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De Lacy Motor Club will be celebrating 60 years of the opening of its Clubhouse, known to everyone as "The Rallyhouse".

This means that the Club Committee is pulling out all the stops to work on a programme of events throughout the year.

They are looking at more competitive events, social events and many other exciting things to participate in.
So, please keep watching the website and the Club Facebook page for all the details as we announce them before Christmas!
Get used to seeing this new logo on all our paperwork for the next 12 months.

Taurus Navigation Rally 2025 - Plans are underway for the 2025 version of this event, which will be under the leadership of Ken Quinn (Clerk of the Course) this time. The route is all but sorted with final negotiations taking place with a start and finish venue. The team aim to make a formal announcement after final sign off by the Club Management Committee this week. It is expected to follow a familiar format with pre plot a given. The route will head out in a new direction we are told.
The date for your diary is Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th April. This date has been agreed with other local motor clubs in a "triway" agreement, and will give the team greater flexibility with hours of darkness.

In memorium - Tony Conway, if you are of a certain age then you will no doubt remember our old friend and old member Tony. He was a prolific competitor in the late 1970s and 80s road rallying scene. Then together with his wife co driving he competed on stage rallies well into the noughties. As the Clerk of the Course on the first ever Thor Hammer Stages at Driffield I was delighted to welcome them home as winners that hot dusty day in September 2004. Sadly Tony lost his wife, June some years and he has continued with his loving family around him.

Then last week we here at De Lacy Motor Club learnt of his untimely death, succumbing to cancer in the Prince of Wales Hospice, Pontefract.

His funeral will be held at Pontefract Crematorium at 3pm on Tuesday 3rd September. Those of us who knew him look forward to paying out respects and watch him cross the final Stop Line!

Farewell old friend.

THE ROGER ALBERT CLARK RALLY BOOK:- Available to order NOW!

The full story of the first 20 years of Britain’s toughest special stage rally - available January 2024 to include the 2023 rally.

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• The definitive story of this epic rally
• Hard-back, full colour book with over 300 pages
• Every rally reported in detail, including the 2023 event
• 500 photographs covering many competitors
• Full results for each event with complete entry lists

This is the story of Britain's most challenging special stage rally for a generation. The initial idea was to run a ‘proper rally’ and that has certainly been achieved through the dedication and determination of Colin Heppenstall, his family and a fantastic team of volunteers.

Across 20 years, the Roger Albert Clark Rally has run 15 times. It is an event that has no rival as it recreates a golden era of rallying in the UK when Roger Clark was at his peak, and the original RAC Rally was a multi-day test for every competitor.

Since it first ran in 2004, the Roger Albert Clark Rally has grown in stature and following and now has huge competitor interest, big crowds and a vast online following. It is a rally like no other in terms of atmosphere, challenge and sense of achievement for those who get to the finish.

This book, with over 500 photographs, many of which have never been seen before, tells the story of each rally and looks at some of the people involved; both competitors and organisers. It details how the organisers coped with heavy snow in 2010 and Storm Arwen in 2021.

The 2023 event will be the biggest and toughest yet, covering 350 special stage miles in the forests of England, Scotland, and Wales.

For anyone who has been involved in this rally, this book will bring back fabulous memories and will serve as the definitive record of the rally’s first 20 years.

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DVLA Tax renewal changes! Beware you don't fall foul of the changes;

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has brought into force a change in the way it reminds people when their car tax is due for renewal, with the rules in force from the start of August 2023. Drivers can now opt for digital tax reminders instead of waiting for a paper slip to be sent in the post.

Drivers will be able to set up vehicle tax reminders by email and text message. Road users can also choose to stop getting tax reminders sent through the post if they wish. Motorists can also view their driving licence information on the service, including how many penalty points are on their record.

Set up your account here

StreetCar arrives at DeLacy: -De Lacy Motor Club are proud to announce that after hard work by our Motorsport committee, we have been accepted into the MSUK StreetCar initiative. This means that we will now be marketing ourselves as a StreetCar recognised club on all our correspondence. This initiative has been designed to encourage more people into Motorsport, who might not have the resources to participate other than with their own cars.
We will be promoting this through the local press as well as by our various social media feeds. We hope to attract more new members.