June 2006

Ludlow Castle Motor Club is pleased to announce the forthcoming events:-

AUTOTEST

Bring your car along to Henley Hill Farm, Cleestanton on Sunday, 2nd July to practice your driving skills on a series of tests in a grassed field supplied by Mike Davies.
10.00am start.
Please contact Mike on 01584 877100 for further information.

OPEN EVENING

The Motor Club is holding an Open Evening on Friday, 14th July for 7.00pm start at the Salwey Arms, Woofferton, on the A49.
The evening is open to everyone, Club members or not, with free admission.
Come along and learn more about LCMC and have an entertaining evening at the same time.
There will be a display of Rally Cars, Playstation rally games, rally DVDs, an opportunity to test your driving skills and a chance to have a ride in a rally car with a well known local driver.
For further information contact Keith on 01584 781265.

TEMPLAR MOTORSPORT DITTON PRIORS STAGES

The first of LCMC’s two Multiuse Stage Rallies this year will be held at Ditton Priors Camp, near Bridgnorth on Sunday, 23rd July.
Competitors can obtain entry forms from Lin Weaver on 01584 879900 or info@ludlowcastlemotorclub.com
Alternatively regulations and entry forms can be downloaded from the Club website www.ludlowcastlemotorclub.com
Any one wishing to help on the event should contact Kim Lloyd on 07097 527626.

The Motor Club will also be helping out with the Richards Castle Soap Box Derby which takes place at Hanway Common on Sunday, 9th July, 10.00am start.

REPORT by KEITH GLUYAS

RAINWORTH SKODA DUKERIES RALLY

Neil Weaver & Nick Thornton

Shaun Gardener & Ben Innes

LCMC MEMBERS RESULTS:-

Alex Allingham, Subaru Impreza
18th O/A, 9th Class N4

Gordon Davies , Opel Manta
22nd O/A, 2nd Class B12

Neil Weaver, Vauxhall Corsa S
26th O/A, 1st Class B9

Retirements:-

Henri Grehan / Chris Ridge, Ford Escort RS
Retired after SS1 with electrical problems.

Shaun Gardener / Ben Innes, Mitsubishi EVO 5
Retired on SS7 with mechanical problems.

Gordon Davies & Nicola Fearnley

Alex Allingham

RALLY OF THE MIDLANDS

The Hinckley based Rally of the Midlands took place last weekend with the 55 crews competing at various venues which included a short burst through the town centre on Friday evening after two laps of the Mallory racing circuit.

The action continued in the blistering heat on Saturday and Sunday with competitive action taking place at MIRA, the motor industry testing ground, Mallory Park, Merevale and Arbury Hall stately homes, and Bramcote Army barracks.

Only 28 of the original starters finished the gruelling event, the main causes of retirement being mechanical failure, including blown engines due undoubtedly to the excessive heat.

After their recent win in the area on the D’Isis Stages Rally, Stirling’s Tom Morris and Neil Chambers brought the Metro 6R4 home in 1st place O/A after over 90 miles of action.

After a disappointing start to the event they managed to claw back lost time and beat Andrew Barker and Steve Mort in the Ford Focus into second place, by over 1 minute.

The only Ludlow Castle Motor Club crew to make the trip to Hinckley were Richard Davies and Gareth Wilcox.

They had a fairly trouble free day in their Mark 2 Ford Escort finishing 14th O/A and first in Class.

This was an excellent result for Richard and Gareth who are competing in the Jam Motorsport Heart of England Rally Championship, of which this event was the 5th round.

This result should mean that they maintain their HOE Championship Class lead.

The next round of the HOE Championship will be the Llandovery based Quinton Stages on July 7th.

Richard & Gareth

REPORT by KEITH GLUYAS
PHOTO by RALLY ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY