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The most significant contingent of iconic European rally cars yet will make its way from NSW for Shannons Rally Retro Festival – including no less than 3 World Rally Lancias, a Renault R5 Turbo. a Fiat 131 Abarth and a Ferarri 308 GTB.
Thank you for taking an interest in the 2024 George Woods Rally.
This is the 44th anniversary of the George Woods Rally. It was established in 1980 following George’s untimely death in 1979. Apart from two or three years where conditions conspired against us, it has run every year since.
Continue reading 2024 George Woods Rally
The HRA’s latest championship kicks off at the 2024 Boisdale Rallysprint on Saturday January 20th.
This new championship for 2024 will involve a combination of autocross or khanacross events with some rallysprints.
We hope this will encourage members who might not want to run their cars in a full rally, with the risks and expense of those events, to get their cars out and for some fun in a more relaxed environment.
Autocross and rallysprint events typically are a more relaxed and social affair as you wait for your next run and chat with other members. They also tend to be less taxing on the cars and your wallets.
So, if you have any sort of car that should be seen out competing, now is the time to get it ready and get out there again.
Autocross and Rallysprint Championship Rules are now available on the website under HRA Members > Rules and Regulations.
You need to register for the new championship series – you can do that using the 2024 HRA Series Registration form.
The first round of the new championship is the Bosidale Rallsprint on Saturday 20 January. Entries for Boisdale are open – regs and entry form on the 2024 Boisdale Rallysprint page.
See you at Boisdale!
Peter Canals
HRA Competition Secretary
competition@hra.org.au
There are a couple of changes to the rules for the various 2024 HRA club championship series, specifically the:
From the start of the 2024 season, registration will be required.
A 2024 HRA Series Registration form is now available to let you register for the 2024 Club Championship, the 2024 Touring Championship and the newly introduced 2024 Autocross and Rallysprint Championship.
You can register for one or more series on the one form. Please provide the details to make the job of our scorer easier, including the car or cars you’ll use. And, if you’re a master or a novice, please provide these details as well.
Only registered members will score points in a Club Championship series.
As with increasing retirement ages and advancing years, it’s now time to increase the age for qualification for our “Masters” Championship.
The committee have raised the age for masters from 55 to 60 years as at 1 January. You will be requested to confirm if you qualify for masters on the registration form.
You’ll find links to the 2024 HRA Series Registration form on the website.
There is an updated version of the Club Championship Rules on the website. And, there are rules for the new Autocross and Rallysprint Championship. Both are in HRA Members > Rules and Regulations
The start of the season is only a few weeks away… the 2024 Boisdale Rallysprint is on Saturday 20 January. This is the first round of both the Pro Rally Standard Car Class and the new Autocross and Rallysprint Championship.
Peter Canals
HRA Competition Secretary
competition@hra.org.au
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Steve and Ben Marron at Boisdale. Pic by Paul “Golly” Mollison, B Team Rally Media
Firstly a word about our Sponsor ProRally Motorsport Fabrications. A huge thank you to Chris for his support of the class in 2023. This was his first year as sponsor and we hope he continues for many more.
For all your Motorsport and Rally needs contact Chris on 0423 040 479.
Trophies are awarded to 1st and 2nd places and will be presented at the HRA AGM on Thursday 1st February, 2024.
Continue reading 2023 wrap up for the ProRally Fabrications Standard Car Class
The first version of the 2024 HRA Calendar is now available and it looks like there will be plenty of events to interest most members.
There are HRA Club Championship, Pro Rally Standard Car Class and Touring Championship events aplenty.
And, new NEW for 2024 is the combined HRA Autocross Rallysprint Championship – for those who want to compete, but don’t want to punish their cars too much.
Of course the Calendar is, as always, subject to change either by addition, cancellation or postponement. We’ll try to let you know as soon as possible of any such changes.
Head on over to the 2024 HRA Calendar now to start planning your schedule for a busy year ahead!
The 2023 Championship season is drawing to a close. The final round of the Touring Championship has been run and won, and the Rally Championship winds up with this weekend’s Southern Classic VCRS.
Being Club Championship Scorer is a challenge at times. Most published event results do not include the relevant HRA Car Category, they don’t show the crews’ ages or DoB, and there are always new names to me who may or may not be novices or former graded competitors returning to the sport. I do what research I can, I have HRA and Vic grading lists to refer to, but there is still a fair bit of guesswork that then relies on members to pick up and correct me when necessary.
As far as car categories are concerned, Wikipedia is great to tell me when a particular model was introduced—if the results give model info; if not, b-team rally media photos from the event can be compared to Wiki images to identify the model and then intro year. If a vehicle is shown as PRC on the entry list and that model was first made in 1980 or earlier, it is probably a P81 car; however, the event regs may not have a class for historics, so H81 cars get shown in the P81 category. If a pre-1981 car is modified beyond the PRC specs, it can be scored in an R25 category and is usually identified in results as Club or CRC, but not always.
Competitors’ ages are needed to work out who is a Master (over 55); most of the time it needs a bit of guesswork. I use whatever means I can to get a date of birth— Fb used to provide me with these dates, but people are more cautious about publishing their DoB these days. A lot of people I know, who seem young to me, have told me they are Masters, so I need all competitors to let me know when they are over 55.
One thing I have no trouble with is knowing who is an HRA member or not. Our membership secretary, Kate, checks every set of results against the database and lets me know. You won’t score points if your membership is a single day overdue— even if the event organisers failed to notice when you booked in.
So, there you have it. I’ve done my best, but it is up to you, the HRA members, to let me know of any discrepancies or queries.
Nick Wright
HRA Championship Scorer
clubscorer@hra.org.au
13 November 2023
See the 2023 HRA Championship Scores page for the progress scores after Bagshot.
I am not sure if the dust ever settles at the Bendigo Car Club’s Bagshot Motorsport Complex.
We had an awesome day of activities with 44 entrants and 42 starters. The field of competitors was a great blend of youth and some more experienced travellers, with an eclectic range of vehicles.
It was a day to remember for both participants, spectators and officials.
Continue reading The Dust Never Settles… the 2023 Bagshot Rallysprint
Your Committee made a decision to co-promote the forthcoming Southern Classic Rally with the Ford Four Car Club.
This is to be held on November 18 as an all-daylight rally held around Marysville.
As the larger club with more members, it is hoped that we can do the heavy lifting for the supply of officials. We need control officials and road closure officials.
The event consists of 10 competitive stages which equates to 20 sets of officials to run those controls. What is a set? Four would be ideal. That is 80 people and then there are 100 road closure officials required too. This is a big event that with your support will grow!
WE NEED YOU! YOUR SPORT NEEDS YOU!! OUR CLUB NEEDS YOU!!!
Contact Stephen Young, HRA President and the event Official’s Coordinator to book a spot to help the Historic Rally Association and Ford Four Car Club grow classic rallying in Vic Rally.
Ph: 0420 23 23 73 or register your interest at officials@southernclassic.au
More info on Southern Classic Rally website.