British Historic Rally Championship goes all-gravel in 2022

The Fuchs Lubricants British Historic Rally Championship has today [8 December] unveiled its 2022 calendar with a new-look for the upcoming season.

Melvyn Evans Motorsport wins the British Rally Championship Teams title at its first attempt

Melvyn Evans Motorsport has won the British Rally Championship Teams title at the first time of trying, after an incredible season of success preparing and running a pair of Volkswagen Polo GTI R5s.

Osian Pryce aims for RAC Rally victory after finishing runner-up in the British Rally Championship

Osian Pryce will bounce straight back from finishing runner-up in the British Rally Championship by aiming for victory on the Roger Albert Clark Rally.

This year’s five-day and 351 stage mile event will be the longest special stage rally in Great Britain for 30 years (since the 1991 Lombard RAC Rally in fact) and Osian will contest the event for the first time in a RallyXtreme Ford Escort Mk2.

He gave the car a shakedown run on the recent Rallynuts Stages and finished ninth overall and won the historic class by 38 seconds.

Payne proves a point with Rallynuts Stages Rally victory

Eighteen-year-old Elliot Payne stormed to his first-ever overall rally win on Saturday, claiming a start-to-finish victory at the Rallynuts Stages Rally [13 November].

Payne and co-driver Patrick Walsh would open up an impressive ten second lead on the opening stage of the event and enjoyed a start to finish lead, threading their Ford Fiesta Rally2 through the tricky mid-Wales forests tests with ultimate precision.

Rally team to lead environemntal change in biggest rally of the year

• NET-HERO carbon offset rally team to set a green standard in UK’s forests
• In a rallying first, entire team movements will be carbon neutral, blazing a trail for rallying to follow

The entire NET-HERO Rally Team of driver Tony Jardine and co-driver Allan Harryman’s car, plus all its support vehicles, including team travel emissions, will be carbon neutral for the biggest rally of 2021, the Roger Albert Clark Rally.

Carmarthen Velodrome finale for Roger Albert Clark Rally

The top three finishers in the 2021 Roger Albert Clark Rally (25-29 November) will take part in a parade around the famous Carmarthen Velodrome after the finish of the rally.

After five days of fierce competition in the forests of England, Scotland and Wales, the rally will finish in Carmarthen as it makes its first visit to the south-west Wales town. There will be a ceremonial finish in the centre of Carmarthen from around 4pm on Monday 29 November.

Rallynuts Stages Rally set for thrilling title fight

The Rallynuts Stages Rally returns to the British rallying calendar for the first time since 2019 this weekend as the popular gravel event blasts back into life on Saturday [13 November].

Forced to take a two-year sabbatical due to the pandemic, the Builth Wells based event has seen a one-off move from its traditional April slot in 2021 due to the restrictions imposed earlier this year. The swap has meant that the well-respected event is now the final round of the season for several championships, setting up a thrilling battle in the forests for the hard-fought accolades.

Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally back in action for 2022

The popular Brick and Steel Border Counties Rally will make a welcome return to the British rallying calendar in 2022 after securing a slot on the MRF Tyres BTRDA Rally Series roster.

In a shift from its traditional March date, the 14th May event will once again be based in the picturesque Scottish Borders town of Jedburgh and provide some of the best rally drivers in the UK with classic forest tests in the renowned and little-used Tweed Valley and Wauchope Forest complexes.

Spectator tickets unveiled for Roger Albert Clark Rally

Details of spectator ticketing for the 2021 Roger Albert Clark Rally (25-29 November) have been revealed and the booking system has now opened.

Great news for rally fans is that spectators will be admitted to nearly all of the 31 special stages as the rally covers England, Scotland and Wales in the course of five days. With a capacity entry of 150 cars, this year’s edition of the biennial event promises to be the best yet.

Retson’s championship hopes fade with Cambrian Rally retirement

Blairgowrie rally driver Finlay Retson saw his chances of taking the coveted Junior British Rally Championship title slip away last weekend, after retiring from the penultimate round of the 2021 season, the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally [30 October].

Just three weeks after standing on the Junior BRC podium for a second time this season after taking an impressive second place at the gruelling Mull Rally, Retson and co-driver Rhys Stoneman were aiming to repeat their success in the north Wales forests to maintain their chances of fighting for the coveted title.