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The IRDC will be present at Rallye Sunseeker this year and are proud to be part of such a well run event. Rally Director Rick Smith and his team always put on a fantastic rally and this year's edition should be as good as ever.
For those who have not sampled the delights of the full blown rally on the south coast then Bournemouth is a good one to start with. In recent years scrutineering has turned into a show in itself, with an indoor sports complex used, spectator grandstand seating, rally radio and plenty of action on the Friday afternoon.
On the Saturday the rally proper starts with action in the forests around the Ringwood and Wareham forest complexes before finishing over a ramp in the centre of town.
We will have our gazebo at the RallyShow at Somerley house with tea and coffee making facilities so come along and have a chat. We are looking for club members to represent the club and join those already signed up to man the stand. The rally tales place on Saturday 27th February.
For more information please call Shaun Martin on 0794 186 8840
1st February, 2010
Mikko Hirvonen has given M-Sport's Ford Fiesta S2000 a debut victory on the opening round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, the 78th Automobile Rallye Monte-Carlo, which finished in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Kris Meeke had a fantatstic start however it all came to nothing on the first stage of day two when he went off on some slushy ice with black ice hidden underneath. He had done his major breaking into the bend but just came off the brakes a bit too early suffering a heavy impact on a right hander into a bridge.
Guys Wilks faired better finishing 6th overall on a very wintery event, despite having a spin on SS4 and losing time.
Most of the event was televised live on Europsort and coverage from in-car and from helicopter - all 14 hours of it.......absolutely stunning.
TOP TEN POSITIONS AFTER LEG THREE
1 Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Fiesta S2000 4h32m58.5s
2 Juho Hanninen/Mikko Markkula Skoda Fabia S2000 +1m51.4s
3 Nicolas Vouilloz/Benjamin Veillas Skoda Fabia S2000 +3m19.1s
4 Stephane Sarrazin/Jacques Julien Renucci Peugeot 207 S2000 +7m25.5s
5 Jan Kopecky/Petr Stary Skoda Fabia S2000 +8m48.7s
6 Guy Wilks/Phil Pugh Skoda Fabia S2000 +9m24.5s
7 Bruno Magalhaes/Carlos Magalhaes Peugeot 207 S2000 +9m45.4s
8 Jean-Sebastien Vigion/Stephane Prevot Peugeot 207 S2000 +13m33.5s
9 Jaroslav Orsak/Karel Vajik Skoda Fabia S2000 +21m16.6s
10 Andrej Jereb/Miran Kacin Peugeot 207 S2000 +25m26.1s
23rd January, 2010
Well what another successful show and I would like to say a big thank you to all who made the show happen. Especially to Club Lancia Sport who invited us on to their stand and made us feel so welcome.
We also had a presence on the "30 years of WRC" main feature and also club members Steve and Tony Graham had their Lancia Fulvia on the RAC Rally stand.
For our next event we hope to have a stand at Rallye Sunseeker and then Race Retro, so If you can spare a day to help out we would love to see you there.
For those who have not been on their website it is definitely worth a visit at www.lanciasport.com
18th January, 2010
We will be at the Autopsort Show this year on the LanciaSport stand based in Hall 8.
It is quite fitting as Lancia are celebrating 30 years in the WRC and will have a Repsol Delta and a Alitalia Stratos. The stand is number 8320 and is opposite the WRC display. If you would like to help on the stand then please call Shaun Martin on 0794 186 8840, otherwsie come along and say hello throughout the weekend.
Club members Steve and Tony Graham will also have thier Lancia Fulvia on the Roger Albert Clark stand.
Thank you to LanciaSport for inviting us onto thier stand and more details about the club can be found at www.lanciasport.com
12th January, 2010