The 2017 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship is heading towards a dramatic final round, says Peter Hughes. A third maximum points score in as many rounds contested for Ford Fiesta crew Callum Black and Elliott Edmondson means that the destination of the 2017 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship will not be decided until the final round in November. Black and Edmondson (above) … [Read more...]
Woodpecker is knocking on finale of series
The 2017 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship reaches its penultimate round on Saturday with competitors tackling the Ludlow-based Eventsigns Woodpecker Stages Rally. There is plenty at stake too with the overall title fight as well as many of the class battles still wide open. The cancellation of the Red Dragon Rally means that competitors will now count their best four results from six … [Read more...]
Mid-Wales battle looms for Plains honours
Competitors in Wales’s premier rally championship will be in Welshpool on Saturday 13 May for round 3 of the series, the Plains Rally. With the opening round of the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship cancelled due to adverse weather conditions and competitors able to discount their worst result of the season, everything is up for grabs and the eventual champions may have yet to score … [Read more...]
Welsh Forest Rally Championship begins
Rally North Wales offers competitors a first chance to score points in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship following the unfortunate cancellation of the opening round, the Cambrian Rally, due to extreme weather conditions. While reigning champions Luke Francis from Rhuddlan and John H Roberts of Colwyn Bay will be absent a number of crews will be intent on securing maximum points as … [Read more...]
Ten championships will contest Nicky Grist Stages
This summer’s Nicky Grist Stages 8-9 July will play host to no less than 10 different rally championships. It highlights not only what is a major sporting attraction but also the tremendous boost for the economy of Builth Wells, Llanelwedd and the nearby Powys and Carmarthenshire towns and villages. Organised by Quinton Motor Club, this year’s Nicky Grist Stages is, for the second … [Read more...]
Ravenol Welsh Challenge boost for grass-roots sport
Hard-charging clubmen will be better rewarded in this year's Ravenol Welsh Challenge, writes Peter Hughes. The series will run once again this season in conjunction with the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship but distribution of the £3,000 prize fund has been changed. In a further move to support grass-roots rallying, the Championship organisers have announced that a free entry on the … [Read more...]
Welsh clubmen’s rally voted best in British calendar
The Nicky Grist Stages has won the prestigious Bill Turner Trophy for the Best Event in the 2016 Ravenol BTRDA Rally Series. It’s the fourth time that the Quinton Motor Club-organised rally has won the award, having lifted the trophy in 2005, 2010 and 2012. It has also been nominated as one of the top three best organised BTRDA Rally Series events for the last six years in succession. Luke … [Read more...]
Ravenol Welsh Challenge won by Andrew Jones
The 2016 RAVENOL Welsh Challenge has been won by Andrew Jones in his Mark II Ford Escort. The Challenge runs in conjunction with the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship and is supported by the Championship’s technical partners, hi-tech lubricant company RAVENOL. Going into the final round, the Winner Garage Skoda Wyedean Rally, seven drivers still had a chance of sharing in the prize … [Read more...]