Matt Edwards and Darren Garrod overcame late dramas on Saturday’s Eventsigns Woodpecker Stages Rally to take their fourth victory of the year in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship, writes Peter Hughes. That win also secured for them a free entry on Wales Rally GB, part of the Road to Wales initiative of IMS, promoters of the British round of the World Rally … [Read more...]
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Isle of Man rally has no legs this year
Organisers of the 2018 Rally Isle of Man (13-15 September) have been left with no option but to cancel this year’s event, they report. Despite enormous efforts by the vastly experienced Organising Team, who had created an exciting and challenging 18 stage, 140 stage mile route over some of the Island’s classic asphalt rally special stages, there have been insurmountable delays in securing the … [Read more...]
Contenders chip away on Woodpecker this weekend
Saturday’s Eventsigns Woodpecker Stages is the penultimate round of the Pirelli MSA Welsh Rally Championship with the fight for the title going to the final round, the Wyedean Stages on 10 November, writes Peter Hughes. The destination of at least one major award will be settled on this event, as the driver leading the series at the end of the rally will receive a free entry to Wales Rally GB, … [Read more...]
Rally Legends display growing for WRGB in October
Organisers of Wales Rally GB announced that AutoClassics.com is supporting its special Rally Legends display in Llandudno – one of the major attractions during a history-making finale to this year’s event 4-7 October. The famous Conwy County resort will host a full weekend’s entertainment in the countdown to Sunday’s dramatic rally finale which, for the very first time, will witness the stars … [Read more...]
Flying Welshman Edwards wins the Ulster Rally
Matt Edwards and Darren Garrod continue their excellent run of form as the Welsh pairing won the John Mulholland Motors Ulster Rally at the weekend. The M-Sport crew mastered the mixed conditions to win three events from three this season to firmly cement their place at the top of the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship standings going into the second half of the season. The BRC reached … [Read more...]
Three-way fight looms in WRGB forests
The dramatic battle for this year’s FIA World Rally Championship has reached fever pitch as the series heads for a spectacular showdown in Wales. With Estonian ace Ott Tänak scoring back-to-back wins in Finland and on Sunday in Germany, a titanic three-way tussle is in prospect when the WRC arrives on these shores next month for Wales Rally GB 4-7 October. Thanks to his two stirring … [Read more...]
Welsh charities continue to benefit from WRGB
This year’s Wales Rally GB 4-7 October will again support charities and good causes across north Wales, taking the total raised in the six years since the World Championship event moved to Flintshire to more than £200,000. For the third year in succession, Hope House Children’s Hospices – consisting of Ty Gobaith in Conwy and its Oswestry-based Morda sister hospice – have been confirmed as the … [Read more...]
Classic rallies change at the top
A Welsh-based company will take over running some of the world's major classic motor sport events, writes Robin Roberts. HERO, of Port Talbot, and the ERA have reached an agreement for HERO to take over all the events organised by the ERA. Contracts have been exchanged, with completion set for the very near future. More information will be provided at an industry event to be held in the … [Read more...]
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No it’s a car
A spectacular flying car sequence has been created to promote Wales Rally GB this autumn. Organisers of the event teamed up with Zip World and Slate Mountain to put a car on Europe’s longest zip wire and send it down the mountain overlooking Bethesda for the #Skydriver sequence. The internationally known venue provided the perfect backdrop for one of the world’s best known rallies taking … [Read more...]
Welsh couple’s 3,000 mile road trip for services’ heroes
A Welsh couple are giving up their summer holidays to help ex-services personnel. Karen and Wayne Jones will be taking part in this year's Rally For Heroes 2018 event across Europe in their modified Audi TTRS. Rally For Heroes has been raising money for service charities that provide vital support to our armed service men, women and their families for 8 years and is staged biennially. In … [Read more...]