WRGB has confirmed plans for this year’s National Rally running as part of the WRC event in North Wales 12-15 November. As has proved so successful in recent years, the National Rally’s three-day competitive itinerary will shadow the WRC route with single runs through all 13 timed sections. The WRGB National Rally fills the gap between the two passes of WRC crews through the legendary … [Read more...]
Rallying
Elfyn’s inspired fight for the future
M-Sport World Rally Team’s Elfyn Evans fought back to secure a strong fourth place at last weekend’s Rally Italia. Team mate Ott Tänak had been on course for a podium finish until an issue with the transmission dropped him outside the top-ten on Saturday afternoon. Rally Italia is an event that demands respect, and that is something that Evans and co-driver Daniel Barritt fully understand. … [Read more...]
Red Dragon fires up this Saturday
Port Talbot MC runs the Hall & Roche Logistics Red Dragon Rally on Saturday 20 June, based at the Walters Arena complex above Glynneath. The event includes special awards from Nick Bradbury Motorsport Photography, who is continuing his previous association with the rally. The first of five stages begins at 11.00 am, spectators welcome via the signposted entry road off the A4109, admission … [Read more...]
Wales Rally GB 2015 route released
Two night stages are included in this year’s Wales Rally GB in North Wales, the organisers announced yesterday. The event in November will also see the return of famous Myherin and iconic Great Orme stages. Advance tickets will offer up to 25 per cent savings on 2014 prices and a new e-ticketing system simplifies buying. This year’s Wales Rally GB 12-15 November is once again the … [Read more...]
Welsh championship hots up in Severn Valley Stages
With all the podium places on Saturday’s Severn Valley Stages being claimed by Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship contenders, outright victory and their first maximum points haul of the season went to Malvern driver’s Bob Ceen and co-driver Andy Bull, from Birmingham, in their Subaru Impreza World Rally Car. It was the crew’s second victory on the event, the previous win having come in … [Read more...]
Title fight is fierce in Welsh forests
Competitors in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship move into the second half of their season on saturday with the battle for the overall title and for the various class honours still wide open while the series boasts its strongest entry for a number of years. Leading the title chase going in to the Builth Wells based Severn Valley Stages is Worcester’s Paul Davy. He and co-driver … [Read more...]
Hunter brings home the prize – again
by Peter Hughes The Plains Rally saw nearly 50 crews battling it out for points in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship and after six challenging forest stages it was Ruthin driver Hugh Hunter who claimed maximum points for the second time this season. Hunter and co-driver Andy Marchbank, from Little Sutton (above) took the lead on the opening stage of the event in their Subaru … [Read more...]
WRGB not yet confirmed for 2016
Wales Rally GB has not yet been scheduled in next year’s WRC calendar. The traditional end of year round to the international series is not among the nine events so far included for 2016. WRC Promoter, who compile the calendar, said they were talking to possible new events organisers around the world and hoped to finalise the look of the 2016 series by September this year. The Welsh round … [Read more...]
Plains Rally marks half-way point in Welsh Forest Rally Championship
The 2015 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship reaches its halfway point with the Welshpool based Plains Rally. The series has seen a big surge in registrations and has so far produced three different winners on the opening three rounds. Heading the drivers’ standings going into this weekend is Bob Ceen in his Subaru Impreza World Rally Car. Although the Malvern driver has yet to win a … [Read more...]
Top Rallycross returns to Pembrey
Pembrey is next up on the schedule for the 2015 MSA British Rallycross Championship in association with the Shannon Group on Sunday 10 May. The MSA Supercar class is the headlining attention-grabber, with no fewer than 12 flame-spitting, four-wheel-drive, turbocharged 600bhp beasts all vying for the same piece of gravel or asphalt – and all capable of accelerating from a standstill to 60mph in … [Read more...]