Thanks to a change in the law by the Welsh Government facilitating closed-road motor sport in Wales, International Motor Sports Ltd (IMS), organiser and promoter of Wales Rally GB, will overhaul the event’s four-day itinerary to the advantage of both visitors and competitors. The benefits are most valuable in north Wales where a number of smaller forests can be extended simply by closing a … [Read more...]
Motorsport
Evans wins his own event on Epynt
Sponsor Melvyn Evans and new co-driver Mark Glennerster in their Subaru Impreza WRC won Sunday's Melvyn Evans Motorsport Tour of Epynt, opener of the 2018 Protyre MSA Asphalt Rally Championship, writes Roger Gale. They set identical times to the Damian Cole / Jamie Edwards ‘Get Connected’ Ford Fiesta WRC on both the opening two stages of the Port Talbot MC event and managed to gradually pull … [Read more...]
Sara resumes her attack in top French series this weekend
Welsh rally driver Sara Williams makes her return to the Renault Clio R3T Trophy France Championship in 2018, after her successful foray into the French series last year, writes Roger Gale. The first round of the Championship is the Rallye Le Touquet next week-end, with sixteen special stages scheduled in and around the upmarket seaside resort on the west coast of Northern France not far from … [Read more...]
Seb’s new date with hot European series
Welsh racing driver and British GT Champion Seb Morris will take on the very best GT endurance racing drivers in the world this season after being confirmed as part of Team Parker Racing’s three driver Pro-Am line-up in the ultra-competitive Blancpain Endurance Cup. Determined to make the step-up into European level GT competition after sealing the coveted British GT crown last season with the … [Read more...]
Mother of Welsh closed-road rallies is reborn
The revamped Protyre MSA Asphalt Rally Championship returns in style this weekend with the mother of all closed road rallies in Wales., writes Roger Gale. There’s a superb entry for the Port Talbot MC-organised Melvyn Evans Motorsport Tour of Epynt on Sunday 11 March, an event which can trace its origins back to October 1965. Having taken a sabbatical in 2017, it’s been 17 months since the … [Read more...]
New challenge on this year’s Nicky Grist Stages
Organisers of this summer’s classic Nicky Grist Stages have managed to find a completely new gravel road to test competitors, writes Paul Evans. It will be the only event in 2018 to run on the classic Welsh gravel roads in Halfway and Route 60, while the Crychan stage is in prime condition and a new smooth, fast and flowing stage, which has never been used for rallying before, replaces the … [Read more...]
Action returns to Welsh forests this weekend
Competitors in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship are back in action on Sunday and just two weeks on from the opening round of the season, writes Peter Hughes. Osian Pryce and co-driver Dale Furniss took maximum points on the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally but, in their absence this weekend, a number of their rivals will be looking to close the gap in the championship standings with a … [Read more...]
Davies & Gilbey dominate tough Rali Bro Caron
Saturday night saw the latest round of the Welsh Road Rally Championship with the Lampeter & District MC run Rali Bro Caron with a capacity entry of 90 cars and a reserve list for the ever popular event, writes Gary Jones. Car one away would be Kevin Davies and Alan James in a Mk2 Escort cogging up the gears over the hiils of Mynydd Llanybydder, but leading the rally at the halfway petrol … [Read more...]
Welsh supercar to take on world’s best
A star-studded squadron of powerful rear-wheel drive Darrian rally cars will contest this year’s Protyre MSA Asphalt Rally Championship. Each is intent, and capable, of giving the top World Rally Cars a run for their money and challenging for the overall title. The mid-engined cars, built in west Wales by Tim Duffee, are synonymous with asphalt rallying and have twice beaten four-wheel drive … [Read more...]
Bonus deal for Welsh rally crews
The organisers of the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship have unveiled details of a special mid-season bonus for Championship contenders. Geoff Jones, Managing Director of Geoff Jones Motorsport is to provide a day’s training for the competitors who lead the Overall Championship, the under 23, Group N, and two-wheel drive categories and the RAVENOL Challenge following the fifth round … [Read more...]