The 2017 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship reaches its penultimate round on Saturday with competitors tackling the Ludlow-based Eventsigns Woodpecker Stages Rally. There is plenty at stake too with the overall title fight as well as many of the class battles still wide open. The cancellation of the Red Dragon Rally means that competitors will now count their best four results from six … [Read more...]
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Hopes of WRC being decided in Wales
This year’s WRC title may be decided in Wales as fierce competition heads towards a climax. The 2017 FIA World Rally Championship is proving to be the most exciting in years and this autumn’s Wales Rally GB 26-29 October will now be pivotal. It could even be the title decider. With just three rounds remaining on the WRC calendar – Spain, GB and Australia – Sébastien Ogier holds a … [Read more...]
Asphalt Rally Championship will return in 2018
The MSA Asphalt Rally Championship will return in 2018, with Protyre as the title sponsor, an exciting TV package and a challenging calendar of events. The revitalised 2018 Protyre MSA Asphalt Rally Championship is designed to return the much-loved sealed-surface series to its former glory days, when the top British Tarmac rally drivers battled for the prestigious title over some of the best … [Read more...]
BRC title race hots up before Irish round
The Prestone MSA British Rally Championship races across the Irish Sea for the penultimate event of the series with the legendary Ulster Rally the next stop on the action-packed calendar. The championship’s only visit to Northern Ireland in 2017 will see Britain’s premier rallying series tackle the two-day, closed road Tarmac event on the tomorrow and … [Read more...]
Prestone back 2018 championship
Prestone will continue backing of Britain’s premier rallying series into the 2018 season. Prestone’s first foray into the MSA British Rally Championship was announced in January and since then the brand has actively supported the British Rally Championship throughout the season. Prestone’s high-profile support has already enhanced the pioneering company’s reputation and visibility, with … [Read more...]
Welshman and team-mate close to championship
Marford, Wrexham racer Seb Morris and Bentley Continental GT3 team-mate Rick Parfitt Jnr returned to winning ways during the penultimate round of the British GT Championship at Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit on Sunday to crucially leap to the top of the title standings ahead of next month’s season finale. Delivering a dominant victory during the two-hour race, battling through superbly from … [Read more...]
Welsh drivers in classic contest at Castle Combe
A ‘classic’ weekend of racing is in prospect at the Castle Combe circuit’s ‘West Country Cracker’ meeting on 12 and 13 August. Eight of the Classic Sports Car Club own series are intermingled with the Chippenham circuit’s home favourites, with the ‘Jaguar Enthusiasts’ club also in action. One of the most popular offerings from the CSCC is its ‘Swinging Sixties’, catering for a wonderful mix … [Read more...]
CoW promoters lose MotorGP & British GP contract
The Circuit of Wales promoters have been stripped of their right to run the British Motorcycle Grand Prix. The backers ten-year deal signed three years ago is now void because they have not met contractual obligations, Motorcycle News reported today. This month’s two-wheeler British GP will now be run by title holders Dorna and Silverstone Circuit. In future, the BRDC owned circuit which … [Read more...]
Brands clincher for Bentley boy Seb
Bentley Continental GT3 racer Seb Morris heads to Brands Hatch next weekend for the penultimate race of the British GT Championship season. Returning to UK soil following the overseas visit of British GT to Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium three weeks ago, where Welshman Morris and team-mate Rick Parfitt Jnr retained second position in the standings, the Team Parker Racing drivers are focused on … [Read more...]
Elfyn puts in 110% to mount Finland podium
Welsh rallying’s ascending star Elfyn Evans put in possibly the best drive of his life to snatch 2nd place on the Finland WRC round at the weekend. The DMack Ford Fiesta driver finished 0.3 seconds infront of the third placed Juho Hanninen and split the Toyota Yaris team-mate of Esapekka Lappi, who was arguably the local star winning in his home country. The Finland round is the fastest of … [Read more...]