Port Talbot Motor Club is disappointed to announce the further postponement of the Legend Fires Tour of Epynt 2021. It follows notification from Landmarc Support Services at Sennybridge Camp that both the proposed July and August dates for the rally are no longer available after the event had already been postponed from Spring. The club understands that backlogs of military training that need to … [Read more...]
Star-studded field on the Tour of Epynt
A star-studded entry will contest the opening round of the 2019 Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship, the Rallynuts National Tour of Epynt Rally, on Sunday 10 March. The rally is also included in the JD Tyres Welsh National Tarmacadam Championship 2019, The Promotive Engineering King of Epynt Challenge, the FMP Rally Challenge, the ANWCC Stage Rally Championship 2019, and The … [Read more...]
Rallynuts National Tour of Epynt plans
Port Talbot Motor Club has reached agreement with a new sponsor for it’s long established and successful Tour of Epynt, writes Roger Gale. The special stage rally that last year opened the revitalised Protyre MSA British Asphalt Rally Championship, and will do so again in 2019, and on 10 March it will run as the Rallynuts National Tour of Epynt. The business has evolved into a … [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 MC event and managed to gradually pull … [Read more...]
Dramatic opener to Welsh tarmac rally championship
Bob Fowden & Paul Wakely took a second consecutive victory in a dramatic 2017 JD Tyres Welsh Tarmacadam Championship on Sunday, reports Roger Gale. They won the Melvyn Evans Motorsport Tour of Epynt run by Port Talbot MC over the superfast ribbons of asphalt that snake over the military land above Sennybridge in mid Wales. Battle was joined with the Ford Fiesta WRC machine of … [Read more...]
Tour of Epynt opens tarmac series this weekend
Port Talbot Motor Club opens the 2017 tarmacadam rally season on the Epynt Ranges on Sunday with the Melvyn Evans Motorsport Tour of Epynt. The challenging moorland roads will welcome competitors from all areas of the tarmacadam rallying world in what is a very different year, following the abrupt loss of the MSA National Tarmacadam Series. Despite that decision by the BTRDA in difficult … [Read more...]
Thrilling Welsh opener to Asphalt Rally series
After a hard-fought day on the military ranges, third-seeds Steve Simpson and Patrick Walsh in their Subaru Impreza WRC won the Melvyn Evans Motorsport Tour of Epynt last Sunday, reports Roger Gale. The opening round of the MSA Asphalt Rally Championship offered a mouth-watering promise of performances to come. In spite of being unable to take part in the event recce on the … [Read more...]
Asphalt Championship gets on the road this weekend
Port Talbot Motor Club gets the opening round of the 2016 MSA Asphalt Rally Championship underway on Sunday. The Melvyn Evans Motorsport Tour of Epynt, incorporating the BTRDA Rally Challenge, Millington Rear Wheel Drive Challenge, and AB Motorsport Front Wheel Drive Challenge, is also included in the 2016 J D Tyres Welsh National Tarmacadam Championship, the Restruct Ltd Welsh Mixed Surface … [Read more...]