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...]
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...]
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...]
Enduro season slips into gear
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...]
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...]
Rallying from start to finish over 112 years
A 112-year-old Mototri Contal three-wheeler is set to take on the 2019 Peking to Paris, aiming to finish a 13,840 km journey it started in 1907. The first Peking to Paris (P2P) ran in 1907, five competitors accepting a seemingly impossible challenge. Amongst them was a French three-wheeled Mototri Contal piloted by an ambitious duo, Frenchman Auguste Pons and Oscar Foucauld. A story of … [Read more...]