Jim Clark Rally enjoys a blistering weekend in the Borders

The Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally brought some of the best drivers in the business to the Scottish Borders this weekend [26-28 May], as the three-day motorsport event took place on the closed roads around Duns.

The market town offered a fantastic backdrop for the rally, hosting the event service area and the centre itself seeing the cars assemble for the start and finish celebrations throughout the weekend. A big screen played live coverage of the rally to the fans who were able to get up close to the cars as they passed through Market Square.

James Ford flies to Protyre MSUK Asphalt Rally Championship maximum points on the Jim Clark Rally

James Ford scored maximum Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship points for the first time when he set a string of fastest overall stage times to beat all of his series rivals in a fast and furious Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally.

Co-driven by Neil Shanks, the Preston driver lost time when he caught a slower car on the opening stage, but come day two he flew to a superb fourth overall finish in his Michelin-shod Citroën C3 Rally2 – despite stalling the car at the start of the eighth and final stage.

Letchworth Motor Auctions’ Classic, Retro and Performance sale brings more strong results

– Letchworth Motor Auctions’ Classic, Retro and Performance Sale took place on Saturday 13th May 2023.
– Number of lots on offer exceeded their estimated value.
– Around 55 classics went under the hammer in the one day sale.
– Next Classic, Retro and Performance Sale is scheduled for 29th July 2023

There was a varied selection of classics on offer for Letchworth Motor Auctions’ Classic, Retro and Performance sale on Saturday 13th May, with a number of the cars sold exceeding their estimates.

Charlie Martin steps up to become Girls on Track UK Ambassador

* Charlie Martin becomes the latest FIA Girls on Track UK Ambassador.
* Girls on Track creates events to inspire girls and women into seeing and believing that there is a rightful and valuable place for them in the motorsport industry.
* Announcement comes just before Martin’s 2023 race season in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe gets underway.
* Martin has already made LGBTQ+ history in sportscar racing since transitioning mid-way through her motorsports career.

Motorsport UK is delighted to announce British racing driver and LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Martin as the latest Ambassador for its highly successful FIA Girls on Track UK programme.

Nurburgring 24 Hour race victory for Frank Bird

After a double class win in the ADAC 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers last month, Cumbrian racin driver Frank Bird ventured back to the German circuit to contest the ADAC TotalEnergies 24h Nürburgring and once again emerged victorious.

The Penrith-born driver was once again behind the wheel of the Haupt Racing Team’s new Team HRT Mercedes-AMG GT2 in the SPX class alongside teammate Thomas Jäger, who is the Mercedes-AMG test and development driver, and fellow German drivers Elia Erhardt and Jörg Viebahn who were contesting a 24-hour race with the new customer racing model for the first time as a four-man team.

Pryce sticks to the game plan with pitch-perfect FIA European Rally Championship debut in Poland

The aim was to finish the ORLEN 79th Rally Poland – after all, this was Osian Pryce’s first rally for seven months, in a new team, in a new car and with a new co-driver – and he achieved precisely that with a pitch-perfect, controlled, intelligent and drama free run to 16th on his FIA European Rally Championship debut (out of 58 registered ERC drivers).

As the reigning British rally champion, Pryce is by nature an extremely competitive sportsman who competes to win. But on this occasion learning about his brand new Škoda Fabia Rally2, building a rapport with new co-driver Stéphane Prévot and getting to know his new MAPO Motorsport team were the key objectives – and that would be best achieved by completing all 16 stages and 113 stage miles (182kms).

World-class drivers head to Duns for the Jim Clark Rally

The Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally has attracted a world-class entry ahead of this weekend’s event [26-28 May] as around 240 drivers get set to tackle the highly acclaimed three-day closed road motorsport event.

Garry Jennings Back to Winning Ways at ‘Go’ Tour of the Sperrins Rally

Garry Jennings and Rory Kennedy sealed victory at today’s ‘Go’ Tour of the Sperrins Rally, round four of the McGrady Insurance Motorsport UK Northern Ireland Rally Championship!

Organised by Magherafelt and District Motor Club, Jennings eventually arrived home victorious in his Ford Fiesta R5 by five seconds after a day-long battle over six closed road stages with the Citroen C3 belonging to Jonny Greer and Niall Burns.

It was reigning champion Greer who was quickest out of the blocks in his Citroen. He emerged from the opening stage with a 1.4s lead over Jennings but that was to be his only fastest time of the day. Instead, Jennings started to reel his rival in on stage two, clawing back slender amounts of time before moving to the head of the leaderboard after the third stage.

Henderson returns for the Jim Clark Rally to re-ignite his Protyre MSUK Asphalt Rally Championship title challenge

David Henderson will re-ignite his challenge for the Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship title when he returns for the Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally (26/27 May).

Co-driven by Chris Lees, the Oakenshaw driver led the series after winning the opening round in his Keco/PAR Petroleum-backed Ford Fiesta Rally2 – but elected to miss Rounds 2 and 3, the double header Manx National.

Manx return proves troublesome for Brown

Rochdale based rally driver Steve Brown made his first trip to the Isle of Man’s Manx National Rally [12-13 May] in almost seven years last weekend, but endured a troublesome return during the tough two-day event.

Brown and co-driver Arwel Jenkins would lie just six seconds away from a category podium during the opening stages of the event in their Nissan Micra Kit Car, before a series of misfortune sent them tumbling down the leaderboard. Thanks to the efforts of the service crew and generosity of a fellow competitor, the pairing were able to continue and salvage a much needed finish.