Classic rally event returns for sixth year
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A classic two-day rally event featuring competitors from across the world including Belgium, Germany and the United States is set to return to Manx roads for its sixth year.
The Historic Endurance Rally Organisation is hosting its Three Legs of Mann event on Friday and Saturday, which will see about 50 enthusiasts travelling to the island to take part.
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Vehicles coming date back to before 1991, and include Classic Minis, Lotus Cortinas and early Porsches, with the oldest vehicle being a 1955 AC Bristol.
Clerk of the Course for the event Guy Woodcock said he wanted to run the event on the island due to the "nature of the roads, and the challenge they give".
Woodcock said it was aimed at the classic cars so saw "much lower speeds" than a traditional rally event.
The event, which is run over three legs, includes some elements aiming to test crews' timing, distance and accuracy, with other elements taking place on closed roads, taking place during daytime and night-time.
It includes testing of crews in the Grandstand carpark at 08:30 on Friday, before crews make their way to Marine Drive.
Further tests and closed road sections take place in Foxdale later in the morning, and on Druidale Road in the evening.
To accommodate the event, Lhoobs Road and Konslieu Hill in Foxdale will be closed between 10:00 and 13:30 GMT on Friday, as will Brack-a-Brom Lane from 10:30 to 13:30, as competitors take part in a number of tests.
It will also see Druidale Road closed between 18:30 and 23:30 on Friday.
And on Saturday crews will continue to compete at Jurby Airfield.
Woodcock said organisers had tried to "disrupt island life as little as possible".
Letters had been sent to residents impacted by the closures, he added.
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