Information about a Six-Day Reliability Trial
I received the message below in an e-mail from Peter Davis, peter@liegecars.freeserve.co.uk, regarding a six-day reliability trial planned for April 21-27, 2001. It sounds like quite a challenge. If you are interested in finding out more, contact information is listed at the end of the message.
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LIEGE-CORSE
Six Day Reliability Trial
To the manufacturers and enthusiasts of specialist hand-built cars, welcome to the
Guild of Motor Endurance Liege-Corse 2001 Six Day Reliability Trial.
We
are pleased to announce this competitive test for specialist cars
taking place on the 21st - 27th April 2001. Starting in
Spa-Francorchamps, the legendary start of the long distance rallies of
the 1950s and 1960s, the route will take competitors south, via some
renowned rallying roads, to Marseilles. Then overnight on the luxurious
Napoleon Bonaparte of the SNCM Ferryterranee line, to the beautiful
Mediterranean island of Corsica. The competitive element of the Six Day
Trial will be concentrated in Corsica which has been blessed with some
of the most dramatic rallying roads in the world. This is the home of
the Tour de Corse the French round of the FIA World Rally Championship.
Those competing on the Liege-Corse will be able to experience at close
hand many of these exciting rally stages.
As with previous
trials the 2001 Liege-Corse promises to be a real test of car design
and construction, specialist car performance and handling is about to
have a new reference to distinguish the best. Once again it will be
more than just the ability of the car, the skill and stamina of the
crew will also be fully tested.
Crews once again will require
the ability to maintain or repair their cars without back-up and have
that special determination to keep going regardless. Those experienced
in endurance will know what this means. Then at the end of each day the
adrenaline will be washed down in the warmth of a Corsican spring
evening at an idyllic beach side hotel. Here tales of the day’s chase,
and the proposed spectacular climb back through the field, will be
elaborated upon. With the dawn comes the sound of spanners and engines
being started, another day of squealing tyres and Corsican sun.
For
2001, endurance will play it’s part, but so will the promise of the
Corsican hospitality allowing a more relaxed, if not challenging, way
to prove your car. The breathtaking mountain roads of Corsica, with
it’s maze of relentless bends, offers a tarmac challenge for the very
best specialist cars in the world. The Liege-Corse will have Timed
Regularity Sections and Special Tests and to the winner will go the
laurels. Some crews will also be competing for class positions
separated by capacity: up to 1000cc, to 1600cc, to 2000cc and over
2000cc. Also there is a new category for Period Sports, Sports Racing
Cars and their Replica’s, if the thoroughbreds are going to be driven
as they were in their day, the winner of the 2001 Liege-Corse may well
be a hand built car from the past.
There are presently one
hundred and fourteen members of the Guild of Motor Endurance, having
attained their membership by finishing a previous International
Endurance Trial. Those that took part in the 8000km Liege-Agadir-Liege
in 1997 and the 7000km Liege-Targa-Liege in 1999 should have an idea of
what’s coming, even for them, the incredible Corsican roads may come as
a shock. With little traffic on the roads, the truth is, the roads in
Corsica are a drivers paradise.
If you own a hand built car
and you are new to endurance motoring, this six day trial offers an
wonderful opportunity to test your car’s performance. A competition
licence will not be required. Alternatively, if your idea of enjoyable
motoring is less committed, just completing the Liege-Corse route could
be a worthwhile objective.
If you are interested in competing and wish to receive an entry form and regulations
or be placed on the mailing list for further information, please contact:
Guild of Motor Endurance, Craycombe, Fladbury, Worcestershire, WR10 2QS, England.
liegecars@hotmail.com Tel eve: +44 (0)1386 45556 (7-10pm)