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Originally Posted by geordiecriag101
Had my first visit to Castle Combe on Saturday for the annual Rally Day and left feeling a bit underwhelmed as it felt like a modified car show with a few rally cars thrown in.
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We took the Escort to Rallyday in 2010 - we haven't been back as we felt very much like 2nd class citizens stuck out in a field wedged into a very tight area whilst all the shiny shiny owners clubs were in the circuit paddock area. Also the 'stage' that ran alongside the circuit was too short and mickey mouse - a couple of hundred metres at best. Officially we were allowed 4 runs but because nobody was really bothering with it they dropped that and you could go as many times as you liked.
The track sessions (again 4 I think) were ok but Combe isn't ideal for rally cars - we were on the limiter in 6th before getting to the Avon Rise and every straight after that. Quarry is good fun though as you can really throw the car sideways through there. Do they still do public track time? I always found that a bit odd as well - I don't want to see road cars pootling around at a rally event.
And of course no trip on track at Combe is complete without mentioning the noise police. The first attempt at passing the noise test saw our car register 104db - up until then its highest reading on any event was 97db. We got it down to 99db (but the delay cost us our first slot on track). We subsequently got pulled for another noise check coming back off the circuit as we had 'obviously taken a noise trap off' (we never had one on). I know Combe has issues with noise but their testers attitude really doesn't make you want to go back.
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Originally Posted by tbtstt
The Forest Rally Stage is, in my personal opinion, the most underrated part of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. They haven't had much modern machinery the last couple of years (VW were at the FoS this year, but they only ran the Polo WRC up the hill), but they always have a good selection of classic rally cars and most of them are driven properly round the rally stage.
I used to do two days at the FoS so I could spend a whole day up on the rally stage, but with the rising ticket costs I just do one day now and get there silly early!
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The stage at FOS is good but you don't really know what you're going to see whilst you're up there. Ideally they'd have a more regimented running order like the hillclimb - that way you can see the cars you really want to see. Getting there silly early is the way to go (did that this year
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