The Wirral 100 Motor Club return to Anglesey Circuit for their second meeting of the year this weekend. Over the two days they will use the 1.55 mile Coastal Circuit on Saturday and the 2.10 mile International Circuit on Sunday. The format follows the club’s well-tested ‘Racing for Sport’ formula, the intention being to give the riders and spectators as much track action as possible in the … [Read more...]
Motorsport
WRGB eyes future artists and designers
Wales Rally GB has once again joined forces with Toyota GB to reignite its exciting car livery design competition for young students, with the winning entry being applied to a real-life GT86 rally car. The highly successful initiative launched in 2017 and now enters its third year. When liveried, the GT86 will be displayed within the Big Bang showcase located right at the heart of the … [Read more...]
Memorial fund launched for Tom Pryce on 70th birthday
A £50,000 fund has been launched to create a permanent memorial to Welsh Formula 1 driver Tom Pryce in his hometown of Denbigh. Launched on what would have been Pryce’s 70th birthday last Tuesday, the money will be used to erect a statue as a lasting memorial to the rising star who died in a tragic accident in the 1977 South African Grand Prix. The launch ties in with the build up to the … [Read more...]
North Road will have all points covered
North Road Garage, a company synonymous with both the motor industry in Mid-Wales and with national rallying, will provide state-of-the-art scrutineering facilities for this year’s Nicky Grist Stages – which takes place on Saturday 13 July. The Toyota dealership situated in a prime position on the A470/A483 roundabout on the outskirts of Builth Wells has very kindly offered its pristine workshop … [Read more...]
BARC open Welsh double programme in NWales
The North Western Centre of the British Automobile Racing Club run the first of their two annual race meetings at Anglesey Circuit this Bank Holiday weekend. A packed schedule of Legends, Sports and Saloons and a Citroën C1 endurance race promise an interesting and varied weekend of motorsport. For the second year running this meeting has almost become what could be described as a Legends … [Read more...]
Liverpool start & Oulton Park stage for WRGB
Wales Rally GB is breaking a 20 years tradition and starting in England from Liverpool before the opening stage around Oulton Park circuit, Cheshire, last used for the event in 1993. The service park for the 3-6 October WRC UK event is relocating from Deeside to Llandudno town centre which means the classic Great Orme stage is concentrated around the headland. There is also a new Colwyn Bay … [Read more...]
Dyfed DBC host Sidecar British Enduro
Last weekend saw the latest round of the Welsh Enduro Chamionship as well as the opening round of the Sidecar British Enduro Championship when the Dyfed Dirt Bike Club hosted the Arwyn Rees Caio Enduro,reports Gary Jones. The popular DDBC event again attacted a capicy entry with over 150 riders in a matter of hours from the entry opening for the Caio based event at Cilgawad farm with the kind … [Read more...]
St David’s Trial makes history
History was made at the weekend on Neath MC’s St David’s Trial, writes Roger Gale. It has been a feature of two wheeled motorsport in South Wales since the 1940’s, rising to eminence by 1950 as a ‘National’ round, and the reputation continues. The Trial has changed to suit the modern style of competition, riders and machines. Sundays RT Keedwell second round Trial in the GB … [Read more...]
End of the road for Wales Rally GB
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...]