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Welcome to the spectator section of the Plains Rally Site.
2009 Spectator Info & Weather forecast View Buttons below
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Tickets for the Woodyard (Welshpool) Special Stage will be on sale in the Town Centre, Welshpool, on Saturday May 9th, priced at £10 per car to include a donation to the
Wales Air Ambulance.
Tickets will also be on sale at the Woodyard on Saturday, September 20th. |
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Camping |
Camping available at Mad Mick's Woodyard for Competitors, Marshals & Spectators is solely one of Mick's private enterprises.
Therefore, all enquiries please direct to Mick - Email |
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For Spectator Stage MRs and GPS Post Codes see View Stage Maps Button below To ensure you get the best viewing points when visiting the Plains Rally we are once again including two spectator Stages. Following on from the success of last year's event, we will once again combine a Forest Stage, and a Mick Jones, Woodyard Stage, which is unique to the Plains Rally. With a Burger Van and Commentator in attendance in the main spectator area at the Woodyard. These will be the only recommended spectator locations and we do not advise you to attempt to visit any other Forests during the day. All other Stages will be strictly 'Out Of Bounds'.
For the exact Stage location details, start times and ticketing arrangements. See the View Buttons below
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Plains Rally Programmes will be on sale at both Spectator Stages at £2.00 each
giving the seeded entry list - cars may not be in sequential order due to late entries being slotted into a suitable running order.
The programme contains a wealth of info to help you enjoy your day. |
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 Mick on Test 2007!Plains Rally supported by Lico Wheels - Saturday 20th September Preview by Andrew HaillPLAINS NOT SIMPLE!…
The Plains Rally, which is supported by Lico Wheels and is the penultimate round of the Silverstone Competition Tyres BTRDA Rally Series, sees all the main contenders for each of the constituent parts heading for Welshpool on Saturday 20th September - and none of the titles has yet been claimed!
2007 BTRDA Gold Star winners Will Nicholls/Nick Broom (Subaru Impreza WRC) lead the race for this year's crown, but Damian Cole (Hyundai Accent WRC) and Hugh Hunter/Andy Marchbank (Ford Focus WRC) are waiting in the wings for the champions to falter. Dropped scores have now come into play and each driver can only improve by bettering one of his previous results.
Staying well out of the way of the ensuing battle will be 'visitors' to the series - Marcus Dodd (Hyundai Accent WRC) who is hoping to wrap up the MSA Gravel Championship title once again on the Bulldog Rally in a month's time, accomplished preparation expert and driver Geoff Jones at the wheel of John Lloyd's Focus WRC and former British Rally Champion Mark Higgins who will be using the event to put some more development mileage on his MG S2000.
Winners of the recent Woodpecker Stages, Shaun Gardener/Ben Innes (Mitsubishi Lancer EVO) and BTRDA 'Mixed Surface Challenge' leader Steve Simpson (Hyundai Accent WRC) also grace an extremely impressive Top Ten.
The current leader of the Silverstone Tyres BTRDA Silver Star Championship is double former winner Jon Ballinger (Opel Manta) but, having rolled out of the last round and relinquished his position at the head of the points table, Irishman Frank Kelly (Ford Escort RS) will have his sights set on re-establishing his advantage. Although not registered for the BTRDA Series, Mick Jones - whose timber yard is one of the special stage venues - and Will Onions will be bringing their rapid Escorts to the Plains and cannot be discounted for outright two-wheel drive success on the day, while Henri Grehan's similar car came away from the Woodpecker with a maximum.
Darren Pinchin/Rob Leigh (Proton Satria) are leading the BTRDA 1400 Championship, but still need one more good result to clinch the title. They have the honour of being the first car away from the start of the Plains Rally in Welshpool at 8.30am on the Saturday morning, and will be hoping to have maintained that position by the time the survivors begin to return from 5.00pm that afternoon.
The inaugural BTRDA Rally First Challenge has brought a number of entries to the events in the calendar, and David Bennett/Alistair McNeil (Vauxhall Corsa) are the 'men-in-form', having taken maximums on each of the last three rounds. However, an indifferent start to their campaign has kept them behind Jason Hopkins, who has elected to miss the Plains, and Roy Gravestock/Tim Ball (Vauxhall Corsa). This also has a way to run yet before the first winners are identified.
45 miles of special stages, in some of the classic mid-Wales forests await competitors on this year's Plains Rally, which was voted 'Best BTRDA Series Event' in 2007.
Spectator Safety
DESPITE THE ORGANISERS TAKING ALL REASONABLE
PRECAUTIONS UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENTS CAN HAPPEN.
IN RESPECT OF THESE YOU ARE PRESENT AT YOUR OWN RISK. |
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| DO NOT TRY TO EMULATE THE DRIVING OF THE COMPETITORS YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING.
DRIVE WITH CARE AND CONSIDERATION FOR OTHER ROAD USERS. |
| PLEASE TAKE YOUR LITTER HOME AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. |
The road is only open after a Special Stage when the Course Closing
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a rally
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- DO NOT stand on the road
- DO NOT stand below the level of the road
- DO NOT stand in front of arrows or signs
- DO NOT stand or sit on or near log piles, walls or fences
- DO NOT sit close to the edge of the track
- DO NOT block escape routes
- DO NOT be distracted
- DO NOT play games with your safety or that of the drivers
- DO NOT remove stage signs or arrows
- DO NOT be the one to stop the stage
- DO NOT jump out into the road to take a picture, there could be another
car right behind the first car.
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- DO expect the unexpected
- DO listen for approaching cars
- DO remain alert
- DO leave yourself room to move quickly
- DO try to keep behind something solid
- DO keep children under supervision
- DO leave your pets at home
- DO as the marshals ask
- DO help the marshals to run a safe stage
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The Rally is run approximately within the three Weather Forecast Stations - This may help you plan ahead
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Machynlleth Weather |
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