Manx Rally Championship
 
This site is devoted to the Isle of Man's Stage Rally Championship sponsored by Eurocars Motorsport again for 2008. The site will carry event reports, up to date Championship Standings as well as a full list of registered competitors, and more.

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LATEST NEWS:
Colley bids for first rally win
Tomorrow’s (Saturday) Trade Distribution Stages Rally is the penultimate round of the Eurocars Motorsport Manx Rally Championship, and in the absence of Mark and Eunice Cubbon, other crews have a chance to grab the limelight.

Principle among them is Steve Colley, who probably starts as favourite for the 12-stage off-road event. Steve has never won a rally outright (though he was once denied only by a jump start penalty), and with co-driver Liz Humphreys has been champing at the bitt to fit another rally into his hectic schedule ever since a brilliant third overall on the Jaks Rally at the start of the year on their first run in the car.

They will lead the 25-car field into action from St Johns at 8.45am tomorrow morning, with the event covering four runs each at Glion Gill off the Brandywell Road, and South Barrule and Archallgan plantations.

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Cubbon's win again - but only just
Mark and Eunice Cubbon kept up their 100% winning record in this years Eurocars Motorsport Manx Rally Championship on Saturday’s Duke Stages Rally - but only just!

The Mitsubishi Evo 7 crew built up an early lead of 20 seconds over the morning’s eight tests on Jurby Airfield and closed roads around Andreas, with George Collister and Janet Craine (Evo 3) forming the main opposition.

Mark admitted he was pushing on the airfield and controlling the pace on the roads, so it was no surprise that he extended the advantage over two further airfield tests at lunchtime. With half a minute in hand he then backed off on the final six stages at the Garey Ford road near Glen Trammon, and the Hibernia.

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Cubbon's look to move closer to title

Eurocars Motorsport Manx Rally Championship leaders Mark and Eunice Cubbon will look to move to within striking distance of a maiden title when the series resumes after a three month break for Saturday’s Duke Stages Rally.

The husband and wife team have won all three rounds so far this year in their Mitsubishi Evo 7, across closed roads, plantation and airfield, and will start as ready favourites despite a very strong line up among the near capacity entry of 42 crews. That certainly vindicates Druidale Motor Club’s decision to move their flagship event onto closed roads for the first time.

George Collister and Janet Craine (Evo 3), winners of the event the last time it ran in 2006, will lead the rally into action from the former parade ground at Jurby just before 9am. The Cubbon’s start behind and a sign of their commitment to the Championship was the fact that they opted to miss Rally Isle of Man in order to save the car.

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Cubbon's cruise to hat-trick

Onchan husband and wife team Mark and Eunice Cubbon scored a dominant victory on Saturday’s Riverside Furniture Jurby Stages Rally on the Isle of Man.

The pair set the fastest time on ten of the twelve airfield stages in their Mitsubishi Evo 7, finishing with a 28 second victory margin, despite easing off late in the day.

The result means that they extend their lead at the top of the Eurocars Motorsport Manx Rally Championship, having won each of the first three rounds. It is the first time a hat-trick of successive round wins has been achieved in recent times.

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Post Round 3 Championship Standings now available
Following the weekends Riverside Furniture Stages held at Jurby Airfield, Mark and Eunice Cubbon have extended there lead in the Eurocars Motorsport Manx Rally Championship to 6 points over the reigning champions Richard Curphey and Andrew Holmes.

Despite a hat trick of wins the pressure is by no means of the husband and wife team and as well as the 2007 champions there are a number of other crews who still have a score in hand over those ahead of them.

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Cubbon's aim for hat-trick
Husband and wife team Mark and Eunice Cubbon aim to extend their lead in the Eurocars Motorsport Manx Rally Championship on this Saturday's third round, the Riverside Furniture Jurby Stages.

In the process the Mitsubishi Evo 7 crew will also look to complete the first hat-trick of successive club rally wins in recent history, and put to bed any ill-feeling after Mark lost last years event over an hour after the finish, when the results were dramatically altered with cone penalties amended.

Victory on both the rounds so far has given the Cubbon's a five point advantage in the standings over reigning champions Richard Curphey and Andrew Holmes.

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Championship standings now online
The championship standings are now available online following the second round of the 2008 Eurocars Motorsport sponsored Manx Rally Championship, the Blackhorse Finance Forest Stages.

The overall, class and junior standings are available and the team are due to follow shortly.

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Cubbon's Double Top

Husband and wife team Mark and Eunice Cubbon made it two wins from two rounds to extend their lead in the Eurocars Motorsport Manx Rally Championship, claiming a comfortable victory on Saturday’s Black Horse Finance Easter Stages.

Driving a Mitsubishi Evo 7 for the first time on gravel, the pair were initially headed by George Collister and Janet Craine (Evo 3) on the opening two tests at Conrhenny plantation near Onchan.

Collister opened a five second lead despite an overshoot on the first of them that cost as much as ten seconds, while Cubbon was adapting to gravel and felt he was too relaxed.

Donny Gill/Steve Gurney (Evo 2) held third despite an overshoot themselves, two seconds up on the leading two-wheel drive, reigning champions Richard Curphey/Andrew Holmes (Nova). They too had been slightly delayed when the wipers failed.

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Collister hopes for triumphant Easter return

The longest standing local club rally, Manx Auto Sports’ Easter Stages, sponsored by Black Horse Finance, returns to its traditional Easter date for the first time in several years, and has attracted a good entry of 32 crews.

Last years winners Richard Curphey and Andrew Holmes, the reigning Eurocars Motorsport Manx Rally champions, will lead the field into action tomorrow morning (Saturday) in their Vauxhall Nova, though it is likely to be the all-wheel drive cars that challenge for victory this time.

They are headed by George Collister and Janet Craine. The pair are returning to action for the first time since the incident on last November’s closed road event that all but destroyed their Mistubishi. George has subsequently completely re-built the car. He will therefore be hungry for success, and as a former winner starts as favourite for the ten stage event.

Chief opposition is likely to come from Mark and Eunice Cubbon, who will take their Evo 7 off-road for the first time. They come into the event fresh from a maiden rally win on last months Jaks Bar Stages, which put them to the top of the championship standings, with an advantage they’ll seek to extend.

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Cubbon's turn Jakes to Aces
Mark Cubbon scored his first ever rally win in sensational style on Saturday as the Jaks Bar Asphalt Stages Rally came down to an afternoon shoot-out through the streets of Peel.

Driving a Mitsubishi Evo 7 with Eunice Cubbon, Mark started the day's ten stages just six seconds down on John Cope and Rob Fagg. The Subaru Impreza WRC pair went about extending that from the off at The Lhen in the north of the island despite overnight rain leaving slippery conditions.

They took ten seconds out of the Cubbon's, who admitted they had been too cautious after a sideways moment on only the third corner. In fact they surrendered second place to Steve Quine and Paul McCann (Vauxhall Astra).

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Cope leads, but Manx Challenge is fighting
Regular visitor John Cope is living up to his 'favourite' tag, leading the Jaks Bar Asphalt Stages Rally after the opening nights action, and set to lead the way as rallying comes to Peel for the first time this afternoon.

It's close though; Cope and Manx co-driver Rob Fagg have their Subaru Impreza WRC just six seconds ahead of Mark and Eunice Cubbon (Mitsubishi Evo 7), with Steve Quine and Paul McCann (Vauxhall Astra) only another three back in third.

In fact Cope found himself down in fourth place after what he described as a 'scraggy' run on the opening stage of the evening at Snuff the Wind, with the Cubbon's taking an early lead ahead of visitor Daniel Harper (BMW Mini) and trials ace Steve Colley (Evo 6), who had cost a couple of seconds by having the flying finish marked in the wrong place on his notes. Quine meanwhile was also on the pace despite his lamp-pod slipping off the bonnet.

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Cope set to lead record entry for Peel invasion

Regular visitor John Cope is the hot favourite to take victory on this weekend’s opening closed roads rally of the year, the Jaks Bar Stages Rally, which is headlined by an all-new town centre stage in Peel on Saturday afternoon.


The Lancashire driver is bidding for a first victory on Manx tarmac with his Subaru Impreza WRC, and to claim what would be a first win for off-island drivers in the near 15 year history of club closed roads events.


Cope and his local co-driver Rob Fagg, top a record entry of 63 crews in the absence of dominant local ace Rob Watson, to whom they finished as runner-up last year after a terrific scrap on the closing tests. Since then they have also finished second on the demanding Tour of Mull.

Their major local challenge is set to come from a battery of Mitsubishi’s, although it is dented by the late withdrawal of George Collister on Tuesday.

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Online registration now available
New for 2008 is the opportunity to register online for the Eurocars Motorsport Manx Rally Championship. This is not just limited to competitors however, but teams of up to three drivers can enter online as well.

Also for 2008 sees a change in the rules which permits drivers to be apart of up to three different teams. So make the most of the opportunity and get those teams entered. Maybe look to promote a sponsor through entering a team, or your place of work to try and encourage them to help you out.

To be eligible to score points on the opening round, the Jaks Bar and Grill Tarmac Stages, be sure to have either registered online or with the Championship Coordinator at documentation on Thursday 21st February. Any entries received after this day will not be eligible to score until the second round.

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Eurocars Motorsports to continue as sponsor for 2008

Eurocars Motorsports will be continuing as sponsor of the Manx Rally Championship for 2008 after a successful first year as title sponsor.

Richard Curphey and Andrew Holmes will begin the defence of their titles on the opening round, the Jaks Bar and Grill Tarmac Stages, on the 22nd and 23rd February.

 

More to come soon.....