Bowler Motors, the off-road performance specialist, has revealed the Land Rover Defender rally car that will compete in its own championship in 2022. The Bowler Defender Challenge is based on the Land Rover Defender 90 with a 300PS Ingenium 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine. Bowler uses its long experience of competition to transform it into a … [Read more...]
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Sad loss of Welsh ambassador for motor sport
Welsh & UK motorsport lost a great ambassador on Saturday 29 February when Alun Morgan passed away after a long illness, writes Ken Davies. Widely known within the Welsh motorsport community, Alun had spent a remarkable lifetime in the sport. In 1942, David Alun Thomas Morgan was born in Gorslas, Carmarthenshire and after LLandybie Secondary Modern … [Read more...]
Racing lines 12 September
If you want to see the world’s fastest shed, a motorbike with one wheel and some other weird machinery, head to Pendine this weekend. It’s once again the venue for a speed weekend with a difference as some slightly eccentric individuals pitch their talents against one another on the sands which have been used to set land speed records for decades. … [Read more...]
Swansea welcomes a UK first
Some of the world’s most advanced cars will be gathering in Swansea today for Britain’s first exclusively low carbon rally. Toyota and Hyundai fuel cell models will line up with a wide range of battery electric vehicles from nearly every manufacturer selling in Britain to compete in the Green Dragon EV Rally and Show on Saturday. Streets … [Read more...]
Wales to host Britain’s greenest ever motorsport event
Britain’s greenest-ever rally is taking place in Wales next weekend. The Green Dragon EV Rally is exclusively for hydrogen and pure electric cars and is based in Swansea, where Sir William Robert Grove invented the fuel cell in the 1840s. The event also breaks ground as it’s not only the first low carbon rally to be held in Britain, but it also allows any … [Read more...]
EV with attitude and all-road ability
If you think evs are boring, drool over this stunner. It has been built for the forthcoming radical electric SUV off-road racing series by ABT Sportsline, the world market leader for tuned Volkswagen Group automobiles and title-winning Formula E outfit. Acceleration is truly stunning with a 0-62mph time of 4.5sec and maximum over 120mph. It has a battery … [Read more...]
Welsh Enduro maintains tough tradition
The lakeside at Llandrindod Wells was the headquarters for the annual International Welsh 2-Day Enduro with the event again receiving the maximum entry of 500 motorcycles plus a reserve list for the ever-popular event in Mid-Wales, writes Gary Jones. With a lap over over 130 miles each day comprising of some nine checkpoints and 3 timed special tests on … [Read more...]
Dyfed DBC host Sidecar British Enduro
Last weekend saw the latest round of the Welsh Enduro Chamionship as well as the opening round of the Sidecar British Enduro Championship when the Dyfed Dirt Bike Club hosted the Arwyn Rees Caio Enduro,reports Gary Jones. The popular DDBC event again attacted a capicy entry with over 150 riders in a matter of hours from the entry opening for the Caio based … [Read more...]
St David’s Trial makes history
History was made at the weekend on Neath MC’s St David’s Trial, writes Roger Gale. It has been a feature of two wheeled motorsport in South Wales since the 1940’s, rising to eminence by 1950 as a ‘National’ round, and the reputation continues. The Trial has changed to suit the modern style of competition, riders and machines. Sundays RT … [Read more...]
Welsh Classic Scramblers fill opening event
The opening round of the 2019 Welsh Classic Scrambles Championship was hosted by Teifiside Motor Club on Sunday, writes Gary Jones. The event attracted over 150 riders to the action packed event at Crugmore Farm Penparc, Cardigan, to the delight of spectators that turned out to see the classic bikes of yesteryear. The format of the day … [Read more...]
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