The Rimac Nevera is the first car designed, engineered, and manufactured in Croatia and fittingly was the first car to cross the country’s new €525M 2.1km Pelješac Bridge when it opened this week. The 258mph Nevera electric car has four motors producing 1,914hp and is homologated for European and US markets as a hypercar and costs about $2.4M. Following … [Read more...]
Hirst and Pryce edging closer to crowns
Hirst edges closer to Pirelli Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship title after the Nicky Grist Stages rally. He won the Interclub series event for the first time this year after already taking the opening three rounds of the series. Hirst and co-driver Declan Dear (above) were once again on unbeatable form, scoring maximum points on the Builth Wells-based … [Read more...]
Hirst favourite for weekend Nicky Grist Stages
Matthew Hirst will be targeting his fourth straight 2022 Motorsport UK Pirelli Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship win when he contests the Nicky Grist Stages on Saturday 9 July in his Pirelli-shod Delta Salvage Ford Fiesta R5+. Co-driven by Declan Dear, Matthew became the first driver since Callum Black in 2017 to win three Welsh Championship rallies in a row … [Read more...]
Cronin sweeps to Jim Clark Rally win
Four-time British Rally champion Keith Cronin put the hammer down for a fifth title bid last weekend, taking his Volkswagen Polo GTi to a sensational Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally victory in the Scottish Borders. Cronin and co-driver Mikie Galvin were a forced to be reckoned with all weekend long, opening up an unassailable forty second lead … [Read more...]
Nicky Grist Stages in six rally championships
Quinton Motor Club is gearing up for what promises to be a fantastic festival of rallying in mid-Wales on Saturday 9 July when spectators are again allowed into stages to watch competitors from six major rally championships gather for the 2022 Nicky Grist Stages. Based in Builth Wells, the event will play host to the Motorsport UK British Rally Championship … [Read more...]
Welsh Stages fight intensifies this weekend
If you thought the opening round of the 2022 Motorsport UK Pirelli Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship was spectacular then just wait for Round 2, the Rallynuts Stages Rally this weekend. Title challengers Perry Gardener and Russ Thompson, together with several more potential class champions, join the series on Saturday 9 April. Gardener made a sensational R5 … [Read more...]
New look to British Rally Championship 2022
Britain’s premier rallying series will feature a dynamic mix of classic events and exciting newcomers, taking in some of the best gravel and asphalt rallies in the country, visiting England, Scotland and Wales in the process. Catering for top-flight Rally2 machinery, Junior British Rally Championship contenders and the popular National Rally Title, the new … [Read more...]
Preview to postponed Rallynuts Stages this weekend
Garry Pearson and Callum Black will go head-to-head in the battle for the Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh National Rally Championship title as the 2021 series reaches an exciting climax on the Rallynuts Stages Rally on Saturday. Having scored maximum points on the previous two rounds, the Eventsigns Woodpecker Rally and Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally, Garry … [Read more...]
Nicky Grist Stages figures in BRC 2022 series
Next year’s Nicky Grist Stages on Saturday 9 July, will host a round of the British Rally Championship for the fourth time in the event’s history. The Quinton Motor Club organised forestry event, which dates back to 1980, first hosted a round of the BRC in 2016. Elfyn Evans/Craig Parry won the event that year in a Ford Fiesta R5, a result which helped … [Read more...]
Edwards marks triumphant return of Welsh rallying
Welsh rallying successfully returned to the forests, with Matt Edwards scoring a sensational victory on the 2021 Nicky Grist Stages at the weekend. Matt Edwards and Darren Garrod took their Yuasa Rally Team Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 to a hard fought victory on the 2021 Nicky Grist Stages, and in doing so take the lead of the British Rally … [Read more...]
