Osian Pryce secured his first British Rally Championship victory since 2013 at the weekend, scooping maximum points at round five of this year’s series, the demanding Beatson’s Building Supplies Mull Rally last weekend. Pryce and co-driver Noel O’Sullivan took their Melvyn Evans Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTi to a long-awaited BRC win, as teammates Matt … [Read more...]
Historic Mull Rally will test BRC crews
The Motorsport UK British Rally Championship will face arguably its toughest challenge of 2021 this week, as it heads to the Isle of Mull for the very first time in its 63-year history, for the gruelling Beatson’s Building Supplies Mull Rally 8-10 October. Round five of Britain’s premier rally series will see the battle for the coveted title starting to … [Read more...]
Pryce is right on top again as Welsh dominate rally
Osian Pryce leads the British Rally Championship after a stunning drive on the final stage of the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire saw him take second in his Melvyn Evans Motorsport-prepared Volkswagen Polo GTI R5. The 28-year old Machynlleth born driver, who last led the BRC in 2017, was third, two seconds behind Matthew Wilson, going into the sixth and final … [Read more...]
Osian Pryce moves up BRC table
Osian Pryce has strengthened his challenge for the British Rally Championship title after scoring his best result of the season so far in his Melvyn Evans Motorsport-prepared Volkswagen Polo GTI R5, writes Paul Evans. Having finished third on both the Neil Howard Stages and the Nicky Grist Stages, the 28-year old Welshman’s speed and determination paid … [Read more...]
Thrilling opener to BRC encourages Osian
Osian Pryce is looking forward to the remaining rounds of the British Rally Championship after opening his 2021 series account with a tight and strong third place finish at the Neil Howard Stages in his Rocked-!T-backed Volkswagen Polo GTI R5. The event was Osian’s first rally for eight months, his first at the Oulton Park motor racing circuit … [Read more...]
Edwards aims for third BRC win – now in Polo R5
Twice British Rally Champion Llandudno’s Matt Edwards will return in 2021 in a bid to secure his third title in a row, but switches to a Volkswagen Polo R5 for his potential history-making campaign. Backed by global battery giant Yuasa, who returns as title sponsor for the second consecutive season, Edwards will mark his first full BRC season outside of the … [Read more...]
Osian impresses at Goodwood
Osian Pryce made a successful return to rallying after a coronavirus restriction-enforced eight-month layoff by finishing runner-up on the Goodwood SpeedWeek Super Special Stages at the weekend. Contesting his first event in a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5, and without any pre-event testing, the 27-year old Machynlleth born driver set second … [Read more...]
Osian takes Polo to Ireland
Osian Pryce will bring the Volkswagen brand name back to the British Rally Championship when he drives a Polo GTI R5 on the West Cork Rally 14 & 15 March. It will be the first time that the talented 27-year old Machynlleth-born pilot has driven a Volkswagen in competition and the first time that he has ever rallied in Southern Ireland. Whilst his … [Read more...]
Evans wins his own event on Epynt
Sponsor Melvyn Evans and new co-driver Mark Glennerster in their Subaru Impreza WRC won Sunday's Melvyn Evans Motorsport Tour of Epynt, opener of the 2018 Protyre MSA Asphalt Rally Championship, writes Roger Gale. They set identical times to the Damian Cole / Jamie Edwards ‘Get Connected’ Ford Fiesta WRC on both the opening two stages of the Port Talbot … [Read more...]
Mother of Welsh closed-road rallies is reborn
The revamped Protyre MSA Asphalt Rally Championship returns in style this weekend with the mother of all closed road rallies in Wales., writes Roger Gale. There’s a superb entry for the Port Talbot MC-organised Melvyn Evans Motorsport Tour of Epynt on Sunday 11 March, an event which can trace its origins back to October 1965. Having taken a sabbatical … [Read more...]
