12 Car Navigational Rallies.

12 Car Rallies.

12 Car Rallies are Events run on the Public Highway. They consist of crews of two, a Driver and a Navigator, The Navigator has to plot a route on a Map and instruct the Driver where to go. The Driver has to drive steadily and follow the Navigators Instructions.

The aim is to follow the route at an average speed of 30 mile per hour. Along the route are Controls that the Crews have to visit.
Basically there are two Types of Control – A Time Control and a Passage Control.
At a Time Control the aim is to book in on time, if you are late you have 1 point per minute added to your score, If you book in early then you are penalised by 2 Points per minute that you are early.
A Passage Control can be either a Board or a Manned Control where you get a signature to prove that you have Driven the correct Route.

The Hardest part of a 12 Car is the Navigation which is handed out to the Crews on the Start line.
The Navigation can consist of anything found on an Ordnance Survey Landranger (1:50000) Map.
This can be Grid References, Map legends or Basic Instructions, eg. Turn Left, Turn Right or Straight on.
The secret to doing well in 12 Cars is to find a Good Navigator, and the Secret to being a good Navigator is to Practice.

Plymouth 12 Car Rallies

Plymouth Motor Club Rally’s usually take place on the last Friday of the month and form a Championship Series of 8 Events.
The First Event is at the End of March and the Last Event at the End of November with a Break in August.

They usually Start from Pub and Finish at a Food establishment.
The First Car leaves at 22:01 hours and the Route is between 40 and 70 miles in length with the aim of the Event finishing by 1 am.

Latest News:

News Update.

31st August 2019

After the usual summer lull in Club Events September dawns with a number of Events.
First up on Monday 2nd there is a planning Meeting at the Victoria Inn, Roche for the Watergate Bay Hillclimb on the 14th and 15th of the Month.
Tuesday the 3rd is the Club Committee meeting – we are in need of a few more Committee Members, if you are Interested then please let a committee Member know and we can let you what is involved.
Wednesday the 4th we have an Evening Autotest at Cadover Bridge.
Then on the 7th and 8th we have The 5 clubs Hillclimb at Wiscombe.
Then on the 13th We have a Comus Cup Treasure Hunt in South East Cornwall.
Followed on the 14th and 15th by the second running of Watergate Bay Closed Road Hillclimb.
Then things quieten down to the Renault Cup 12 Car on the 27th of the month.
Hopefully we will see you out at about at 1 or more of the above events, more Details of which can be found on the Club Facebook pages.

2019 12 Car Dates:

Austin Cup 29th March
Barton Cup 26th April
Ford Cup 31st May
Hillman Cup 28th June
Vauxhall Cup 26th July
Renault Cup 27th September
Riley Cup 25th October
Rover Cup 29th November

Next Event :

The Next 12 Car Event is:
The Next Event is Renault Cup on 27th September.
The Start Venue is the Cardinals Hatt, Saltash.
See the Club Facebook page for more Details or email the 12 Car Coordinator.