Wales Rally GB moving further North

[StevoEvo]

What's your views on Rally GB using mid Wales stages in 2007?
I think it's the best thing to happen on RGB for years.
Remote servicing in Hafren will allow use of some classic stages for next year. I really hope this happens!!!! pin:

[Mark]

Keep going until you reach Kielder

[turves]

Definately.

Bring back Hafren, Myherin, Dyfi etc

[cosmicpanda]

so where did you find out about this?

Variety in stages is always good for the championship.

[StevoEvo]

Keep going until you reach Kielder

Wishfull thinking Mark, but we all know it's stuck in Wales till at least 2011, so the best thing they could do really is to head further north.
Perhaps we'll finally get to Kielder in 2012

[StevoEvo]

so where did you find out about this?

Variety in stages is always good for the championship.

I heard rumours in service during RGB, and thought "yea right like thats going to happen with this strong feeling on the modern compact rally etc."
then reading about it in last weeks Motorsport News, reality sunk in and I got to be honest it made my day lol

http://rallystuff.net/article.aspx?id=211

[Daniel]

Good for me as I live in North Wales and I hear the mid Wales stages are better

[Curryhead]

I heard rumours in service during RGB, and thought "yea right like thats going to happen with this strong feeling on the modern compact rally etc."
then reading about it in last weeks Motorsport News, reality sunk in and I got to be honest it made my day lol

I heard the same thing on the sunday at Felindre, only just got Motorsport news this morning, is this a move for the better then?

[sal]

With the return to remote servicing then it makes sense to get some variety in.Also with the much smaller crowds that the event draws these days then there shouldnt be the traffic problems there were when these stages where last used.

[StevoEvo]

I heard the same thing on the sunday at Felindre, only just got Motorsport news this morning, is this a move for the better then?

Hell Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll always remember going to the Radnor stage (normally 1st of the day) where you could hear the cars coming up the valley for a good 5 mins, which sounded awesome in the cold crisp air off November.
Then obviously theres the famous Sweetlamb Hafren. Most of my memories of this stage where when it was run an the dark, most famously the McRae comeback in 95! Amazing atmosphere in the bowl with alot of noise, if you like that sort of thing.
With the likes of Myherin, the hilly Esgair Daffyd, Twyi, Dyfi etc... it's all good............here's a directory of some welsh stages
http://www.wda.co.uk/index.cfm/wda_h...orsport/en9798

The main thing the organisers have to sort out is the bad traffic congestion, which was a big problem when these stages were last used in 2000!