Northern Stage Rally Championship

Bulletin 4 – March 2005

The Alternative Sign Centre Robin Hood Forest Stages attracted 26 contenders to the Nottinghamshire Forests. Looking at the photos and chat on the www.britishrally.com forum it looks as though the event was enjoyable – certainly plenty of sideways action in the sunshine.

Another impressive performance from Roger Priestnall (this time with Jamie Forrest on the maps) in his Rolec sponsored Proton Satria sees him take the lead in the overall driver’s championship by a comfortable margin after a class win on the event. Andy Bird is relegated to 2^nd and Dave Hemmingway moves up to 3^rd and takes the lead in the Forest Challenge after he too won his class on the ASCRHFS (if I keep typing it all out there’ll be no room for anything else!). I can see we’re in for some good battles this year (as always!) – Dave leads Roger by just 2 points, both having two class wins out of two on the forest events. In the Navigator’s standings Plug Pulleyn hitched a lift with a non-registered driver (so we won’t mention his name!) and picked up some useful points to make an early bid to get clear of the chasing pack. Chris Smith and James Orton remain in 2^nd & 3^rd despite not doing the ASCRHFS. In the Forest Challenge, Ian Jackson takes the lead from Pam Silcock & Colin Barber.

Next Events

Wold Construction North Humberside Forest Rally, Saturday 2nd April, www.northhumbersideforestrally.org.uk

Regs have been sent out, so if you haven’t received a set please contact Alan Carvell, 01482 840756 or download from the website. The event already has over 100 entries so be quick if you want a run. Looks a bit light on contenders so far…..

Shenpar Phoenix Stages, Saturday 16th April, www.eastwoodmotorclub.co.uk

The next multi-use round will take place at Fulbeck, Lincolnshire with 50miles of mixed surface stages for £170. Regs should be with you already, if you haven’t received a set please contact Joy Collins, 0115 938 6251

Proflex Stages, Saturday 28^th May, www.proflexrally.co.uk

Regs are already available on the website for this event counting towards the tarmacadam and multi-use challenges. Printed regs will be sent shortly but entries are already coming in at a healthy rate I understand so don’t hang around. The event offers 44 miles of tarmac stages for £185 (£195 after 30^th April). For those of you not familiar with the venue, located near Preston, it’s a compact vehicle test track featuring a banked motorway wide outer track and some twisty infield sections. Event contact is Jill Foster, 01254 872935.

Now we’ve had a few events to go at please let me know what you think of it so far… e-mail or call with any constructive criticisms!

Good luck on the North Humberside.

Mike