Wales Rally GB has launched a competition giving students in the region a brilliant opportunity to see their own livery design applied to the GT86. The winning entry will be unveiled and displayed in the event’s Rally Village right at the heart of the four-day spectacle in October. The competition is being jointly coordinated by the rally organisers and the Engineering Education … [Read more...]
Motorsport
Summer Action Festival
New for 2017, the Summer Action Festival will celebrate all things cars when it takes over Castle Combe Circuit on Saturday 22 July. Be it classic or kit, modified or original, the show welcomes all, with specific areas set aside for each and there are concessions for motor clubs. Following the winning ‘Action Day’ format, the event will play host to a huge amount of excitement both on and … [Read more...]
Builth Wells praised for making Nicky Grist Stages success
This year’s Nicky Grist Stages last weekend proved to be a huge success, writes Paul Evans. Spectators enjoyed great weather and spectacular high-speed action, competitors rose to the challenge of a two-day mixed surface event, the event organisers Quinton MC running an incident-free rally and Builth Wells hosted a fantastic town centre start and finish ceremonies. With three rallies in one … [Read more...]
Seb survives Spa and scores in GT Championship
Two incident-packed British GT Championship encounters at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium on Saturday delivered a best finish of fifth place for Welsh racer Seb Morris and team-mate Rick Parfitt Jnr.. The Bentley Continental duo ended the weekend second in the standings. Ending round seven fifth on the road and round eight seventh, with several drivers participating at Spa on a one-off basis – … [Read more...]
Builth Wells hosts major Welsh rally this weekend
For the first time, Builth Wells will this weekend host both the start and finish ceremonies of the Quinton Motor Club organised Nicky Grist Stages, writes Paul Evans. The big motorsport celebration begins saturday morning and concludes the afternoon of Sunday and everyone is invited free of charge. Strand Street will be the place to be for the new rally start on Saturday where the top … [Read more...]
Classic rally cars to take on WRC elite
Competitors wanting to pit their skills against the sport’s elite have never had such an exciting, varied and affordable way to enter the UK’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Organisers of Wales Rally GB 26-29 October have announced that nationally-registered cars will be eligible for the main WRC event. Thanks to a new FIA regulation, owners of cars with a national MSA … [Read more...]
Wales Rally GB route changes
Organisers of Wales Rally GB have a revised four-day route following the discovery of tree disease in mid-Wales by Natural Resources Wales. The original itinerary announced in May with two runs through the full Myherin Special Stage on Friday has been shortened to allow contractors to remove infected larch trees. The spread of fungus-like Phytophthora ramorum can only be detected with the … [Read more...]
It’s Spa treatment for Seb this weekend
Spa-Francorchamps, one of the world’s greatest motor racing challenges, hosts the annual overseas visit of the British GT Championship on saturday . Multiple race winner Seb Morris, from near Wrexham, and team-mate Rick Parfitt Jnr will be mounting a major bid to add to their tally of 2017 wins in their Bentley GT. Heading to Belgium for rounds seven and eight of the season, where both … [Read more...]
Meeting discusses £100m technology park
Wales Economy Secretary, Ken Skates and Lifelong Learning Minister, Alun Davies visited Blaenau Gwent yesterday to discuss plans for the new Welsh Government funded £100m technology park. Following last week’s announcement, the Economy Secretary and the Lifelong Learning Minister, who Chairs the Valleys Taskforce, met representatives of Blaenau Gwent Council and the Chair of the Ebbw Vale … [Read more...]
Due diligence call for Ebbw Vale Automotive Zone
Days after rejecting support for the Circuit of Wales development, Welsh Government has called for “innovation and entrepreneurship”. Economy Secretary, Ken Skates launched BeTheSpark, a Wales-wide movement aimed at unlocking the potential for greater collaboration between entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, risk capital, academia and government to support the creation of more home grown … [Read more...]