Matthew Hirst and Declan Dear will have another chance to clinch the Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship title for a third time on this weekend’s penultimate round of the series, the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally on Saturday 28 October. In a carbon copy of last year, the Delta Salvage/Witham Group Ford Fiesta R5 crew scored maximum points on the first four rounds of their 2023 campaign, … [Read more...]
BRC gets new calendar and headline sponsor
The Motorsport UK British Rally Championship has unveiled a revamped calendar of events for 2024 along with an exciting new headline partnership with performance braking manufacturer, Probite. As one of the fastest emerging performance brake manufacturers in the UK, the British brand blasted into the market in 2023 and became an Official Partner of the BRC in March. Now, the exciting Probite … [Read more...]
Welsh rally decides titles
Ruairi Bell ticked an important box in his rallying career this weekend, taking the Motorsport UK British Rally Championship victory at the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally last weekend. After standing on the BRC podium no less than three times this season, the London-based rally driver had never managed to take his Pirelli-shod Skoda Fabia onto the top step. But a stellar performance across the … [Read more...]
Warming up for this year’s British Rally Championship
It has been a long 15 months since the BRC circus left the town of Llandudno following the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally in February 2020. It is now only 11 days until the 2021 campaign starts.There are over 45 crews registered for the series with competitors from all around the UK and Ireland in a variety of machinery; from historic to the very latest in cutting-edge technology handed down from … [Read more...]
Memorable win in North Wales opening round of BRC
Local star Matt Edwards opened his 2020 British Rally Championship account in fine style last saturday as the Llandudno star claimed the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally win – repeating his 2019 success. The Welshman along with co-driver Darren Garrod won the season opener by 38.4 seconds from Osian Pryce/Noel O’Sullivan in second and Rhys Yates/James Morgan in third. Double British … [Read more...]
BRC 2020 starts in Wales this weekend
One of the most eagerly anticipated British Rally Championship seasons in recent times gets underway this weekend in the forests of North Wales as the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally kick-starts an exciting first encounter of the new season. The popular one-day Llandudno-based event offers some of the best stages in the world, with classic stages like Elsi, Gwydyr, Penmachno and the Great Orme … [Read more...]
Cambrian Rally opens season
The Pirelli MotorsportUK Welsh Forest Rally Championship gets underway on saturday with the Llandudno-based Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally, writes Peter Hughes. With the return of Pirelli as title sponsors, along with RAVENOL’s continued support of the Clubman competitors, the Championship looks to follow up its thriller 2018 season with another bumper year. It was Dylan Davies (above) who took … [Read more...]
Six round Prestone BRC 2019 outlined
As the fast-paced 2018 series gears up for an exciting climax, the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship has confirmed its 2019 calendar. In 2019, Britain’s top-tier rallying series will feature six rounds in six territories, with events across the UK in Wales, England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, while Wales Rally GB 2019 is scheduled as a reserve round with the date to be fixed. The … [Read more...]
Pryce was right on weekend
Saturday’s Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally turned out to be a day of firsts, writes Peter Hughes. The first round of the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship, maximum overall driver’s points went to Osian Pryce as he contested his first ever stage rally behind the wheel of a right-hand drive car. Maximum co-driver’s points, meanwhile, went to Max Freeman as he claimed his first outright … [Read more...]
Pirelli Welsh Championship begins this weekend
The 2018 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship gets underway this weekend with the Llandudno based Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally. The 2017 season ended on November’s Wyedean Rally with the overall title, two-wheel drive honours and many of the class awards going right down to the wire and indications are the 2018 series will produce similarly close battles. Reigning title holder Callum … [Read more...]