Tempest Rally, Aldershot - Saturday 8th November

[tbtstt]

Rally seems to be a bit of a niche interest among Impreza owners these days (and annoyingly this clashes with Modified Live at Brands Hatch) but this rally is on the doorstep for a lot of SES members, so I thought I'd chuck a thread up for it.

The Tempest takes places on stages in and around the Aldershot area. A full guide for spectators can be found by click here:

Tempest Rally 2014 - Spectators Guide

Current entry list can be found here:

Tempest Rally 2014 - Entries

Entry looks really good already. The 4WD class includes four Impreza WRCars, a Group A Impreza and an EscCos as well.

If you are about then I highly recommend it!

[Bolesroor]

Carparks A & C look a bit risky for parking?

[tbtstt]

Originally Posted by Bolesroor

Carparks A & C look a bit risky for parking?

If your car is slammed to the ground then you might want to avoid car park C (Pavilion) as I'm sure I recall that being a field in the past. Car park A (Warren) can be messy - the road to the parking is all solid, but the mud sits on the concrete - but there is plenty of space to park and loads of good places to view from.

If you are worried about it then stick with Rushmoor Arena: watching rallying is far more enjoyable out in the woods though.

[Bolesroor]

Originally Posted by tbtstt

If your car is slammed to the ground then you might want to avoid car park C (Pavilion) as I'm sure I recall that being a field in the past. Car park A (Warren) can be messy - the road to the parking is all solid, but the mud sits on the concrete - but there is plenty of space to park and loads of good places to view from.

If you are worried about it then stick with Rushmoor Arena: watching rallying is far more enjoyable out in the woods though.

Cool I was more concerned about the disclaimer

[tbtstt]

Originally Posted by Bolesroor

Cool I was more concerned about the disclaimer

OH. Ah, right, I knew that...

Well, touch wood, I've never known anyone to come back and find their car broken into, but if you intend to take your diamond rings with you in the car then make sure you leave them out of sight.

[Scott.T]

Warren is normally good but muddy parking. On good forestry roads but they do tend to be a bit slimey. Very clay/sand based IIRC.

Rusmoor isn't worth visiting. A bit of a mickey mouse stage.

Pavilion is good, the run down the hill at the end and also the run across the top of the heath used to be quite good.
Not sure if this has been re-configured though, as it was a while ago I was last there and the map looks to be reversed.

Do they not use Yately anymore ?

I'm sure there are also stages not publicised but you can get too. Ash used to be one of them.

[Steve_PPP]

Warren is probably the best one to watch from imo. Pavillion has some good bits too but Warren is a longer stage and there's some cracking stuff if you don't mind a walk from the parking.

Yateley isn't run anymore as most of the land has been cleared (quarrying?) but I heard there was only a couple of miles of the original stage route left and it wasn't worth the fee to the forestry commission to run it.

Couldn't agree more about Rushmoor Arena, mickey mouse stage and not worth it. The non-spectator stages have always been Ash and Longmoor which have some good viewing on if you know where to go

Would definitely be going this year if it didn't clash with Modified Live

[tbtstt]

Warren is definitely my fave stage: there are many cool spots to watch from!

I'm sure Rushmoor is great if you have kids or you are unable to walk in the woods... but otherwise I'd avoid it.

[tbtstt]

Brilliant day out. Got a bit wet in the afternoon, but well worth it to see some WRC Imprezas in full flight.

Also got to see a Land Rover in full flight on Warren...



...crew were OK and hoping to be ready for RallyGB this weekend!