BHRC - Belgian Historic Rally Championship

well its rolled round again...Ypres modern and the classic rally
not too many pics this year, more or less the same cars as the usual supects.....



plenty of these this year, all sounding awesome


this according to the owner, well as i interpreted it , is a new'ish shell and BDA engine, UK registered, Tax ran out dec. 18, MOT'd until Oct 19 with a French Ins sticker and the UK reg on it in windscreen. I have no idea either how they do it but apparently is common in Belgium!


reg looks like a factory car but B in L's friend who used to work at Ford Rally team seems to think not or at least doesn't recognise it


ways and means around tobacco sponshorship ban in Belgium, look closely at the well known sponsors name


this caught my eye, new but a good execution of the theme albeit its probably a Chinese


so onto the modern stuff, well via some bizarre Masters rally...5 cars doing half the stages. 2 Opel Corsa's, a Scooby of some kind, Ford Escort Cossie, a Ford Fiesta WRC and a Hyundai i20 WRC, a rel odd selection i know but the drivers...Bruno Thiry (opel corsa), Paul Lietaer (Cossie - his own from the era), Bryan Bouffier ( Fiesta) and Thierry Neuville in the i20

Thiry can still pedal a car, Lietaer was on a beating from the WRC's, the Fiesta lasted a day and Neuville just blasted everyone and everything into the distance, stage times against the R5's were on another level without even needing to push as if in a real rally

Marlboro became Moustic on this one


Crack is a furniture business not a smoking substance in this case


the Grote market on a quieter day before the tented Corporate village grew



the modern stuff was again similar to previous years apart from the VW Polos which were visibly quicker than the Fiesta / Skoda R5's, oh and the Porsche GT3's still sound epic as anyone who was at LM will confirm


only the 2 non Rally cars worthy of mention this time around..

back of a Bar on Shakedown, doesn't look to have moved for a while but that could and should look good with a bit of TLC


spotted up at Rodeberg, i was banned from getting closer as it had Tel nos in windows

Keep promising myself I’m gonna go to this one year , looks absolutely mint. Thanks for the pictures.

I also ended up driving behind the RX7 on the public roads. Totally bonkers car and lovely sound when pootling around, but hearing that high-pitched sound echoing through the woods: .