I've been bitten days later after they've taken up residence in the car. I now spray the inside with flyspray when I get home and leave it a few hours to make sure!
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I've been bitten days later after they've taken up residence in the car. I now spray the inside with flyspray when I get home and leave it a few hours to make sure!
Great action from Galway 2023:
https://youtu.be/2eJB6e3DA0Y
Imagine the WRC on roads like this if Rally GB NI ever happens.
I’ve never found Galway to that exciting personally. I’m hoping (Ulster) (NI) Rally UK whatever it gets called would be abit like the 2016 Circuit - a day on the Antrim coast and a day around Hamilton’s Folly/Bucks Head/Gregorlough/McGaffins Corner etc - plus a day over the Sperrin mountains
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-64591498
This is really bad for motorcycle racing in N.Ireland at the moment and has the potential to spill over to other forms of motorsport including rallying. Cant see any funding being available for a WRC round there with this hanging around in the background.
Looks like Robbo wont be starting the Riponian tomorrow sadly.
What I found surprising was the lack of charging to spectate......Considering the crowds it attracts, it seems a 'no-brainer'. And there has already been issues regarding funding in previous years - and organisers moaning if it had been for golf, the money men would've had no issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal yet again
Rallying isn't so dangerous so maybe it could come in the 'replace' the motorcycle racing ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal yet again
Having seen photos and videos from the Riponian yesterday, rallying is definitely on borrowed time with the ridiculous places people continue to stand, including several I’ve seen cars crashing into the exact same positions! :facepalm:
It was ironic then that the only reported serious issue involved an official committing one of the cardinal sins of being at a rally. There was a big turnout on Sunday as usual with a lot of "first timers" from what I saw at Wass and most if not all were behaving themselves. The nature of the event 3 stages repeated with designated spectator points is always going to concentrate people who arent familiar with the woods and potentially encourage them to move around those locations to get a different view point.
Oh if we could all live in your ideal world!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
You've got to try everything to make a case for rallying. A lot of people are behind the NI bid and I'm sure the motorcycle racing people won't give up easily. We have to do the same... its dog eat dog out there !
World Rally Championship: Organisers '100% behind' round in Northern Ireland - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/64513010
I wasnt criticising your optimism in fact I wish there was more of that spirit about!
Problem is that insurance companies are so scared of potential big payouts due to our blame culture now that any form of sport and even demonstrations that are non competitive can be stopped in their tracks.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-new...-41933044.html
Hell I even found this from a couple of years ago and this is only one horsepower involved:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/irel...acks-1.4741263
Happily the ITRC seems to be going ahead just fine this year with a really big entry in Galway.
Although the cancelled stages due to icy roads are probably an indication of of the safety-first requirement that is maybe caused by the risk of future insurance problems.
Regulations for the Corbeau Seats Rally Tendring & Clacton 2023 are now published and entries open on the 27th February.
Website: https://corbeauseatsrally.co.uk/competitors/
M-Sport @MSportLtd
Puma Rally1 to make UK debut with Jourdan Serderidis on the Malcolm Wilson Rally ! :D
I expect Malcolm Wilson Rally is going to see big spectator numbers with Rally1 debut, Fourmaux and the British Rally Championship. Going to be some busy roads in the Lakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Seems my spamming them on their Instagram posts has paid off! Didnt think they would have a car spare so close to Mexico but good news.
See, optimism and not giving up on what you want to happen can work ! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal yet again
WOW! Only 0"1 final gap between Stephen Wright and Jonny Greer yesterday in Belfast(Kirkitown Stages) :eek: :crazy:
Cant get any closer than that!
https://www.rallies.info/webentry/20...ies.php?type=s
Seeded entry list for this weekend's East Riding Stages closed road event. A real blast from the past with Jonny Milner wheeling out the old Toyota Corolla WRC!
Yes you can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal yet again
On the 2012 Trackrod Tom Cave & Osian Price were equal to the tenth of a second after all six stages. Cave was declared the winner because he was 0.1s faster on the first stage.
And didn't Keith Cronin win the final leg of the 2017 season and thus the Championship by 0.1s ?!
He was champion in 2017 but won Rally Isle of Man by 18.6 seconds. Maybe it was another year?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I think the ‘1’ from that year was the fact Cronin won the championship by 1 point ;)
Found it...
"So with one leg left, it was between championship leader Ahlin and Cronin who was on a mission to complete the ultimate series comeback and by the end of leg two, the Irish driver had done just that by claiming the victory in the final round of the season.
Cronin showed his strength on tarmac and won the championship by a sole point ahead of Ahlin in turn thanks to Edwards who had again snatched crucial points away from the Swede after finishing second on leg two on the Isle of Man, incredibly finishing just 0.1 seconds behind Cronin."
Ah - now I've got it!
Rally Isle of Man was a double header. While Cronin won the whole event by 18.6 seconds he beat Matt Edwards by 0.1s on the second half (Legs 3 & 4) of the event to clinch the championship.
You'd think, as Results Officer for Rally Isle of Man, I'd know this but the only memory I have these days is on the hard drives of the computers I have!
I knew it had happened but it took a wee while to trace the event and exact circumstances. And I remember now it was so complicated to work out... with 3 drivers involved, two Legs on the same rally and jokers being played !
Very good to see Matt Edwards back behind the wheel !
He will be driving a Fiesta Rally2 in the 2023 Irish National Championship Midland Stages Rally this weekend.
Hold your horses, weekend after :D
I only had to be sure the results of the event were right (both halves and the total) - sorting out the Championship points was somebody else's problem!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Great day out in the Winter sunshine today on the East Ridings stages and although only managed 2 stages as it was relatively unfamiliar territory for me I really enjoyed the action. A few surprises with the reigning tarmac champion going off a bit further down SS1 and James Ford in the Citroen C3 Rally2 and Kevin Davies in the Polo R5 both really impressive and raising a few eyebrows along the way. Massive effort from the organising team and special shouts go out to the marshals who had to sit in their cars about half a mile away from the stages on various access roads to make sure no incidents occurred.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...ed/ar-AA180F36
Swept under the carpet as usual in rallying. You would have thought it was a completely perfect event reading everyone’s stories.
I'd heard there'd been an "off" however the news was very much 3rd hand and no-one mentioned any injuries. Hope everyone involved makes a quick recovery.
Back to the Malcolm Wilson apparantly Fourmaux has been registered for the BRC so will be interesting to see how m any rounds he gets to do.
He may just be under the impression that you have to be registered for the BRC to do the recce, but I can't see anything in the event regulations that says that.
To me it reads that recce is for competitors entered on the National event, nothing specifically saying BRC entrants: https://www.malcolmwilson.co.uk/wp-c...egulations.pdf
Hopefully there are the requisite 25 entrants on the longer event, it would be a shame if we had a Cambrian 2020 situation again
There's a fair chance he'll do more BRC events if they dont clash with the WRC. M-Sport have said that developing their Fiesta Rally2 is a priority and Fourmaux must be at the forefront of this.
The National event does the recce, interclub doesn’t so subject to normal MSUK non recce regs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Boyd