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.

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Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally reveals outline plans for 2023

The Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally will return to the British rallying calendar in 2023, taking place on 26-28 May.

The popular event will once again head to its traditional host town of Duns in the Scottish Borders for a spectacular weekend of closed-road motorsport.

James Williams closes in on Protyre Asphalt Rally Championship lead after Jim Clark charge

James Williams has closed to just one point behind Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship leader Ruairi Bell after scoring maximum points on Round 2 of the series, the Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally (27/28 May).

Co-driven by fellow west Walian Dai Roberts, James set a stunning pace in his Hyundai Power Products-backed Hyundai i20 R5 to score his best result to date in his Michelin-shod car.

Pearson takes maiden BRC podium at the Jim Clark Rally

Duns rally driver Garry Pearson secured his first Motorsport UK British Rally Championship podium last weekend [27-28 May] by taking third overall at his home event, the Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally.

Based in his hometown in the Scottish Borders, Pearson and co-driver Dale Furniss threaded their Asset Alliance Group and Hankook Tire backed Ford Fiesta Rally2 through the unforgiving closed-public roads in fine style, to secure Pearson’s best BRC top-flight result.

Jim Clark Rally brings a bumper weekend of motorsport to the Borders

The Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally made a welcome return to Duns in the Scottish Borders this weekend [27-29 May], as the popular motorsport event blasted back into action with three days of top-level rallying in the region.

Jim Clark Rally

The Jim Clark rally returned to the BRC and following the exclusion of Osian Pryce & Noel O’Sullivan (Polo R5) on the opening night, Keith Cronin & Mikie Galvin (Polo R5) to victory by 36.2s from James Williams & Dai Roberts (i20 R5). Garry Pearson & Dale Furniss (Fiesta Rally2) completed the podium in what proved to be a chaotic event. In the National event Steve Wood & Dale Bowen (Fiesta WRC) won from Mark Kelly & Neil Colman (Fiesta R5) and Steve Simpson & Neil Shanks (Fiesta Rally2) in 3rd.

Jim Clark Rally set for spectacular weekend of action

The Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally will welcome a dazzling list of rally crews to Duns this weekend [27-29 May] as the best drivers in the UK and beyond head to the Scottish Borders for the revitalised event.

Over two hundred and forty drivers will tackle the closed public roads in Berwickshire across three days of motorsport action, bringing the sport of rallying into the heart of the community. The Jim Clark Rally will play host to the top-flight Motorsport UK British Rally Championship for the first time since 2014, as well as the Protyre National Asphalt Rally Championship and a host of regional series.

All aboard as the Protyre Asphalt Rally Championship tour heads to the Jim Clark

Ruairi Bell heads the Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship into Round 2 of the BTRDA’s sealed-surface series, the Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally (27/28 May) – and like the vast majority of drivers it will be the first time he has contested the Scottish closed road event.

But that’s unlikely to worry Ruairi or any other driver in fact, as all are well accomplished in tackling new stages and rising to the challenge of driving flat-out over previously unchartered territory.

Plans progress for Jim Clark Rally return

The Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally will blast back into action in 2022 after a two-year hiatus and the Duns based event is preparing to host some of the best drivers in the UK this spring [27-29 May].

Tour of Epynt to host opening 2022 Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship round as Paul Morris takes over as series co-ordinator

The Nigel Ferguson Fabricators Tour of Epynt on Saturday 16 April will host the opening round of the BTRDA-run 2022 Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship as Britain’s premier sealed-surface rally series completes a calendar, sporting regulation and management shake-up – with experienced rally navigator Paul Morris taking over as Championship Co-ordinator.