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Things to look forward to

Although we have a little break in events there is still a lot coming up. The next event is the Cambrian at the end of the month where Rob Brookes will contest the final round of the BTRDA Rally First Championship.

The RAC is the final round of the Peugeot 205 1400 Championship with Chris Hellings trying to retain his championship lead from Andy Chalmers. For this event we are also hoping to have our Peugeot 504 Coupe out in the main event.

The following weekend should see both of our MG's out at Longcross. 

Busy Month Ahead

September looks like being a monster month, kicking off next week with Martin Head & Neil Billingham traveling to Belgium for Flanders. This will be Martins first foreign event as a driver & Neils first full stop.

As the 1400 car that Martin normally uses is not eligible we will be using the 1800 version in group N form.

The following weekend sees us in Wales on Saturday for the Plains Rally with Richard Phillipson out in his Honda & Rob Brookes in the 1400 C2. Dominic Hodge will be using his own 205 for this round having finally wrestled it away from mid Wales This is due to be Richards final event in the championship having already clinched his class. He is hoping to finish the year with a foray to the continent, possibly the Condroz rally.

After the Plains finishes it's a mad dash to Weeton for the penultimate round of the 1400 205 Challenge. Chris Hellings will be going all out to beat Andy Chalmers on this round & tighten his grip on the Championship. Plans for Lucas Hunt are a bit up in the air as he seems to have left the planet.

The following weekend & its back to the BRC & the Trackrod Rally or Rally of Yorkshire what ever its currently called with the C2R2. Plans are to test the car in the week between Flanders & the Plains given that we can find enough hours in the days to sort all the cars out.

Ludlow Hosts Rally First Crews

This weekend sees the latest round of the BTRDA Rally First Championship visiting Ludlow for the Woodpecker Rally.

Dominic Hodge will once again use our 205 while he awaits the delivery of his own car from "darkest" Wales. No changes have been made to the car used to such good effect last time out except to repair the damage caused by the crews off towards the end of the event,

Robert Brookes will be using the Decantae C2 again. The car now sporting a new exhaust system & air filter system courtesy of K&N.

Neath Stages

This weekend sees Tony Simpson & Stefan Arndt out in the forests of south Wales in the latest round of the BRC Challenge.

Based at Walters Arena the event will be Tonys first outing in the forests since our disaster on the Pirelli at the start of the season.

The team will test on Friday just to make sure everything is pointing in the right direction following the Isle of Man roll.

Details of the event can be found at http://www.threecountiescarclub.co.uk/

Summer Break

Time for a bit of a break for Ti with no events scheduled until the Neath Stages on the 16th of August. Details of the event can be found at www.threecountiescarclub.co.uk

Following his Manx accident Tony Simpson will be trying to put that behind him and is looking forward to being in the forests again.

Tony will be joined by Rob Richards in his Peugeot 106.

Swansea Bay Rally

While I am away on the Isle of Man Len Davies will have his work cut out on next weekends http://www.swanseabayrally.com/. with 3 cars out, this being the 3rd round of the Peugeot 205 1400 Challenge & also a round of the WAMC National Championship.

Current championship leader Chris Hellings will be looking to consolidate his lead buoyed by his performance on last months Dukeries rally. Lucas Hunt will be contesting his first ever proper forest rally & whilst a bit apprehensive was encouraged by his performance at the Sweet Lamb test day.

Richard Phillipson will be on duty in the National event though whether with Quaife box or standard version depends on the repairs to the diff being completed in time.

Quinton Rally Update

This weekends http://www.quintonstages.org.uk sees us looking after 4 cars with Rob Richards in his 1600 Peugeot 106 joining the party.

The event should also have seen the debut of our second 1400 C2. Continued problems associated with the 16v installation are still being resolved.as a result Dominic will be out in the 205 used by Robert on the Somerset Stages earlier this year.

The full line up will be Richard Phillipson in his Honda & Rob Richards and his 106 in the main event with Rob Brookes & Dominic Hodge in C2's in the 1400 event.

Quinton

We seem to have a couple of weeks now without an event and might stand a chance of catching up with the backlog  of work.

Next outing for the team is the mid Wales based Quinton rally where Richard Phillipson will continue his attack on the WAMC National championship. Joining Richard will be Robert Brookes in his Decantae sponsored Rally First Citroen C2 & making a return after missing the Dukeries will be Dominic Hodge. Dominic will be partnered by Stefan Arndt for the last time so is looking for a co-driver for the remaining rounds.

Dukeries Rally

This weekend sees round 3 of the Rally First series moving to the Nottingham area for the www.dukeries-rally.co.uk . This year the event is based at Southwell Race Course with scrutineering on Friday between 16.00 & 20.00.

This will see Robert Brookes & co-driver Rachel Brockington out for the first time together in the 1400 C2, they will be up against Chris Hellings in his Ti prepared 205 and the team will be completed by the 106 of Rob Richards & Wendy Gibson who are running in the main event as their car is 1600cc.

BRC Chatsworth Rally Show

Both of our C2's are now ready to go and I must say that Robert Brookes' 1400 looks very very smart in its new livery.

  Still have a few little things to sort before the Dukeries next weekend but the car is all set for Chatsworth.