Forest Classic Rally
May 17-18, 2003

The Forest Classic Rally is an all-bitumen event which explores the North East of Victoria:

• Background

• Eligibility & Categories

• Day One: Saturday

• Day Two: Sunday

• Entries & Cost

Background

This year's all bitumen "Forest Classic Rally", a 2 day Touring Road Event, will be held on the weekend of May 17-18 which coincides with Targa Tasmania.  The event, now in its 5th year, has proved to be extremely popular with  owners of classic, historic and sports cars by providing an event that combines some great driver's roads with logical, straightforward navigation.  Reports on previous events can be found on this site.

The 2003 event will again be based in Wangaratta in north eastern Victoria, just 2 hours up the Hume Freeway from Melbourne, during the area's beautiful Autumn weather. Entrants in the all-bitumen Forest Classic Rally can look forward to a great weekend's motor sport in one of the most picturesque parts of the state.  

Eligibility & Categories

The Forest Classic Rally is open to any classic, historic or sports car from the 1940's to the present day, and includes "late classics" up to 2000. The event is divided into 2 categories:

• Experts: The Experts category is for those crews who enjoy a navigational challenge; and

• Novices:  The Novice category is for those who would rather cover the same route but with easier instructions, hence this category will be fully route charted.

Day One: Saturday

The event commences on Saturday morning in Wangaratta with a couple of motorkhana tests before offering crews around 200 kilometres of navigation and driving during the morning before a lunch stop is taken en-route. The afternoon's activities, approximately another 200 kilometres on some real drivers roads, will finish back in town at around 4pm so that crews can return to their motels for a break before attending the convivial rally dinner that evening.

Day Two: Sunday

The following morning an 8am start will see crews heading out again for a further 300 kilometres of driving and navigation and a further 2 motorkhana tests. By 1pm all competitors will have arrived back in Wangaratta for a smorgasbord lunch at a local winery, where provisional results will be announced. The early finishing time gives crews a chance to return home before dark after enjoying a great weekend's motorsport.

Entries & Cost

The entry fee includes 2 night's quality motel accommodation (Friday and Saturday nights), Saturday lunch and Rally Dinner, Sunday smorgasbord lunch, and all maps. 

Entry Forms and Supplementary Regulations are available on this site, when released. Further information is available from the Clerk of Course, Jeff Whitten on (03) 5722 1250 or you can e-mail Jeff at:  rallysportnews@ozemail.com.au