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Watkins overcomes fuel feed frustrations

Posted by Geoff Mayes Media on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 08:55PM

20 year old Welshpool based James Watkins and co-driver Geoff Mayes recovered from fuel feed problems on the opening tests of last weekends Roskirk Stages to stage a spirited fight back, ending the 12 stage rally 39 th overall from over 65 starters! Watkins and Mayes were fired up after a positive test session the week before but when the Makefast of Newtown and Rally Marketing of... read more

PEREZ CLAIMS UNEXPECTED VICTORY ON MALCOLM WILSON RALLY

Posted by Cartersport on Sunday, 07 March 2010 08:17PM

When Kick Energy rally driver Steve Perez spun and lost a minute on the second stage of today's Malcolm Wilson Rally, little did he expect to be crossing the finish line a few hours later as the winner having successfully defended the title he won last year. Driving the Ford Focus 07 along with Welsh co driver Paul Spooner, Perez, from Chesterfield, slid off on the treacherously icy Comb stage... read more

PUNCTURES DENY BIRD HISTORIC WIN ON MALCOLM WILSON RALLY

Posted by Cartersport on Sunday, 07 March 2010 08:16PM

Penrith rally driver Paul Bird saw his hopes of a record breaking fourth win on the Malcolm Wilson Rally cruelly snatched from his grasp when he was forced to retire on the penultimate stage in his native Lake District today. Along with Scottish co driver Kirsty Riddick, the Rockstar Energy, Vent Axia and www.supercasino.com backed pairing were well in command with a 22-second lead after... read more

PIRELLI TEG SPORT TEAM DECLARE TESTS A SUCCESS

Posted by Cartersport on Sunday, 07 March 2010 08:14PM

Defending MSA British Rally Team's Champions TEG Sport kicked off their 2010 campaign with some intensive testing as drivers Keith Cronin and Euan Thorburn were in action during the week at Sweet Lamb in Wales on Thursday followed by running as course cars as part of the two-car Pirelli TEG Sport team on today's Malcolm Wilson Rally. The Carnforth-based team were using their local... read more

MALCOLM WILSON SHAKEDOWN FOR PIRELLI TEG SPORT TEAM

Posted by Cartersport on Monday, 01 March 2010 06:52PM

Defending MSA British Rally Team's Champions TEG Sport kick off their 2010 campaign with drivers Keith Cronin and Euan Thorburn in action as part of the two-car Pirelli TEG Sport team on next Saturday's Malcolm Wilson Rally. The Carnforth-based team are using their local event as a shakedown prior to the opening round of the 2010 Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship which takes... read more

SEVENTH HEAVEN FOR DODD ON RALLYE SUNSEEKER

Posted by Cartersport on Monday, 01 March 2010 06:50PM

Defending champions Marcus Dodd and Andrew Bargery got the defence of their title underway in the best possible fashion with a sensational seventh victory on Rallye Sunseeker held in Bournemouth today. Driving the Hyundai Accent WRC the pair emerged 33.7 seconds ahead of the Peugeot Cosworth of Andrew Burton and co driver Robin Kellard, with former ANCRO champion Steve Perez and co driver... read more

ANOTHER SUNSEEKER PODIUM FOR PEREZ

Posted by Cartersport on Monday, 01 March 2010 06:48PM

Kick Energy rally driver Steve Perez overcame the disappointment of retiring from the event last year to record a superb podium placing on today's Rallye Sunseeker in Bournemouth. Driving the Ford Focus 07 along with Welsh co driver Paul Spooner, Perez, from Chesterfield, claimed a battling third place overall after 60 challenging stage miles on the opening round of the 2010 MSA Gravel Rally... read more

BTRDA Championship Bulletin 2010 - 1

Posted by Steve Gregg - BTRDA on Monday, 22 February 2010 03:25PM

Hello and welcome to the 2010 Silverstone Tyres BTRDA Rally Series. We hope you have a very successful and competitive Championship year. By registering you are now also a very welcome member, not only of the British Trial and Rally Drivers Association, which has been in existence for well over 70 years, but also of the most popular Forest Rally Championship for many many years and made so... read more

Watkins to contest F1000 rally championship

Posted by Geoff Mayes Media on Monday, 22 February 2010 03:22PM

Welshpool based James Watkins has confirmed plans to contest the highly popular and extremely competitive Formula 1000 Tarmac Rally Championship in 2010 and will use the very same Geoff Jones Motorsport run Nissan Micra with which he took a pair of class podiums in 2009. Watkins has secured backing from both Rally Marketing of Welshpool and Makefast of Newtown and it is thanks to this... read more

Shooter and LeGood win Mehta Award

Posted by Paul Lawrence on Monday, 22 February 2010 03:20PM

Chris Shooter and Bev LeGood have been announced as the fourth winners of the 'Shekhar Mehta Spirit of Rallying' award in recognition of their performance in the 2009 Dunlop/Gambia MSA British Historic Rally Championship. The award was presented at the annual HRCR awards evening on Saturday night (20 February) in Daventry. The special 'spirit of the championship' award is a cast bronze... read more

JRM take outright victory in Finland

Posted by Simon Slade - RPM Promo on Monday, 22 February 2010 03:18PM

JRM recorded its first outright victory this weekend, when Jari Ketomaa and co-driver Marko Sallinen won the second round of the Finnish Rally Championship in one of the team’s Mitsubishi Evolution Xs. Ketomaa led from the second stage and continued to extend his lead to win the event by a convincing margin of 41 seconds. As part of its ongoing development programme for the Group N... read more

Wright Wins Round One of FST Ireland 2010

Posted by Callum Craw 2010 FST Co-Ordinator on Monday, 08 February 2010 05:52PM

Quality not quantity was the order of the day at the first round of the 2010 Fiesta Sport Trophy Ireland championship. The Safety Direct Galway International Rally (6 February 2010) saw four Fiesta crews competing over the nine stages, totalling 136stage km, used on day one of the full international rally. Three stages made up day one with each stage visited on three occasions. ... read more

Watson to kick start busy season on Wyedean

Posted by Geoff Mayes Media on Monday, 08 February 2010 05:51PM

19 year old Tom Watson is eagerly looking forward to his first full season of rallying and plans to use this weekends Wyedean Forest Stages as a shakedown ahead of what will be a very busy year for the Swansea based rally driver. Watson, who only began competing in February 2009, will contest the MSA Welsh Gravel Championship, the Fiesta Sporting Trophy and the country’s premier... read more

Hockridge halted by throttle issues in Ireland

Posted by Geoff Mayes Media on Monday, 08 February 2010 05:48PM

Andrew Hockridge’s hopes of another strong finish across the Irish Seas was stymied by a faulty throttle body on last weekends Galway International Rally, the opening round of the 2010 Citroen Racing Trophy, but retiring whilst leading his class was small consolation for the rapid Welshman. Hockridge and co-driver Darren Garrod were back in action in their Geoff Jones Motorsport... read more

COOKSON UNVEILS 2 YEAR PLAN TO WIN BRC

Posted by Cartersport on Thursday, 04 February 2010 03:02PM

Saltash IT Director Alan Cookson and co driver Julian Wilkinson from Tunbridge Wells are planning to contest the MSA British Rally Championship for the first time in 2010 in their newly acquired ex-Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru N15. Cookson and Wilkinson have a two-year plan to contest the BRC series, after securing extra backing from long-term sponsors Wiseman Dairies, Kick Energy and... read more

2010 Fiesta SportTrophy Ireland kicks off

Posted by Callum Craw 2010 FST Co-Ordinator on Thursday, 04 February 2010 03:01PM

The 2010 Fiesta Sport Trophy (FST) Ireland season kicks off in style this weekend at the Safety Direct Galway International Rally. 2010 sees the start of a new era for FST Ireland with the introduction of the Fiesta R2. Competing alongside the tried and tested production class Fiesta ST, drivers in both cars are eligible to score championship points and win a share of the prize fund. ... read more

Sunoco to be BRC control fuel until 2011

Posted by Simon Moss on Thursday, 04 February 2010 02:59PM

The MSA British Rally Championship has announced that Sunoco will be the official controlled fuel supplier to the Championship for at least the next two years. Two options of fuel will continue to be available, a specially blended super unleaded “pump” specification and an FIA specification 102 octane, with the former being the control fuel for this year’s BRC Challenge. ... read more

Hockridge heads to Ireland for season opener

Posted by Geoff Mayes Media on Tuesday, 02 February 2010 09:07PM

Pwllheli based rallying ace Andrew is set to contest this weekends Irish Tarmac Championship season opener, the Galway International Rally, in his Signature Cheese backed Citroen C2R2 Max. The Welshman has not contested a rally since the Fastnet Rally in October and is looking forward to getting back behind the wheel of his distinctive Geoff Jones Motorsport run pocket rocket. Hockridge... read more

M-Sport Parts Bonus Scheme

Posted by Callum Craw 2010 FST Co-Ordinator on Monday, 01 February 2010 10:43AM

M-Sport, the company behind the BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team, is delighted to announce the launch of the 'M-Sport Parts Bonus Scheme' for 2010. The scheme will reward competitors using either the Group N Fiesta ST or the Fiesta R2 in the Northern Ireland Rally Championship, BTRDA Silverstar Championship and the Scottish Rally Championship during the 2010 season. The... read more

Fiesta SportTrophy UK entries open

Posted by Callum Craw 2010 FST Co-Ordinator on Monday, 01 February 2010 10:41AM

Fiesta Sport Trophy UK (FST UK) organisers M-Sport are pleased to announce that registrations are now open for the 2010 championship. Registrations are now being taken for both the Fiesta Sport Trophy and for the new Fiesta SportChallenge. Competitors who would like to compete in 2010 can register for either championship by completing the online registration form that can be found in... read more

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