The build up to the Rally Marketing Mid Wales Stages has stepped up a gear following the publication of the regulations for the Newtown and District Automobile Club event on Sunday 21 June.
 
As a round of no less than seven championships, the 150-car entry list is expected to fill up rapidly and event organisers are urging crews to enter as soon as possible to guarantee an entry. Entries are now open and close for seeding purposes on 9 June and close finally on 18 June.
 
The Rally Marketing Mid-Wales Historic Stages will be round four of the Dunlop/Gambia MSA British Historic Rally Championship, round six of the Brian Dennis Motorsport Welsh Historic Rally Championship and a round of the ANWCC Historic Stage Rally Championship.
 
The concurrent Rally Marketing Mid-Wales Stages is a round of four championships: the LICO Welsh Clubmans Forest Rally Championship, the ANWCC Forest Rally Championship, the ANWCC Ladies Rally Championship and the ANWCC All Rounders Championship.
 
"We were keen to get our event regulations out in good time," said event clerk of the course Chris Tomley. "We have tried very hard to contain costs to ensure that the rally remains good value for the competitors. I am very pleased to confirm that we have held the modern entry fee at the same level as 2008, which is £385, and reduced the historic entry fee to £425."
 
The Mid Wales Stages offers competitors the only chance of the year to tackle classic forests used on Wales Rally GB, including Hafren and Myherin. Central servicing will be located at the Sweet Lamb rally complex near Llangurig, with the rally again based at Coleg Powys in Newtown. The historic event will cover 55 miles in six stages, while the modern event will take in 45 miles in five stages.
 
More details will be available from the event website at: MidWalesStages.co.uk from which Regulations and Entry form can also be downloaded

Issued by Paul Lawrence on behalf of Newtown and District Automobile Club.