SV8661 - 1986 Norking Gilders Forest Stages

The 1986 Norking Gilders Forest Stages Entry List TBA Results TBA Maps 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:45 - Special Stage 1- Clipstone South 00:17:09 - Special Stage. 5&6 - Blidworth 00:59:58 - Special Stage 12 - Clipstone North B The 1986 Norking / Gilders Forest Stages Rally took place on Sunday, 21 September, bringing competitors together for a challenging day of gravel-stage rallying. The event included stages at Harlow Wood, where crews tackled a short, technical forest test twice during the day's competition.  The rally demanded precision and commitment, with the loose gravel surface leaving little room for error as drivers sought to make up time through the wooded stages. Events such as this formed an important part of Britain's thriving club and national rally scene during the mid-1980s, attracting competitors eager to test themselves and their machinery against familiar forest roads. One surviving stage record confirms that Harlow Wood measured approximately 2.17 kilometres, with the two runs scheduled just ten minutes apart.  The Norking / Gilders Forest Stages Rally remains a snapshot of the grassroots forest rallying that helped sustain British motorsport through the 1980s, combining demanding gravel roads, close competition and the determination of crews pushing their cars to the limit.