 50% of the entry is already reserved if you wish join in the fun and fundraising for Against Breast Cancer and Orchid book a place today. We accept Classic Cars registered before 31st December 1984 but will consider more modern classics. Email: Ali Green at [email protected] Or call 01243 542674. www.theregisclassictour.co.uk 3rd DERBYSHIRE DALES DRIVE The Region’s own Derek Peckett led the 60 cars away from Abbotsholme School, Rocester for the 2015 Derbyshire Dales Drive which attacked a full entry. Full report in the next Old Stager. CHESHIRE PLAINS TOUR The HRCR North West Area will be organising a new event to test the mettle of both navigators and th drivers on Saturday 27 June. Designed to encourage those who have been active participants in scenic tours to move towards competitive rallies, plus seasoned rally crews, the occasion will be in the form of a tour but with the emphasis on testing the navigator’s skills and driver’s awareness. There will be no competitive timing and a variety of navigational styles will be used to determine the route. A number of Controls plus Code Boards will be used to present confirmation that the correct route has been followed. No awards will be offered other than the satisfaction of fully completing the correct route as planned by the organisers. The event is open to all comers, whether HRCR members or not and a Competition Licence is not required. Classic and interesting cars are welcomed with a maximum entry of 60 cars. Based mainly in Cheshire, an interesting route of around 160 miles has been planned with the start at Gawsworth Hall, near Congleton, with lunch and the finish near Holmes Chapel. An entry fee of £59 for a crew of two includes tea/coffee at the start plus a breakfast roll, route instructions, and tour plate. An individual buffet lunch is also included in the entry fee. Regulations and entry forms are available on the website www.cheshireplainstour.co.uk or the Entries Secretary, Anwen Mountford at [email protected] For more information contact: Phil Bateman [email protected] 07789 921977 WEARSIDE CLASSIC 2015 (formally Durham Dales Classic) Sunday 6th September 2015 Following the successful running of the last four Durham Dales/Wearside Classic, at the Nissan factory in Sunderland, Durham AC are pleased to confirm that were are back for the 5th year. The event will retain the successful formula of the last four years using one of the car parks and the test track, with the Sports and Social Club being the centre for the day, where refreshments will be available all day. Note spectators will not be permitted at the test track. As with previous Dales this is a tests only rally with a class for modern cars, and as there will be no road mileage, tax and insurance is not required. The plan is to run 16 tests. Info at www.durhamautoclub.org.uk LOCAL AREA NEWS DEAN & THE MARCHES On a very blustery evening with sunshine and showers at least 23 cars arrived for the annual ‘bonnets up’ night. This year a new venue, The Royal Lodge Hotel at Symonds Yat East, where we were made most welcome with excellent food and a good bar. The evening was cool but in between the showers groups of people wandered around the car park admiring and discussing the relative merits of all the cars on show. Some hardy souls had arrived and returned home with ‘tops down’. A quick calculation and in no particular order would indicate that, Austin, Ford, Riley, Morgan, Dellow, Lancia, Austin Healy, Porsche, Mini, Morris, Sunbeam, Triumph, were all represented. nd Our next meeting will be on Monday 22 June, 7.30 pm for a treasure hunt this year deviously planned by Rob Baldwin and Paul Loveridge. So bring a car full of ‘hunters’ and come and enjoy the fun. Meet at the Ross & District Motor Sports Club, Kyrle Street, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7DB. Members and friends are as usual all welcome. Stuart Harrold LONDON & SURREY You never know where you will bump into a good rally crew. Basking in the sunshine this past month at the Pau Historique Motor Racing Festival, your correspondent espied Anne and John Giles surveying the paddock. They were in the Pyrenees exercising the rally Alfa Romeo for a couple of weeks, perfecting rally techniques. (We were participating, HRCR stalwart Brian Maile having become a racing driver in recent years, equipped with a 1956 works Cooper Climax.) Area activity was also to be found on Classic Rally Tours Honfleur rally, both competitive and present as ever Geoff Cooper providing results in the blink of an eye. It has been heart-warming to see Sylvia McCrae bringing "Rodney" the P1800 Volvo back to the field. Many will remember the exploits of Sylvia and her late sister Barbara Morris in the always immaculate car. See Old Stager p25. The Three Castles has beckoned Sylvia and navigator Vicki Holliday as well as Jackie and Andy Doherty in the hot Frogeye. June is Area BBQ month and we hope to run a scatter in July. More news direct to members in due course. Denis Robson, Area Organiser BRISTOL/BATH HRCR BATH AND BRISTOL AREA MEETING ON TUESDAY 16th JUNE 2015 7.30 PM ONWARDS The next HRCR Bristol and Bath centre area meeting will be held at our new venue, the Carpenters Arms at Stanton Wick on Tuesday June 16th from 7.30 pm. The Carpenters Arms, Stanton Wick, BS39 4BX is 7.8 miles from the centre of Bristol and 11 miles from Bath. The Carpenters Arms has a large car park and an excellent menu. If you can, please bring along your classic transport of delight. Telephone number 01761 490202 www.the-carpenters-arms.co.uk Please come and join us you will be made very welcome. Bath Motor Club HRCR Scenic Tours Series Aquae Sulis Tour to take on Sunday July 12 2015. There are currently just 8 places left. NORTHANTS & BEDS Northants and Beds have had to defer the planned visit to Oselli as there is still building work, unfortunately delayed, that they would like to complete before we visit. This visit is therefore being rescheduled, and David Holmes will notify one and all in due course. th We will gather at the Towcester Mill Brewery on Monday 29 June, for a meeting, at the slightly earlier time of 7.30pm. Should there be a “topic” for this evening, again David Holmes will email everyone. A reminder that the brewery which offers a triple one third pint tasting tray of their ales, is in the old water mill at the end of Chantry Lane in Towcester, just past St. Lawrence Church. There is a large car park. There is rather a lot of development work going on at the moment so please follow any diversion signs. For those who need it food is available at the Brave Old Oak in the High Street. As usual members and friends are welcome. Please contact me should you have any queries on the group’s activities. David Holmes, [email protected] MIDLANDS 12 July HRCR MIDLANDS FUN DAY HRCR Vice President Richard Prosser has kindly offered his farm near Junctions 9 and 10 on the M42 for an HRCR members fun day out and he assures us that the field will be smooth. Catering will be self-service with people bringing their own picnics. Organisers are needed for all aspects of this new type of event, which it is hoped that will be supported by many of the Region’s Members and their friends. Where and time: Waste Farm, Hurley Common CV92LR. Proceedings to start at noon, with grass autotesting and the like, beginning at about 1300hrs. If you can help, please contact any member of the HRCR Midlands Area Organsiing team: Peter Haynes [email protected] David Yorke [email protected] John Ball [email protected] Peter Mellor [email protected] or Tony Barron [email protected] . SOUTH WEST Hi, just back from Targa Florio, SW area next meeting is still at The Lamb Inn ,Longdown , Nr Exeter th on !7 June . cheers Pete Gilbert ARE YOU RECIEVING YOUR OLD STAGER MAGAZINE? The Old Stager magazine is distributed to members on a bi-monthly basis and last issue went out on th Thursday 12 of February. Magazines are only posted to members whose membership is up to date, so if you haven’t got your copy, check your membership card for your expiry date. We also receive 4 to 10 copies back every month overwritten with a note like “No longer at this address”. Please if you move let our membership secretary have your new address. Email is best at [email protected] MEMORIAL SERGE MESSINE HRCR member Vincent Demyttenaere is a Co-organiser of The Memorial Serge Messine from Ypres (Belgium). The Scenic Tour (with demo B-group rally cars) will be organised on August 29th, 2015. 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There are only a small number left from the most recent print run and the original price has been held for the 4th successive year at £12 inc P & P please send cheque to P. Mellor, 21, Warren Croft, HANDSACRE, Rugeley, Staffs. WS15 4TB Telephone: 01543 492722 _______________________________________________________________________________ To advertise in this space email Tony Barron [email protected] Advertisements published in the HRCR Newsletter and on the HRCR web site are placed as described by vendors. The HRCR takes no responsibility for the accuracy of descriptions printed . USEFUL CONTACTS President Paddy Hopkirk Chairman Paul Loveridge Tel 0783 1656 472. Email [email protected] Competition Secretary & Child Protection Officer Dave Lucas Tel 01384 2291 441 Treasurer, Mike Harrison. Tel 01829 260 813 Email [email protected] Clubman’s Rally Championship Secretary Andy Gibson Old Stager Challenge Clubman’s Stage Rally Championship Secretary John Hunt Tel 01782 516 275 Email [email protected] HRCR Speed Series [email protected] Premier Rally Championship Dan Pidgeon Tel07792 667414 E mail [email protected] Web site www.PremierRally.co.uk HRCR Committee Member David Holmes Tel 01788 822 158 Email [email protected] David Stokes Committee Member Tel 01453 545 391 Email [email protected] Andrew Duerden Committee Member Tel 07836 318 400 Email [email protected] Alan Turner Committee Member Tel 01902 701 678 HRCR Scenic Tours Coordinator Ali Green Email [email protected] General Secretary, Tony Barron Tel 01332 672 533 Email [email protected] Membership Secretary, Iris Barron Tel 01332 672 533 Email [email protected] HRCR Registrar Mike Robinson Email [email protected] Old Stager Editor Ian Shapland Tel 01271 890416 Email [email protected] Motoscope Northern Stage Rally Series Coordinator Mark Casey See HRCR Web Site Premier Rally Championship Dan Pigeon Tel 07792 667 414 e-mail [email protected] The Motor Sports Association http://www.msauk.org/ Retro-speed on-line news www.retro-speed.co.uk Newsletter Editor Tony Barron, Telephone 01332 672 533. Fax 01332 672 888. Email [email protected] The HRCR E-Newsletter is published on the second Thursday of each month. To advertise in the Newsletter, send copy by Email to [email protected] st Copy deadline 1 of the month of publication. web ad copy to [email protected] Advertising Rates: Web only private ads free to HRCR members. Newsletter and web £12.34 per insertion HRCR Office Address The Historic Rally Car Register Ltd Lees Brook View 14 Longley Lane Spondon Derby DE21 7AT email [email protected] Telephone +44 (0)1332 672533