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 … [Read more...]
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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. … [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 … [Read more...]
Flat out quick change is something to see
Next time you have a flat tyre on your car, see how you compare to a top Welsh rally crew when it comes to wheel changing. Elfyn Evans and Dan Barritt were crowned Kings of the Wheel Change ahead of last week’s XION Rally Argentina. The M-Sport World Rally Team duo won the inaugural WRC TV Wheel Change Challenge in Villa Carlos Paz. Evans and … [Read more...]
New challenges for competitors in WRGB November showdown
Come mid-November, the WRC will arrive in the UK for its traditional climax on Wales Rally GB. Every year revisions are needed to the route, so although the event will again be based alongside the Toyota Manufacturing Plant in Deeside, competitors will face a whole new challenging itinerary. These modifications not only add to the challenge, but also … [Read more...]
Third time lucky for Francis & Roberts
Luke Francis finally got his bid for the 2015 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship underway last weekend, the Abergele driver following a non-start and a non-finish on the opening two rounds by claiming maximum points on round three, the North Wales Rally Services and Weir Laundry Equipment Rally North Wales. While overall victory on the rally went … [Read more...]
Entries pour in for this weekend’s WFRC round
Competitors in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship head to Dolgellau on saturday for round 3 , the North Wales Rally Service – Weir Laundry Equipment Rally North Wales, with registrations up more than 25% on last year and more still coming in. With Junior World Rally Championship star Osian Pryce leading the field off, car 2 on the event, … [Read more...]
Conwy on tourism podium for WRGB success
Conwy County Borough Council, official Host County for Wales Rally GB, has been recognised as Entrepreneurial Council of the Year at the prestigious annual LGC Awards in London. A record number of more than 200 organisations entered this year’s awards, many of whom gathered in the capital’s Grosvenor House to celebrate good practice and fantastic … [Read more...]
Elfyn Evans sweeps into fourth place in Mexico
This year’s edition of Rally Mexico is an event that the M-Sport World Rally Team will never forget. Elfyn Evans equalled a career-best fourth while the team affected a truly phenomenal repair – getting the now legendary “TiTänak” to the end of the rally after it spent almost 10 hours submerged at the bottom of a reservoir. M-Sport’s technicians are … [Read more...]
Rallycross returns to Wales this summer
The 2015 MSA British Rallycross Championship is gearing up for a spectacular season of entertainment with TV coverage and a new look all promising to add up to an unforgettable year. Coming off the back of a 2014 campaign that witnessed increased spectator numbers and now under new stewardship – with the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) and Lydden … [Read more...]
