Endurance Road Rally Championship 2009

£20 deposit secures an entry, nothing more to pay until after the Audi SW. Please enter early and join us in the forests..

The EACS Endurance is a 300 mile day/night road rally for lightly modified two-wheel drive cars limited to 1400cc petrol and 2000cc diesel non-turbo engines, built to the Endurance Road Rally formula. In addition we will be running an Endurance Intro class for beginners in unmodified cars; these have the opportunity to compete on the daytime selectifs. This year the event is based at the Holiday Inn in Ipswich and supports the East Anglian Air Ambulance; last year CMC rallies raised over £2000 for the charity.

Starting on the morning of Saturday 28th March, the 180 mile day route will be based around MoD Woodbridge, with afternoon up to forty miles of selectifs at various Suffolk venues linked by some pretty country lanes.

After a supper halt in Ipswich a night leg of around 100 miles will commence with around twenty miles of selectifs in the local forests and simple navigational sections on tarmac lanes and bringing the event to a finish with an awards presentation at 11pm back at the Holiday Inn. This should allow the majority of competitors the opportunity to get home at a reasonable time. A special rate has been negotiated with the Holiday Inn for those crews who have longer journeys, or who wish to join the organisers in the bar after the event.

The route instructions will be straightforward, this year a tulip road book will be adopted in line with other premier endurance rallies and will be complemented by detailed selectif diagrams which will ensure that crews of all abilities can complete the rally. Chelmsford Motor Club, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2006, is noted for its high-quality and popular events organised by experienced competitors. The EACS Endurance will be no exception. The club's results service using Liege timers and chips is one of the best in the country.

We are grateful for the support of EACS Ltd, an IT service and support company based in Huntingdon. As usual, M&H Photography will be covering the rally and this year the entry fee includes two presentation prints.

As and incentive to marshals we have £100 cash prize draw and free food for those marshalling both legs of the event.

You can enter and pay on-line at www.chelmsfordmc.co.uk between December 20th and 14thMarch 2009.

As an incentive to enter early we are offering the chance to pay a deposit and defer part of the entry fee until 1st April, some of you may be a bit hard-up after the SW Endurance!