Cartersport to support 2016 MSA Junior Rallycross Winner

Leading Motorsport Public Relations and Communications specialists, Cartersport, have generously agreed to a support package for 2017 to the winner of the 2016 MSA Junior Rallycross Championship.

Owned by regular Rallycross commentator and 2014 BTRDA 1600cc Rallycross Champion, Larry Carter, Cartersport has a unique clientele and distinguished reputation and will, in association with promoters Peter Gwynne Motorsport Ltd, provide a professional package to the winner for their chosen championship in 2017.

BAC plans 2016 Goodwood return in newly formed ‘Race cars for the road’ class

– BAC Mono to return to this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed with latest version of the single-seater Mono
– The Mono set an unofficial record up the hill last year, and is aiming to put on a similarly fast display in 2016
– The bespoke supercar will be taking part in a newly formed class called ‘Race Cars For The Road’
– The latest version of the Mono, complete with the 2.5-litre Mountune engine, will be on show at the Sussex festival, running from 23-26 June

Fuchs R.A.C. Historic Asphalt Championship is go!

A new chapter in British historic rallying will start this weekend (5/6 March) with the opening round of the new Fuchs Lubricants R.A.C. Historic Asphalt Rally Championship, the Bovington Stages.

A very encouraging entry, which is packed with quality, will gather in Dorset for the event that covers 90 stage miles in six stages each day. The fast and open special stages will provide the ideal starting point for the new championship and a perfect early-season shakedown.

Kumho appointed key partner and official tyre supplier to the MSA British Rally Champiosnhip

Kumho, already the tyre manufacturer of choice for many rally teams, has been appointed a key partner and official tyre supplier to Britain’s premier rallying series, the MSA British Rally Championship (BRC).

The company has developed new products especially for the 2016 season and joins rival tyre suppliers Michelin, Pirelli and DMACK in what will be a fierce four-way battle throughout the seven gravel and tarmac rounds of the series, during which everything from the notoriously slippery asphalt of Ireland to the infamous gravel of the Kielder forests will be encountered.

Loeb joins 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship with Team Peugeot-Hansen

Nine-time FIA World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb will join Team Peugeot-Hansen to compete in all 12 rounds of this year’s FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy.  Loeb will partner last year’s runner-up Timmy Hansen in a two-car squad with both drivers piloting a Peugeot 208 WRX Supercar.

Before the start of the season, Loeb and Hansen were put to the test in Hansen’s home country, over a challenging ice track on a frozen lake in Are, Sweden.

Sebastien Loeb joins Rallycross World Champion Team Peugeot Hansen

Nine-time World Rally Champion, racing driver, and Dakar adventurer Sebastien Loeb will join Team Peugeot Hansen to contest a full season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship this season, which starts in Portugal on 15 April and ends up in Argentina on 27 November.