RE: PH goes rallying

[soxboy]

Jerry Can said:

so if i budget for a grand and get £250-300 off the co driver... it's almost do able. Soxboy get over here!!

Knew we should never have sold F44PYR!

[andy97]

What happened to the BMW rwd challenge? I can't seem to find anything out about it, and I was wondering if it was still available?

[DelicaL400]

The guy that was running the BMW Challenge (and 205 Cup) got very ill and sadly passed away last year. There are still Challenge spec cars being used but no championship for them at the moment.

[andy97]

DelicaL400 said:

The guy that was running the BMW Challenge (and 205 Cup) got very ill and sadly passed away last year. There are still Challenge spec cars being used but no championship for them at the moment.

That's a great shame, in every respect.

Pity no one else could pick up the baton. Given the success of the Compact Cup on the circuits, something similar in rallying would be a ready made addition to the Challenge?

Edited by andy97 on Monday 19th October 06:23

[DelicaL400]

I've heard talk of a similar championship (but for a wider range of cars) being planned but I'm not aware of anything been announced about it yet.

[e21Mark]

It's about time there was a bit more action with the E30 M3 Chris had built by Rally Prep down here in Cornwall. It seems an almost criminal waste of such a great car, for it to simply be stuck gathering dust in their workshops.

[andy97]

The Roger Albert Clark Rally Club recently announced that they would be running the MSA Historic Tarmac Championship in 2016. No regs or details released yet but a Challenge spec car might be a good option for this??

[BEP]

DelicaL400 said:

I've heard talk of a similar championship (but for a wider range of cars) being planned but I'm not aware of anything been announced about it yet.

Thought i'd replied to this last night, but maybe not...weird...anyway the above was/is being mooted for a 'rally first' fairly standard broad range of makes series I believe..not sure who's setting it up though

However BMW specific, hopefully in next 6 weeks we'll have details of a new one make (BMW) cup , mixed surface series, very much aimed at clubmen and trying to emulate a little of what Pat Flynn did...

Cheers
Bryn Pierce

[andy97]

Sounds interesting. I've also recently found out about the MSVR/ Motorsport News Circuit Rally Championship; Tarmac special stage rallies taking place within the confines of some of the UK circuits. The first event is on Nov 7th at Oulton Park.

Clearly not single make but Might be worth a look.