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Seeded entry list for this weekend's Carlisle Stages with Kris Meeke as first historic. Good RAC warm up in prospect!
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Seeded entry list for this weekend's Carlisle Stages with Kris Meeke as first historic. Good RAC warm up in prospect!
You're right about the Irish. How is it they can fund multiple young drivers in ERC and the UK cant even fund one ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal yet again
Re UK arrogance, I dont see that as the case nowadays. With no bias at all, I'm sure the likes of Matt Edwards, Tom Cave and Osian Pryce could be competitive in Europe given the funding and a fair opportunity.
Impressive win by Meeke on the Carlisle Stages. Especially considering his lack of experience in the Mk2 compared to Pritchard & McCormack and of the stages.
So the Cambrian and Cambrian Interclub are going to be 74km and 65km long respectively.
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/7...an-rally-2023/
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/8...nterclub-2023/
It’s all very well and good saying at the start of the year:
“As the country’s premier rally championship, we made the decision to look to longer, tougher, and bigger events worthy of the BRC marker.”
…but it seems like actually making the BRC an attractive proposition to anybody above the clubman level is an afterthought. 6 entries in a BRC round? Yeah no problem, the rally organisers can just chop down the mileage a week or two before the event because we haven’t bothered doing a proper job of promoting what used to be the world’s premier domestic rally championship
So that's 45 miles and 40 miles long respectively,
I'm afraid there isn't the will to do anything to change the status quo.....Far too much self interest. When the most successful championship, and event are both for Historics, you know there's a problem.
What self interest though? Who or what is benefitting from the BRC being such a joke at times?
I feel for the Cambrian organisers (and other events), they’re probably sold this idea that the BRC is on it’s way back up, but actually the BRC event is probably hurting what it could be if it just ran as a BTRDA round again - because god forbid the BRC just ran the same 70km mileage as the interclub rally, a massive 9km more really separates the men from the boys :rolleyes:
I’m sure BRC manager Reece Tarren can barely comprehend how much more 9km is for the handful of entrants. And probably running Elsi three times is the ‘sting in the tail’ or some nonsense like that.
I have sympathy with these organisers - they're the ones taking the risk - at BRC level that shouldn't be the case. The BRC 'piggy back' successful club/national events and let them do all the work........It might have worked once, but in 2023 with all the costs, it's not reasonable for clubs to take all the risk.
I've said before, if the MSUK/ BRC wants a successful series, maybe they should organise and run their own events.......they won't because nobody is interested - so they pick volunteer club run events instead.
The 'self interest' comment is that nobody wants to do anything to change the way things are done. It's the same thing year after year.....It needs a radical overhaul.....but won't.
It's getting closer ! :)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F9Nvlw3W...pg&name=medium
I know he's not universally popular, but credit to Tom Cave, very little time in a car over the last few years and comes back still on it, winning against an admittedly diminished level of competition. I've always felt he's pretty spectacular (by modern standards) to watch on the stages.
Nice onboard from him here on 'Hiraethog Trail' aka Clocaenog Main: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St2zPdRlC48 Seriously makes me miss Rally GB!
I was a good boy and stayed on the West side, but seriously hope we can get in the middle as spectators without shame next year... Good to see the Proton again too.