2008 Endurance Championship
14 September, 2007 - 11:13
Owen Turner announced this list on the British Rally Forum:
9/10 February - The Great Bustard - Salisbury and Shaftsbury Car Club
7/8/9 March - The South West Enduro - South Hams
18/19th April - EACS Endurance - Chelmsford Motor Club
9/10 August - The Welsh Enduro - Amman and DMC
13/14 September - The Yorkshire Revival - Ilkley and DMC
8/9 November - The Lombard - WERA
4 out 6 rounds to count so you don't have to do the Lombard
For more info please email ojgturner@aol.com
Here are the Championship Regs. The tyre rules have since changed - see below.
Originally posted on the British Rally forum by Owen Turner.
Endurance Rally Championship - Tyre Decision
After much deliberation about what tyres to use on Endurance Rallies for 2008 the following has been decided:
Competitors can use any tyre from the Blue Book list 1a. Their choice of tyre must be declared at the start of the year and used for all chosen rounds of the championship. #
If a competitor in the championship changes to another tyre for any reason a 10 point penalty will be occurred, apart from any on event emergency tyre replacement.
Should a competitor use more than one vehicle in the championship then they must still use either the Colway or their chosen make of tyre.
Competitors wishing to use up their old Colways can do so without penalty, but must also declare which tyre they intend to use when they run out of Colways.
This decision has been made, due to there being no totally suitable tyre for all rounds available at present. We hope that in the future a control tyre will present itself.
On list 1a there is a Firestone F580 that is available with a 6ply carcass designed for use on vans. We have carried out limited tests on this tyre and received feedback from people that have used this tyre on various endurance rallies and it would appear to be a very robust tyre that does not suffer from punctures as much as a conventional tyre. It is unfortunately only available in 2 sizes (175/65r14 and 165/70r13) hence we can't adopt it as a control tyre.
I hope that any sceptical competitors will appreciate that this decision has been made in an attempt to keep costs down and to minimise damage to the forests.
Now we can all look forward to the Great Bustard and the start of what should be another great season of Endurance Rallying
Owen
# The Lombard will be appointing its own control tyre towards the end of January only to be used on that event.
The Endurance Championship web site has now been updated with this year's information: www.endurance-rallying.co.uk
The "entries so far" looks like the biggest entry in the championship yet.