Competitors wanting to pit their skills against the sport’s elite have never had such an exciting, varied and affordable way to enter the UK’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Organisers of Wales Rally GB 26-29 October have announced that nationally-registered cars will be eligible for the main WRC event. Thanks to a new FIA regulation, … [Read more...]
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Wales Rally GB route changes
Organisers of Wales Rally GB have a revised four-day route following the discovery of tree disease in mid-Wales by Natural Resources Wales. The original itinerary announced in May with two runs through the full Myherin Special Stage on Friday has been shortened to allow contractors to remove infected larch trees. The spread of fungus-like Phytophthora … [Read more...]
WRGB announces new spectator stage
Wales Rally GB will blast off when the world’s best rally drivers take on a new challenge to open the October event. A spectacular competitive stage will be created at the Tir Prince Raceway in Towyn, County Conwy, complete with jump and donut, to begin three days of unmissable World Rally Championship action. This thrilling new addition will feature a … [Read more...]
Acropolis stands alone on Epynt
The Spencer Sport Acropolis Rally on Sunday 9 July is a stand-alone rally within the Nicky Grist Stages. It will be a fantastic Tarmac test for competitors as the event offers 12 fantastic stages totalling just over 72 stage miles over the Epynt military range – and as it’s open to a huge variety of cars. It’s going to be a real rally treat for both … [Read more...]
Irish eyes smiling after Severn Valley heaven
Former Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Champion Connor McCloskey led the Rallynuts Severn Valley Stages from start to finish but it’s Andy Davies who heads the 2017 title chase after three points scoring events. McCloskey and co-driver John Rowan reported a trouble free run through the event’s seven stages in their Ford Fiesta World Rally car and their … [Read more...]
Local charities to benefit from Mid-Wales rally
Brettex Site Services – the title sponsor of up-and-coming British rally driver Rhys Yates – is helping this year’s Nicky Grist Stages 8-9 July raise funds for two local charities by generously agreeing to pay for the print cost of the event programme. Money raised by selling the event programmes is split evenly each year between the Tirabad Village Hall … [Read more...]
Cracking contest promised for Rallynuts SVS
The third points scoring round of the 2017 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship takes competitors to Builth Wells on saturday for the Rallynuts Severn Valley Stages, writes Peter Hughes. The two opening rounds saw top points going to two different crews with Osian Pryce and Dale Furniss taking the honours on Rally North Wales while the similar R5 … [Read more...]
Two-day super-rally regs now out
Entries are open for the Nicky Grist Stages 8-9 July – with the official event Regulations and Entry forms published on-line at nickygriststages.co.uk. This year celebrates the 37th running of Quinton Motor Club’s forest stage rally, the 30th consecutive year of it hosting a round of the BTRDA Rally Series and the seventh year of title sponsorship from … [Read more...]
Night stages return for Wales Rally GB
The route of Wales Rally GB has been published and tickets are now on sale for the spectator stages. Once again the UK round of the World Rally Championship, which has been hotly contested so far this year with four different winners over six rounds, will be held to co-incide with the autumn half-term 26-29 October and the organisers are giving … [Read more...]
Wales’s first lady of rallying makes French connection
Welsh rally driver Sara Williams – already a successful competitor on numerous events in Wales and Internationally – has entered a new challenge for 2017, the six round Clio R3T Trophy France Championship, writes Roger Gale. Sara is twenty eight and born into a motorsport family – her father Jonathan a rallying driver, and her first experience in … [Read more...]
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