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Wales Rally GB: Event Regulations available and entries open on Sept 6th |
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Wednesday, 06 September 2006 |
* New awards in memory of Richard Burns and Michael Park
* Reduced entry fees for amateur drivers in classes N1 and A6
* 40 places guaranteed for amateur drivers
Entries for Wales Rally GB (1st - 3rd December 2006) open on Wednesday 6th September with the publication of the Supplementary Regulations.
Regulations will be posted to all competitors who entered Wales Rally GB in 2005 or have already requested them.
Supplementary Regulations can be downloaded from www.walesrallygb.com, requested by email from
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or are available by telephoning the event organisers; 00 44 (0) 1753 765100.
Detailed in the Regulations are two new awards, one for a junior British driver the other for a junior British co-driver.
The Richard Burns Trophy and a cheque for £1,000 will go to the highest placed British junior driver in overall
classification who holds a UK and Northern Ireland passport, a
competition licence issued by the Motor Sports Association and was born
on or after 1st January 1981. FIA priority 1 or 2 drivers are not
eligible for this award.
The Michael Park Trophy will go to the highest placed British junior
co-driver in overall classification who holds a UK and Northern Ireland
passport, a competition licence issued by the Motor Sports Association
and was born on or after 1st January 1981.
Co-drivers accompanying FIA priority 1 or 2 drivers are not eligible for this award.
Commenting on the introduction of these awards, Andrew Coe, Chief
Executive of International Motor Sport (IMS), organizers of WRGB said;
“On behalf of Wales Rally GB we are delighted to include these two new
annual awards. In recognizing the tremendous contribution which both
Richard and Michael made to our sport we hope that these awards will
inspire young British drivers and co-drivers to achieve their own goals
within rallying by adopting the same determination and professionalism
which made Richard and Michael so successful.”
Robert Reid, who partnered Richard Burns throughout his career, added;
"Wales Rally GB wanted to do something to commemorate Richard and Beef.
They already had a young drivers award which was unnamed so with my
Richard Burns Foundation hat on it made sense to create a co-drivers
award to go alongside it and name it after the boys. Competitors in the
Junior, Production and British Rally Championship classes are all
eligible for the awards. It is in the spirit of what Richard and Beef
would have supported themselves."
Reduced entry fees for amateur drivers in capacity classes N1 and A5
were first introduced in 2005 and announced earlier this year. The
£1,445 entry fee, which includes vat, represents a saving of £655 when
compared with the lowest standard entry fee.
The event capacity has been increased from 120 to 150 cars, with a
guaranteed acceptance of entry for the first 40 amateur drivers –
irrespective of age or nationality - who submit a completed entry form
and the appropriate entry fee.
Entries close on Wednesday 25th October. The complete entry list is
scheduled for publication on Wednesday 1st November, subject to FIA
approval.
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