27th July 2016: TDC Production Car Trial

Basic details:- To be held under the International Sporting Code of the FIA, the General Competition Rules of MI

START: Ballybetagh Road, Glencullen, Co Dublin (N W) (By kind permission of Frank Lenehan). Start 6.00 pm SHARP (Check-in from 5.00 pm, Driver’s briefing 5.45pm)

Classes: Class 1 Front Engine, Front Wheel Drive & Rear Engine, Rear Wheel Drive
Class 2 Front Engine, Rear Wheel Drive
Class 3 Cars first registered after 1st January 2006

Sections will be set to minimise risk of damage to normal road-going cars

Tyres must not be ‘Grip’, ‘Town & Country’, ‘M&S’ or ‘All Weather’ patterns. The following tyres are specifically excluded: Sterling (ATS) All Season Remould, Michelin XRN, Pirelli P7, Uniband Rally Steel, Goodyear All Weather Steel Radial, Goodyear Vector. Minimum Tyre Pressure will be 18 PSI

Kit Cars, Specials, Commercial Vehicles or cars with any form of LSD are not eligible for awards

4 Wheel Drive or All Wheel Drive is not permitted

Double Drivers are permitted

There will be no practising of the sections

There will be 11 ‘Gates’ on each section, the ‘Start’ and then numbered 10 > 0

Standing starts with front wheels on the Start line are required

Zero marks will be awarded for a clean passage though a section

If a car stops, rolls backwards or touches a marker, the competitor will be awarded the mark on the previous marker. A stop is defined as when a car makes no further forward motion in a 5 second period.

A car will have been judged to have passed a marker when the centre of both front wheels have crossed an imaginary line between the 2 stakes

You may not cross your own tracks during a section and must follow the ‘intended’ line
Passengers must stay with-in the confines of the passenger compartment with their feet on the floor

THIS WILL BE A FUN EVENT INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE ENTRIES OF NORMAL, SMALLER, NON-COMPETITION CARS. FIRST TIME MOTORSPORT COMPETITORS ESPECIALLY WELCOME

Regulations

Entry Form

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This is a super event and always seems to attract great weather. Only down the road from Dublin and a nice compact route too. If you're on the fence get off it and get out!

Could anyone with connections in the mudplugging community please let them know we'd love to see them show off their skills at this event. 😊

I will probably do this one, I should have a suitable car for it by then.

When will regs be out? I can send these to all the mudplugers once they are published

Regs imminent!

Regs & entry form now posted... Looking forward to this..

In the description it says class 3 is eligible for cars registered after the 1st of January 2004 but in the regs it says 2006. In the past few it was definately 2004 not 2006. Can somebody please clarify this. Thanks, Alan.

Alan, Class 3 is for 2006 or newer as per regs (it's a rolling 10 years or younger) Apologies for the confusion.

Ok. Thanks Stephen. Il be out in an early 05 car (not a starlet) not even a toyota, so will enter class 1. Thanks.

Great Alan. It's great to have a bit of variety in events. How else will the Starlet beater ever be found?

Entry List at 26th July

1. Eoin Longworth, Toyota Starlet
2. MacFheorais, Mazda MX-5
3. Kevin O'Rourke, Toyota Starlet
4. John Heavey, Toyota Starlet
5. Karen Gaffney, Toyota Starlet
6. Ted Gaffney, Toyota Starlet
7. Frank Lenehan, Austin Mini
8. Trish Wojnar, Austin Mini
9. Paddy Lombard, Toyota Starlet
10. Jack Quinn, Peugeot 106
11. John McAssey, Toyota Starlet
12. Ian McCulloch, MG Midget
13. Finbar O'Neill, Toyota Starlet
14. Luke O'Neill, Toyota Starlet
15. Aoife Ryan, Toyota Starlet
16. John Nolan, Toyota Starlet
17. Philip O'Reilly, Austin Mini
18. Myles O'Reilly, Austin Mini
19. Declan Furlong, Toyota Starlet
20. Liam Cashman, Toyota Starlet
21. Colin Sheridan, Toyota Starlet
22. Breen Sheridan, Toyota Starlet
23. James Driver, Nissan Sunny
24. Niall Driver, Nissan Sunny
25. Alan Auerbach, MG ZR
26. Richard Meeke, Toyota Starlet
27. David Meeke, Toyota Starlet
28. Ciarán Ó'Cléirigh, Nissan Micra
29. Brian Kingston, Nissan Micra
30. Brendan Driver, Ford Focus
31. Feargal Driver, Ford Focus
32. Robert Whelan, Toyota Starlet

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If you want to be involved in the fun on Wednesday evening please get your entry in quickly.

Updated entry list above. Double driving is encouraged.

I can confirm sections are compatible with more modern machinery!

Request from landowner to park trailers and non-competing cars in the 2nd field in from the road - not in the yard.

Please do not drive on ungathered grass and drive around the perimeters of fields.

Thanks,

Stephen