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Spectator info for the Carlisle Stages Rally:

http://racrmc.org/carlisle-stages/spectator-information

Now amended..looks like they've changed their minds.

They surely had no other option; it was a recipe for confusion. The only way of stopping people turning up (including MTB riders) was to try to close the forest - which is next to impossible.

Oh dear me, I don't know what to say......


However, I've just been on the Facebook page, and now understand why. FFS...."so we don't cause offence to people at this time".
We (as a country)...

Well yes, there was the infamous 2015 running, which made the front page of the MNews, and a strong letter from the then MSA Chairman. It moved to October/November and is no longer part of the BTRDA....

Interesting spectator info for the Wyedean Rally on the 15th October.

https://www.wyedeanstages.co.uk/spectator-information

I'm not sure I'd heard the NW Stages was now every other year - that is sad, but as you say, 800 hours given up voluntarily isn't something that can continue.

The big issue for me, is 'closed...

When it's dry & dusty in Haye Park, the dust tends to hang in the air.......No trip this year for me, as I've no car at the moment.

It constantly amazes me that this is allowed; the usual defence is "they cater for different customers". Which may be partly right, but in a period of less marshals, it needs addressing. But probably...

For series like the BRC, and even this Circuit championship, I think that is the only option. It's 2022, the sport can't be expecting people to give up their time for free. And if they do, look at...

https://msnrallychamp.co.uk/2022/08/05/championship-takes-a-year-off-as-rallies-continue/

Not great news, but at least the events will still run; but a reminder that the sport has relied on...

Ridiculous!! Why do they do this? Double points are fine if it's double the distance. I recall the BRC title decider in 2009 - the Trackrod. Again it offered double points, yet was nowhere near being...

https://www.motorsportuk.org/our-eclectic-future-presented-at-british-motorsport-day-in-the-palace-of-westminster/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=&utmcontent=britishmotorsportday
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Argyll Stages & Sweetlamb Rally Time Trial this weekend......hoping to get to Sweetlamb on Sunday. I know I've said before, but I don't know there aren't more Rallysprint/Time Trials....a single...

The event formerly known as the Pirelli International Rally, usually held in late April/early May.

https://kielderforestrally.co.uk/spectators-timetable/

That's a stage I've never been to; it used to be the stage before Tyle on RallyGB, and I tended to go there - and I suspect that too is no longer used. It's a shame we no longer have a South Wales...

The Red Kite seems to have moved around; I remember going to Halfway in early January in ( so early the Christmas decorations were still up) 2002/3. Then in 2010 in mid April I went to Brechfa for...

Enjoyable day out in Alwen; decent weather and a good entry - and despite a delay, I think I was back at the car by about 16:30. I thought it was interesting that in the morning, at Post 8 in Alwen,...

Plains Rally this weekend; and going by the spectator locations, it seems they're using different forests from previous years. I tended to go to Dyfi/Dyfnant. I think I'll be off to Alwen.

Yeah, British Rallying constantly amuses/ bemuses......

I kept checking the website to see any news - and nothing, so presumed no spectators. Only to find out on Friday evening on the British Rally forum that spectator areas were being prepared. Too late...

Tour of Epynt this Saturday; still no news on spectators, so I guess that means none allowed.

No, that's not the bowl area - that's almost the same place that I was in the afternoon.......

Is Duncombe no longer spectator friendly? Or they just didn't want to use that venue?


Went to Sweetlamb for the Rallynuts Stages; nice day for the most part - bright & sunny, but a cool breeze....

I tend to stay in the bowl area for the first run - however for the afternoon I walk further into the stage, and it's a bit more interesting.