Stage Rallies

 

Stage Rallies

Take place on closed roads (forestry commission or army usually) or airfields and test tracks and can be split into loose tarmac or a mixture of both. A specially prepared car will be needed with: Roll cage, plumbed in fire extinguisher, hand held extinguisher, crash helmets, fire proof overalls, a few safety modifications, lots of bottle and even more cash! A service crew is also a great bonus (saves the driver from getting his nice overalls dirty) and although road tyres are perfectly legal you will need slicks or proper forest tyres if you want to be competitive.

Entry fees start at around £100 for a small scale (perhaps 45 competitive miles) tarmac event up to £1100 for a private entry on the RAC rally. A clubmans forest rally of say 50 miles will cost about £250 to enter. The basic aim is to cover the distance between stage start and stage finish as quickly as possible and to give encouragement to any one in smaller operates, typically:

Class A upto 1300cc Class C 1601 - 2000cc

Class B 1301 - 1600cc Class D 2001 - and over

4 wheel drive cars are usually in a special class and turbo charged cars must add 70% to their capacity to determine their class.