Provisional Championship dates for the 2012/ 2013 Championship as follows

RD.1 – 7^th October 2012 – Pembrey

RD.2 - 21^st October 2012 – Carlow Car Club

RD.3 - 25^th November 2012 – Kildare Motor Club

RD.4 - 3^rd February 2013 – Carlow Car Club

RD.5 - 3^rd March 2013 – Kildare Motor Club

RD.6 - 26^th May 2013 – Nutts Corner

RD.7 - 30^th June 2013 – BRC or GP Round?

RD.8 - 20^th October 2013 – Carlow Car Club

RD.9 - 17^th November 2013 – Kildare Motor Club

Organising Club:  Carlow Motor Club

So we’re nearly there now… After a long Summer of waiting, Rallycross in Ireland is back!  A new Calender for 2012/2013 sees the Championship now running over a calender year.  The Championship will be over 9 rounds with 6 to count.  It all kicks of in October with a visit to the British Championship at Pembrey in Wales followed by Mondello Park on October 21st.

The 2012/2013 Calender is as follows:

7^th October 2012 – Pembrey

21^st October 2012 – Carlow Car Club

25^th November 2012 – Kildare Motor Club

3^rd February 2013 – Carlow Car Club

3^rd March 2013 – Kildare Motor Club

26^th May 2013 – Nutts Corner

30^th June 2013 – BRC/ GP Round

20^th October 2013 – Carlow Car Club

17^th November 2013 – Kildare Motor Club

Please find a summary of amendments to Rallycross Championship regulations for 2012/2013:

1: The new championship which will run from October 2012 to November 2013 will have nine rounds with more than two weeks

between each event.

2: The first round is agreed to be at Pembrey in Wales, and first round in Ireland to be run by Carlow CC on 21 October.

3: It is hoped to run a round of the British Rallycross Championship at the end of June 2013 in Mondello.

4: Class representatives will be appointed to assist competitors. Junior Competitors who start with a Junior licence may continue to the

end of the championship.

5: In-car cameras are being recommended to control driver behaviour.

6: A Core Organisation team has been appointed for the full championship and a new results computer program is to be tested.  Press

officer has been appointed it is Michael O’Brien of www.rallycross.ie.

7: Each class will compete for its own championship and there will be no overall champion.

8: Information on the new regs can be obtained on www.rallycross.ie and www.irishrallycross.ie

9: The championship Registrar will be Tom Kirwan and registration will be automatic with each

entry.

10: Entry fees will be €195 and €150 for Juniors.

11: The detailed changes will be posted on www.motorsportireland.com

12: Double Points will be scored at the opening event of 2013 and Summer event of 2013.

13: New buggy class approved which will be known as Kart Cross as used and approved for Autocross have been approved for Rallycross to compete

with RX150s.

Ahead of this weekends RD4 of the National Rallycross Championship, Mondello Park have just released the entry list for Sundays event. Click through for more details. Read more »