Callum Black and Jack Morton win the 40th anniversary Protyre MSUK Asphalt Rally Championship title

Callum Black and Jack Morton are the 2023 Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship drivers’ and co-drivers’ champions, having scored maximum points on both days of the double header JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion (2-3 September).

The new champions won the title for the first time on the 40th anniversary of the UK’s premier sealed surface series, and were the only crew to score maximum points on more than one round, with victory the Manx National (day two), Argyll Rally and the penultimate and final rounds held over the two day Rali Ceredigion.

Osian Pryce romps to Rali Ceredigion victory

Osian Pryce reminded fans why he is the reigning British rally champion by winning the biggest and most prestigious rally in the UK when he romped to victory on the 2023 JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion (2-3 September).

Osian Pryce ‘back home’ in a Volkswagen Polo for this weekend’s Rali Ceredigion

Osian Pryce will lead a star-studded field away at the start of this weekend’s JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion (2-3 September) as the reigning British rally champion contests the event in a Melvyn Evans Motorsport-prepared Volkswagen Polo GTI R5.

Osian won the event in 2019 (when it ran for the first time as Wales’ first ever closed road stage rally) driving a Hyundai i20 R5 and finished second (to Hayden Paddon/Jared Hudson) last year in a Polo – and starts this year’s event as number one seed.

Neil Roskell and Callum Black go head-to-head at Rali Ceredigion in fight for the 40th anniversary Protyre MSUK Asphalt Rally Championship title

Neil Roskell and Callum Black go into a head-to-head fight for the 40th anniversary 2023 Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship drivers’ title on the final double header round of the series, the JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion (2-3 September).

Roskell, who finished runner-up last year, leads the UK’s premier sealed surface series after six high-scoring finishes in his Michelin-shod ND Civils/Burdens/Witham Motorsport Ford Fiesta Rally2. However, the Blackpool driver has a large total of 46 points to drop (unless he scores less on the final two rounds) – as the best six scores from eight rounds count. Co-driven by Andrew Roughead, the very worst that can happen is that Roskell remains on his current 157 points – which will at least secure him second place again. Not that he’ll be happy to settle for that two years running.

Rali Ceredigion replaces Tour of Epynt in the 2023 Protyre BTRDA Asphalt Rally Championship calendar

Rali Ceredigion has replaced the Tour of Epynt in the 2023 Protyre BTRDA Asphalt Rally Championship calendar.

Pearson ups his asphalt pace with confidence boosting Rali Ceredigion result

Duns rally driver Garry Pearson underlined his asphalt pace at last weekend’s Rali Ceredigion [3-4 September] after battling for a podium spot in the Motorsport UK British Rally Championship.

Pearson and co-driver Dale Furniss entered a thrilling duel for third place at the fifth round of Britain’s premier rally series, which took place over two hard-fought days on the closed roads around the seaside town of Aberystwyth in Wales.

Osian retakes British Rally Championship lead after ‘near perfect’ Rali Ceredigion

Osian Pryce has retaken the lead of the British Rally Championship after a ‘near perfect’ result on the Get Connected Rali Ceredigion in his Demon Tweeks-backed Volkswagen Polo GTI R5.

With just two rounds of the series remaining – the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire (23/24 September) and the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally (29 October) – the move back to the top of the drivers’ standings comes at a crucial time in his bid to become British champion for the first time.

Wood takes Protyre MSUK Asphalt Rally Championship lead while Williams scores maximum points on Rali Ceredigion

Steve Wood has taken the lead of the Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship at a crucial time in the 2022 series, after a skilful performance on the Get Connected Rali Ceredigion (3/4 September).

It was James Williams who took maximum points on the Aberystwyth-based closed road event in his Michelin-shod JDS Machinery Hyundai i20N Rally2 – becoming the first driver this year to score top marks more than once. What’s more, the result gives his navigator Dai Roberts the lead in the overall Protyre Asphalt co-drivers’ standings.

Rali Ceredigion

The 2nd running of Rali Ceredigion saw the BRC tackle the closed roads and they were joined by former Hyundai WRC driver, Hayden Paddon. Paddon, co-driven by Jared Hudson (i20 R5), went fastest through the opening two sea front tests before Keith Cronin & Mikie Galvin (Polo R5) went fastest on SS3, taking the rally lead. The final stage of 4 would not prove so good for Cronin as he crashed out and most crews were given notional times. Paddon then took over the lead and 6 fastest times from the 8 stages on the Sunday saw him take victory by just under 40s. Osian Pryce & Noel O’Sullivan (Polo R5) were 2nd and 1st BRC crew home with James Williams & Dai Roberts (i20 N Rally2) completing the podium.

Repeat Rali Ceredigion victory would be a major boost to Osian’s British Rally Championship title aspirations

A repeat win on the Get Connected Rali Ceredigion would be a major boost to Osian Pryce’s British Rally Championship title aspirations, as he returns to the challenging Cambrian Mountains closed road stages this weekend (3/4 September) in his Demon Tweeks-backed Volkswagen Polo GTI R5.

Osian made history when he won Wales’ first ever closed road stage rally in 2019, driving a Hyundai i20 R5 car from the Melvyn Evans Motorsport stables.