Wales Rally GB is expected to run for the final time this year. World Rally Championship organisers will meet in Geneva tomorrow and discuss a plan to relocate the UK round of the series to Northern Ireland in 2020. Ending a 19-years association with Wales will be a blow for the Welsh Government and Welsh and British rally fans who have spent millions of pounds promoting and … [Read more...]
Faulkner leads forest series into second half
A second successive maximum points score means that Scott Faulkner leads the 2019 Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship by a single point as the series reaches its Halfway stage, writes Peter Hughes. Having taken top points score on the previous round, the Rallynuts Stages, a similar performance on the weekend’s Plains Rally, organised by Knutsford and District Motor … [Read more...]
Seb salvages speed from second round of Endurance Cup
Bentley Continental GT3 racer Seb Morris helped Team Parker Racing salvage a top five finish in the Pro-Am class during a luckless second round of the Blancpain Endurance Cup season at Silverstone on Sunday where the Welshman produced searing pace. With a combination of an untimely Full Course Yellow period early in the race, and a major issue with multiple stalls for the No.31 Bentley … [Read more...]
A world apart celebrated in Wales
Wales Rally GB is launching a new brand identity. It's specifically created to emphasise the unique attributes of the UK’s annual round of the FIA World Rally Championship and to introduce the extraordinary sport to wider audiences. The dynamic rebrand builds on the more traditional ‘Rally of Legends’ positioning of recent years and provides a new platform from which to market and further … [Read more...]
No Limits Racing
No Limits Trackdays was established in 1993 and over the years has grown to become the UK's leading provider of motorcycle trackdays, visiting an extensive range of circuits at home and further afield in Europe. In 2014, the business expanded into racing, filling a void in the endurance sector of the market. Race classes for this weekend's event include Metzeler Newcomers 600, Metzeler … [Read more...]
Two-days of sprints at Anglesey Circuit this weekend
The North Western Centre of the MG Car Club will be running a two day car sprint meeting at Anglesey Circuit this weekend. Taking part in the event will be members of the organising MG Car Club as well as several other invited clubs who will be competing in a number of different championships. Round 1, on Saturday, will be on the National Circuit configuration and Round 2, on Sunday, will be … [Read more...]
Welshman gets R5 trial
Last weekend both 2018 Junior British Rally Champion Steve Røkland and 2018 runner-up James Williams, of Newcastle Emlyn, experienced the next step of their rallying careers. Both the Norwegian and Welshman applied their trade in the Junior BRC last season in front-wheel-drive R2 cars and as a reward for their championship exploits, the pair joined the Hyundai Customer … [Read more...]
Double top for Cave in the BRC
Welshman Tom Cave produced a faultless drive to win the third round of the British Rally Championship - the Pirelli International Rally last weekend. Along with co-driver Dale Bowen, the Welsh pairing marched to a 17.6 second victory in their Michelin-shod Hyundai i20 R5 on the third round of the series and for Cave he made it two wins on the bounce in Britain’s premier rallying series. WRC2 … [Read more...]
Castle Combe celebrates golden jubilee
Easter Monday saw Castle Combe Circuit hold its annual Howard’s Day race meeting, commemorating Welshman Howard Strawford who saved the Wiltshire circuit as a motor racing venue in the 1970s before going on to build it into one of the UK’s leading club racing circuits, writes Peter Hughes. The event also celebrated the 50thanniversary of the circuit’s own Formula Ford Championship. Formula Ford … [Read more...]
Fortune favours the brave in Kielder Forest
The action-packed British Rally Championship heads to Carlisle, Cumbria for the Pirelli International Rally on saturday and the third round of the series. This weekend the intrepid British championship crews face a one-day shoot out over 80 fast and furious gravel miles in the infamous Kielder Forest complex. The Ceremonial Start will take place at the Pirelli factory on the outskirts of … [Read more...]