FINAL INSTRUCTIONS These instructions are an integral part of the written instructions to Competitors, therefore should be treated as part of the regulations for the event. By signing-on for the event you agree to the amendments and clarifications to the Supplementary Regulations set out below. The Hughes Rally will be based at The Hop Farm, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, Kent TN12 6PY, grid ref. 188/673473. The Hop Farm s facilities will be used for Friday and Saturday s scrutineering and signing-on formalities, as well as the Start and Finish on Saturday. The event will include use of the MoD Training Ground at Mereworth Woods grid ref. 188/643554. Please note that the entrance to the Mereworth Woods site is on a busy B road, under no circumstances should you attempt to turn right into or out of the site. The organising team wishes you an enjoyable and successful day. Amendments to Supplementary Regulations Article 3. The MSA Permit numbers are: Hughes Historic Rally: 106931 Hughes Club Rally: 106932 Article 7. Scrutineering on Saturday morning will be from 07:00 to 08:15 and the Crew briefing will now take place at 8:30. Article 10. Based on the entry received, the following classes for the Hughes Historic Rally will be combined: Article 13. 1. Classes M1 and M2 2. Classes M3 and M4 3. Classes E1 and E2 4. Classes E3 and E4 5. Classes N1 and N2 6. Classes N3 and N4 The third Club Steward is Tom Davies. Article 21. The penalty for practising the route in advance is changed from Exclusion to Disqualification. Article 22. In addition, insurance cover will cease if you are disqualified from the event. Noise Test, Scrutineering and Signing-On The Noise Test, Scrutineering and Signing-on will take place at The Hop Farm, from 5:00pm to 8:00pm on Friday evening and from 7.00am to 8.15am on Saturday morning. Final Instructions - Page 1
Please follow the Hughes Rally signs from the entrance of the Hop Farm to the Scrutineering, Parking and Signing-on areas. Please attend scrutineering before signing-on. There are not any individually allocated scrutineering times for Friday or Saturday. On arrival you will be noise-tested and given a process card. After scrutineering, take your process card to the signing-on desk. At scrutineering, cars will be checked for both safety and eligibility. Documentation for your car will also be inspected. Do remember to bring your V5 Registration Document (or MSA or FIA Identity Document) and your current MOT Certificate (except for MOT exempt cars). As the event will include sections on private property all vehicles must carry a Small Spill Kit complying with MSA-GR J5.20.13. Hughes Historic Rally competitors are reminded that the technical regulations in the MSA Year Book sub-section R19 apply and, in particular, that hydraulic handbrakes are not permitted. All competitors are reminded that trip-meters which display speed or average speed are not allowed. In addition, use of any of the following electronic devices is NOT permitted: GPS/Satellite navigation receiver, digital speedometer, cycle speed computer, electronic speed tables, programmable calculator, PDA, smartphone, tablet, laptop computer or similar device. Simple hand held nonprogrammable calculators and digital stopwatches are permitted. In-car cameras are not allowed to be used at any point during the event. Mobile telephones may be carried for use in an emergency or to report retirement from the event only and should otherwise be turned off. Anyone found using disallowed equipment will be disqualified. At Signing-on, Club Membership Cards, National B Competition Licences (except for Club Rally competitors) will be inspected for both the driver and navigator. Please check in advance that your club membership card (HRCR or other) has not expired. Any Hughes Historic Rally crew member who cannot produce their 2018 competition licence will have to pay a non-production fine of 70. Those Final Instructions - Page 2
registered for the HRCR Championship and the HRCR Amazon Cars Challenge Cup will also need to sign-on at the HRCR desk. Self-adhesive rally plates, car numbers and meal tickets will be issued at Signing-on. There will be an Official Noticeboard in the signing-on area. Official notices published thereon will have the same force as the Supplementary Regulations. Timecards, Roadbooks and Route Instructions Roadbooks together with Route Card 1 will be issued to all competitors from the Signing-on desk on Friday evening or Saturday morning. Copies will be emailed on Friday evening to those competitors who have indicated on their entry form that they will attend scrutineering on Saturday morning. Timecards will be issued on Saturday morning and will be supplied on a clipboard which incorporates an electronic memory button, which will store time information transferred from marshals clocks. Clipboards with their memory buttons must be surrendered at MTC3 (the finish) or to a rally official if you retire and are unable to get to the finish. Route Card 2 will be issued as you leave MTC1 (the start) Route Card 3 will be issued at the start of Regularity Section E Trip-meter Calibration Route A calibration route of 4.20 miles has been set using the same car and trip-meter as has been used to survey the entire Hughes Rally route and is attached to these instructions. Start Order Cars will be starting in the order shown in the attached start list. Your start time at MTC1 will be 09:00 plus your start number in minutes. Drivers Briefing There will be a briefing for all competitors at 8:30am. Saturday Breakfast Bacon or sausage rolls ( 3) and tea or coffee ( 2) will be available to purchase on Saturday morning, should you need some breakfast (or second breakfast) before the start. Rally Plates and Numbers Please fix your rally plate to the front of your car. You will also be provided with two sets of selfadhesive high-visibility numbers which should be affixed to each side of the car, to the rear of the front doors, ideally on the rear side windows. Ordnance Survey Maps The latest versions of OS Landranger 1:50000 maps 178, 188 and 189 will be required to plot most of the regularity section routes. Anyone urgently needing a map is recommended to order on-line from www.dash4it.co.uk for a good discount and next day delivery. Final Instructions - Page 3
Official Photographer Andy Manston will be taking photos on the event and will be sending proofs by email after the event. His website is http://www.mandhphotography.co.uk Andy will never use email addresses for anything other than sending out proofs and will not save them to a database. If you do not wish for your email address to be passed to Andy please let Valerie Hogg, the Hughes Secretary, know before the event at hughesentries@btinternet.com Best Turned Out Car Award Our usual Concours Judge, Derek Camp, will be selecting a winner based not only on the overall condition and presentation of the vehicles, but also on the standard of their preparation for historic rallying. Cars will be inspected at the start and at the lunch halt. We do hope that you will give your car that extra bit of attention before the rally to make it look its best. Trailers Trailers may be parked at the Hop Farm but no responsibility can be accepted by the event organisers or the Hop Farm for their security. Fuel There is a Co-op fuel station close to the Start/Finish venue at grid ref 674484 and also an Esso fuel station at grid ref 668448. The route will be approximately 140 miles. Fuel stations are also located near to the morning coffee stop at grid ref. 755509 (approx. 3 miles), and the lunch halt at grid ref. 024603 (approx. 1.6 miles). Regularity Sections Regularity sections will involve plotting the route onto your maps both in advance and as one simple plot n bash. Navigation will be presented using grid references, grid lines, spot heights, compass directions, map features etc. Explanations of these can be found in the Navigation Handbook that you can download and print from this web link: https://www.hrcr.co.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2016/01/hrcr-navigation-handbook.pdf Regularity Timing Points and Pauses Intermediate Time Controls (ITCs) will be marked by a Time Control (clock face) board at the start of the control area. The timing line will be marked by a white line on the road. Please note that there will be no ITCs situated on main A-roads, nor will they be situated sooner than half of the distance travelled on the A-road after leaving the A-road (i.e. if you have done 1 mile on an A-road, there will be at least half a mile before any ITC). This is to enable you to travel at a sensible speed along A- roads and not to baulk other traffic, then to get back on schedule when on minor roads. Remember that your one worst ITC lateness penalty from the public road regularity sections will be discounted in the results, whatever the reason for your lateness. At times you may be instructed in the roadbook or route card to Pause xx minutes. In these cases the appropriate time will be added to the ideal time for that section, so you should lose that time before the next ITC. These pauses may be given for crossing busy main roads or active level crossings where there is a chance of being delayed. If not delayed, you should lose any remaining time as soon as Final Instructions - Page 4
possible after crossing the obstacle, as you will be penalised if you are observed to stop or excessively slow down within sight of an ITC. Use of Public Rights of Way The activities in Mereworth Woods use sections of footpaths and bridleways for which approval has been obtained but any member of the public retains public right of way (PROW). These sections will be signed with PROW Start and PROW Finish so that participants are reminded that they are entering and leaving such a section. Maximum Lateness The maximum lateness of 30 minutes will apply at MTC2 (Lunch halt OUT) and MTC3 (Finish), but may be extended by the Clerk of the Course if the rally is delayed for a valid reason, in which case competitors will be notified as soon as possible. We do not intend to penalise any competitors whose lateness is incurred when a large part of the rally is delayed for reasons beyond their control, such as a test delay or major traffic hold up. However, if your lateness is due to your own errors in navigation or car problems, you should consider cutting a section of the route to avoid exceeding your maximum lateness. Note that the arrival controls at the lunch and afternoon tea halts are for timecard collection and are not a Time Control. Cars may start special tests and regularity sections at any time that their start control is open. The Car 0 times given in the master schedule and your scheduled times on the timecards for special tests and regularity starts are just a guide time to help you keep on schedule. Late runners should be aware that controls and tests will close 30 minutes after the due time of the last car. Narrow Lanes The rally route has tried to avoid the narrowest lanes, but there will be a few narrow lanes which are only single track in places. Please be particularly careful when the road is narrow, in case you meet oncoming cars, horses or pedestrians. Required average speeds for these narrow lanes have been suitably reduced in the interest of safety. Give Way Junctions You are not required to stop at Give Way signs on a daylight event such as this but the location of a few junctions where it is vital that you do are listed below: 64405545 773467 812501 975616 973508 84354280 Passage Controls (PC) There will be a few code boards on the route to look out for. They are white A4 cards with two black letters. The two letters must be recorded on your timecard. There may also be manned Passage Controls (Secret Checks) in places on the route. The route instructions will not give the locations of the Secret Checks where you must stop and obtain the marshal's signature on your timecard. Secret Checks will be identified by a 'PC Stamp' board while ITCs will display a 'Clock' board. Samples of these boards will be on display at Signing-On. Final Instructions - Page 5
Reporting of incidents You are reminded of Section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Rule 286 of the Highway Code regarding the reporting of a collision which causes damage or injury to any other person, vehicle, animal or property. Any incidents involving injury must be reported to the Police. A damage declaration form will be provided with your time cards and this must be completed by all drivers and handed in at the finish. Public Relations Over 700 residences have been PR d prior to this event, no negative feedback has been received and we expect many people to be out looking at the cars as they go past. Please be courteous and please do wave back. Should you encounter any problems on route please do not get involved in arguments about the legality of the event, or anything else. Please hand them a copy of the PR letter issued with your paperwork at signing-on and ask them to contact the Clerk of the Course. Please make a note of any confrontation and let an official know at the end of the rally. Marshals If you have any friends who are available to marshal on the event, please ask them to contact the Chief Marshal Phil Smith, by phoning 07736 148989 or email marshals@blackpalfrey.co.uk. Final Instructions - Page 6
HUGHES RALLY 2018 - Entry List in Start Order CarNo Driver Name Navigator Name Car Make Car Model CC Registration Year Colour Class BpMCK HRCR CL Az CC 1 Simon Mellings Henry Carr Nissan Stanza 1598 A314VHX 1984 Yellow M 4 CL Az 2 Ian Crammond Matthew Vokes Mercedes-Benz 280 SL 2778 TPL 291F 1968 Blue M 1 CL Az 3 Dave Leadbetter Cath Woodman BMW 2002 1990 MNZ 838 1974 Chamonix M 2 CL Az 4 Simon Harris Dan Middle Volkswagen Golf 1780 LFO610Y 1983 Red M 4 CL(N) 5 Thomas Bricknell Roger Bricknell VW Golf Mk1 Gti 1800 FFK 546Y 1983 Red M 4 CL 6 Paul Davis Les McGuffog Ford Escort RS2000 1993 RTW575M 1974 White / Blue M 2 CL 7 Steven Winter Chris Winter Volvo 144Gl 1986 KKM108L 1973 Red C BpMCK 8 Martin Neal Richard Dix Austin Healey Sprite 1275 OBP 155E 1967 Blue M 1 CL 9 Alan Wakeman Worth Birkill Rover 214Si 1396 G1 OJW 1998 Purple C BpMCK 10 James Griffiths James Howell Austin Mini 1275 GT 1275 A00457L 1972 Green M 2 CL 11 Andy Elcomb Joy Waiton Mazda Eunos 1600 K586OUF 1992 Black C BpMCK 12 Richard Lambley Jonathan Hancox MG Magnette 1488 678 LME 1957 Green/Black M 1 13 Stephen Owens Nick Cooper Porsche 911 1600 FNA 336C 1965 White E 1 CL(D) 14 Gerry Simpson Martin Phaff Lancia Fulvia 1298 WPJ 2G 1968 Silver E 1 CL 15 Darren Everitt Susan Dixon Triumph 2000 Mk1 1998 BFC 22C 1965 White M 1 CL 16 Peter Engel Mark Dunkerley VW Golf Gti 1800 C10HRV 1985 Red M 4 CL(D) Az 17 Paul D Hernaman "crow" Aka Ray Crowther Porsche 911 2700 3290LJ 1972 White E 2 CL Az 18 Andrew Johnson Dave Boyes Lancia Fulvia 1298 OXF 58L 1972 Blue E 2 CL 19 Seren Whyte Elise Whyte Standard 10 948 GFA 217 1957 Grey E 1 20 Keith Grant Mervyn Brake Volvo 122S 1780 MTR 215F 1967 Sand E 1 21 David Barker David Killeen Porsche 924S 2479 YAZ8775 1986 Red E 4 CL 22 Clive Martin Anji Martin Ford Escort Sport 1598 PBN 369M 1974 Yellow N 2 CL 23 Simon Heath Amy Henchoz Porsche 924 2000 A162 FBA 1984 White M 4 CL Az 24 Bob Ward Karl Ellis Ford Escort MK 2 1598 MNX 227 V 1980 Daytona Yellow E 3 CL 25 Philip Wood Iain Miller Volvo P1800 2000 DPJ842B 1964 Cream N 2 CL 26 Rich Harrison Peter Boyce MG BGT 1798 KAM 51P 1975 Orange E 3 CL 27 Colin Woodhouse Rhys Williams Rover 25 1396 W707 RBK 2000 Blue C BpMCK 28 Andy Simpson Ros Simpson Morris Mini Clubman 1275 WVJ 249K 1971 Green N 2 CL Az 29 Phil Cheek Chris Rhodes Hillman Hartwell Sprint Avenger 1600 SRU259R 1971 White N 2 CL 30 Richard 'Archie' Pelling Phil Littlemore MG B GT 1798 ETD874J 1971 Red C BpMCK 31 Ellen Sutton Colin Sutton Porsche 924S 2475 A4TVG 1985 White N 4 32 Tim Willcocks Mark Willcocks Volvo 122S 1780 BSW 839D 1966 Red N 1 CL Az 33 Hugh Garnish David Bell Peugeot 205 GT 1360 B572 WYF 1984 Black M 4 CL Az 34 Neil Oatley Richard Pashley Lancia Fulvia 1,3 Rallye 1300 NDB 415E 1967 Red M 1 35 Peter Kleyn Gaius Hiscox Austin Mini Cooper S 1275 WNN 552G 1969 Blue N 2 36 Ken Binstead Sarah Binstead MGB Roadster 1860 PLN692L 1973 Blue N 2 CL 37 John Fowler Tom Ash Porsche 924S 2479 C30CYP 1985 Red N 4 BpMCK 38 Steve Smallbone Mike Spicer Ford Puma 1388 S62 RGC 1998 Silver C BpMCK 39 Kelvin Bromley Alan Pettit MG B Roadster 1800 GWR298J 1970 Red E 2 BpMCK 40 David Roper Simon Fuidge Citroen Saxo 1360 X344EAP 2000 Yellow C BpMCK 41 Dave Bradley Mark Lodder MG ZR 1396 CE02WFM 2002 Blue C BpMCK 42 Graham Skeggs John Murdoch MG ZR 1400 RN51 NBY 2002 Blue C BpMCK 43 Duncan May Joshua Birchall Ford Fiesta 1600 GDO123W 1980 Red C BpMCK 44 Dominic Hodge Peter Raine Porsche 924 1984 AUA66X 1982 Red N 3 CL 45 Kevin Rivers Paul Hancock MG BGT 1800 FOW111L 1973 Orange N 2 46 Mr Andrew Brown Mr Chris Coxall Peugeot 205 Gti 1580 G191ALK 1990 Red C BpMCK 47 Stuart Anderson Emily Anderson Bentley Derby 4.25 4257 ELT999 1937 Black N 1 CL 48 Suzanne McGurk Craig McGurk MG Midget 1500 LJX727T 1979 Green C BpMCK 49 William Holding Richard Dines Volvo Amazon 1800 GMO 425C 1965 Red C BpMCK 50 Mick Rose Matt Clarke Skoda Felicia 1298 S832UNM 1998 Blue C BpMCK 51 Jack Stewart Matthew Davies Morris Cooper S 1380 JXS2 1963 Red C BpMCK 52 Alex Garwood Richard White Austin Mini 1275 GT 1275 GME 867N 1974 Yellow C BpMCK 53 Alan Brindley Tim Norton MG BGT 1800 VLR 545M 1974 White C BpMCK 54 Matt Croft Greig Jolly Volvo Amazon 122S 1998 PJH 148H 1969 Green C BpMCK 55 Arthur Macmillan Hugo Macmillan MGB Open Top 1800 LPC322K 1972 White N 2
HUGHES RALLY 2018 - Entries by Class CarNo Driver Name Navigator Name Car Make Car Model CC Registration Year Class M1&2 - Masters Category 1 & 2 Cars 2 Ian Crammond Matthew Vokes Mercedes-Benz 280 SL 2778 TPL 291F 1968 3 Dave Leadbetter Cath Woodman BMW 2002 1990 MNZ 838 1974 6 Paul Davis Les McGuffog Ford Escort RS2000 1993 RTW575M 1974 8 Martin Neal Richard Dix Austin Healey Sprite 1275 OBP 155E 1967 10 James Griffiths James Howell Austin Mini 1275 GT 1275 A00457L 1972 12 Richard Lambley Jonathan Hancox MG Magnette 1488 678 LME 1957 15 Darren Everitt Susan Dixon Triumph 2000 Mk1 1998 BFC 22C 1965 34 Neil Oatley Richard Pashley Lancia Fulvia 1,3 Rallye 1300 NDB 415E 1967 Class M3&4 - Masters Category 3 & 4 Cars 1 Simon Mellings Henry Carr Nissan Stanza 1598 A314VHX 1984 4 Simon Harris Dan Middle Volkswagen Golf 1780 LFO610Y 1983 5 Thomas Bricknell Roger Bricknell VW Golf Mk1 Gti 1800 FFK 546Y 1983 16 Peter Engel Mark Dunkerley VW Golf Gti 1800 C10HRV 1985 23 Simon Heath Amy Henchoz Porsche 924 2000 A162 FBA 1984 33 Hugh Garnish David Bell Peugeot 205 GT 1360 B572 WYF 1984 Class E1&2 - Experts Category 1 & 2 Cars 13 Stephen Owens Nick Cooper Porsche 911 1600 FNA 336C 1965 14 Gerry Simpson Martin Phaff Lancia Fulvia 1298 WPJ 2G 1968 17 Paul D Hernaman "crow" Aka Ray Crowther Porsche 911 2700 3290LJ 1972 18 Andrew Johnson Dave Boyes Lancia Fulvia 1298 OXF 58L 1972 19 Seren Whyte Elise Whyte Standard 10 948 GFA 217 1957 20 Keith Grant Mervyn Brake Volvo 122S 1780 MTR 215F 1967 39 Kelvin Bromley Alan Pettit MG B Roadster 1800 GWR298J 1970 Class E3&4 - Experts Category 3 & 4 Cars 21 David Barker David Killeen Porsche 924S 2479 YAZ8775 1986 24 Bob Ward Karl Ellis Ford Escort MK 2 1598 MNX 227 V 1980 26 Rich Harrison Peter Boyce MG BGT 1798 KAM 51P 1975 Class N1&2 - Novices Category 1 & 2 Cars 22 Clive Martin Anji Martin Ford Escort Sport 1598 PBN 369M 1974 25 Philip Wood Iain Miller Volvo P1800 2000 DPJ842B 1964 28 Andy Simpson Ros Simpson Morris Mini Clubman 1275 WVJ 249K 1971 29 Phil Cheek Chris Rhodes Hillman Hartwell Sprint Avenger 1600 SRU259R 1971 32 Tim Willcocks Mark Willcocks Volvo 122S 1780 BSW 839D 1966 35 Peter Kleyn Gaius Hiscox Austin Mini Cooper S 1275 WNN 552G 1969 36 Ken Binstead Sarah Binstead MGB Roadster 1860 PLN692L 1973 45 Kevin Rivers Paul Hancock MG BGT 1800 FOW111L 1973 47 Stuart Anderson Emily Anderson Bentley Derby 4.25 4257 ELT999 1937 55 Arthur Macmillan Hugo Macmillan MGB Open Top 1800 LPC322K 1972 Class N3&4 - Novices Category 3 & 4 Cars 31 Ellen Sutton Colin Sutton Porsche 924S 2475 A4TVG 1985 37 John Fowler Tom Ash Porsche 924S 2479 C30CYP 1985 44 Dominic Hodge Peter Raine Porsche 924 1984 AUA66X 1982 HUGHES CLUB RALLY 7 Steven Winter Chris Winter Volvo 144Gl 1986 KKM108L 1973 9 Alan Wakeman Worth Birkill Rover 214Si 1396 G1 OJW 1998 11 Andy Elcomb Joy Waiton Mazda Eunos 1600 K586OUF 1992 27 Colin Woodhouse Rhys Williams Rover 25 1396 W707 RBK 2000 30 Richard 'Archie' Pelling Phil Littlemore MG B GT 1798 ETD874J 1971 38 Steve Smallbone Mike Spicer Ford Puma 1388 S62 RGC 1998 40 David Roper Simon Fuidge Citroen Saxo 1360 X344EAP 2000 41 Dave Bradley Mark Lodder MG ZR 1396 CE02WFM 2002 42 Graham Skeggs John Murdoch MG ZR 1400 RN51 NBY 2002 43 Duncan May Joshua Birchall Ford Fiesta 1600 GDO123W 1980 46 Mr Andrew Brown Mr Chris Coxall Peugeot 205 Gti 1580 G191ALK 1990 48 Suzanne McGurk Craig McGurk MG Midget 1500 LJX727T 1979 49 William Holding Richard Dines Volvo Amazon 1800 GMO 425C 1965 50 Mick Rose Matt Clarke Skoda Felicia 1298 S832UNM 1998 51 Jack Stewart Matthew Davies Morris Cooper S 1380 JXS2 1963 52 Alex Garwood Richard White Austin Mini 1275 GT 1275 GME 867N 1974 53 Alan Brindley Tim Norton MG BGT 1800 VLR 545M 1974 54 Matt Croft Greig Jolly Volvo Amazon 122S 1998 PJH 148H 1969
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