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SOMETHING OF EVERYTHING AT THE SHOW
With just six weeks to go before the start of the biggest all-rally event in England this year, the variety of people and cars to be seen at the VK sponsored Rally Show at Chatsworth is increasing all the time.
In the nine rally events which form the competitive part of the Show, there will be at least two World Champions taking part. Stig Blomqvist will drive a David Sutton Ford Escort RS1800 Mk2 in the opening All Comers event on Saturday and again in the Historic Category C event on Sunday. Interestingly for British fans, Stig turned down an invitation to go to the Race of Champions event in Porto (to be held the same weekend) in order to be at Chatsworth.Also taking part in the competitive events will be Louise-Aitken Walker, who won the inaugural Ladies World Championship for Opel in 1990. Mark Higgins, British Rally Champion in 1997 and again in 2005, will drive several cars during the weekend.
The Nations Cup, an innovation for this year`s Show, will see teams of three drivers from England, Ireland and Germany battle it out in two heats, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. In the German team will be at least two, possibly three, of the spectacular Porsche GT3s, of which one, that of Olaf Dobberkau, was such a hit with spectators last year.
Big GT cars will also feature in the special GT event to be held on Sunday, when two latest-specification Aston Martins driven by Mark Higgins and Paul Appleby will take on the Porsches. Entries are still coming in for this GT and Sports car event and it seems likely that this will produce even more variety.
This year, the Rally Show at Chatsworth has invited the Richard Burns Foundation to be its supported charity. They will be there in force and two rally cars from the Richard Burns Collection, both drivenby Richard in the World Rally Championship, will feature in the static display, organised in conjunction with Motorsport News to celebrate 30 years of the World Rally Driver`s Championship.
What with all this, plus the History of Rallying which, apart from the more "modern" historic cars, will feature two early V8 rally cars: Jerry Thurston`s Allard L-type from the 1950s and Doug Allen`s Ford Falcon Future Sprint from the 1960s. With various other demonstrations of rally cars both ancient and modern, the action will be non-stop over the two days.
For all further information, please contact:
The Rally Show Ltd
PO Box 6168
Reading RG19 9DS
Tel: 01189 710424
Fax: 01189 710331
Email: office@therallyshow.org
Website: www.therallyshow.org
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28 April 2009