This year’s Motorsport UK Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship will break new ground with a seven-part ‘Sideways to Victory’ entitled series broadcast free to view online. Brian Chase, Managing Director of Ravenol UK, has been instrumental in restructuring the online broadcast coverage, and thanks to his enthusiasm and commitment rally fans will be able to watch action from the Welsh Rally … [Read more...]
Welsh rally series gets boost for 2022
Ravenol UK becomes joint title sponsor of the Motorsport UK Pirelli Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship and increases incentives for clubmen in the Ravenol Welsh Challenge Ravenol UK will enhance its involvement within Welsh motorsport this year by becoming joint title sponsor of the 2022 Motorsport UK Pirelli Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship and increasing its support of the popular Ravenol Welsh … [Read more...]
Record entries for Pirelli Welsh National Rally Championship
This year’s Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh National Rally Championship has received a record-breaking number of pre-season registrations – with 155 competitors already lined up to contest the six gravel round series in 2021. There is a strong entry in all 14 classes, including the Juniors (with a top prize of a test in a PCRS Rallysport-prepared Hyundai i20 R5, courtesy of OnThePaceNote) and … [Read more...]
Welsh Forest Rally Championship decided
Matt Hirst and Declan Dear took the 2019 Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship in style on Saturday with outright victory on the final round, writes Peter Hughes. It was Russ Thompson and Andy Murphy who led the series going into the Winner Garage Wyedean Stages Rally, needing just a solid finish to take the title. When they retired on the very first stage of the rally, however, … [Read more...]
Pirelli series rolls towards thrilling climax
The Winner Garage Skoda Wyedean Rally and Forest of Dean Motor Club event provides a fitting climax to what has been a highly competitive season in the Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship, writes Peter Hughes. A few of the crews still in contention, however, have yet to enter the event. Both front running crews in the fight for the overall title, Russ Thompson/Andy Murphy and … [Read more...]
Chips are down for Woodpecker Stages
Competitors in the Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship start the penultimate round of the series, the Eventsigns Woodpecker Stages, with most of the overall and class awards still to be settled this weekend, writes Peter Hughes. The overall driver standings are headed by Tom Llewellin (above) but the top six in the table all retain at least a mathematical chance of taking the … [Read more...]
Thompson triumphs as Llewellin leads Welsh Forest RC
None of the front-running crews enjoyed a totally trouble-free run on the latest round of the Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship. It was Russ Thompson and Andy Murphy who overcame their tribulations on the Builth Wells based Nicky Grist Stages, organised by Quinton Motor Club, to take maximum championship points while Tom Llewellin retained his overall series lead. Scott … [Read more...]
Things have changed for Dylan
Reigning Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Champion Dylan Davies returned to the sport after an eight month lay-off on Sunday and showed he has lost none of the pace that took him to last year’s title, writes Peter Hughes. Dylan tackled the Red Kite Stages, organised by Amman and District Motor Club, in a hired R5 specification Ford Fiesta. With co-driver Mark Glennerster alongside him … [Read more...]
Faulkner leads forest series into second half
A second successive maximum points score means that Scott Faulkner leads the 2019 Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship by a single point as the series reaches its Halfway stage, writes Peter Hughes. Having taken top points score on the previous round, the Rallynuts Stages, a similar performance on the weekend’s Plains Rally, organised by Knutsford and District Motor … [Read more...]
Welsh Forest Rally series slides to half-way point
Competitors in the 2019 Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship reach the half way point in the series this weekend, writes Peter Hughes. They take on the 53rd running of the Plains Rally organised by Knutsford and District Motor Club. As they head to the start of the event in Oswestry, two of the youngest drivers in the Championship currently share the overall series … [Read more...]
