The dramatic British Rally Championship will take another exciting turn this weekend as the Today’s Ulster Rally hosts the penultimate round of the closely-fought series. The narrow, bumpy lanes of Northern Ireland have always played a crucial part in the BRC title race and 2019 will be no different, as Matt Edwards and Tom Cave come to Newry, tied on 68 points. After a Ceremonial Start in … [Read more...]
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Future motorsport begins in Wales
Rally fans will get a glimpse of the future for their beloved sport at the first Green Dragon EV Rally & Show in Swansea over the Bank Holiday weekend. The ground-breaking eRally Zoe Junior Rally car will be displayed for spectators and team members will be on hand to explain this futuristic competition car and the technology going into it. Scottish, BTRDA and BRC driver Ellya Gold … [Read more...]
Elfyn gives masterclass talk to rising stars
One of the world’s leading rally drivers was on hand to pass on his experience in the sport when Junior competitors in the Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Forest Rally Championship took part in their second training day of the year. World Rally Championship driver and winner of the 2017 Wales Rally GB Elfyn Evans talked to leading co-driver Jamie Edwards about his remarkable career so far, from … [Read more...]
WRGB entries have opened for October classic
With little more than nine weeks remaining, entries to Wales Rally GB 3-6 October have just opened. Entries for the shorter two-day WRGB National Rally based in the heart the WRC Service Park on the Llandudno seafront and shadows the main four-day event into forests on Friday and Saturday opened yesterday. These will be accepted on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. This concurrent event offers … [Read more...]
Coming and going on Wales Rally GB
Fan favourite Petter Solberg, one of the FIA World Rally Championship’s most charismatic drivers, will end his professional career at this year’s Wales Rally GB 3-6 October driving Volkswagen Motorsport’s Polo GTI R5. The 2003 World Rally Champion is no stranger to Britain’s WRC encounter; he’s started it 15-times and won four times. Between 2002 and 2005, he and Welsh co-driver … [Read more...]
Thompson triumphs as Llewellin leads Welsh Forest RC
None of the front-running crews enjoyed a totally trouble-free run on the latest round of the Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship. It was Russ Thompson and Andy Murphy who overcame their tribulations on the Builth Wells based Nicky Grist Stages, organised by Quinton Motor Club, to take maximum championship points while Tom Llewellin retained his overall series lead. Scott … [Read more...]
Thorburn hopes to clinch BTRDA Series this weekend
The Nicky Grist Stages on Saturday has received a bumper 130 car entry, with top seeds Euan Thorburn/Paul Beaton hoping that a good result on the eight stage Mid-Wales forestry event will clinch them the prestigious 2019 Jordan Road Surfacing BTRDA Rally Series title. The Scottish duo (right) has been unstoppable so far this year with four wins out of four in their Ford Focus WRC. But … [Read more...]
Champions clean sweep in Ypres
Last year’s British Rally Champion Matt Edwards and co-driver Patrick Walsh in their Pirelli-backed Ford Fiesta R5 took a dramatic win on the classic Renties Ypres Rally – the exciting overseas round for the British Rally Championship. For Edwards and his M-Sport team they repeated their 2018 win in fine style to take maximum BRC points, sixth overall and with it the Tony Pond Award for the … [Read more...]
Things have changed for Dylan
Reigning Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Champion Dylan Davies returned to the sport after an eight month lay-off on Sunday and showed he has lost none of the pace that took him to last year’s title, writes Peter Hughes. Dylan tackled the Red Kite Stages, organised by Amman and District Motor Club, in a hired R5 specification Ford Fiesta. With co-driver Mark Glennerster alongside him … [Read more...]
WRGB eyes future artists and designers
Wales Rally GB has once again joined forces with Toyota GB to reignite its exciting car livery design competition for young students, with the winning entry being applied to a real-life GT86 rally car. The highly successful initiative launched in 2017 and now enters its third year. When liveried, the GT86 will be displayed within the Big Bang showcase located right at the heart of the … [Read more...]