Wyedean Rally - 7th Feb 2009 - ELSMORE - King of the Dean (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Thursday, February 05, 2009, 22:28 (5842 days ago)

If you brave the snow this weekend and visit the Forest - keep an eye out for Rally cars !

Wyedean Rally - 7th Feb 2009

The Rally HQ will be based at Chepstow Racecourse, which will be the
location for scrutineering on the Friday afternoon/evening, documentation,
Service, finish & awards presentation. The route will contain 7 special stages,
with two loops out of the racecourse and central service.

All but the stage at the racecourse (run before service), being 5.5 miles or over.
The road sections total 96.5 miles. Double usage has been kept to a minimum
with about 5.5 miles being used twice. This year we have also provided three
classes for historic rally cars, vehicles eligible for these classes will run between
the 1400’s and the open competitors. They will compete for class awards and
also highest placed competitor within the three historic classes, but will not be
included in the overall classification of the event.

Contact : Andrew Hail 0121 313 1416
www.wyedeanrally.com

In 1975 the Wyedean Stages was born, with the inaugural event starting from
Watts of Lydney and using many of the stages that are used today. The winner
of that first Wyedean was one Graham Elsmore, a ‘forester’ through and through,
driving a Ford Escort RS1600. Elsmore went on to earn the title ‘King of the Dean,’
as he went on to win the next two Wyedean's, even beating off the late, great
Roger Clark in 1976.

Wyedean Rally 2008 Graham Elsmore Stage 3 Sallowvallets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGWXAdfKUCA

Nik Elsmore is the younger son of Graham Elsmore, a former works driver known
as the ‘King of the Dean’ due to a string of successes in Wales during the 70s.

Since his rally debut in 1995 Nik has won numerous accolades. By the end off 1997
he had been voted one of the finalists for the ‘Ford/Motoring News Rally Champion
of the Future’. Awarded with the National Rally Champion Honours in 1999 he has
been one of the leading Group N drivers in the UK for the last seven years.
He is now ranked in the top 20 in the UK.

Nik Elsmore Rallying
Oaks House, Maise Walk, Christchurch, Coleford, Gloucestershire, GL16 7AN

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