Entries have started coming in for Port Talbot MC’s Rallynuts Tour of Epynt 2020 on saturday 11 April, writes Roger Gale. It's the second round of the Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Championship, a round of the JD Tyres Welsh National Tarmacadam Championship, Promotive Engineering Group King of Epynt Challenge, Independent Paint Supplies Rally Challenge and the ANWCC Stage Rally … [Read more...]
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WRGB returns to Deeside from Llandudno
Wales Rally GB round of the globe-trotting FIA World Rally Championship will return to its former base in Deeside, Flintshire 29 October – 1 November. The familiar location on land adjacent to the Toyota Engine Plant in the busy Deeside Enterprise Zone was home to the popular international motor sport spectacle for six years between 2013 and 2018, following its revitalising switch to north … [Read more...]
Welshman Elfyn Evans drives into rallying history
Mid-Wales driver Elfyn Evans leads the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship after rewriting the history books with an outstanding victory on this weekend’s Rally Sweden. The Welshman not only becomes the first-ever British driver to win the wintry Scandinavian classic but also is the first Briton to top the WRC points table since the heady days of Colin McRae and Richard Burns nearly 20 years ago at … [Read more...]
Memorable win in North Wales opening round of BRC
Local star Matt Edwards opened his 2020 British Rally Championship account in fine style last saturday as the Llandudno star claimed the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally win – repeating his 2019 success. The Welshman along with co-driver Darren Garrod won the season opener by 38.4 seconds from Osian Pryce/Noel O’Sullivan in second and Rhys Yates/James Morgan in third. Double British … [Read more...]
A motoring challenge like no other
The 2022 Peking to Paris Motor Challenge will begin on Saturday 28 May 2022, under the shadow of the Great Wall of China reaching its terminus in Paris on the 3 July. This will be the 8th incarnation of the event, faithful to it’s legacy since 1907, as it’s global reputation continues to grow. Across 37 days, one more than the 2019 edition, the two person crews and their classic and vintage … [Read more...]
BRC 2020 starts in Wales this weekend
One of the most eagerly anticipated British Rally Championship seasons in recent times gets underway this weekend in the forests of North Wales as the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally kick-starts an exciting first encounter of the new season. The popular one-day Llandudno-based event offers some of the best stages in the world, with classic stages like Elsi, Gwydyr, Penmachno and the Great Orme … [Read more...]
Nicky Grist Stages wins ‘Rally of the Year’ award
The Builth Wells-based Nicky Grist Stages has won the prestigious BTRDA Rally Series ‘Rally of the Year Award 2019’. It was presented to the event organisers, Quinton Motor Club, at the British Trial & Rally Driver Association’s annual gala awards ceremony. Voted for by competitors, the Nicky Grist Stages was praised for the smooth running of the event and the quality of the stages, which … [Read more...]
Death of Welsh & international rallying great
One of the great characters in Welsh and International rallying has died. Despite being fiercely patriotic about all things Welsh, Denis Cardell was quick to point out that his family originated from the Scottish Borders. Born in 1934, Denis started competing in major rallies in the sixties, first co-driving for South Wales car dealer Norman Harvey in a Cooper S on the 1963 RAC Rally and then … [Read more...]
Welsh wizard’s Monte Magic in WRC opener
Mid-Wales and Toyota works driver Elfyn Evans secured a stunning third place on the famous Monte Carlo Rally yesterday. Making his debut in the team, Evans applied steady pressure from the start on Thursday and found himself setting fastest times on some stages and leading the event in the morning of the final day as he battled with his team-mate Sebastien Ogier and other competitors. But it was … [Read more...]
Evans begins his 2020 WRC bid today
This week’s classic Monte Carlo Rally 23-26 January heralds not only the start of the eagerly-anticipated 2020 FIA World Rally Championship, but also an exciting new chapter in the career of Britain’s top rally driver from Dolgellau , Elfyn Evans. After spending more than a decade with the Cumbrian-based M-Sport Ford team – winning both the British Rally Championship and, famously, Wales Rally GB … [Read more...]