Simon Brown, my Alpine Rally Organising History - the Alpine Rally Vibe
Simon Brown, my Alpine Rally Organising History The Australian Alpine Rally is the second oldest motorsport car rally in the world after the Monte Carlo Rally, and is in the top 10 oldest motorsport events in the world, having first been run in 1921 by the RACV and then known as the Alpine 1000 Mile Trial. In December this year the Historic Rally Association is conducting the 100 th running of this classic Motorsport event. Now known as The Alpine Rally of East Gippsland it is running on December 2 – 5 this year and is based in Lakes Entrance in East Gippsland Victoria. This document outlines my experiences with the Alpine Rally as Official, Admin Officer, Director and then Promotor between 1984 and 1992. It also touches on the events around the end of my role as Director and Promoter in 1993 and details how the current day Alpine Rally has evolved into one of the greatest and highly regarded Motorsport events in Australia, if not the world I first attended the...