About Us at De Lado, Maldon, Essex

We also have a club house which is situated in the Rally world workshop. Club meeting are held once a month, where members get the chance to talk about events they have done and events they are planning for. Also on a regular basis we hold film nights. 

Any profits made go back into the club funds.

It is our intention to build/improve the club house facilities in the future.

The club runs a Rallysprint championship which consists of 7 rounds.

The best 6 scores are counted for each competitor. Each round consists of a practise run and 7 timed runs.

All timed runs count and the total time for the 7 stages determines round winners etc.  

The events are run in the same way as an MSA event. All cars go through scrutineering prior to the event and each driver must be a member of the club,

sign on at the start and attend the drivers briefing.

The stage is marshalled throughout and marshals are equipped with fire extinguishers at various points around the stage.

A safety car is also equipped with fire extinguisher etc. Cars run on the stage one at a time so there is no risk of being baulked or blinded by dust etc.

We use a rolling start for each stage where the car approaches the start in 1st gear approx 10 miles per hour and when the flag is dropped accelerates away.

This was implemented to reduce the amount of strain placed on clutches, transmission etc and to reduce the rutting at the start line.

It has worked very well so far and is one of the ways we are trying to keep potential costs to a minimum for all those competing.

We alternate the direction that the stage is used for each event so giving 2 stages.

The club is run on a members only basis with an adults membership being £125 per year (August to August).

Junior membership fee if under the age of 17 will cost £45.00 

The cost to enter each round is £35 per driver. It is possible for cars to be double driven provided both drivers have joined.