Club Triumph

Good to hear from you Nassos.
Great result in Acropolis 2007  - wasn't it a counter in this years FIA Regularity Championship? - Final round this weekend being The Rally of the Tests.
Certainly a MKII Spit or GT6 MKI are quite evocative of Triumph's small chassis rallying.
Would love to see more pictures of your cars. Let us know of your future events.
Neil

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Good to hear from you Nassos.
Great result in Acropolis 2007  - wasn't it a counter in this years FIA Regularity Championship? - Final round this weekend being The Rally of the Tests.
Certainly a MKII Spit or GT6 MKI are quite evocative of Triumph's small chassis rallying.
Would love to see more pictures of your cars. Let us know of your future events.
Neil

I am now planning my tarmac stage rally campaign in my TR7 16V - co-driver and service crew volunteers welcome!

Date     Rally     Location     Licence
May-09     John Overend Memorial Stages     Melbourne airfield, near York     National B
Jun-09     Torque Bac Stages     Swinderby, Lincs     National B
Sep-09     Thor Hammer Stages     Driffield, N Yorks     National B
Oct-09     Keith Knox Stages     Otterburn     National B
               
May-10     John Overend Memorial Stages     Melbourne airfield, near York     National B
Jul-10     Isle of Man Historic     Isle of Man!     National A
Sep-10     Tour of Flanders     Belgium     National A

Way to go Martin.
You should try to get an experienced Navigator if you can - there are so many mistakes possible that can frustrate a good result.
I'm willing to help in what ways I can.

Cheers Neil.

I am putting aside Martin Randle Pendle and Pennine Area Organiser, CT Northern Representative
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1977 Triumph TR7 16V rally car
1982 Triumph TR7 DHC
1987 Rover SD1 3500EFI VDP
1992 Mini Mayfair (Mrs R's)
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On the co-driver/service crew front  there's progress. The list of possible co-drivers is being refined, one off it, another one contacted to see if he would like to restart after a layoff and another one contacted from the classicrallychat forum.

Regarding service crews - Tim Bancroft, Andy Pearce, Jon Ranwell and Neil Dowie have all offered help of some kind or another. AP has even promised an estate car as service barge

My hoped for retired but experienced co-driver prefers to stay retired

Chasing another one at the moment but I have just realised that it would be a good plan to have the co-driver sorted for this summer, as we could then build up experience as a crew on the Little Devils and maybe another couple of NESCRO events

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I am now planning my tarmac stage rally campaign in my TR7 16V - co-driver and service crew volunteers welcome!

Date     Rally     Location     Licence
May-09     John Overend Memorial Stages     Melbourne airfield, near York     National B
Jun-09     Torque Bac Stages     Swinderby, Lincs     National B
Sep-09     Thor Hammer Stages     Driffield, N Yorks     National B
Oct-09     Keith Knox Stages     Otterburn     National B
               
May-10     John Overend Memorial Stages     Melbourne airfield, near York     National B
Jul-10     Isle of Man Historic     Isle of Man!     National A
Sep-10     Tour of Flanders     Belgium     National A

Have just found this forum. I Rally the Triumph 2000 and am based in Kent. I use to rally a blue Mk3 GT6 but found it a bit close to the ground especially on some of the rougher tests and on Irish roads! I hold a Nat B licence and competed in the 2006 Clubmans championship ending up 2nd overall expert. My nav has now emigrated to Australia and therefore has curtailed my entries this season. The car is standard apart from period XJ6 seats which give better support and headrests, and harnesses. I am out this weekend on the Cloverleaf and am intending to enter the Regis in October.
I am no stranger to Club Triumph and the cars, I took part in the 1998 RBRR in my white 2000 Mk2 and currently own 6 Triumphs. GT6, TR6, 2.5PI Mk2, 2000 Mk1, Spitfire, Vitesse convertable 2L Mk1.

Hello Charles..Katie and i should see you at the Regis...good luck on the cloverleaf

Welcome to the CT Forum, Charles.

I have heard of your exploits, like the look of your mk1.

Alot of CT members seem to be following your path of having a Triumph sportscar and then maybe seeing the light and buying a Mk1 or mk2 saloon!

Let us know your results and the events that you intend to enter in the future.

Hello Doug Look forward to seeing you on the Regis. Unfortunantly do not think I can manage the Downs although had entered on the first postponed event.

Tim thanks for your encouragement, I will let you know what the future plans hold.

Hi,
I am an experienced road rally navigator based in West Wales.  Loads of Road rallys in this area but not much in the way of Historic events.
I am a class1 (Expert) and have 9 years of experience and have had a few outright wins, including The Gremlin Rally which is a round of the HRCR championship (I was in a modern car though, a sierra).
If anyone is looking for a nav on any welsh historic events, get in touch and I may be available.
Anthony Davies

hi ant based in essex but may consider comming to wales  regards michael

hi all,
steve poulton essex area own a tr6.

i am a new club member and would like to get involved somehow,never taken part in any type of rally before but have driven hgv's for thirty odd years so not actually a novice driver.

would like a ride with someone maybe(share ex's etc.etc) on the next one. i also wouldn't mind being involved in the marshalling side if that would be possible.

here's hoping  cheers steve.

Join a local motorclub, http://chelmsfordmc.co.uk/ is likely, or look on http://www.asemc.org.uk/

There are a few CT members who are involved with chemsford,so a good starting place. I expect they offer navigation tuition etc, and marshalls are always welcome!

Hi Steve, yes as Clifty says, there are a few of us CT members in Essex who also belong to and rally with Chelmsford MC. These are mainly Friday night 12 car timed navigation rallies and are a good place to start. A couple of guys also do some of the HRCR rallies, which are another step up.

Why not come along to one of our monthly CT Essex Area meetings and have a chat about a good way to get into entry level rallying? We meet on the last Wednesday of each month at the Hurdlemakers Arms in Woodham Walter, just south of Maldon, about 8PM onwards.

And I think the idea of using a Standard 10 is a great one; I know it's possible because I've seen Lloyd McNeal's uprated one (and had it overtake me at Cadwell Park circuit) and would be excellent if suitably modded for reliability/safety/performance. It would make a great project - Doug Foreman (on here) is doing a similar project so could be very useful for ideas.

hi mike,
i did venture down on wednesday night and met micheal,mike and colin,hopefull to be at the next one and meet a few more.

cheers steve.

It's a while since anyone posted their plans, so here goes: Ive got an MSA Nat A Stage Rally licence, but mainly sit in the seat that doesn't face the steering wheel. Lots of experience in a stage rally prepped TR7 (Northern Historic Championship, HRCR etc.) I occasionally migrate to the other side (eg Oulton Park Gold Cup demo/Chatsworth) BUT building a Mk3 Spit for road events/hillclimbing/fun/LeJog?/RBRR?. The Spit is 1967 (Cat B2) and currently having 2 new rear wings stitched on and a full respray in Powder Blue (of course!) and should be ready to go before Christmas. Spec available on request. Next season I'll be RH seat in a LHD porsche 911 for RAC pre87 and/or NHRC stage rallies (sorry!) but certainly interested in other events where I can use the Spit and have fun!

Interested to hear from other members who share the same mindset....

Watcha Rallyspit, any photos of the car?