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 … [Read more...]
Rallynuts test this weekend
Competitors in the 2019 Pirelli MotorsportUK Welsh Forest Rally Championship tackle the Rallynuts Stages this saturday, after the Cambrian Rally and Rally North Wales produced strong results from some of the younger championship contenders, writes Peter Hughes. It’s 18-year-old Tom Llewellin, driving a Mark 2 Escort (above), who currently heads the … [Read more...]
Good news for Welsh rally fans
The organisers of the Pirelli MotorsportUK Welsh Forest Rally Championship have confirmed that they will continue to enjoy the support of the market leading tyre manufacturers as title sponsors while also unveiling their calendar for the 2019 series, writes Peter Hughes. It was also good news at the Autosport Show when Mid-Wales driver … [Read more...]
Dylan takes Pirelli series to the flag
Llanon driver Dylan Davies has won the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship but in one of the most closely fought seasons that the series have ever witnessed it took a tie-breaker to determine the destination of the crown, writes Peter Hughes. Dylan and Caernarfon co-driver Llion Williams finished equal on points with former champion Matt Edwards … [Read more...]
Welsh forest championship flies with Red Kite
Sunday sees the 2018 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship move into the second half of the season with the Red Kite Stages, writes Peter Hughes. The series this year has generated a record number of entries and a tight battle not only for the overall title but also many of the class honours. The first four rounds of the Championship produced … [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 … [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 … [Read more...]
Pirelli Welsh Championship 2017 begins saturday
Saturday sees reigning Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Champions Luke Francis and John H Roberts commence defence of their title on the Cambrian Rally, reports Peter Hughes. The Llandudno based event is the first of eight rounds in the 2017 series. Last year was a bumper one in terms of entries and the competitiveness of the title fight. With Pirelli … [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 … [Read more...]
Francis adds to Roberts’ Pirelli Welsh championship win
Rhuddlan driver Luke Francis won the 2016 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship on Saturday, despite a heavy crash which meant he didn’t finish the Eventsigns Woodpecker Rally, writes Peter Hughes. He spectacularly crashed his car out of the penultimate round but still won the series. While his co-driver, John H Roberts from Colwyn Bay, had … [Read more...]
