More than 35 of the world’s fastest and most exciting supercars – including eye-catching Aston Martins, Ferraris, Jaguars, Lamborghinis, McLarens and Porsches – will be turning heads and dropping jaws in the heart of Colwyn Bay on Saturday 5 October. The glittering line-up of high-performance speedsters will driving into the Welsh resort to whet appetites ahead of the arrival of the World … [Read more...]
Motorsport
Maesteg DMC secure next year’s rally challenge
A new sponsorship deal has been secured for the Maesteg DMC promoted Rally Challenge in 2020. The new title is to be the Independent Paint Supplies Rally Challenge, with support from the same enthusiastic backers for the past seven years, as the Directors of FMP Motor Factors have sold the successful business whilst retaining the large paint supply arm. They have set up this new venture … [Read more...]
BARC celebrates 21 years of racing at Anglesey Circuit
This year sees the 21st anniversary of the first BARC North Western Centre race meeting at Anglesey Circuit. Back in those days the Centre only ran meetings at Oulton Park and were always on the lookout for other circuits to run meetings as there was the ever-present danger of not being able to use Oulton Park. In 1997 the track was visited by officials from BARC HQ and NW with the view of … [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...]
Welsh rivals battle for UK honours in Scotland
Two Welshmen will this week fight it out to decide the British Rally Championship, in Scotland. After five pulsating rounds, the British Rally Championship will be decided on the final event of the season — the Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally in southern Scotland this saturday. Two drivers have a mathematical chance of clinching Britain’s premier rallying title, and all that stands between the … [Read more...]
Champions return for WRGB next month
Next month’s Wales Rally GB 3-6 October has attracted a star-studded line-up. Entries for round 12 of this year’s 14-round WRC closed late last week, with an outstanding field of 59 International crews representing no fewer 25 nations revving up to compete against-the-clock on an exciting new-look route starting in Liverpool and featuring 22 gruelling special stages with the majority in the … [Read more...]
Pryce marks historic Welsh rally win
Osian Pryce has made history by winning the first ever closed road stage rally to be held in Wales, after scoring a sensational victory on the Get Connected Rali Bae Ceredigion. Not having contested a rally in a fully-homologated R5 car for two years, and coming just six weeks after breaking his collarbone in a mountain ‘biking accident, the talented 26-year old Machynlleth-born star had said … [Read more...]
Take a few historic laps of Silverstone
We’re all familiar with the iconic Silverstone track and the incredible F1 moments created there. What some people don’t know is that Silverstone was initially built on the site of a World War II Royal Air Force bomber station, which opened in 1943. Leasing Options has created an animation where you can see how the track has evolved from three runways into the iconic circuit that it is … [Read more...]
Rally fans enter European marathon
Three members of Maesteg MC this weekend begin a challenge across Europe in a 25 year old car. Padrig Wakefield-Newberry, Rhys Ford and Ben Davies - all in their 20s - are tackling the 2,700 miles round trip from Northern France to Prague via the Alps and skirting the Mediterranean. Their challenge was to find a car for under £500 to take part in the Motoscape Rally covering 12 countries in 7 … [Read more...]
Pryce in Hyundai R5 seat for Sunday thriller
Osian Pryce will contest the Get Connected Rali Bae Ceredigion on Sunday in a Melvyn Evans Motorsport-tuned Hyundai i20 R5 – which will mark his return to competition in a fully-homologated R5 car after an absence of two years. The event, which will be the first closed road stage rally to be held in Wales, will be Pryce’s first rally in a fully-homologated R5 car since he contest the 2017 British … [Read more...]