Fingers are crossed that rallying can return to Wales this summer. This year’s Nicky Grist Stages 10 July remains on course to host rounds of several championships. The event will be based in Builth Wells town centre, with the service area located on the Builth Wells RFC pitch. Rally headquarters will be in the magnificent Strand Hall on Strand Street, both the start and finish ceremonies will … [Read more...]
Pritchard powers to Epynt victory
Builth Wells driver Jason Pritchard got the defence of his Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship title off to the best possible start. He won the opening round of the 2019 series last Sunday, Port Talbot MC’s Rallynuts National Tour of Epynt Rally, in his North Road Garage Ford Focus WRC05. Strong winds and dark clouds swept over the military ranges day … [Read more...]
Tarmac debut for Pryce in rear-wheel-drive Escort
Osian Pryce will contest his first ever asphalt rally in a rear-wheel drive car when he contests the SGC Printing Harry Flatters Rally on Sunday 29 July in an Ford Escort Mk2. The 25-year old Machynlleth-born driver has recently contested two gravel rallies in an Escort Mk2 – leading the 2WD Rally North Wales before a puncture dropped him to fourth, and setting fastest time on all five stages … [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...]
Welsh Road Race plans hit by resignation
Another blow has hit plans to bring back a Manx-style TT-road race to Wales. Cancellation of this year’s Welsh Road Race was announced earlier this month after the organisers failed to meet a strict list of safety and administrative requirements of motor-cycle racing’s UK governing body. The event, last run in 1954, was announced at the 2017 bike show but now sponsorship and facilities … [Read more...]
Welsh Road Race meeting cancelled for 2018
A Manx-style TT-road race series planned for August in Mid Wales has been called off. The all-new Welsh Road Race event was announced at the bike show last autumn but has been beset with difficulties and the UK body which has to approve such racing said the organisers have failed to meet a strict list of safety and administrative requirements. In a statement, the WRR blamed the cancellation … [Read more...]
Ten championships will contest Nicky Grist Stages
This summer’s Nicky Grist Stages 8-9 July will play host to no less than 10 different rally championships. It highlights not only what is a major sporting attraction but also the tremendous boost for the economy of Builth Wells, Llanelwedd and the nearby Powys and Carmarthenshire towns and villages. Organised by Quinton Motor Club, this year’s Nicky Grist Stages is, for the second … [Read more...]
British GP clash for Welsh super-rally
The Nicky Grist Stages will give fans a BRC, BTRDA, Welsh and historic championship super rally weekend This summer’s Nicky Grist Stages 9 & 10 July is the only event to host a round of both the MSA British Rally Championship and BTRDA rally series – and with other major championships like the MSA Welsh Rally Championship and the Stage Masters Historic Stage Rally Challenge taking place … [Read more...]