2014 MCR Northumberland Borders Rally

[GraemeC]

It'll be 30 next year now!

[GraemeC]

Are full results being published Niall? I was too tired to look on Saturday night!

[cookie1071]

Are full results being published Niall? I was too tired to look on Saturday night!

A detailed results breakdown, including those all important times on the tests, is now available from the rally website here: http://www.northumberlandbordersrally.c ... trants.htm

[IslandBlue]

Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3



...if you turn left at Wark you'll...



The spectators had to be fenced in



Even the experts get it wrong sometimes




The tests put the fear in some



Turn right at the end of the bush



Nice views from the farm



The spectator power stage drew in huge crowds



It's getting dark

Look forward to viewing these at home later (company internet security policy blocks them here)

[IslandBlue]

Are full results being published Niall? I was too tired to look on Saturday night!

A detailed results breakdown, including those all important times on the tests, is now available from the rally website here: http://www.northumberlandbordersrally.c ... trants.htm

Looks like there was some challenging nav in there for the Experts!

[rich@minispares.com]

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wow


when I was 18, all I wanted was a pair of KC daylighters on the front of my mini, I was convinced they would make me 'THE MAN'

I could never afford them......

[cookie1071]

Are full results being published Niall? I was too tired to look on Saturday night!

A detailed results breakdown, including those all important times on the tests, is now available from the rally website here: http://www.northumberlandbordersrally.c ... trants.htm

Looks like there was some challenging nav in there for the Experts!

Nav. was to the same level as before, toned down if anything. Difference was the route, which was a lot more challenging compared to those we used on map 81 in recent years, where there were more opportunities to make up time. We tried to allow for this by giving more time recovery opportunities but the heavy rain the day before meant the roads were so mucky that crews couldn't really take advantage of this. That, and they had other issues such as mal de nav (car 4) and coil problems (car 5) to contend with. It was also first time cars 5 and 6 had run expert on the event. In the Newcomer class, car 9 was doing really well until they wrong slotted after STC13 and got stuck on a bank turning around in the lane. I sent one of the marshals along to help but by the time they'd got the car off they were OTL. Shame, as it was the navs. first proper event too and they'd stormed the tests, coming 3rd overall. Nice to see all the Novices having a great run though, including first-timers Rebecca and Jules Harrison. Niall.

[surfblue63]

I've just loaded up a short animation of my stills from test 6.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uml6E17mOys

[GraemeC]

That's a great little montage!

(Well part from the first bit )

[morris-miner]

Love them photos Surf, and what a super event it appears to have been.

Top class.

[cookie1071]

A day/date for your diaries folks- Saturday the 17th of October, which is when the next running of the Borders Rally is scheduled to take place, slightly earlier than in previous years in part due to the Rally of the Tests running in this area in early November but also to be sure of salt-free roads. Hope folk can make it and for those registered or contemplating registering for the HRCR's all-new Premier Rally Championship we're pleased to announce that the event will be a qualifying round. Niall.

[steady eddie]

for those registered or contemplating registering for the HRCR's all-new Premier Rally Championship we're pleased to announce that the event will be a qualifying round. Niall.

So is it no longer a 12 car and if part of HRCR is it open to other makes than Mini?

[cookie1071]

The Borders hasn't been a 12 car since 2010 when we ran it on a Clubman permit for this first time in order to encourage more, a wider range of entries, etc. The Tynedale event for Novices that we run alongside it is run on a 12 car permit though. But no, nothing will change, they're still both for classic minis only it's just that people running these cars in the HRCR's new Premier Rally Championship can now score points on the event. Niall.