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37th International MicroCar Rally. The 2011 Rally

Event Details

Time: September 1, 2011 at 9am to September 4, 2011 at 7pm
Location: Atwell~Wilson Motor Museum, Calne, Wiltshire.
Website or Map: http://www.national-microcar-…
Event Type: microcar, rally
Organized By: NMCR
Latest Activity: Aug 30, 2011

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Event Description

37th International MicroCar Rally
The 2011 Rally
September 1st – 4th 2011

The 2011 NMCR will be hosted by the Bug Club at The Atwell~Wilson Motor Museum, Calne, Wiltshire.

At this event we are going for a
world record of the most microcars in one place.

The existing record was set on September 7th 1986 at the National MicroCar Rally held at Cotswold Wildlife Park in Burford, with 185 cars present.
This was accepted as a record by the Guinness Book of Records.

This year, 2010, we had 133 cars, so we only need 53 more, to break the record set 25 years previously.

Since the last NMCR event held at the museum in 2008 (the wet & muddy one), they have had the field fitted with land drains and a gravel road laid around the field and into the top field as well, so if it should rain there will not be a repeat of last time. Anyhow, it is going to be hot and sunny this time with 200+ microcars on display!

More details to come so keep checking for regular updates.

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Comment by Roger on July 12, 2011 at 13:07

Rally Programme:

Thursday 1 September - campsite opens at midday.

Friday 2 September - short afternoon Road Run, to a local place of interest. Evening bar in the on-site marquee.

Saturday 3 September - Road Run / Treasure Hunt of around 60 miles, visiting places of interest in the surrounding countryside. Make sure both your microcar and your brain are in tip-top condition!

Evening bar - and quiz! - in the on-site marquee.

Sunday 4 September - the traditional show day at the rally site, where we hope to beat the record 186 cars which attended in 1986.

Food: on-site catering will offer breakfasts and light evening snacks on Friday and Saturday - and throughout the day on Sunday.

Costs:

Rally entrance / Rally pack £6.00

Autojumble / Club stand £10.00

Camping: Motorhome / Caravan £12.00 per night

Tent
£10.00 per night

There are toilets and washbasins on site, but no showers.
There are no electric hookups.

And ... New drainage! New Gravel Roads! (See pictures, at left)

If you came to the National held at the Museum in 2008, you'll remember it got a tad (!) muddy. Well, things have changed since then. The site owners

have had the field fitted with land drains and a gravel road laid right around it. A new gravel roadway also runs through the gateway and up into the camping field, where the grass will be cut short prior to the rally, ready for camping.

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If you need any further information on the 2011 Rally, please contact Jeff Ellis at jeffrey.e@ntlworld.com

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We look forward to seeing you there - have a great journey!

Comment by Roger on July 12, 2011 at 13:04

The 2011 Rally

Full Details now available - see below!

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37th International MicroCar Rally
September 1st – 4th 2011

The 2011 NMCR will be hosted by the Bug Club at The Atwell~Wilson Motor Museum, Calne, Wiltshire. At this event we are going for ...
the world record for the most microcars in one place.

World Record Attempt: Preparations for this year's Attempt are progressing very well, with lots of positive feedback from clubs and individuals so we hope we will make that magical 200 cars on the 4th of September.

Back in 1986 at Burford, when the last recognised attempt for the ‘most microcars in one place’ happened, there were 185 vehicles recorded. Twenty five years ago Guinness Records recognised this event and we hoped that this would be the case again. Despite our best efforts over a sustained period, we find that they now no longer monitor this type of record and can’t be persuaded otherwise.

However, this makes us all even more determined to make sure we do break the record last set in 1986!

NMCR administrators will acknowledge the official numbers attending and will record details of every Microcar on a certificate of attendance which will be awarded to each owner. Further details will be recorded here on the website.

Rally Programme:

Thursday 1 September - campsite opens at midday.

Friday 2 September - short afternoon Road Run, to a local place of interest. Evening bar in the on-site marquee.

Saturday 3 September - Road Run / Treasure Hunt of around 60 miles, visiting places of interest in the surrounding countryside. Make sure both your microcar and your brain are in tip-top condition!

Evening bar - and quiz! - in the on-site marquee.

Sunday 4 September - the traditional show day at the rally site, where we hope to beat the record 186 cars which attended in 1986.