If you thought the opening round of the 2022 Motorsport UK Pirelli Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship was spectacular then just wait for Round 2, the Rallynuts Stages Rally this weekend. Title challengers Perry Gardener and Russ Thompson, together with several more potential class champions, join the series on Saturday 9 April. Gardener made a sensational R5 debut last year when he finished fifth … [Read more...]
Hirst locks out rivals to open Welsh Rally Championship
Matthew Hirst got his challenge for a second Motorsport UK Pirelli Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship drivers’ title off to the perfect start by winning the opening round of the 2022 series, the WKD Trained Dogs Rally North Wales, reports Paul Evans. Co-driven by Declan Dear, the 2019 champion set the fastest time on six of the eight stages held in Pantperthog, Dyfi, Big Ray and Gartheiniog forests … [Read more...]
Preview to postponed Rallynuts Stages this weekend
Garry Pearson and Callum Black will go head-to-head in the battle for the Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh National Rally Championship title as the 2021 series reaches an exciting climax on the Rallynuts Stages Rally on Saturday. Having scored maximum points on the previous two rounds, the Eventsigns Woodpecker Rally and Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally, Garry (below) takes a six-point lead into the final … [Read more...]
Nicky Grist Stages returns with a new test
Jordan Road Surfacing BTRDA Rally Series leader Paul Bird is aiming to make it three wins this season – and a hat-trick of victories on the Nicky Grist Stages on Saturday 14 July in his Dom Buckley Motorsport/IRS-prepared Ford Focus WRC08. The Cumbrian driver has won the Nicky Grist Stages twice before, in 2014 and 2015 with Aled Davies co-driving, and in the same Frank Bird Poultry, Be Wiser … [Read more...]
Nicky Grist Stages to pioneer new format
Nicky Grist Stages entries are open and the BTRDA and Welsh Championship event will be first in Wales to run with relaxed split-field seeding. Entries are now open for the Nicky Grist Stages on Saturday 14 July with the official event Regulations and Entry forms published on-line at nickygriststages.co.uk. This year’s Quinton MC-organised event will be the only rally to use Halfway and … [Read more...]