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Roger Albert Clark Rally

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I heard that...

	...Interesting to see a certain M Wilson getting some stage mileage in before November. He seems to have "borrowed" the Chesterfield car with a Kick, for the McRae stages, in preparation no doubt for his own car being ready for the Roger Albert !!
	...A little bird tells me that it might well be worth buying Motorsport News this week....something about a returning well known, some may say "star" competitor!! Remember where you heard it first...
	...Team Chaos website ...www.teamchaos.co.uk ....reckons "Mad" Mick Jones and erstwhile co-driver Andy "Chunky" Morgan are definitely on for the Open Category on the Roger Albert this year.... but I don't think they have decided what to call their revamped machine....is it a Escorda or a Honscort...any suggestions for a Honda Vtec MkII?
	...Chesterfield's Richard Hill has stated, in this weeks Motorsport News, his intension of doing this years RAC again funding permitting!... isn't there another Chesterfield local doing it as well? ... A Twisted Spires Team perhaps??
	...Chatsworth Chat or "You'll never guess who I had in the back of my car"...
	...Young (?) Banner was spotted, in winning mode, on last weekend's all tarmac Jim Clark Reivers Rally. Difficult to miss him really... Do we think it was just a practice for Temple Newsum and the as-yet-unannounced tarmac stage on this year's Roger Albert? Unfortunately Banner didn't win as a penalty was removed for another competitor and he finally finished second ... Top two wheel drive by miles though!
	...Jimmy McRae and co-driver Andy Richardson were taken to hospital at Carlisle following an off during the Pirelli International on the on Saturday morning whilst leading the Historic Rally. Five times British Rally Champion Jimmy McRae was airlifted out of the forest with fractures to his sternum and wrist while Andy Richardson was taken by Ambulance for an investigation into a back problem. Neither man’s injuries were described as serious.
	...Following the Robin Hood Rally Mr Waldegard has been pestering a certain Italian-car owning driver to be able to use the car in November...
	...Geoff Bell from South Africa, driving the car that Banner drove to win the 'Roger Albert' last year leaves Mr Perez far adrift in the bank balance department - so he shouldn't have to worry about the cost of running the car on the Pirelli then...
	..."Stuart Clarke, former Bulldog rally winner, from Usk, is building himself a new car for this years Roger Albert Clark Rally"
	..."Paul Griffiths is also planning a return to this years 'Roger Albert' along with outings on BHRC rounds as well"
	...Phil Squires has been out of rallying recently following a "360" on a finger in his workshop... we won't ask what he was doing at the time!! Lets hope he's recovered in time for November. The Roger Albert' wouldn't be the same without Phil and Mick.
	...Great piece on Waldegard in Steve Perez' Stratos in Motorsport News... urmm now there's a thought for November !!
	...Marku Alen and Bjorn Waldegard were at Stonleigh last weekend - deep in discussion with David Sutton...
	...Phil Short has been given the week of the 'Roger Albert' off by M-Sport and would like to come out and play...
	Your Wish is our command... Just after last year's event, Rob Lees asked if there was "Any chance of getting the rally into Craik? Fantastic stage, not that much further north than Twiglees and Castle O'er...." And now Craik is on the agenda for 2008. Is there anything else you would like Rob?
	That Bob Bean was 70 on Saturday- yes, you heard that right, 70! I can't believe that as it doesn't seem that long ago that the 'Yumping Bean' was up there with the front runners in the days of the 'old' RAC rally in his Escort in the 1970's. Bob was, of course out over the weekend in his trusty Mk 1 Cortina and promised not to overdo the celebrations on Saturday night so as to spoil his chances on Sunday!
	...There may be a new tarmac stage on Saturday morning that hasn't been used on the 'Roger Albert' before...
	Which bit of "Rally" in it's current form do the FIA and the organisers of the Monte Carlo rally not understand...I heard this snippet on the event coverage on Dave!! "...and as the cars are packaged into transporters and taken the 500kms to the stages nearer the principality of Monaco for the final day....." TRANSPORTER, come and do a proper event, what do you think?
	Mark Higgins was at the Autosport show and was seen to have a look in his 2008 diary!
	A source in the know says they have heard that a certain outfit from the North West of England have apparently bought some new Escorts which could be available for November!
	I heard that the 2008 event will run on pretty much the same route as 2007 but a certain Principality could be used in the future...

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