R.A.C. Historic Asphalt Championship Dates Announced

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email121216The calendar for the Fuchs Lubricants R.A.C. Historic Asphalt Rally Championship has been announced and will comprise seven rounds at six events in 2017, including two new events to the championship. The championship is for two-wheel drive historic cars from up to the end of 1990, and is organised by the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club alongside the Mintex MSA British Historic Rally Championship. Highlights of the schedule include a double-header round on the Isle of Man Rally Classicagh (14-16 September) and a return trip to Belgium for the Salamandre Rally (22/23 April). Meanwhile, the season will conclude with a new event for the championship, the Jersey Rally on Friday/Saturday 13/14 October. The 35th running of the event will cover up to 120 stage miles on this beautiful island and should provide a fitting end-of-season rally. The very popular Mini Epynt Stages has also been added to the schedule and offers BHRC crews the chance to tackle the asphalt event the day after the gravel-based Severn Valley Stages, which runs in the adjoining forests. Championship manager Colin Heppenstall said: “We had a very encouraging first season and we know that there are more historic cars being prepared for asphalt rallying. We are very pleased with the 2017 calendar, which offers some of the best asphalt rallying available.” The best five scores from seven rounds will count towards the championship, thus giving competitors a good choice over which events they contest. The provisional schedule (subject to MSA approval) is: March 4/5: Bovington Stages (Dorset) April 22/23: Rallye Salamandre (Belgium) June 4: Mini Epynt Stages July 30: Harry Flatters Rally (Epynt) September 14-16: Isle of Man Rally Classicagh – double-header October 13/14: Jersey Rally Two of the events, the Harry Flatters Rally and the Isle of Man Rally Classicagh, are also rounds of the Mintex MSA British Historic Rally Championship. Crews will be able to score points towards both championships on those two events. The championship regulations and registration forms will be available in early January and from the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club stand at Autosport International at the NEC (12-16 January).Tags:, ,