The 2019 Welsh motorcycle enduro season kicked into gear with the Welsh Trail Riding Association organised Snowrun Enduro, and for Mathew Harries from Ciliau Aeron the season has started on a high. Harries (right) is 16 and a member of the Lampeter-based Dyfed Dirt Bike club competing in the clubman class and took outright victory on his ET James KTM 125, beating off far more powerful bikes in … [Read more...]
Star-studded field on the Tour of Epynt
A star-studded entry will contest the opening round of the 2019 Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship, the Rallynuts National Tour of Epynt Rally, on Sunday 10 March. The rally is also included in the JD Tyres Welsh National Tarmacadam Championship 2019, The Promotive Engineering King of Epynt Challenge, the FMP Rally Challenge, the ANWCC Stage Rally Championship 2019, and The … [Read more...]
Tom Pryce honour with inaugural meeting in Wales
The life of Tom Pryce will be celebrated at the Anglesey Circuit in North Wales on 13th & 14thJuly when the Historic Sports Car Club’s first race meeting at the spectacular track is dedicated to the famous Welsh Formula 1 racer. The Tom Pryce Memorial Race Meeting will honour the memory of a hugely popular driver who had a meteoric rise to fame and a flourishing Grand … [Read more...]
Seb joins the ‘Bentley Boys’ for Spa24
Endurance racing champion Seb Morris has been named as one of the official ‘Bentley Boys’ for this year’s spectacular Total 24 Hours of Spa – the biggest race in the world for GT3 cars. The Ruthin-racer who won the British GT Championship title in 2017 at the wheel of a first generation Bentley Continental GT3 and last year starred during his maiden Blancpain Endurance Cup campaign, will become … [Read more...]
Pendine speed bid in April
Land speed racer and record-setting motorcycle rider Zef Eisenberg and his MADMAX Race Team have got a new car speed target in their sights. On the weekend of 6-7 April 2019, Zef will aim to become the first person to achieve a British land speed record on bike and car within a year. The goal is to hit 200mph and beyond on sand in a crazy 1200hp specially-built road legal Porsche 911 Turbo … [Read more...]
Cambrian Rally opens season
The Pirelli MotorsportUK Welsh Forest Rally Championship gets underway on saturday with the Llandudno-based Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally, writes Peter Hughes. With the return of Pirelli as title sponsors, along with RAVENOL’s continued support of the Clubman competitors, the Championship looks to follow up its thriller 2018 season with another bumper year. It was Dylan Davies (above) who took … [Read more...]
Welsh racer’s eastern delight
Former Welsh video gamer Jann Mardenborough continues his incredible career as a professional motorsport racer for Nissan in 2019 – his eighth season taking on and beating some of the world’s best drivers on the real world stage. Mardenborough won Nissan’s GT Academy competition in 2011, beating thousands of gamers from around the world to earn a drive at the 2012 Dubai 24 Hour race. The … [Read more...]
WRC 2019 begins in dramatic style
Sébastien Ogier overcame late drama to secure his sixth consecutive Rallye Monte-Carlo victory in a spellbinding final stage shootout on Sunday afternoon. He fended off Thierry Neuville by 2.2s in the closest Monte Carlo finish in history to clinch an emotional debut win on his return to Citroën. It marked the 100th world rally success for the French manufacturer. A throttle sensor problem … [Read more...]
Ralio overtaken by BT Sport for WRC coverage
BT Sport has overtaken Welsh programme maker Tinopolis as the channel for the World Rally Championship in a multi-million-pound deal. Tinopolis has covered the series over 15 seasons and used it as a platform to cover other motor sport events in Wales and the UK but the free-to-air programme maker couldn't compete with the breadth of coverage proposed and paid for by BT Sport. Under the … [Read more...]
Junior WRC opportunity for best young driver
The British Rally Championship, in partnership with M-Sport Poland and Pirelli, is offering the highest placed Fiesta R2T runner in the Junior BRC a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to step into the FIA Junior WRC Championship. Britain’s premier rallying series is a well-known proving ground for rallying stars. Recent BRC graduates include Elfyn Evans, Jari-Matti Latvala, Kris Meeke and … [Read more...]