Greystoke Stage 2010 Cancelled

West Cumbria Motorsport Club must regrettably confirm that the 2010 Greystoke Stages Rally is cancelled.

This is obviously a great disappointment to us however the number of entries received has not achieved the minimum required to make the event financially viable. This is despite the Club being prepared to provide an additional subsidy to the event to try and ensure that it ran.

Our thanks are due to:

• Malcolm our Club President and M-Sport for making the forest available and for the excellent (hopefully not abortive) regarding that has been done.
• Our sponsors and we hope that we can look forward to your support next time.
• The key officials and stage personnel who had committed themselves to providing their essential expert help to us.
• Those competitors who have entered and who will receive a full refund of their fee.

Finally sincere thanks must go the small, keen organising team for their efforts in working on the preparation of the event over the past twelve months, this is greatly appreciated – hopefully we can look at running again in 2011.

June News Release

The organisers of the Stan Palmer Greystoke Stages Rally are eagerly looking forward to being able to put on an even higher quality event than the last two years now that additional sponsorship has been gained.

The organisers of the Stan Palmer Greystoke Stages Rally are eagerly looking forward to being able to put on an even higher quality event than the last two years now that additional sponsorship has been gained.

Goodfellow Tyres, tyre dealers in Cockermouth and Keswick, and Stamper & Co. Accountants of Wigton have both agreed to provide additional support for the prestigious event that will allow the organising team to give competitors a superb days motorsport on July 25th in Greystoke Forest, near Penrith.

The service area in the forest has been enlarged to almost twice the size it was so a minor problem from previous years has been resolved to benefit both competitors, their service crews and the organisers. The stages have been recently checked and the stage mileage has been confirmed as 32 miles.

Early entries are already in with more being promised and with the incentive of somebody getting a free run under the incentive scheme competitors are encouraged to get their entries in quickly.

Service Area Improvements

Greatly enlarged service area for use on the 2010 Greystoke Stages Rally.

We are pleased to announce that substantial excavation work has been done in the quarry we use for the service area.

As a result we now have a greatly enlarged area for use on the 2010 Greystoke Stages Rally.

Competitors from previous years will know we have struggled for space, but this year we will have a minimum of twice the area we have had available to us.

This will certainly make things easier for competitors and organisers alike.

April News Release

Three great new items of news for the 2010 Greystoke Stages Rally to be run in Greystoke Forest, Cumbria on the 25th July 2010.

The organisers of the event have secured a second and major sponsor in the form of Stan Palmer Ltd., the Ford dealers located at Bolton Low Houses, near Wigton in Cumbria and with a Subaru dealership in Carlisle and Honda dealership in Cockermouth.

Having agreed to support the rally Stan said ‘We are delighted to support this event to enable the grass roots rally crews the opportunity to compete on some of the best forest stages in the area’.

The rally will now be known as the Stan Palmer Greystoke Stages Rally.

So now with Stan Palmers backing the rally and continuing support from P & R Benn the organising team are planning on an exciting incentive to attract crews along for a fantastic days motorsport. If the entry list tops 55 cars then a draw will be held before the start of the rally and all crews who have passed scrutineering and signed on will be entered in this draw. The winning car number ‘out of the hat’ will have their entry fee refunded in full. A superb days special stage rallying with no entry costs, now that has got to be worth having a go for! Should entry list fill up completely, 70 cars, then two winning numbers will be drawn with a second crew getting a free run for the day.

The third item of news is that the updated and improved Greystoke Stages Rally website is now up and running and available for all to see on-line. Just go to www.greystokestages.co.uk to get right up to date. The site is being added to week by week and there will be plenty to keep everyone’s attention including some super action photos. Entries are expected to be at a premium so visit the website soon and enter on-line without delay.

As always on an event like this plenty of marshals will be needed so if you feel like helping out on the day contact Irving Wilson, the Chief Marshal, via the website.

Further information, if required, from Andy Barnard at info@greystokestages.co.uk

New Championship & Increased Entries

In addition to the championships of last year’s event, the ANECCC and KLMC, we are now a qualifying round of the ANCC (Association of Northern Car Clubs) stage rally championship.

With our recently enlarged service area and to accommodate the new ANCC championship, we have increased the maximum number of entries to 70! So what are you waiting for? Go and register for the Greystoke Stages NOW!