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Dalby in the dark for Roger Albert Clark Rally

Posted on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 10:05AM by Paul Lawrence

The unique challenge of special stages in Dalby forest in the dark will get this year's Roger Albert Clark Rally off to a demanding start when competitors tackle 20 stage miles in the famous Yorkshire forest on the evening of Friday 26 November.

Use of the Dalby complex for rallying has been drastically reduced in recent years, but rally manager Colin Heppenstall has worked closely with the Forestry Commission and local residents to gain access for the Roger Albert Clark.

The news that the 2010 Roger Albert will feature the dauntingly fast straights and tight corners of Dalby is a tremendous boost to rallying in Yorkshire. It will be the first time for several years that rally cars will have tackled the forest complex in darkness and will provide a spectacular start to the 2010 rally. Dalby is steeped in rallying history and is the perfect venue for the first competitive miles of this hugely popular event.

"Being able to use Dalby once again will give the 2010 event a great start and offer a big challenge to the competitors on the first night," said Heppenstall. "It will also offer unrivalled spectating in the famous Dalby Woodyard, which will be floodlight for the event. Thanks must be given to the residents of Low Dalby for allowing the event into the forest on Friday night, which has only been possible due to the good spectator behaviour the last time the event went into Dalby."

The seventh running of the event, which recreates the RAC Rallies of the 1960s and 1970s, will again start from Pickering Showground, where administration and scrutineering will be held during Friday. The rally focus will then switch to Carlisle for Sunday and Monday. Saturday's leg in Yorkshire will take in stages in Langdale and at the Oliver's Mount motor-cycle track near Scarborough, with two visits to each venue.

More details of the event will be announced shortly, while membership renewals for the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club are now due.

For more details about the Roger Albert Clark Rally, and its support rallies, please visit www.rogeralbertclarkrally.org