Tuthill Porsche Challenge returns for 2012

16th January 2012

The Tuthill Porsche Challenge will be back for a second season in 2012, having firmed up a five-round calendar within the British Historic Rally Championship.

The series is the only one-make contest for historic Porsches, and was won by Andrew Barnes in 2011, with legends Francois Delecour and Jimmy McRae having made appearances along the way.

Run by Porsche preparation specialist Tuthill Porsche, the arrive-and-drive series has an all-inclusive budget of £42,250 (plus VAT) for the season. The champion gets a fully paid entry in the 2013 FIA European Historic series in a Tuthill Porsche, with courses at Tuthill's ice driving school in Norway for the second and third placed drivers.

Tuthill Porsche director Richard Tuthill said: "We launched the Tuthill Porsche Challenge last year with the objective of giving competitors the most value for their time and money that we possibly could, enabling them to enjoy their rallying without worrying about the organisation or any hidden extra costs.

"As well as a very competitive championship, it's proved to be tremendous fun, and we put just as much emphasis on the social side as we do on the action in the forests."

The 2012 series opens with the Bulldog Rally on 24 March, then stays on gravel for the Pirelli Historic on 28 April and Severn Valley Stages on 9 June, before its asphalt round on the Ulster Historic on 17-18 August, with the Colin McRae Stages rounding the year off on 6 October.

"The calendar brings together some of the most legendary stages in the UK, on both asphalt and gravel, so it's only right that we give our competitors the chance to enjoy them in a legendary car: the Porsche 911," said Tuthill.

"As the only one-make rally championship for historic 911s in the world, we're proud to occupy a unique position on the international rally calendar once more."