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Rockingham Stages 2007 8th/9th December. Steve Simpson/Simon Hunter have won this years Rockingham Stages in their Hyundai WRC with a time of 1hr 25m 44s. Simon Mauger/Brian cammack were second in a Ford Focus WRC 02 with a time of 1hr 27m 31s and Dave West/Keith Hounslow were third in a Peugeot 306 Maxi kit Car with a time of 1hr 28m 02s. Full results here shortly but checkout the event website for full details.
Rally
South of England Tempest Rally 10th November 2007: Our multi venue forestry stage rally jointly organised with Sutton & Cheam and Farnborough was split into two rallies this year with Stephen Richards/Ian Withecombe winning the 2WD rally in their Ford Escort and Will Nicholls/Nick Broom winning the 4WD event in their Subaru Impreza WRC. Results for Tempest 2 and Tempest 4 now available or checkout the event website.
Rally
of
14th
October:
Rally of France 12th-14th October. World champion Sebastien Loeb has won his home event to reduce the gap between himself and championship leader Marcus Gronholm in second place (+00.23.700) to just four points. Daniel Sordo was third (00.44.300).
Rally
of Catalunya 5th-7th October. Sebastien
Loeb (3hrs 07mins 06.2secs) has taken victory in Spain to reduce Marcus
Gronholm's championship lead to six points. Dani Sordo (3.07.20.0) was
second and Gronholm (3.07.50.4) third.
Colin
McRae 1968 - 2007: We are sad to report that the helicopter
crash in Lanarkshire yesterday afternoon appears to have taken the life of
former World Rally Champion Colin McRae, 39, his son Johnny and family friends
Graeme Duncan, 37, and Johnny’s friend Ben Porcelli, 6
(16.09.07).
Marcus Gronholm has announced that he will retire
at the end of the season (15.09.07).
Rally of
Rally of
MCAC
Foto-Jenic Fun Run & BBQ Sunday 12th August. Provisional
results give victory to Adrian L
Harrow Foto Frolic 5th August: The event was won by MCAC's Rob Brook and Andy Greenland. More info as soon as received.
Rally of
Classics on the
Green, Croxley Green 1st August. For the second year running, Club Night
relocated for the evening. Peter Nathan organised the MCAC stand which
was accompanied by the karts, complete with garage and able mechanic
Paul, of Steven and Robert Jeeves. There was a tremendous array of
motor cars on display and, in the absence of any downpours this year, only the
darkness brought procedures to an end.
Uxbridge Autoshow
15th July. MCAC had a stand with a number of cars on
display at the show. Hopefully we have some photos shortly.
Hants & Berks
navigational challenge, The Tracker, run on Sunday 8th July, was won by
Pete Farmer and Andy Greenland. More information to follow.
Rally of
Rally of
Rally of
May-Be 12
Car 27th April. Provisional results shown that our
May 12-Car in April was won by Tony Phillips and Tony Brooks. Full
results
now available. Thanks to Rob Brooks and his team for the evening
Rally of
Brakefast Autotest 25th
March The new AutoSOLO part of the Brakefast
Autotests at Bovingdon ended with competitors saying “When is the next
one?” The format of all forwards open tests without the need to use the
handbrake went down well with the 20 entries.
Results
here but full report by following the main link.
This years Barrett's
Rally of Kent, due to have taken place on 18th March was cancelled due to
lack of entries (07.03.07).
Rally of
Longcross: We
have received notification from Barry
Guess of the cancellation of the 2007 Chieftain and Scorpion Sprints at
Longcross following the decision of QinetiQ Management to withdraw the venue
from ALL motor sport use. This decision was confirmed this afternoon
at a meeting between Barry (as MSA Liaison Officer), Ian Davis (MSA) and the
appropriate management at QinetiQ Farnborough. The withdrawal is
also effective immediately for all remaining motor club bookings for
rallies (Craven MC/Sutton & Cheam MC/Rally Britannia/Bexley LCC/Oxford MC)
and Sprint bookings (London Irish MC). This situation is subject to
an on-going discussion although it should be noted that QinetiQ have
stressed that they are unlikely to reverse their decision. Any
queries or communications regarding this matter should be directed, in the
first instance, to Barry
(26.02.07).
Plymouth - Banjul
Challenge: Team
Rally of
Valentine
Scatter 17th/18th February: Nat West
Rally of
Hants & Berks MC
50th Pairs ‘Point to Point’ 28th January 2007: The
MCAC team of Andy Greenland/Rob Brook and Ann Kolter/John Brook have won this
years Point to Point organised by Hants and Berks MC.
Results
now available. Congratulations to the team and we look forward to
receiving a full report on the day
Saturday 27th January Annual
Dinner-Dance and Presentation of Awards On
Saturday, we returned to Stockley Park Golf Club for our premier social event
of the year. Thanks go to Master of Ceremonies Tony Phillips, Christine
Poxon for presenting the awards and Peter and Sarah Nathan
who again organised the evening.
2007 Dakar Rally
6th-21st January: Stephane
Peterhansel has taken victory in this event with defending champion Luc Alphand
second (+7.26) is second and Jean-Louis Schlesser third (+1.33.57).
Checkout the event webpage for the full results.
Monte Carlo
Rally-19th-21st Jan. Sebastian Loeb maintained his
advantage to take victory in this years Monte (3hrs 10mins 27.4secs) with Citroen
team-mate Dani Sordo second (3hrs 11mins 5.6secs) and Ford's Marcus Gronholm
third (3hrs 11mins 50.2secs).
MSA Rally
Marshals Training: These sessions are being run
under the Volunteers In
Motorsport auspices during 2007. For more
information on the MSA scheme please visit http://www.msauk.org/site/cms/contentViewArticle.asp?article=2385. Details pertaining to the sessions available at each
Training Day can be found on the Volunteers In Motorsport website by following
the "Rallying" link and selecting "Training Days" under
"Useful Links".
Currently the nearest
Training Days to ourselves are :-
1, at NW
2, at
3, at Silverstone on
Saturday 17th March (www.brmc.org.uk/silverstone2007.htm
for online applications)
4, at
As always this training is
provided free of charge by MSA Marshals Instructors, the only costs to
attendees being their fuel, plus either the college refectory or local café
prices for breakfast and lunch, if people don