Following weeks of planning, the ANCRO organised 2007 Hankook Rally Challenge gets underway this weekend when competitors will converge on Llandovery for the Red Kite Stages Rally.

As part of the sponsorship deal with global performance tyre manufacturer Hankook, the ‘Clubmans’ series will have a total of seven rounds, three of which are additions to the championship and as well as the Red Kite Stages, these include an exciting asphalt sortie to the Epynt ranges in mid Wales with the Eventsigns Mewla National Rally and an end of season blast around the fast Yorkshire forests with the Malton Forest Stages.

The three additional events join the existing rallies, the Barretts Rally of Kent, and three Welsh events which comprise the Severn Valley Clubmans Rally, the Swansea Bay Clubmans Rally and the Bulldog Clubman Rally.

Due to the late finalisation of the championship, and the close proximity of the Red Kite Rally this forthcoming weekend, the organisers of the championship have deemed it appropriate that a competitor’s best four scores will count towards the championship, thus allowing three ‘dropped’ scores.

The champion driver wins a free entry on to each of the Hankook MSA Gravel Rally Championship (Hankook GRC) events for 2008 and a range of exciting additional prizes for special categories, including the Juniors, will be announced shortly as more companies pledge their support for the series.

2007 Calendar

21st January                 Red Kite Stages (Llandovery)

18th March                   Barretts Rally of Kent (Ashford)

2nd June                      Severn Valley Clubmans Rally (Llandrindod Wells)

21st July                       Swansea Bay Clubmans Rally (Swansea)

26th August                  Eventsigns Mewla National Rally (Builth Wells)

20th October                Bulldog Clubmans Rally (Oswestry)

4th November              Malton Forest Stages Rally (Pickering)

Regulations can be obtained by contacting Championship Registrar Val Thompson as follows: 

Tel:        01530 231446 Email:    ancro@valthompson.co.uk

An announcement regarding the final calendar for the 2007 Hankook MSA Gravel Rally Championship (Hankook GRC) will be made later this week.