Welcome to the HISTORIC RALLY FESTIVAL based in The Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells. We would like to thank The Royal Welsh Showground for supporting the event and helping this event go ahead. We would also like to thank all the volunteers for their help in setting stages and running and marshalling them.

Acknowledgments

• Rallying History Club
• Clerk of the Course Tim Harding
• Event Safety Officer/ Deputy Clerk - Antony Stoneman
• Chief Marshal - Craig Stamp
• MSUK Scrutineers
• All Officials and Marshalls
  


Supplementary Regulations

1. Announcements

Rallying History with organise a Certificate of Exemption permit Stage Rally Demonstration on 4th/5th October , 2025 at Builth Wells Show Ground.
The event will be organised to the requirements of Motorsport UK and will be known as Historic rally Festival 2025

• Certificate of Exemption Number   ..,……..
• Certificate of Exemption NCR3.7.1.6B for a Stage Rally Demonstration.

2. Jurisdiction

The Event will be run and governed by the rules of Rallying History and there are set guidelines for any demonstration event. It will follow The FIA Historic Demonstration Rules, with specific regard to Safety, Driver/Co-Driver protective attire and vehicle movement timing, This Festival will NOT be a competitive timed event.

3. Authorisation   

The Event will run Motorsport UK Regulations and Declarations and run under a Permit Certificate of Exemption NCR3.7.1.6B for a Stage Rally Demonstration.

4. Eligibility

The event is open to: -
All fully paid members of Rallying History.
All Fully Paid up members of Slowly Sideways.UK Ireland and Europe.
If you are not a member of either clubs you must be a fully paid member at the time of entry.

5. Event Time Table Saturday 4th/ Sunday 5th October 2025

Oct 4th:

• 8.30am to 12am 
• Scrutineering at: A designated area Hall 3 in the showground
• 12.00pm All cars to be displayed in Hall 2 in the Showground.
• 2.10pm SS1 to commence
• 6pm Cars to finish Saturday Runs

Oct 5th:

• 8.30am SS7 Stage Start
• 16.30pm Approx. Car1 due at HQ in Service Area 

6. Classes

The event will consist of classes

• Group 1
• Group 2
• Group 4
• Group N
• Group A
• Group B
• Early WRC
• Specials 

7. Entries

Entries will be accepted from all crews that meet the above criteria, with the selected entries being acknowledged and by email from the Selection Committee.
The entry fee for this event will be £350.00

On receipt of email you will have 14 days from to forward the entry fee to the account supplied with the acknowledgement, should your entry fee NOT be received by this date.  Your entry will be void and the place will be offered to the next Applicant. (selected in numerical order).

You will be emailed an entry form to complete and fill in along with a spectator information sheet which must be completed.

All Payments will need to be made by electronic transfer only or Paypal only.

The maximum entries for this event will be limited to 80 Cars, plus reserves. The minimum is 65, should the minimum entry for the event not be reached, the organisers reserve the right to cancel the event.

Entries withdrawn in writing or email before closing date 31/5/2025 will be refunded less an administration charge of £25.00p

• By 30/6/2025 will be -£60
• By 31/8/2025 will be -£150

After this date no refund will be offered without extreme circumstance

Start numbers will be allocated in vehicles age order with slowest at the front.

Celebrity drivers will run at the back of the field.

8. Penalties

Penalties will not be given as the FESTIVAL is a NON-timed event, however, as this is a demonstration event, cars will be driven at pace and should be driven in a safe and exciting manor.

Any driver found to be driving dangerously or in a manor deemed to be dangerous, or beyond acceptable, will be asked to leave the event with no further participation. (The Chief Marshall and Organising Committee will reserve the right to refuse any participant entry to the Stages directly following any breach of the above criteria).

9. Safety 

 A Warning triangle and SOS/OK boards are to be carried and used in the event of an incident or break down within any of the Stages. The “RED FLAG’ procedure will operate on this event a map of red flag / radio locations will be included with your road book.

A first aid kit is advisory, but a small spill kit MUST be carried in all participating vehicles.

10. Retirements

If you retire on a stage, your car will be pushed to a safe place wherever possible and remain there until the stage Closing Car has been and your vehicle location noted, then your car will be recovered to the service Shed.

Re-Joining.

As the FESTIVAL is a NONE-Timed event, arrangements are in place with notice to the Chief Marshall or Official, to allow your repaired vehicle to re-start at the next available Stage.

The Overall Timing Plan will be available in the Service Area and once notice of a successful repair has been logged with an Official, you will then be allowed to re-join at a selected interval.

Please Note. Repairs will be in line with presenting the vehicle as Road Worthy and may be subject to Scrutineer’s inspection. 


11 Insurance

The Event will run under a MSUK Permit and will be covered by MSUK Insurance and run under permit Certificate of Exemption NCR3.7.1.6B for a Stage Rally Demonstration.

12. Scrutineering

All vehicles must comply with Rallying History’s compliance list and must carry, 

• Foreign cars/Entrants must carry their appropriate paperwork for their vehicle.
• All vehicles (no matter what age) must produce a valid MOT. To prove that the vehicle meets with current highways regulations.
• MOT will be required at signing on.
• For the duration of this event ALL competitors must use Tarmac Tyres, NO gravel tyres permitted. Anyone found to be using Gravel Tyres will be excluded.

13. Format

This event is 100% Tarmac, all verges are soft (grass) so measures will be taken to stop cutting corners. 

All stages will be run by a Map format. NO pace notes permitted.

International timing used, you will be given due arrival times for each Stage, a Stage -Start time, with no finish time being awarded.

Each stage arrival control will have a maximum lateness of not more than 20mins.

Should any vehicle arrive beyond their maximum lateness, they will be refused entry to the stage and will be asked to re-join at the next available period.

The Event will run 16 Stages

• 6 stage on Saturday 4th
• 10 stages Sunday 5th in reverse direction

There will be return to service after each stage

The event will cease running on Sunday 4.30 pm under all circumstances.

Stage mileage will be approx. 30 miles

14 Servicing

Service will be held Shed 2 You will be given allocated area to set up. 

Trailers will need to be parked in a Designated Secured Area, NOT in you pit space.

If you are running race fuel there will be an area set out to fuel away from the main service area.

The road book will contain directions to the closest fuel stations for those who run pump fuel. Cars visiting fuel stations will need to be road legal including Road Tax Insurance.

15 Cameras

On board cameras are permitted but must be fitted before scrutineering.

No hand held devices to be used on stages.

16 Official Photographers

The official photographers for this event is 

• Capture your car photography
• Richard Armon Photography


RALLYING HISTORY and their Associates would like to thank you for your entry we look forward to providing both an enjoyable spectacle for both the Driver/co-driver and the public.

With this being a UK First in terms of bringing a continental style Rally Festival to our shores, we are ensuring that the UK Rallying enthusiast will be rewarded with a spectacle of wonderful Iconic cars from the World of Rallying’s Golden era.

We trust that everyone who takes part will have both an enjoyable and fun weekend.

Thank you once again,