The challenging Co Durham stages of the Tour of Hamsterley will be the setting for round three of the West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C. Rally Championship (Saturday 26 April).
Another superb line-up of cars will gather for the first northern round of the R.A.C. Rally Championship with an impressive 65 championship contenders on the entry list. The event will mark the opening event in the championship’s three-round Northern Challenge as well as the next round of the highly successful Kumho Clubmans Challenge for crews competing on a maximum of six tyres for the event.
Once again, there is a tremendous line-up of pre ’68 cars in the Walker Diecastings Category 1, which includes contenders in the Aldon Automotive Mini and Imp Cup. Heading the field away is the incredibly quick Mini Cooper S of Ray Cunningham/Gary McElhinney, which has taken victory on each of the first two rounds. This will be new territory for the Galway asphalt ace, but the fact that there is some asphalt included in the non-spectator Raby Castle stage suggests he will again be tough to beat. In the second car from the Galway Mini Centre will be brothers Ross and Arron Forde and it will be very interesting to see how Ross compares to the team boss.
The rally will be based at the National Railway Museum at Shildon. The first historic car will start at 8.45am and return to the finish shortly before 3pm. The Tour of Hamsterley is supported by SG Petch.
The Tour of Hamsterley is organised by the Stockton and District Motor Club in association with Teesside Motor Sport Group. For more details about the event please visit www.tourofhamsterley.co.uk.
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