2020 UK Targa/Road Rallying Thread

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New thread for the new year.

Currently putting together a list of what im doing this year, I've already screwed up by booking a holiday during the rally i wanted to do most (Ysywyth)

But I have got myself an interclub and will be entering the Cotswold Targa Championship, aswell as hopefully doing some others around the country.

First rally will be a 12 car to shakedown the AX, but that depends on when i get it all back together and roadworthy!

What is everyones plans for this year?

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FactoryBacked said:

My set of worn out ditch finders did not help but I've just been to pick up a stack of AO35s and MAXXIS R19s for the Bagger, Primrose and Bath Festival

I didn't know tyres like that were legal for the festival?

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FactoryBacked said:

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FactoryBacked said:

My set of worn out ditch finders did not help but I've just been to pick up a stack of AO35s and MAXXIS R19s for the Bagger, Primrose and Bath Festival

I didn't know tyres like that were legal for the festival?

The regs say "tyres appearing on the Motorsport UK Tyre List 5 will NOT be permitted", which is super chunky cross-country tyres.

I believe the sections that aren't at Castle Combe are usually rough and muddy so some decent puncture resistance and grip seemed like a good idea.

I must've been looking at tyre list 6 then, it was a while ago, I've been waiting to buy tyres as organisers in my championship added a load of asterisks by the tyres I wanted to use in last year's regs saying "might be banned next year" looks like they will be, which is a shame as they're cheaper and easier to find than the other 'legal' m+s tyres.

I will try and find some 14" gravel tyres then, thanks for alerting me!

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Well the little AX finished the festival. A small issue of not putting the bonnet pins back in after scruitineering and the starter motor failing didn't slow us down, ended up 2nd in class and 27th overall.

Dissapointed to find out today we lost 1st in class as we got penalised due to a Marshal filling in our timesheet wrong (filled in the test before, that we had to skip as it was blocked, easily done in dark)
We noted it on the timesheet, but we got back too late from loading the car to check provisional, but that's rallying, we'll get the luck next time.

Fantastic, well run event, the tests at castle coombe and the long test in the forest near longleat are some of the best I've done.

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df76 said:

Live down in Somerset, about three miles from where the Bustard Rally is held. Local events seem to require some safety mods. Although that might not be such an issue for me.

More of the forestry type targas require a half cage and 4 point harnesses, land owners demand it. Targas like the stu wood and Kemble don't require anything so ideal for giving it a go in your road car if you want to try.

You're in a good part of the country for it!

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That's Kent forestry targa now postponed until 2021. Big hole opening up in my calendar now, looks like next rally could be the Exmoor or maybe even the Bath festival next year at this rate!

Typical, I lead a championship and then it gets made null and void..