Last Updated on Thursday, 05 January 2012 11:39
A new series for 2WD competitors and major changes to the Clubman Cup Series for 2012 should reduce confusion and still provide a wide range of competitions to choose from.
If you own a 2WD rally car and want to compete you will have a choice of competitions to enter. Starting out you have a choice of the full WA Rally Championship (WARC) distance or the new look Clubman Cup Series over half event distance for the cost conscious.
Start with the new look Clubman Cup Series over the half length event and you'll be competing against 2WD competitors that have entered the half length event only, no WARC competitors will get trophies or points in the Clubman Cup Series. You'll have the opportunity to compete against 2WD cars and stick to a reasonable budget by not doing any pace noting. No pace noting means not having to run a recce car over twice the event distance and opens opportunities to reduce how long you stay at events. Competition will be tough because any driver in a 2WD car can enter, the 0.9 seeding restriction is gone and last year's Clubman Cup Series and Sportsman Series winner is as welcome as next year's Clubman Cup Series winner! You'll be able to see all the good (and interesting!) lines taken by the WARC competitors as you follow them around the course.
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Club News - 2011 LCC Darling 200 Report By Karl Drummond
RallyWA News
The final rally in WA for 2011 was round 6 of the WAClubman Rally Series (Clubman Cup), the Darling 200.The forests of Jarrahdale south west of Perth, once known for logging and bauxite mining hosted the 6 special stages that made up the rally. The cooler temperatures in mid November helped both officials and the 20 teams that entered in what would normally be a warm event.
Being a 2 Wheel Drive only rally, iconic rear wheel drive cars were free to match it with more contemporary front wheel drive machinery. A quick glance of the entry list showed Ford Escorts and Datsuns in the mix with Honda Civics and Daihatsu Charades. A thundering V8 Holden Commodore also provided great spectacle during the day.
Late grading of the roads before the rally did little to improve the surface and many competitors found the event rough. Unlike all other rallies of 2011, the Darling 200 was run from the organisers’ road book instead of pace notes. With the technical stages and the road book, some competitors found the event challenging.
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2011 2WD Australian Rally Champions!!!
Team News
“To finish first, you first have to finish” – this weekend we competed in Rally Victoria and we only needed to get 4th in the 2WD class to secure our first 2WD Australian Rally Championship win. We did better than that, by finishing 4th on the first day and 1st on the second day.
It was a tough rally, many competitors retiring due to off road excursions or mechanical problems. We managed to avoid both, thanks to our fantastic service team and a cautious drive. It was the slowest we drove all year, but the plan was to finish the event at all costs, so we didn’t take any risks. We decided to carry a lot of spares with us in the car, and this made it almost 50kg heavier (and slower) than usual.
This marks the end of an extraordinary year for us. In April, on the first day of the Western Australian Forest Rally, we did not even dream about taking the 2WD trophy off Eli Evans and Glen Weston. By the end of Heat 2 we were leading the championship.
Rally Queensland was a tough challenge for both of us – Eli’s Honda Civic was quick, but did not last until the end of either day; we entered our first international event, but also had our biggest crash of the year. However we still managed to finish both legs despite a smashed car and a few broken ribs. I remember watching Karamjit Singh drive in the PWRC competition about 10 years ago, and it was extremely rewarding to be able to race against him in a similar 2WD car and match his times.
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Clubman Cup finale to decide second and third
RallyWA NewsA field of twenty entrants will participate in the final round of the Clubman Cup this weekend at the LCC Darling 200 Rally in Jarrahdale, with two of the top three championship spots still up for grabs.
Geoff Leatt-Hayter has an unassailable Clubman Cup series points lead over Dylan King and Stephen Vass but will not compete this weekend due to damage to the car he sustained at the previous Carringtons Safari Rally in Mundaring.
Leatt-Hayter said that winning the Clubman Cup series was consolation for a frustrating year.
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Wilde with nothing to lose for Rally Victoria challenge
RallyWA News
Western Australian rally driver Tom Wilde will compete in Rally Victoria this weekend with an unrestricted car after winning the 4WD section of the Rallyschool Australian Junior challenge at Rally Australia in September.The reward of winning the challenge included free entry to Rally Victoria, free Kumho tyres and $2000 cash to help convert the car to Australian Rally Championship specifications.
Wilde said that after he stripped the restrictor out of his car he has nothing to lose and will take an unrestricted attitude towards a top five finish in Victoria, which after top five stage times at the Quit Forest Rally and Coffs Coast Forest Rally earlier in the year shouldn’t be out of the question.
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Hynes & Percival secures second WARC title with victory at Safari
RallyWA News
Busselton Subaru rally driver Leigh Hynes & codriver Stuart Percival have won their second Western Australian Rally Championship title with a tense victory over Nicholas Box at the Carringtons Traffic Services Safari Rally on Saturday.Just five points separated the pair heading into the event and what promised to be a tight battle turned into an epic tug-of-war that lasted until the final stage of the rally.
2008 champion Hynes said a slower-than-normal start was the tonic he needed to eventually beat Box to the 2011 title.“We started off a little bit slow and that was funny because we didn’t think we were that slow until Nick started off quite a bit quicker than us,” Hynes said.
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If you've heard there is a new series in the WARC for 2012 you're most likely right! What's it going to be called? Well that question will not be answered till the next Rally Advisory Panel meeting and it will need to be ratified by CAMS before it becomes official. You can help by providing or supporting one of the suggested names. Go to the wa_rally group site where the suggested names are being listed. Before suggesting a name it will be a good idea to know what the series is. This series will be open to...... |
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