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The 2024 ACTC Championship will soon be upon us, we have reduced the price’s for cars to £10 and bikes are now £5. The prices for printed Restart magazine’s and the navigator’s league has stayed the same.

Cars : £10 (£4 for Navigator)      Bikes : £5

Printed copies of Restart magazine is £12.

Enter online here (payment by Paypal or card).

If you would rather send your entry in by post then download the form below.

ACTC Entry Form 2024 (PDF)

ACTC Entry Form 2024 (DOC)

Please email or post your entry form to John Bell – [email protected], postal address is on the form. You can pay by online transfer, or cheque.

With 12 trial photos and all the trial dates.

£10.00 including UK postage by Royal Mail – or you can collect from the start of the Allen Trial.

Payment by Paypal using the order form here.

For more information or non-online orders please contact Pat Toulmin.

Entries are now open for the 2023 Camel Classic Trial, to be held on Sunday 3rd December.

2023 Camel Classic Trial Online Entry

2023 Camel Classic Trial Regs

2023 Camel Classic Trial Entry Form [DOCX]

“The Camel Classic Road Trial first ran in 1983 (called the Octo for the first two years) thanks to two new trialers Hans Viertel and Pete Allen. The event flourished every year and soon became a round of the Chester Motor Club Trials Championship and later ACTC and ASWMC Championship rounds. The original organising team of Hans and Pete were still running the event 31 years later in 2014.

Sadly Hans suddenly passed away in 2015 which was a huge loss to Camel Vale Motor Club and the trialling community. Hans was described by many as a true gentlemen and he is greatly missed by all. He really was totally immersed in trials; be it as a competitor, marshal or organising the Camel Classic in December every year. We hope his memory can live on in this event for many years to come.

For the first time ever in 2015 we invited motorcycle solos and outfits to enter the trial. This was a success and all the riders enjoyed the event so we will continue this for future years.

Hope you enjoy the event!”

Start Venue : The Borough Arms, Dunmere, Bodmin, PL31 2RD

[NOW SOLD OUT, SORRY!!]

With 12 trial photos and all the trial dates.

£10.00 including UK postage by Royal Mail – or you can collect from the start of the Allen Trial.

Payment by Paypal using the order form here.

For more information or non-online orders please contact Pat Toulmin

With the commencement of the second half of the 2022 trials season, it has been observed that some cars are not following the MSUK Year Book (previously called the “Blue Book”) rules on spare wheel mounting.

Please read the relevant section of the rules (T 10.10) to make sure your car conforms.

Quote below from Section T of the 2022 MSUK Year Book. This can be downloaded from https://www.motorsportuk.org/resource-centre/

10.10. In all Classes, spare wheels must be firmly secured by a permanent fixing.
10.10.1. Not more than two spare wheels may be carried externally, and these must be fitted as close as possible to the bodywork (excluding bumpers).
10.10.2. No part of the spare wheel(s) may be mounted externally in front of the windscreen or on the roof.
10.10.3. Cars with an external rear-mounted spare wheel in the manufacturer’s standard position may add a second spare wheel, mounted flush with the original wheel, with no spacer.
10.10.4. The spare wheel(s) or mounting(s) may not extend rearwards more than 200mm from a vertical line passing through the rearmost part of the original bodywork (excluding bumpers), or more than 100mm beyond the rearmost part of the original bumper position for the model of vehicle, whichever creates the lesser protrusion. An alternative maximum dimension, not exceeding 400mm, may be included in an accepted specification for a car in Class 7(c).
10.10.5. In all cases, wheels fitted in the manufacturer’s original position and number, are acceptable.

If in doubt, please ask.

Here are the minutes from the ACTC Annual General Meeting, held on Tuesday 23rd August 2022.

2022 August ACTC AGM Minutes

Agendas and minutes of all meetings can be viewed here.

ACTC TRIALS DRIVING – HILL REVERSING GUIDE – ‘BRAKING IT DOWN’

As we state and recognise, motorsport can be dangerous and in our specialism it is often the case that for a car driver having made an ‘almost successful’ climb, the task of safely and confidently reversing his steed back down a slippery, uneven and twisting track when perhaps surrounded by marshals, spectators, trees and banks, can prove daunting. Whilst the car can be relatively stable under power on the ascent, it can prove wayward under the influence of gravity and any loss of control.

ACTC Committee here propose guidelines that may be offered to competitors in the form of best practice to follow, though of course they are not mandatory. It is not possible to allow for every scenario and vehicle type, but the following is the reversing process to adopt in typical trialling circumstances.

These guidelines aim to accommodate the different behaviour of ‘Older’ cars (likely to have a 4 wheel handbrake and no steering column lock) and the more ‘Modern’ ones (likely to have servo brakes and power steering for example). We can ‘Brake Down’ the principles here through the summary A.B.S. – in this case Awareness, Braking and Steering.

1. Preparation

Awareness:

• ensure you have good side and rear visibility around your car from the driver’s seat
• ensure the reversing light is powerful and aligned for any night-time action
• brief your passenger if a novice, on procedure for hill failures and exit routes

Braking:

• give your footbrake and handbrake good firm ‘function’ tests both before and during the trial in safe places, such as at controls and waiting in queues
• consider installing a hydraulic handbrake – more powerful and reassuring, and there’s plenty of advice out there

Steering:

• wrap a yellow tape band around the steering wheel rim at the straight ahead spot

2. Stopped on a Section

Awareness:

• listen to the marshals’ instructions
• take a good look around and behind you for any obstacles or people, check mirrors
• keep your passenger seated in the car unless otherwise instructed

Braking (Older) :

• apply the handbrake firmly
• switch off the engine and engage reverse gear

Braking (Modern) :

• apply both footbrake AND handbrake firmly
• leave the engine running in forward gear and press the clutch pedal down

Steering:

• check your front wheels are facing ahead using the rim tape and marshal guidance

3. Reversing Down

Awareness:

• have your passenger and marshals guide you
• STOP and take a breather if it is long and twisty, recover and then continue

Braking (Older) :

• release the handbrake and keep off the footbrake
• use the compression of the dead engine to allow a steady descent

Braking (Modern) :

• lightly release both brakes to let the car creep back
• pulse the footbrake about 2 times / second to keep slip under control
• when the car is steady, shift to use handbrake only, to regain your steering keep the clutch down, in gear, with the engine running
• if you run wide, STOP, shunt forward and try again

Steering:

• try to keep all wheels in the ruts around bends
• DON’T let the car sweep round sideways across a steep hill
• keep the car pointing uphill until it’s safe to turn around

Once you are safely back down, thank any parties who may have helped you, take a breath and maybe ‘uncrick’ your neck! Above all, practice these guidelines perhaps at a single venue trial where experts can advise, take…your…time and be safe!

Adrian Tucker-Peake