22nd July 2015: 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 2004

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 12 ‘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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Hoping for one or two more sections this year. Aim will be to keep it road car friendly.

Regulations & Entry form now available.. This should be a fun mid-week event..

Current list of entries;

Eoin Longworth, Toyota Starlet
Karl Grehan, Toyota Starlet
Paddy Lombard, Toyota Starlet
Brian Keegan, Toyota Starlet
James Mansfield, Austin Mini
Piers MacFheorais, Mazda MX-5
Jack Quinn, Peugeot 106
Ian McCulloch, MG Midget
Eamonn Byrne, Toyota Starlet
Philip O'Reilly, Austin Mini
Colin Sheridan, Toyota Starlet
Breen Sheridan, Toyota Starlet
David Meeke, Toyota Starlet
Richard Meeke, Toyota Starlet
John McAssey, MGB
Owen Murray, Toyota Starlet
David O'Neill, Toyota Starlet
Liam Cashman, Toyota Starlet
Ted Gaffney, Austin Mini
Hugh McBrien, Toyota Corolla
Derek Lenehan, Toyota Starlet
Frank Lenehan, Austin Mini
Mick Kehoe, Peugeot 106
Patrick Corcoran, Toyota Starlet
Ruaidhrí Nash, Toyota Starlet
Bernard Bradley, TBC
James Driver, Nissan Sunny
Niall Driver, Nissan Sunny
John Nolan, Toyota Starlet
Gary Egan, Toyota Starlet
Kyle Egan, Toyota Starlet
Billy White, Toyota Starlet
Trish Wojnar, Austin Mini
Matthew Walsh, Toyota Starlet
Mark Walsh, Toyota Starlet
Adam Walsh, Nissan Almera

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If you're not competing but could marshall, please let me know.

GPS for PCT is N53.22445, W6.20605 (It doesn't have an EIRCODE but is almost opposite D18 FD78)

Just found out about this event. May get away from work on time to get to this for some fun

Reminder to get your entries in to me please.

This year we'll have 6 different sections, each done twice.

Entry list updated above

Weather looking good!

its pissing rain in the west Shocked

Many thanks to Stephen, Frank and all of the organising team for a great fun event in Glencullen. What better way to keep the grass down on a summer evening!