JohnSt Posted February 16, 2005 Posted February 16, 2005 East Ayrshire CC (Organisers of the Galloway Hills Rally, Kames Trophy Rally, 4 rounds of The Scottish Sprint champioship, and 9 Grass Autotests a year..and other stuff) & Coltness CC (Organisrs of the McRae Stages...and plenty more stuff...) are jointly running a series of Rally Time Trials (Gravel Sprints) over the summer at Kames using the on site stages (4 layouts). Hopefully three runs on each giving around 12 stage miles. Cars need to be log booked, and competitors need rally license, no navigator required (Cars can be double entered, time for payback to your Nav). Limited to Two Wheel Drive. Cost will be pleasingly reasonable (Trust me ), ideal for beginers to get used to loose stuff before tramping up a forrest... Spectator action much better than a forrest as the whole course can be seen (and there as rolls & Sausage and Tea on Site). Ideal training ground if you want to get your Marshals license and go to Rally GB for Free and still more hospitable than a forrest. Interested ?
jamie_wood Posted February 16, 2005 Posted February 16, 2005 Would like to find out more about Marshaling if that was possible, John Whats involved in the Marshals license ?
JohnSt Posted February 16, 2005 Author Posted February 16, 2005 Hi Jamie, the MSA recently introduced a scheme to 'license' marshals so that they have a register of experienced guys. To get one only involves a training day, usually a dummy Rally (we had one at Kames two years ago, and the plan is to incorporate one/two into this series, where you will be taught safety, how to operate the Start Stop clocks, flying finish, checking in/out stage/service ect). Then marshal on three rallies (you can claim grandfather rights). From then on Car clubs will be getting in touch to ask you to help and, your local (Wales !!) WRC round gets to be free.
jamie_wood Posted February 16, 2005 Posted February 16, 2005 Great stuff John How do I go about finding the next training day thats planed??
JohnSt Posted February 16, 2005 Author Posted February 16, 2005 I will keep you informed on this thread !!
jamie_wood Posted February 16, 2005 Posted February 16, 2005 Marshal mode on........ "Stand back from the splash please"
JohnSt Posted February 16, 2005 Author Posted February 16, 2005 Ah, coincidentally the Main sponsor of the Kames Trophy Rally and the man who installed the Grass at my house (though I didn't realise at the time) .............Allan Barr
jamie_wood Posted February 16, 2005 Posted February 16, 2005 Yep, good driver is Allan. Loads of great drivers in Scotland................and then theres the Irish guys One word for them..............MAD
JohnSt Posted February 16, 2005 Author Posted February 16, 2005 No... Two words...add Drunk, and usually when competing
jamie_wood Posted February 16, 2005 Posted February 16, 2005 Yeh These guys are amazing, they were the only ones at the JCMR that I saw with the cars 5 feet of the ground, over a sharp crest All the others let off the throttle before the jump, not the Irish ones!! Flat out all the way. Exellent to watch, exellent
dougster Posted February 17, 2005 Posted February 17, 2005 John, I am interested in the marshalling side also. Also interested in that phone number I lost!!!
paulc555 Posted February 17, 2005 Posted February 17, 2005 Jamie Who you calling mad ???? Irish rallying rules the world....... yee haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ah memories.....makes me think of all the fun i miss from home...... Paul
derek_robertson Posted February 25, 2005 Posted February 25, 2005 Hi John Defo up for a bit of marshal training,great to see a return of more rallies at Kames See ya soon, Del
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