just wondering if anyone has got any ideas for starting rallying, any help as to which championships etc. to start looking into, will hopefully be getting my class b race licence before next year so would like to find something nice and cheap to progress up from

 

Hello there. The very first thing you need to do is join your local motorclub. I don't know where you are from but I would imagine your local town/city has one. For rallying you need a non race national B license to start off with. Next, sign up to the british rally forum www.britishrally.co.uk for help and advice, you also get to know all the dates and stuff for every event that happens in the uk. Its difficult to reccomend a championship without knowing your budget (rallying is ultra expensive), but there are loads to choose from. I think to start off I'd maybe take up a bit of road rallying, as you can use your standard road car (provided its a 4 cylinder with forced induction), but I'd reccomend a sump guard at the very least. If road rallying doesn't sound like your cup of tea, I'd try some simple single venue rallies, just to get the feel of the sport. Best thing to do is go to your local motorclub, get yourself signed up, and talk to competitiors to see about championships and events. Hope that helps, anything else you need to know, just ask, or pm me if you want.

 

Hi, thanks for the reply i think ill look into road rallying and im just about to sign up to the forum, thanks for the advice.

 

Road rallying is a great way to start, and i know a lot fo the top boys prefer it over stageing.
As GJH will probably vouch, Merion Evans of wales motorsport fabrication is big into his road rallying, and has a monster pinto'd 4 door mk2.
Its very competitive and cracking fun, from there on, as said, its single venues, and anything after that is £££££££££££££.

 

get involved with your local motor clubs first.

 

Yeah, got to start there, i've somehow managed to become a committee member of ours!

 

Start saving. Buy the time you've bought the junk from the MSA, and done the test etc, you'll have spent £400. Then there's helmet, overalls and all that to consider. That's before you've even thought about a car.

It's an expensive game sadly!

 

thats why i navigate! Nat b none race and no BARS for me! ha

 

Road rallying is the way to go, join your local motorclub and get your papers, then the fun of preparing your car, protons are a good choice. im a member of my local motorclub, and my dad rallied for 13 years. People say stage rallying is boring, so road rallying is the way to go, good luck

 

people who say stage rallying is boring are just there to make up the numbers when your battling with a couple of people and theres seconds init going into a stage its not boring believe me.... as has been said join your local motorclub look at what you wanna do drive/ co-drive maybe go and marshal a few rallys around your area speak to the lads/women in the service area ask questions we dont bite we will point you in the right direction you have to look at your budget aswell dnt just think to yourself yeah ive got say £6000 im gonna buy a decent rallycar make sure you can afford to repair anyting if and when it will break can i afford tyres fuel all the stuff that goes with the territory just remember if you rally you will never have anyspare money its a fact prepare to be skint all the time but the buzz you get from rallying is worth every penny

 

I couldn't do it. Not unless the driver liked vomit in his car

 

Yeah, i'm getting a bit sickly lately , used to be fine, 130 milers were not an issue, now i'm fucked in the first selective, think it could be as i am moving up the ranks and speed's are faster. I'm semi retired now anyway! ha.