Following a battle that went all the way down to the final rally of the season, victory in the inaugural Ravenol Welsh Challenge has gone to Dylan Davies. Competitors in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship were eligible for points in the Challenge based on the number of rounds that they competed on and their performance within their class, with the end of season prize fund valued at … [Read more...]
Pirelli Welsh battle goes down to the wire in North Wales
The final round of the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship saw Abergele driver Luke Francis take maximum points for the second time this season to claim third place in the drivers’ standing while Andy Bull, from Birmingham claimed the co-drivers’ crown to go with his driver, Bob Ceen’s already secured drivers’ title. Francis, and co-driver John H Roberts from Colwyn Bay, headed the … [Read more...]
Pirelli Welsh series concludes this weekend
The Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship reaches its conclusion this saturday with the Llandudno based Cambrian Rally. The driver’s title has already been won by North Wales born Bob Ceen and he will be looking to round off the season with a victory on home turf. Although he now lives in Malvern, Bob was born on the Llyn peninsula and brought up in Holyhead but he has other reasons to … [Read more...]
Ceen claims Welsh rallying crown
While two of the younger guns in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship fought out a thrilling battle to take maximum points on the penultimate round of the series, the Eventsigns Woodpecker Stages Rally, a slightly more measured approach from Malvern’s Bob Ceen was enough for him to clinch the 2015 overall drivers’ title. From the Ludlow Racecourse start, competitors on the event … [Read more...]
Points battle narrows after Nicky Grist Stages
With two rounds of the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship remaining the battle for honours is closer than ever following a thrilling Nicky Grist Stages, writes Peter Hughes. For maximum points winner on the Royal Welsh Showground based event, Jamie Anderson, the excitement began even before the event started when he blew a centre diff on his Mitsubishi Evo 5 World Rally Car during … [Read more...]
Bumper entry for Nicky Grist Stages this weekend
Competitors in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship travel to the Royal Welsh Showground Builth Wells on saturday for the Nicky Grist Stages. With both the championship and the rally enjoying a bumper entry, it could prove to be a crucial moment in the battle for both overall and class honours in round six of the eight round series. Topping the overall championship leader board at … [Read more...]
Third time lucky for Francis & Roberts
Luke Francis finally got his bid for the 2015 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship underway last weekend, the Abergele driver following a non-start and a non-finish on the opening two rounds by claiming maximum points on round three, the North Wales Rally Services and Weir Laundry Equipment Rally North Wales. While overall victory on the rally went to unregistered Scotsman David Bogie, … [Read more...]