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The classic tracks of the Scottish Borders and
Kielder
Forest will once again be
reverberating to the sound of rally cars when the annual Brick & Steel
Border Counties Rally gets underway from Jedburgh on Saturday 5th April 2008 .
Comprising round two of the popular 2008
MSA Pirelli Gravel Rally Championship, as
well as the opening round of the clubman-based ANCRO Rally Challenge, the
organising team has been hard at work securing the best stages available for the
event which follows a similar format to last year’s successful venture and sees
Harwood Forest once again incorporated as well as a centralised service area at
the Otterburn Airstrips.
With the National ‘A’ event set for seven stages
totalling around sixty miles, and the supporting National ‘B’ rally offering
forty-five miles over six stages, both with minimum road mileage, demand for
entries is bound to be high so the message from the organising Whickham and
District Motor Club and Hawick and Border Car Club once again is ‘book early to
avoid disappointment!’
The organisers are also planning a ‘Mini
BCR’ to allow novice crews the opportunity of
experiencing forest rallying at a subsidised cost. This is expected to comprise
two stages within the Harwood complex, totalling around fifteen
miles.
As well as the ANCRO-organised 2008 MSA
Pirelli Gravel Rally Championship, the National ‘A’ event will
incorporate qualifying rounds of The Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge and
Cup, the Subaru Group N Trophy and a number of regional championships.
Regulations will be posted out to registered
competitors on or just after Monday February 11th whereby they will be also
available on the official website as well as a downloadable entry form at
www.bordercountiesrally.co.uk or by calling Secretary of the Meeting Steve Nesworthy
on 0191 529 0634 or 07773 420666.
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