Callum Black closes in on Protyre MSUK Asphalt Rally Championship lead after Argyll Rally victory

Callum Black has closed in on the lead of the 2023 Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship after becoming the first driver this year to win more than one round – with his second victory of the season coming on the Dunoon presents Argyll Rally (23/24 June).

Despite not having driven his Pallas Connections Ford Fiesta Rally2 on wet asphalt before, nor in fact any four-wheel drive rally car, the Brackley driver led after a tricky opening leg – surviving a little off into a ditch towards the end of Leg 1’s final stage.

Series leader Neil Roskell targets first Protyre MSUK Asphalt Rally Championship win of 2023 in Argyll

There have been four different winners from the first four rounds of this year’s BTRDA-organised Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship, setting the scene for an exciting second half to the UK’s premier sealed-surface series – which begins with the Dunoon presents Argyll Rally (23/24 June).

But it’s Neil Roskell who leads the overall drivers’ standings going into Round 5 of the eight-round series – despite not having won a round so far this year. And that’s something the Blackpool driver is keen to put right on the challenging Argyll and Bute closed roads, having finished second and third on the last two rounds respectively.

Exciting new-look calendar of events announced for the 2023 Protyre BTRDA Asphalt Rally Championship

A new-look calendar of events for the 2023 Protyre BTRDA Asphalt Rally Championship in association with Motorsport News has been announced* – with seven rallies/eight scoring rounds taking place over nine months and a good geographical spread of events designed to attract competitors from all regions of the UK.

Bogie bags Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally victory

Five-times Scottish Rally Champion David Bogie stormed to victory at the Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally [24/25 June] last weekend, taking his MINI JCW WRC to a maiden Argyll Rally win.

Bogie would team up with co-driver Cammy Fair for the first time, and despite a slow start through the tricky Dunoon Town street stage, eventually finished over a minute ahead of nearest rivals David Henderson and Chris Lees. Michael Binnie and Claire Mole rounded out the top three in their Mitsubishi Evo IX.

Henderson takes Protyre Asphalt Rally Championship honours in Argyll as Stone snatches series lead

David Henderson scored maximum Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship points the first time out in his new Michelin-shod Keco/PAR Petroleum-backed Ford Fiesta Rally2 after a magnificent run on the Dunoon presents Argyll Rally – while third has given John Stone the lead in the drivers’ standings.

Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally ready for biggest event yet

Dunoon will be welcoming over 140 rally cars and crews to the Cowal Peninsula this weekend as the Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally hosts one of the biggest motorsport events in Western Scotland on 24/25 June.

Taking place on the closed-public roads surrounding the coastal town of Dunoon for a second year in a row, a bumper list of entries will tackle two days of fast-paced rallying with some of the best sealed-surface rally drivers in the country taking part in the unique motorsport weekend.

Protyre Asphalt Rally Championship overall lead up for grabs in Argyll

Mark Kelly, Steve Wood, John Stone and Neil Roskell will have their signs set on grabbing the lead of the Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship when Round 3 of the series, the Dunoon presents Argyll Rally, takes place on 24/25 June.

With neither series leader Ruairi Bell nor second placed James Williams contesting the closed road event, it’s a great opportunity for the asphalt experts to steal an advantage as the UK’s premier sealed-surface series heads to Scotland for the second time in as many events.

Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally back for more in 2022

The popular Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally will make a sensational return to the British rally calendar on 24/25 June as the Dunoon based closed-road event launches details of their 2022 offering.

Running for three years as a forest rally, the event made a dramatic shift to a closed-road sealed surface event in 2021 and organisers Mull Car Club have this week, released the regulations with a host of impressive changes for the action-packed weekend of motorsport.

Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally breaks new ground

The Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally provided a spectacular weekend of motorsport action for the community as 120 crews contested the new-look event which took place across the spectacular roads near Dunoon on Friday and Saturday (25/26 June).

Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally plans in full-swing for new-look event

Organisers are delighted to announce that planning for a new-look Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally is at an advanced stage for the 25/26 June motorsport weekend.

In a dramatic shift in format, the previously all-gravel round of the KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship switches to a closed-road sealed surface event for the first time in 2021 and despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the event is hoping to go ahead as planned this summer.