Lake District Rally - 29th June

[benjj]

Interesting rally coming up for anyone interested: it is running under two permits, a classic one (pre 82 cars) and a Targa permit (the new one). £95 entry for a crew of 2 including food etc.

Looks like it is primarily a test rally. Easy road navigation behind them (no open road timing) and around 20 tests

More details here: http://www.wigtonmc.co.uk/events/index.php you can click on the pdf for the regs etc.

Re the Targa permit - it seems to allow ANY car providing it is: normally aspirated, under 2 litres, 2 wheel drive. That covers quite a lot!

Anyone fancy getting a PH group together?

Edited by benjj on Wednesday 7th May 09:23

[velocemitch]

Done the Lakes a few times, well organised and with some good test venues. They lost the Lowther Deer Park one a couple of years back though, that was a really 'special' Test. They still have Waters farm though which is a cracker one of my favourites in the North West (good in the dark too!) once took fastest time downhill through there in a Lotus Sunbeam..... scary as a nav!.

Seen here at a steadier pace upwards in a Fulvia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lyuhLMWVrc

A PH gathering would be good, not sure I can make it though with other event commitments. As with most NESCRO rallies some of the venues can a bit rough, so not good for the polishers.

No regularity these days on the Lakes either, they didn't seem to get on with it and prefer to stick to a simple tulip road book with a few codeboards to check you have complied. The test times decide it, Archie Simmonds or Ross Butterworth will win... .

[benjj]

Good link, I'm a bit confused though!

Is that:

a) a special test (on closed roads / farm tracks that includes marking down codeboards as part of a test

or

b) a non-timed open road section (on tulips) that the Fulvia just happened to be hoonin on, followed by a bit of a test at the end

Weird (but looks great fun!)

[moribund]

Looks good, theses Targa events seem like a great idea. Think it'll probably be too bumpy for me & my delicate little flower of a car (the Miglia was enough to knock my geo out) but await pics and vids with interest.

[velocemitch]

Ben that's a special test in this instance, yes with code boards. I've done that white as part of a road rally section too. It's a private road starting near the railway at Shap running up through a farm to a quarry at the top.

[benjj]

velocemitch said:

Ben that's a special test in this instance, yes with code boards. I've done that white as part of a road rally section too. It's a private road starting near the railway at Shap running up through a farm to a quarry at the top.

I thought I recognised it.

Never done a test before with code boards, better make sure my brakes and reverse gear work

[velocemitch]

You might have been up there on LeJog.

CB's are easier for the organisers than a stop astride as you don't need to man them, they work well to slow you down, A to take time out of you, B to make sure you don't howl into a blind bend too quickly and mash yourself up.

Fun part comes when they run it twice... do you take the risk of stopping to read the boards second time, or do you assume they are the same....!

[velocemitch]

Targa rules usually don't permit stripped out Cars or those covered in stickers. I've noticed this time they have set a limit on 2 Carb chokes, which is a little odd.

[benjj]

I've given up trying to understand regs. I just nod and smile

[velocemitch]

benjj said:

I've given up trying to understand regs. I just nod and smile

Yeah, the blue book is the main problem, it's packed full of errors and contradictions. Pretty sure it says nothing about carb chokes in respect of Targa rallies though. But organisers are free to add any further restrictions they feel fit, so perhaps it's that. It won't affect many cars though.

[benjj]

Given that they will accept any age of car and if it had fuel injection as standard that's fine I don't think they'll be out checking many carbs in that class

[Logbert]

Was fairly tempted until i read the 2wd only bit