38 ème Rallye Regional du Pays Avallonnais 2017

Tony Agasse, Subaru Impreza, Rallye du Pays Avallonnais 2017.  

For some people the first day of spring is the day they hear their first cuckoo of the year.  For me it is the day in March that I hear my first racing or rally engine at full chat.  Thus for me it is officially spring as today I attended my first motor sport event of the year,  The occasion was the regional rally of Avallon in the beautiful Burgundian countryside around that town.  The weather was rather wet and thus the drivers had some difficult conditions to contend with.  As well as being the 38th running of the rally it was the 4th time that they had a class for VHC historic rally cars.  A thoroughly enjoyable day despite the rain, so I hope you enjoy some of my pictures below.  All positions mentioned in the captions are after the first stage between Avallon and Magny on Saturday afternoon March 4th.

The Matra Murena of Eric Bailly, one of the VHC cars leaving Avallon to go the the 1st stage.

To find out more about the Matra Murena, click here.

The parc fermé in Avallon with all the cars waiting for the start,

The Skoda Fabia R5 of Laurent Lecki was third fastest on the first stage.

The sixth fastest car, the Renault Clio R3 of Alain Goussot passing through Meluzien on the 1st stage.

The ninth placed Peugeot 207 RC of Ghislain Barbier on the first stage.

The eleventh placed Subaru Impreza of Julien Sandona on the first stage between Avallon and Magny.

The fastest VHC car on the first stage was this Peugeot 205GTi of Dominique Dupuy.

A Peugeot 306 S16 on the first stage driven by Gérard Baudon.

The Renault Clio 16S of the Benards.

A Renault Clio Williams passing through Meluzien on the first stage.

Franck Bailly's Subaru Impreza roars past the first stage spectators.

The Peugeot 207 Rc of Gaylor Fourrey.

Some spectators start sing the Ban Bourguignon and other songs whilst waiting for the cars on the hill above Meluzien.

The Varlet's Renault Clio R3.

A yellow flag is waved as car has gone into a ditch a little further on.  This is the Mitsubishi Lancer of Eddy Berthelot.

Christophe Plinguier in a Subaru Impreza.

The Matra Murena goes by very slowly.

Cars line up for the start.

A Peugeot 206Rc ready for the night stages.

Ford Puma in the parc fermé.

For action from the Rallye du Medoc, click here.

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