1960 was the first Dukeries Rally with a restricted RAC permit, although there had been a closed to club event with this title the previous year.The event ran on October 16th 1960 as a night road rally using the local roads in Nottinghamshire and had an entry fee of £015s0d 75p. It was immediately observed as a potential round of the fledgling East Midlands Association of Motor Clubs Rally Championship which it entered in 1961.Jim Porters recollections of these early events were of tricky navigation with 50 car entries using Ford Anglias and 850 Minis trying to find the correct route amongst the maze of not as map roads and tracks within Clumber Park.In an effort to find more competitive rally territory the event moved into Derbyshire during the mid 1960s and by 1967 the organisers added special stages to an already tough event.By 1969 the reputation of the event for good organisation had attracted the BTRDA Silver Star Championship and in 1970 the event was upgraded to National and was a qualifying round of the Motoring News Castrol National Championship and the BTRDA Gold Star Championship.

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