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British Historic Rally Championship Round One Riponian Stages Rally
George Lepley took his Mitsubishi Galant VR4 to victory in the first rally of the 2024 British Historic Rally Championship season on 11 February when he won the Riponian Stages Rally. Lepley and co-driver Dale Bowen used their four-wheel-drive machine to great effect in treacherous, rain-soaked conditions, to secure the…
Winter Romania Rally Victory for Paul Chabloz
The 8th edition of the Winter Romania Rally on 19-21 January was perfect, both in terms of the weather conditions and the intensity of the competition in the different categories. A fierce duel pitted last year’s winners, Paul Chabloz and Philippe Escobar in a BMW 325 IX against the winner…
ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival Rally Cars from A – Z
Plans for the 2024 Eifel Rally Festival are already well advanced, and entries have been open since 1 February. Within a couple of days more that 100 applications were received. Cars from almost fifty different manufacturers, from Alfa Romeo to Wartburg have participated in the past 11 editions and almost…
New Six-day event from Croatia to Bavaria
Taking in closed-road special stages and circuits along the way, Target Bavaria Rally (TBR) promises six exciting days with a start at Rijeka (in Croatia), to Postojna in Slovenia and the Karawank mountains to Austria, paving its way through Zeltweg and Salzburg before coming to an end in Munich Germany. …
Rallye des Princesses
The Rallye des Princesses Richard Mille will celebrate its 23rd edition on 25-30 May and with a varied route each year so that the Princesses can experience different regions and different cultural traditions, this year they will head West. After the traditional start from the Place Vendôme in Paris, this…
2 Generations Rally
The first to come up with a formula to encourage families and younger people to engage in some mild competition while enjoying classic cars, the 2 Generations Classic was first run in 2016 and proved to be an immediate success. Run by the Belgian SeaSunRally Organisation, who have been organising…
Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique
As every year now, there are about ten days between the two Monte-Carlo rallies, the modern WRC and the historic, the latter not attracting the same clientele at all, and especially not the same spectators. After a flawless run, Belgian Michel Decremer won the 26th edition of the Rallye Monte-Carlo…
Winter Marathon, Madonna di Campiglio 2024
The young Franciacorta Motori crew of Edoardo Bellini and Roberto Tiberti took their third victory in the Winter Marathon on 19 January in extreme cold conditions in the same 1937 Fiat 508 C with which they won in 2021 and 2022. Having led from just after the first stage in…
Dakar Classic Saudi Arabia
Nearly 500 teams of bikes, trucks, buggies and cars, including 78 Classic entries, converged on a super-sized bivouac near the ancient Arabic oasis city of Al-’Ula (also known as AlUla) situated in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia on the historic incense route that once linked India and the Persian…
2023 European Historic Rally Championship Prizegiving
Despite the fact that several of the protagonists of the European Historic Rally Championship did not take part in the last round in Greece (see our report on page 19 of the January/February 2024 issue), as the title in their Category was already decided, they attended the Gala that was…
Further Targa Troubles in Australia
After safety concerns led to the suspension of all tarmac rallying in the country by Autosport Australia in 2022 pending the publication of a set of recommendations for improving the safety of events and a revision of the regulations, Targa Australia, organiser of many major road rallies in Australia, has…
2024 FIA European Historic Rally Championship Season Unveiled
The 2024 calendar for the FIA European Historic Rally Championship has been announced (see our calendar pages this issue and on the HMRN website) and will feature nine events across Europe on both tarmac and gravel surfaces and visit seven countries next season. The series retains its points scoring system…
2024 Tour Auto
Entries are now open for this year’s Tour Auto, which will start in Paris on 22 April and this time, finish in the elegant seaside resort of Biarritz five days and 2000kms later. Every year, the Tour Auto is oversubscribed for a reason. It travels on some of the most…
The Roger Albert Clark Rally – McCormack makes it four as the stars falter
The 2023 edition of the Roger Albert Clark Rally, run on 23-27 November, was the best yet with a huge entry, massively increased spectator numbers and fierce competition across 350 miles in the forests of England, Scotland and Wales. The star names came and made their mark but, ultimately, it…
Land’s End to John O’Groats
After 1500 miles over five legs, from the southernmost tip of the UK, to its most northern, in 75 hours, the 2023 Land’s End to John O’ Groats Reliability Trial came to an end at a fine and sunny John O’ Groats in sharp contrast to the dire conditions the…
The 2023 East African Safari Classic Rally – ‘Italian Giraffe’ Amos wins Classic Rally
Sixty-three drivers from across the world battled in the 11th edition of the East African Safari Classic Rally (EASCR) that came to an end at Diamond Leisure Lodge in Diani, Kenya on December 18, the highest number of entries ever after 15 more were turned away by the Federation due…
London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
As an unseasonably mild London was still shrouded in darkness on the morning of Sunday 5 November when nearly 350 pioneering veteran cars and their crews, along with a large crowd of well-wishers and spectators, gathered in Hyde Park for the annual ‘Brighton Run’. It’s now 127 years since the…
Modena Cento Ore
Limited to one hundred teams in order to be able to use the best and most interesting venues and hotels and to keep the event cosy, the Modena Cento Ore changed departure point this year and began on 10 October from Orbetello in the Monte Argentario and visited Lazio, Umbria,…
The Badawi Trail to the Last Oasis
In the heart of the desert, where echoes softly wail, Vintage cars roar, on the Badawï Trail, In twenty twenty-three, under the sun’s fierce light, They race through time, in the golden night Keith ‘Mutchie’ Mutch Aqaba to Dubai The Badawi Trail (Badawi is Arabic for desert weller) wound its…
British Historic Rally Championship Carlisle Stages Rally – Chilman and Walsh Take British Title on Final Round
Hereford driver Roger Chilman and co-driver Patrick Walsh were crowned 2023 Fuchs Lubricants British Historic Rally Champions after taking their Ford Escort MKII to third on the Carlisle Stages Rally on 20-21 October. Chilman headed into the final round of the seven-round season with a slight advantage after three wins…