Welsh crews dominated top results in the opening Scottish round of the Preston MSA British Rally Championship. Fredrik Ahlin and co-driver Torstein Eriksen won the Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally, the curtain-raising round of the Championship last weekend. The Swedish/Norwegian pairing came out on top after nine hard-fought stages to open … [Read more...]
Motorsport
Marshals flock to circuit training
A record of 33 new potential marshals signed on for the Castle Combe circuit’s annual ‘Marshal Training Day’ last Sunday. Budding and existing marshals practiced and developed a range of skills from first aid to fire fighting. Richard Beard from Stockwood, the chief marshal at Castle Combe said, “The day was the culmination of an awful lot of planning … [Read more...]
Morris & Parfitt rejoin for British GT series
Welsh driver and British GT Championship race winner Seb Morris will again team up with Rick Parfitt Jnr and continue their association with Team Parker Racing for a second season in the UK’s premier endurance series – once again sharing a Bentley Continental GT3. Notably, for the partnership’s campaign together in British GT they welcome transportation … [Read more...]
Infiniti offer brightest a chance at F1 engineering
Applications opened for the 2017 edition of the Infiniti Engineering Academy - Infiniti's global search for the best and brightest engineering talent. Now in its fourth successive year, the Academy will once again offer seven engineering students from different regions across the world an unparalleled opportunity to join a 12-month placement working on … [Read more...]
Ten championships will contest Nicky Grist Stages
This summer’s Nicky Grist Stages 8-9 July will play host to no less than 10 different rally championships. It highlights not only what is a major sporting attraction but also the tremendous boost for the economy of Builth Wells, Llanelwedd and the nearby Powys and Carmarthenshire towns and villages. Organised by Quinton Motor Club, this … [Read more...]
Dramatic opener to Welsh tarmac rally championship
Bob Fowden & Paul Wakely took a second consecutive victory in a dramatic 2017 JD Tyres Welsh Tarmacadam Championship on Sunday, reports Roger Gale. They won the Melvyn Evans Motorsport Tour of Epynt run by Port Talbot MC over the superfast ribbons of asphalt that snake over the military land above Sennybridge in mid Wales. Battle was … [Read more...]
Kris Meeke storms through car park to WRC win
Kris Meeke won Guanajuato Rally Mexico on Sunday despite almost throwing victory away when he crashed off the road into a spectator car park less than a kilometre from the finish. A fourth career win seemed assured when Meeke carried a near-40sec lead over Sébastien Ogier into the final gravel road speed test in the mountains near León. But just 750 … [Read more...]
Pembrey gets green light from F1 star
Ahead of the start of the new motor racing season, Formula One racer turned TV pundit Karun Chandhok visited Pembrey Circuit to check out the changes, writes Peter Hughes. After tackling the revised layout in a Formula Three car, Indian racer Chandhok said, “I have always enjoyed driving here at Pembrey, it’s a real challenge for a driver … [Read more...]
Tour of Epynt opens tarmac series this weekend
Port Talbot Motor Club opens the 2017 tarmacadam rally season on the Epynt Ranges on Sunday with the Melvyn Evans Motorsport Tour of Epynt. The challenging moorland roads will welcome competitors from all areas of the tarmacadam rallying world in what is a very different year, following the abrupt loss of the MSA National Tarmacadam Series. Despite … [Read more...]
£300,000 Pembrey Circuit investment opens
Pembrey Circuit, Carmarthenshire yesterday unveiled the major redevelopment undertaken at the venue over the winter along with the programme over events taking place there during the 2017 season, writes Peter Hughes. On hand to try out and give his views on the new circuit layouts was Formula One racer turned TV pundit Karun Chandhok along with a number … [Read more...]
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