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Durham Auto Club DAC was formed in 1952. Its members compete in Stage, Navigational, Historic Rallies, Rallycross etc

Disclaimer: Posts on this page are the views of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the club or other members. Durham Automobile Club Committee 2025

President – Nicky Porter
Vice President – Steve Petch
Chairman – Andy Brown
Vice Chairman – Chris Thirling
Secretary – Gordon Dundee
Treasurer – Lindsay Burnip
Membership Secretary – Peter Masters
Competition Secretary – Lindsay Burnip
Social Secretary – Vacant
Media Officer – Stuart Anderson
Website/Facebook – Simon Jennings/Kim Gardner
Magazine Editor - Gordon Dundee
Safeguarding Officer – Lindsay Burnip
Junior Representative – Vacant

General Committee
Moving to the 2nd year of a 3 year term
Mick Stead
Kim Gardner

Elected to start the 1st year of a 3 year term
Fred Henderson
Edward Todd
Martin Hall

Good luck to our chairman, Andy Brown competing on Mull this weekend.He’s navigating in car 79 for Willie Beattie.Thank ...
09/10/2026

Good luck to our chairman, Andy Brown competing on Mull this weekend.

He’s navigating in car 79 for Willie Beattie.

Thank you to our intrepid marshals who’ve made the trip too. (Hope you’ve got your waterproofs!)

Good luck!

08/10/2026

28 SEPTEMBER – 3 OCTOBER 2027. 📍 SCOTLAND.

The date is set.

The FIA World Rally Championship returns to the UK in 2027, with Rally Scotland bringing six days of action to Aberdeen and the forests of the north-east.

The recce begins on Tuesday. Shakedown and the event start follow on Thursday. Then, from Friday to Sunday, the world’s best rally crews take on Scotland’s gravel roads.

Save the date. Rally Scotland is coming.

28.09.27 → 03.10.27

Just a reminder that it's our monthly social club night this Wednesday evening, so come along and let us know what you'v...
05/10/2026

Just a reminder that it's our monthly social club night this Wednesday evening, so come along and let us know what you've been up to. 🍺

If you're new to the club or thinking of joining then we meet in the bar area from about 8pm onwards and talk about cars and more cars and maybe a bit of bike stuff too.

Usual time and place:
Wednesday 7th October meeting at Honest Lawyer Hotel 👍

Good luck to Stephen and Michael competing on today’s Trackrod Rally Yorkshire. Thank you to David who’s out marshalling...
26/09/2026

Good luck to Stephen and Michael competing on today’s Trackrod Rally Yorkshire.

Thank you to David who’s out marshalling again. (It was an interesting stage 1 last night.)

📷David Frizelle

Good luck to Simon and Greg taking on day 2 of the Hills Ford Stages today. They’re currently 52 overall.📷by Graeme
20/09/2026

Good luck to Simon and Greg taking on day 2 of the Hills Ford Stages today.

They’re currently 52 overall.

📷by Graeme

Results from The Wearside Targa rally last weekend. 👇
11/09/2026

Results from The Wearside Targa rally last weekend. 👇

Well thanks everyone for a great day at Nissan yesterday on the 2026 Wearside Targa rally. Sorry about the brief spell o...
07/09/2026

Well thanks everyone for a great day at Nissan yesterday on the 2026 Wearside Targa rally. Sorry about the brief spell of rain but it made it a little more interesting! 😁

A big thank you to all of the marshals who came along yesterday and helped with the running of the event. 👏

And thank you to all of the competitors too for entering this year, we were oversubscribed! 👏

📣 Drivers! - Check your email inbox because you've all been sent a damage declaration form to complete and return. 👍

Below is a list of the award winners;
1st Overall – David Mosey, Louise Richardson 🏆🥇

1st Durham Driver/Navigator – Philip and Lewis Hodgson 👍
Spirit of the Rally – Car 28 – Harry and Jack Humble 👍

1st Modern Expert – David Leach, Alex Metcalfe 🥇
2nd Modern Expert - Kevin Stones, Chris Holden 🥈

1st Modern Novice – Gavin Parry, Peter Cleggy 🥇
2nd Modern Novice – Jake Sharp, Luca Turnbull 🥈

1st Historic Expert – Ali Proctor, Barney Baron 🥇
2nd Historic Expert – Alan Hawdon, Paul Hawdon 🥈

1st Historic Novice car 33 – Iain Tullie, Lynsey Proctor 🥇
2nd Historic Novice car – Richard Young, Lee Moody 🥈

Now I'm hanging up my keyboard for a few days to recover! 😆

More of test 1!
06/09/2026

More of test 1!

Most of test 1!
06/09/2026

Most of test 1!

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Croxdale
Durham
DH13SP

Opening Hours

8pm - 11pm

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