Three members of Maesteg MC this weekend begin a challenge across Europe in a 25 year old car. Padrig Wakefield-Newberry, Rhys Ford and Ben Davies - all in their 20s - are tackling the 2,700 miles round trip from Northern France to Prague via the Alps and skirting the Mediterranean. Their challenge was to find a car for under £500 to take part in the … [Read more...]
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Pryce in Hyundai R5 seat for Sunday thriller
Osian Pryce will contest the Get Connected Rali Bae Ceredigion on Sunday in a Melvyn Evans Motorsport-tuned Hyundai i20 R5 – which will mark his return to competition in a fully-homologated R5 car after an absence of two years. The event, which will be the first closed road stage rally to be held in Wales, will be Pryce’s first rally in a fully-homologated … [Read more...]
Colwyn Bay stage of WRGB eagerly awaited
Colwyn Bay is gearing up for its evening in the World Championship motorsport spotlight on Saturday 5 October. As confirmed earlier in the summer, this year’s eagerly-anticipated Wales Rally GB is coming to the popular resort in Conwy County Borough with the world’s top drivers and the sport’s fastest ever cars racing against-the-clock on the … [Read more...]
Chips are down for Woodpecker Stages
Competitors in the Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship start the penultimate round of the series, the Eventsigns Woodpecker Stages, with most of the overall and class awards still to be settled this weekend, writes Peter Hughes. The overall driver standings are headed by Tom Llewellin (above) but the top six in the table all retain at … [Read more...]
Thrills for thousands in UK first low carbon rally in Wales
Thousands of shoppers, holidaymakers and sports enthusiasts saw some of the world’s most advanced cars in Swansea at the weekend for Britain’s first exclusively low carbon rally, writes Robin Roberts. Fuel cell models lined up with a wide range of battery electric vehicles from nearly every manufacturer selling in Britain to compete in the … [Read more...]
Swansea welcomes a UK first
Some of the world’s most advanced cars will be gathering in Swansea today for Britain’s first exclusively low carbon rally. Toyota and Hyundai fuel cell models will line up with a wide range of battery electric vehicles from nearly every manufacturer selling in Britain to compete in the Green Dragon EV Rally and Show on Saturday. Streets … [Read more...]
Wales to host Britain’s greenest ever motorsport event
Britain’s greenest-ever rally is taking place in Wales next weekend. The Green Dragon EV Rally is exclusively for hydrogen and pure electric cars and is based in Swansea, where Sir William Robert Grove invented the fuel cell in the 1840s. The event also breaks ground as it’s not only the first low carbon rally to be held in Britain, but it also allows any … [Read more...]
Duo battle for honours in Ulster
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [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 … [Read more...]
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