A leading Welsh company has added its support to the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship. Pembroke Dock based Genpower are multi-brand distributors of generators, pressure washers, water pumps, air compressors and garden machinery. In a sponsorship package valued at £3000 Genpower will give vouchers against the purchase of any of the Hyundai equipment for which they are distributors … [Read more...]
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Monte men Elfyn and Craig open 2016 account
It was to be celebration time for Elfyn Evans and Craig Parry after the two welshmen won the WRC2 category on the classic Monte Carlo Rally which was the opening round of the 2016 FIA World Rally Championship. Not even two punctures could stop Evans powering the Fiesta R5 Evo to victory finishing 8th overall, Evans even mixed with the far more powerful WRC cars and even beat many of them on … [Read more...]
Junior crews get Vital boost & Mid-Wales wins award
Welsh-based Vital Equipment will be title sponsors for the junior category of the 2016 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship. The Pontrilas company was originally established to provide fuel and lubricants to competitors and is the official fuel supplier for the British Rally Championship as well as the British Touring Car Championship. However, Its rapidly expanding apparel department … [Read more...]
Sara shines with GoldStars award
The BWRDC 2016 Elite GoldStars Award was presented to V-Ex Sponsored rally driver Sara Williams by former Williams F1 test driver Susie Wolff. The award is designed to provide recognition and mentoring for talented female drivers, something Susie has benefitted from earlier in her career. The award was made on Susie’s Dare 2 Be Different (D2BD) stand at the Autosport International show at … [Read more...]
Evans looking forward to home fight this season
FIA World Rally Championship star Elfyn Evans is looking forward to competing on home turf this year after confirming that he will enter the revitalised MSA British Rally Championship with the DMACK British Rally Team. Evans will join forces with another son of a famous rallying father – Finnish sensation Max Vatanen – in DMACK’s two-pronged assault, and will pilot a … [Read more...]
Sara eyes GoldStars Award 2016
Number 1 British female rally driver Sara Williams of Brecon has seen an eventful 2015 season recognised by her nomination for the British Women Racing Drivers Club Elite GoldStars Award 2016. The most prestigious award offered by the association, Sara joins a number of professional female racers who have been recognised by the award. The purpose of the award is to promote female talent in … [Read more...]
Elfyn Evans will run in WRC2 this season
Elfyn Evans is back in the WRC, but this time in a development role in the support Fiesta R5 programme. Elfyn Evans will take to the wheel of the new evolution Ford Fiesta R5 for a programme in the 2016 FIA World Rally Championship. Contesting the WRC’s principal support category, Evans’ appointment will prove the extensive upgrades M-Sport has achieved with the globally successful Fiesta … [Read more...]
Sara’s Sahara shakedown
Welsh rally driver Sara Williams has been nominated to join 17 fellow female drivers and co-drivers to participate in a special cross country rally project next week. Sara is the only representative for Britain at this truly special event. Run by Qatar Motor and Motorcycling Federation in conjunction with the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission, Sara is one of nine drivers selected from … [Read more...]
Dylan’s delighted to win first Ravenol Welsh Challenge series
Following a battle that went all the way down to the final rally of the season, victory in the inaugural Ravenol Welsh Challenge has gone to Dylan Davies. Competitors in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship were eligible for points in the Challenge based on the number of rounds that they competed on and their performance within their class, with the end of season prize fund valued at … [Read more...]
Pirelli Welsh battle goes down to the wire in North Wales
The final round of the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship saw Abergele driver Luke Francis take maximum points for the second time this season to claim third place in the drivers’ standing while Andy Bull, from Birmingham claimed the co-drivers’ crown to go with his driver, Bob Ceen’s already secured drivers’ title. Francis, and co-driver John H Roberts from Colwyn Bay, headed the … [Read more...]