The Motorsport UK British Rally Championship has unveiled a revamped calendar of events for 2024 along with an exciting new headline partnership with performance braking manufacturer, Probite. As one of the fastest emerging performance brake manufacturers in the UK, the British brand blasted into the market in 2023 and became an Official Partner of the BRC in March. Now, the exciting Probite … [Read more...]
Hirst and Dear win Get Jerky Rally North Wales
Matthew Hirst and Declan Dear made a flying start to the defence of their Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship title by winning the opening round of the 2023 series, the Get Jerky Rally North Wales last weekend. Using a new Pirelli tyre compound to excellent effect, especially in the morning’s wet and muddy conditions, the 2019 and 2022 champions established a healthy lead after the … [Read more...]
One-second thriller ends third round of Welsh series
A thrilling Rallynuts third round of the Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship saw Scott Faulkner and Gareth Parry (right) take maximum points by just a single second following 45 miles of special stages,writes Peter Hughes. It was round two winners Matthew Hirst and Declan Dear who took the lead on the opening stage in their Mitsubishi Evo IX, two seconds ahead of … [Read more...]
Rallynuts test this weekend
Competitors in the 2019 Pirelli MotorsportUK Welsh Forest Rally Championship tackle the Rallynuts Stages this saturday, after the Cambrian Rally and Rally North Wales produced strong results from some of the younger championship contenders, writes Peter Hughes. It’s 18-year-old Tom Llewellin, driving a Mark 2 Escort (above), who currently heads the overall driver standings while 2018 Junior … [Read more...]
Mighty Minis and RWD Astra among Rallynuts
Regulations and entry forms are available for the Rallynuts National Tour of Epynt Rally on the military roads above Sennybridge on 10 March. For 2019 Port Talbot MC welcomes a new sponsor to the event, Rallynuts Motorsport of Redditch . The rally is the opening round of the 2019 Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Championship, the JD Tyres Welsh National Tarmacadam Championship, the Promotive … [Read more...]
Rallynuts National Tour of Epynt plans
Port Talbot Motor Club has reached agreement with a new sponsor for it’s long established and successful Tour of Epynt, writes Roger Gale. The special stage rally that last year opened the revitalised Protyre MSA British Asphalt Rally Championship, and will do so again in 2019, and on 10 March it will run as the Rallynuts National Tour of Epynt. The business has evolved into a … [Read more...]
Irish eyes smiling after Severn Valley heaven
Former Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Champion Connor McCloskey led the Rallynuts Severn Valley Stages from start to finish but it’s Andy Davies who heads the 2017 title chase after three points scoring events. McCloskey and co-driver John Rowan reported a trouble free run through the event’s seven stages in their Ford Fiesta World Rally car and their victory elevates the Irish duo to joint … [Read more...]
Cracking contest promised for Rallynuts SVS
The third points scoring round of the 2017 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship takes competitors to Builth Wells on saturday for the Rallynuts Severn Valley Stages, writes Peter Hughes. The two opening rounds saw top points going to two different crews with Osian Pryce and Dale Furniss taking the honours on Rally North Wales while the similar R5 Ford Fiesta of Callum Black and Elliott … [Read more...]
Builth blast for Rallynuts
Competitors in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship start the second half of their season this weekend with the Builth Wells-based Rallynuts Motorsport Severn Valley Stages, reports Peter Hughes. Luke Francis and John H Roberts holding the lead in the overall driver’s and co-driver’s categories, the Rhuddlan based driver and his Colwyn Bay team-mate … [Read more...]
Lucky Severn Valley Stages goes ahead
The organisers of the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship have welcomed news that the fifth round of their series, the Rallynuts Motorsport Severn Valley Stages, will go ahead as planned. The news follows a temporary agreement being reached between National Resources Wales and the sport’s governing body, the MSA. The current agreement over fees for using NRW roads for motorsport … [Read more...]