NEW BHRC2 CLASS LAUNCHED FOR 2018
Category for up to 1600 cc and pre -1968 cars to run next year
Historic cars up to 1600cc and all cars from the pre1968 Category 1 will have their own competition within the British Historic Rally Championship next season, called BHRC2.
The new element of the BHRC has been developed in response to the upsurge in interest from those planning to compete in Category 1 cars and 1600cc cars from across the historic age groups, which now run up to 1990.
The creation of the Rally 2WD initiative, which offers these cars a significantly better deal on running order on gravel rallies, has met with considerable enthusiasm and BHRC2 will build on that to encourage competition across the eight rounds of the series.
Up to 20 Category 1 cars and 10 1600cc cars are expected on the opening round, Rally North Wales (March 24). If realised, those numbers will match the peak before changes to running order decimated historic entries on gravel rallies.
“We have created BHRC2 to give these competitors their own identity within the overall championship,” said Colin Heppenstall from the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club.
“The overall BHRC is, of course, topped by the pacesetting cars and BHRC2 will be ideal for clubmen, younger drivers and those new to historic rallying.”
The scoring within BHRC2 will be based on category and class points only, unlike the main BHRC which factors in overall points as well. The BHRC2 will mirror the full BHRC schedule but the best five scores from eight rounds will count to allow competitors to miss some events.