David Stanley & John Bradley  taking a very good
9 th in class and 54 overall  on the AVO Performance Suspension Promenade Stages Rallyon the 10th Sept 2011

Club members Tom Aleksandrowicz & Tom Bishop showing how to go rallying.
 

See what the papers say about two Cannock & DCC rally crews
Paul Culverwell & Jo Saddington 
Ron Aiken & Brian Neale
click on the photo to read.







Thanks to Steve Kilvington
for the photo.

About Cannock & District Car Club

  The club was formed in 1971 and has grown to become a very active organisation involved in many forms of motorsport.   Prospective members, as well as old friends of the club, are welcome at any club night.  We meet every Wednesday evening at 9 o’clock at the ‘Five Ways Public House’ in Heath Hayes, near Cannock.  In the winter months we have Motor Sport themed nights, on the first Wednesday of the month ,

Annually the club helps the organisers of stage rally events with marshels .  Over the past couple of years we have run some very successful AutoTests & AutoSolo`s for the BTRDA .  Attracting competitors from all over the UK .

  One of the highlights of the CDCC calendar is the clubs annual dinner dance and awards evening.  This is held every February and the awards cover every discipline, two of the most prestigious being ‘Driver’ and ‘Clubman of the year’. 

Prize Giving
Feb 2011
with
Stuart Turner
and
Tom Bishop

However, there is one award that nobody wants to win.  The ‘Piston Trophy’ trophy is awarded to the member who has put the most in and got the least out of their year in motorsport.   Why not give us a call, contact details for the club can be found overleaf, or better still, come along to a couple of club nights and discover what you are missing.   We have members active in any forms of motorsport, including:  

The ‘Piston Trophy’ is awarded to the member who has put the most in and got the least out of their year in motorsport. Stuart Turner having a laugh with David Stanley  the latest winner of the award ,,,  

Special Stage Rallying   This is at present the most popular discipline within the club.  Rallies take the form of ‘single venue’ events held on airfields right through to ‘multi venue’ forest events.  Culminating in international events such as British Rally Championship and World Rally Championship events. In recent years the club has enjoyed considerable success in the AWMMC ‘Heart of England Rally Championship’.  See Club Members Page ,

Cannock & District Car Club
Members

Servicing   If spanners are your thing then you could join one of the CDCC teams on an event.  Enjoy being part of a team and help keep the car in the event despite the drivers best efforts to break it.  Lots of fun without the bills! 

Sprinting   Sprinting has been popular within recent years.  Club members have competed in Midland and other regional championships at venues as far a field as Goodwood, on the south coast, and Aintree near Liverpool.  Sprinting is closely related to the discipline of Hillclimbing

Tony Bishop
and
Nick Matthews

Motor Sport
Marshalling

Marshals;  what would we do without them? , `well not a lot`, the thing is we need Marshall's otherwise events don`t run !   So it`s good to see a lot of our competitors marshal when they are not competing.    As a club, we regularly marshal on events.  Right from grass roots level club events through to World Championship rallies.  The club benefits from having some very experienced marshals within its ranks who are only to happy to pass on their experience to potential new marshals. So if you want to see what Motor Sport is all about give our chief marshal call or e-mail,  it`s fun to do and you see a lot more and get involved in how it all works.

Some of our Marashals collecting for the Air Ambulance at Morrisons at Burntwood
 

Cannock & District Car Club also have full MSA Radio Marshal`s with lots of experience on stage rally events and are happy to help to point you in this direction in marshaling  

Marshalling with Cannock & District Car Club & our Recovery & Radio Crew

Autotest & AutoSolo   Autotesting is a very popular form of motorsport.  It Is possible to compete in any car, entry fees are minimal and the discipline is challenging, rewarding and fun! The club organises five or six autotests each year that form the clubs in house championship.  Venues vary from a car park at the BP Truck Stop near Featherstone, to grass slalom tests at Strawberry Fields near Shugborough, Stafford. Autotesting & AutoSolo are real grass roots motorsport.

Some standard cars having a go at a production all forward Auto Test

We also run treasure hunts and navigational scatter rallies.  These are a great way to learn the basics of rallying, be it as a driver or a navigator.   You don’t have to jump straight into competing.  The club has a very strong social atmosphere, stopping off at a pub after an event is almost compulsory.