Monster motoring event at Donington Park this Easter

Everything about the International Styling and Tuning Show (ISTS) at Donington Park this Easter is big! Biggest modified car show in the UK; Big crowds; Big chance of spotting a celebrity or driving a big power supercar and they don’t come much bigger than Big Foot and Thunder Bolt, the Monster Trucks that will be crushing the cars that just can’t hack the pace!

Promising start for JR Motorsports Rally Team

MSA British RallyChampionship Round One
Bulldog International Rally of North Wales – 28th March 2009

· David Bogie brings new car home in fifth place
· JRM-built Evolution X shows great potential
· Team pleased with car’s debut outing and says performance can be improved before round two

David Bogie and co-driver Kevin Rae brought the brand new JR Motorsports built Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X home in fifth place on this weekend’s opening round of the MSA British Rally Championship, the Bulldog International Rally of North Wales.

Revolution rues double DNF on season opener

The Revolution Wheels Rally Team, which returned to the MSA British Rally Championship for a second season on last weekends Bulldog International Rally of North Wales, was left ruing a pointless weekend after both cars failed to finish the Bala based event.
 
With rising Scottish star Euan Thorburn joining team mate Rob Swann in a pair of Geoff Jones Motorsport assisted Subaru Imprezas’ team principal Warren McKiernan had high hopes of a strong showing. However it did not go according to plan;

Weston jnr takes third in class on BRC debut

Aberdeen based Dave Weston junior showed that his pace in 2008 was no fluke as the 18 year old British Rally Academy member put in a strong performance in his new Ramsport run Subaru Impreza N14 en route to sixth overall and third in class on last weekends Bulldog International Rally of North Wales.

Jason begins title defence with max points

Builth Wells rallying talent Jason Pritchard put in a faultless display as he dialed in his new Citroen C2R2 Max and then promptly dominated last weekends Bulldog International Rally of North Wales, overhauling his nearest rival with two stages to go to take the class honours back in Bala.

Hockridge happy to put Bulldog behind him

Pwllheli based Andrew Hockridge experienced a nightmare run up to last weekends Bulldog International Rally of North Wales when his brand new Signature Cheese backed Citroen C2R2 Max was involved in a road traffic accident the day before, meaning that his team had to rebuild the rally car overnight.

BHRC report, round one: Bulldog Historic Rally

The 2009 Dunlop/Gambia MSA British Historic Rally Championship got off to a fantastic start on the Bulldog Historic Rally (Saturday 28 March) as a fabulous field of cars made a fine spectacle in the Welsh forests.

The big winners of the day were category victors Jonathan Gale/Graham Gale (Sunbeam Tiger), David Higgins/Ieuan Thomas (Ford Escort Mk1) and Nick Elliott/Dave Price (Ford Escort Mk2).

Edwards & Murphy Claim Dream Double in Wales

Kick Energy Fiesta SportTrophy, and British Rally Challenge competitors Matt Edwards and Andy Murphy took overall victory in two categories of the Bulldog International Rally North Wales at the weekend, taking a 25  second win amongst their Fiesta ST rivals, and a near three minute victory in the first round of the British Rally Challenge. This marks the pair’s first ever overall event win in their Cadbury’s, High Hill Ford, Giles Phillips Motorsport and Silkolene 710 supported Fiesta ST.

Cronin Pips Higgins to Claim Bulldog International Rally Victory

After a titanic battle, the Bulldog International Rally of North Wales has been won by Irishmen Keith Cronin and Greg Shinnors in their Mitsubishi Evo 9 as they finished a narrow nine seconds ahead of former champion Mark Higgins and co-driver Bryan Thomas in their Subaru Impreza N11 on the 82-mile Bala-based event.

Cronin pushed Higgins throughout the entire day in a close battle, with Higgins having a three second advantage heading into the sixth and final test after leading from the outset. But Higgins encountered a problem in the final stage when they hit a pothole and damaged the suspension, which allowed Cronin to push ahead to claim his first ever victory in the UK forests and maximum points in round one of the BRC on their debut in the series.

Bulldog Rally

The Bulldog more than lived up to its billing with great battles at the front. For us this was primarily a historic rally which saw Nick Elliott & Dave Price dominate the field, with only Julian Reynolds & Ian Oakey able to keep them honest. The next nearest contenders were over a minute and a half back with Seamus O’Connell & Dai Roberts making it an Escort MkII 1-2-3. 

In the Post Historics David Higgins & Ieuan Thomas took victory from Rupert Lomax & David Alcock by fifteen seconds. Behind the two Escort MkI’s and beating the Porsches was Jeremy Easson & Alun Cook in the Ford Capri. In the Historics the top three were Ford free, with Jonathan & Graham Gale taking their recently acquired Sunbeam Tiger to 1st place, with Stuart Rolt & Richard Pomfret second in their Porsche 911. Graham Waite & Gill Cotton completed the podium in their Volvo Amazon.