British & Irish Championships 2024

[archie106]

With regards local knowledge, closed road rallies have the advantage of google maps street view, so if you can find the stage maps its fairly easy to find a good place to spectate.

The biggest problem is finding somewhere to park where you aren't causing a nuisance, which sometimes means a bit of a walk, 40 minute walk for me on Saturday.

[Sal yet again]

Yeah thats what I meant by doing a recce. Never want to cause any issues locally with parking and certainly dont want to be trying to access land with livestock like sheep during peak lambing season.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

One thing that puzzles me a bit and very apparent on the YT videos was that virtually everyone there had a fancy camera and was staring at their 'shot' the second the car went past. Are these people really rally fans or toggers ?

And how often will they look at all their 100s of photos once they get home ?Once or twice probably and then never again.

I prefer to just enjoy the full spectacle, the noise, the smell and keep that as my memory. I'm sure it lasts much longer that way.

[J4MIE]

One thing that puzzles me a bit and very apparent on the YT videos was that virtually everyone there had a fancy camera and was staring at their 'shot' the second the car went past. Are these people really rally fans or toggers ?

And how often will they look at all their 100s of photos once they get home ?Once or twice probably and then never again.

I prefer to just enjoy the full spectacle, the noise, the smell and keep that as my memory. I'm sure it lasts much longer that way.

Most of them will share them on Facebook and try to sell them.

I think me and me dad had a collection of about 250,000 photos when we stopped, I lost most of them on an old hard drive sadly but would only really look at a few of the wrc ones, I enjoyed taking most of them but a lot of the rallying was very boring to watch. 100 car entry and the top ten would be good to watch, then another ten spread through the rest of the field.

I’ve found it’s much more interesting competing. Even in the slower ones.

[Sal yet again]

It was all much more fun with film back in the days when there were magazines and publishers willing to pay for rally pictures.

Now other than one or two outlets its people asking for freebies or 'togs giving stuff away then paying for the privilege of a blue tabard.

[HKSjbg]

Does anyone know the sportity password for the Rallynuts Stages? Hoping to spend the full day in Hafren, starting with Sweet Lamb then into the forest itself for the second pass

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Great fight between the Fiesta twins of Cronin & Edwards on the Circuit of Ireland. Trading stage wins and just 0.2s between them after the morning loop !

Devine out and Josh Moffett really struggling again in the Citroen C3.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Circuit of Ireland result Top Five:
1 Edwards 1:11:46.3s
2 Cronin +14.4s
3 Moffett +1:46.1
4 McCourt +2:11.5
5 Jennings +3:43.2

I'm delighted for Matt Edwards after his struggles to get funding and for another Ford 1-2.

[Sal yet again]

Anyone looking at the provisional entry list for the forthcoming Manx National would wonder why there have been threads here and on other forums about the health of UK rallying...195 entries!

https://www.rallies.info/webentry/20...ies.php?type=u

[Sal yet again]

Remember the first round of the BRC the North West stages is on ITV 4 at 17.45pm today. Pity the snooker is on as they could have B2B'd it with the Safari which is on at 22.10pm!