Durham Auto Club

Durham Auto Club DAC was formed in 1952. Its members compete in Stage, Navigational, Historic Rallies, Rallycross etc

Disclaimer: Posts on this page are the views of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the club or other members. Durham Automobile Club Committee 2025

President – Nicky Porter
Vice President – Steve Petch
Chairman – Andy Brown
Vice Chairman – Chris Thirling
Secretary – Gordon Dundee
Treasurer – Lindsay Burnip
Membership Secretary – Peter Masters
Competition Secretary – Lindsay Burnip
Social Secretary – Vacant
Media Officer – Stuart Anderson
Website/Facebook – Simon Jennings/Kim Gardner
Magazine Editor - Gordon Dundee
Safeguarding Officer – Lindsay Burnip
Junior Representative – Vacant

General Committee
Moving to the 2nd year of a 3 year term
Mick Stead
Kim Gardner

Elected to start the 1st year of a 3 year term
Fred Henderson
Edward Todd
Martin Hall

Good luck to Simon and Greg taking on day 2 of the Hills Ford Stages today. They’re currently 52 overall.📷by Graeme
20/09/2026

Good luck to Simon and Greg taking on day 2 of the Hills Ford Stages today.

They’re currently 52 overall.

📷by Graeme

Results from The Wearside Targa rally last weekend. 👇
11/09/2026

Results from The Wearside Targa rally last weekend. 👇

Well thanks everyone for a great day at Nissan yesterday on the 2026 Wearside Targa rally. Sorry about the brief spell o...
07/09/2026

Well thanks everyone for a great day at Nissan yesterday on the 2026 Wearside Targa rally. Sorry about the brief spell of rain but it made it a little more interesting! 😁

A big thank you to all of the marshals who came along yesterday and helped with the running of the event. 👏

And thank you to all of the competitors too for entering this year, we were oversubscribed! 👏

📣 Drivers! - Check your email inbox because you've all been sent a damage declaration form to complete and return. 👍

Below is a list of the award winners;
1st Overall – David Mosey, Louise Richardson 🏆🥇

1st Durham Driver/Navigator – Philip and Lewis Hodgson 👍
Spirit of the Rally – Car 28 – Harry and Jack Humble 👍

1st Modern Expert – David Leach, Alex Metcalfe 🥇
2nd Modern Expert - Kevin Stones, Chris Holden 🥈

1st Modern Novice – Gavin Parry, Peter Cleggy 🥇
2nd Modern Novice – Jake Sharp, Luca Turnbull 🥈

1st Historic Expert – Ali Proctor, Barney Baron 🥇
2nd Historic Expert – Alan Hawdon, Paul Hawdon 🥈

1st Historic Novice car 33 – Iain Tullie, Lynsey Proctor 🥇
2nd Historic Novice car – Richard Young, Lee Moody 🥈

Now I'm hanging up my keyboard for a few days to recover! 😆

More of test 1!
06/09/2026

More of test 1!

Most of test 1!
06/09/2026

Most of test 1!

And that’s test 1 underway!
06/09/2026

And that’s test 1 underway!

A big thank you to today’s set up crew. 👍All ready for tomorrow now.
05/09/2026

A big thank you to today’s set up crew. 👍

All ready for tomorrow now.

05/09/2026

Good luck to Mark and Adam Blenkinsop.

Car 19 in the Memorial Garden Stages Rally today.

📣 Competitors! 📣I know most of you will be familiar with the procedures for both test finish and passage controls BUT we...
04/09/2026

📣 Competitors! 📣

I know most of you will be familiar with the procedures for both test finish and passage controls BUT we do have a few competitors who are taking part in their first targa event so here's a recap on what you need to do.

Passage control:
As you approach you'll see two pairs of cones. Stop astride the first pair of cones. That's front wheel past BUT back wheels not past the centre line of those two cones. Once you're stationary, pull forward to the second pair of cones and get your signature. (And that's how it appears on your test diagram below)

Test finish:
At the end of every test you must stop astride the first pair of cones. The test ends here and the marshal will have stopped the clock at this point. Then pull forward carefully to the marshal at the second pair of cones and get your time card filled in. You might want to make a note of your test time on your test diagrams for future reference too. (again test diagram snippet below)

The reason for these stop astride's is so that you're not approaching a marshal at high speed, it's just a safety thing. 😎 If you fail to stop, you will get a time penalty so beware!

We're setting up tomorrow at Nissan. 👍

The Wearside Targa Rally - Sunday 6th Sept 2026

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Croxdale
Durham
DH13SP

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