This year’s Wales Rally GB will have a vibrant new home in the heart of Llandudno on the coast of north Wales from 3-6 October. With enthusiastic support from Conwy County Borough Council, the popular resort town has been a regular feature in recent years by hosting official Ceremonial Starts and Finishes. Moreover, its seaside streets made history last October when, for the very first time … [Read more...]
Battle resumes in Welsh forests this weekend
Competitors in the 2019 Pirelli MotorsportUK Welsh Forest Rally Championship tackle the second round of the series this Saturday, the North Wales Rally Service Rally North Wales. The Championship started with the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally where maximum overall drivers points went to Russ Thompson in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX. Missing from that event, however, was reigning champion … [Read more...]
Welsh student helps with MG3 hottest hatch
A young Welsh female student is taking a leading role in a landmark motor sport event for the famous MG brand. Angharad Davies, from Llantrisant (right), is an engineering student at Bath University and is spending a year's placement with MG in Longbridge helping develop its new racing hot hatch. Last week, the MG3 low-cost racer built by MG Car Club and SAIC Motor UK Technical Centre made its … [Read more...]
British All-Terrain Rally Challenge begins in Wales
West Wales provided the opening round of the 2019 British Championship All Terrain Rally Challenge when Dyfed Dirt Bike Club ran the Brechfa Two Day Rally. The club rapidly filled the 120 maximum entry of bikes permitted for the off road event in the Brechfa Forest and the surrounding area in Carmarthenshire, with riders eager to contest one of the many … [Read more...]
Anglesey Circuit begins bikers’ season
The motorcycle race season at Anglesey Circuit begins Sunday when the Wirral 100 Motor Club make their first of their four 2019 visits. The race format for the meeting will follow the club’s well-tested ‘Racing for Sport’ formula, the intention being to give the riders and spectators as much track action as possible in the time available. Each class will have two races and at the end of the … [Read more...]
Cave makes history
Welshman Tom Cave took his first British Rally Championship win in a four-wheel-drive car on the West Cork Rally last weekend. Along with co-driver James Morgan, the pair won the event by a mere 4.8 seconds in their Hyundai i20 R5 from reigning champion Matt Edwards (Ford Fiesta R5) in second, while defending Irish Tarmac champion Josh Moffett (Ford Fiesta R5) rounded out the podium. Cave’s … [Read more...]
Racing lines 21 March
Reis Motorsport Insurance – Castle Combe Circuit’s all-new track day and motorsport partner for 2019 – has vowed to arrange more accessible and affordable insurance deals for those taking to the track at the Wiltshire venue throughout the year. A specialist supplier of insurance for motorsport, track day and performance road cars, Reis has not only become a partner to the venue but is also … [Read more...]
Rallying returns to Anglesey Circuit this weekend
Rallying returns to Anglesey Circuit this weekend, with the Tilemaster Adhesives Lee Holland Memorial Stages providing the perfect curtain raiser to what promises to be an action-packed season of motorsport. Jointly organised by the Pendle & District and Preston & Garstang Motor Clubs, the event, now in its 26th year, returns with a brand new sponsor and a bumper … [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...]
Seb slips into Blancpain Endurance Cup series
Welsh international racing driver Seb Morrisis confirmed a championship challenging campaign in the Blancpain Endurance Cup after signing with Team Parker Racing to continue as team-mate to Scottish businessman Derek Pierce. Little more than a week removed from the headline-grabbing news of 23-year-old Morris’ deal to race in British GT this year, he now adds a Pro-Am title bid in Blancpain at … [Read more...]