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Hell, that's some goingQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
https://www.rallies.info/webentry/20...ies.php?type=u
North West Stages provisional entry is up with a certain Christopher Ingram entered in a Toksport Fabia..
Top class driving from Evans. He was good to watch all weekend!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I had a bit of a "moment" over the jump in that video back in the 2016 Galway International :)
See here: https://youtu.be/yyh3VkOOQfU?t=293
Good memories!
So the NW Stages wasn't a joke from Chris, although I think saying he'd do it in a Micra was ! :)
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
The AR Podcast are doing a special with Matt Edwards - apparently a review of his career as he confirms he hasn't the budget for doing either BRC or ITRC this year.
No budget, for a multi BRC champion.....words fail. When are the MSUK going to get their act together and actually help sort the mess that is British Rallying? A damning indictment of the sport in this country.
So seems that's Cave and Edwards both now gone from the BRC due to finance - the two very top driver's that we can ill-afford to lose.
This year's Championship will be a shadow of what it was even in recent years.
What incentives are there though? There is no decent media or television coverage, there is no fan fare around it and the events themselves are lack lustre and stale.
How can the likes of Belgium and France be thriving for their national championships? Because they are well promoted with big incentives for the winners and those events are the pinical in those countries. There are way too many events and championships in the uk
I think at the moment the BRC is going for quantity over quality. I’d like to see the number of events reduced down to 5 if that meant 2 tarmac rallies with the same combined stage mileage as the 3 currently on the calendar and 3 gravel events with the same combined mileage of the 4 we have now.
So long as there were rallies out there that are prepared to do that we could have 3 100km gravel rallies and 2 165km tarmac rallies (based on the last two runnings of the Jim Clark and the Corbeau and RBC’s own website stating this year’s event will be 95 miles of stages).
I’d also like to see a highlights programme dropped into some of the lulls in between race sessions on ITV4’s BTCC coverage. Perhaps commentated by Steve Rider, perhaps by Mark James.
Speaking of Mark James, has anyone else seen British Rally Media’s video on Wales Motorsport in BHRC?
https://youtu.be/8l-BMH7AX6Q
It may only be focusing on one team but the presentation and commentary are miles better than that ‘documentary’ feel that the BRC was going for last year. You don’t get the sense that the rallies are ‘only’ 70km long, 45 minutes and you’re done.
The BRC’s coverage last year started out alright, but after a while just fell a bit flat and was basically Colin Clark talking on top of video of obscure angles with a weird grey filter :(
I was checking out all the calendar shuffling on ewrc-results.com after Ypres joined the WRC on the same weekend as the Ulster - specifically the Celtic Rally Trophy and noticed Rali Bae Ceredigion is now a round of TER.
https://www.terseries.com/en/news/13...bae-ceredigion
That makes RBC the only rally in the country this year with the distinction of being part of a pan-european or world championship :D
Three Citroën C3 Rally 2 in northern Ireland(UK)!!! :D
Drivers/owners: Jonny Greer, Michael McGarrity and Darren Gass(ex-Mads Östberg WRC2 2021) ;)
All three are on entrylist of this weekend Orchard Motorsport Kirkistown Stages...
The UK & Ireland distributor for Peugeot Sport/Citroen Racing/Opel Motorsport rallying is based in Northern Ireland, in case anybody isn't aware, which I presume is likely to have heavily influenced this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
In fact, Michael McGarrity is driving in Orchard a DS3 R5(same as Cal McCarthy)... :mark:
Overall after SS3, Greer is leading with 10" over Stephen Wright(Ford) ;)
Greer won, Gass was 5th.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
Hope to see them in the coming ITRC rounds and see how they get on with the latest C3 Rally2.
Fatal rally accident as a result of an incident at the Killarney Forest Rally.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/...-40812705.html
British champion joins the BHRC at Rally North Wales.
Three-time British Rally Champion Matt Edwards will step into the FUCHS Lube UK BHRC in 2022, driving a FIAT 131 Abarth at the forthcoming Rally North Wales.
Read more: https://mailchi.mp/fc725a242dff/brit...s?e=6731e8eac0
Good to see the 2022 ITRC full highlights being shown on BT Sport.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMPGl8WW...g&name=900x900
http://www.ammandmc.co.uk/october-update/
Red Kite Stages cancelled due to a loss of Start/Service venue.....
https://www.rallies.info/webentry/20...ies.php?type=u
Great looking provisional entry list for the first round of this years BTRDA the Malcolm Wilson with a couple of MSport entries..
Meirion Evans and Matt Edwards too, but in historic cars.
Yes thats the "other" Meirion Evans, the BHRC driver.
Chris Ingram too in an Escort, how did you not spot that one Eddie?? :D
I did... that's the "other one" too.Quote:
Originally Posted by HKSjbg
New BRC Boss announced...
https://www.britishrallychampionship...ionship-reins/
Looking to go to watch the MW at the weekend however the website doesnt make it clear that tickets for Comb will be valid for Grizedale. Anyone else booked?
I looked, but saw you needed to book, and thought better of it; do we really still need to do this? I got the impression it was £10 per stage - it's also a bit tight regarding time getting from Whinlatter to Grizedale and be able to see all cars. I recall doing it about 10-15 years ago, but Grizedale was run about 13:00-13:30. It's an early start, and seemingly and early finish.
Thanks for confirming that, am surprised that track and trace is still a thing in the Lakes! Had tried to find out elsewhere however the social media route drew a blank. The field is reverse seeded I think so could probably watch the 4wds and top 2wds/historics at Comb then drive down to Grizedale however as my wife has now booked us tickets to see Tim Peake the night before so would mean a really early start with a slightly dubious weather forecast on Saturday so have decided to bin my plans regardless of the great looking entry. Hopefully the BTRDA wont be won by the time the Trackrod comes around!
After missing Galway, hopefully Jonny Greer gives the Citroen C3 Rally2 its Irish Tarmac debut this weekend in West Cork.
Sad to see Matt Edwards only advising with Pirelli tyres in West Cork this time. :(
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbNqcgsD...dium=copy_link
North West Stages this weekend. Anyone here going? Forecast looks great however as a lot of the access had to be pre-booked not sure if its worth a trip across.
No, not for me; not sure why pre booking is still needed. I wonder what other sports are still doing that?
I'm doing them a disservice slightly in that is certain " designated" spots however as I'm not too familiar with that part of the world to just take pot luck.
Does beg a question though with closed roads rallies in that most other places in the world that you can kind of go where you want within reason. Ok so Belgium is ticketed however most stages are generally open here we seem to need to monetise and limit everything.
I read that those bookable places are all sold out.
There's 'live coverage' on Special Stage though.
https://m.facebook.com/specialstage/?__tn__=C
No I'm not going, recalling what the official offering was last time and not being familiar with the area, I wasn't sure if there was much in it for spectating. Randomly, I'll probably be going for a walk in an empty Myherin or Hafren instead though, as the weather is looking good everywhere! :D Plus, should be out on Rally North Wales next week.
The Fiesta of Devine leading the way early on in West Cork.
YT live https://youtu.be/gefBfat3IUM
Jason Pritchard out of the NW Stages in SS4. :(
https://www.ewrc-results.com/quickp/...76535001_n.jpg
Ingram getting some air this afternoon on the stream...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOOchi9W...jpg&name=large
Unlucky for Pritchard hope it doesn't dent his BRC ambitions before they begin.
Day of gardening and allotment work a poor substitute for being stage side however having seen some of the footage online am planning a recce for next year as plenty of people out all over the shop!
West Cork day 2 live looking good, even onboards...
https://youtu.be/JlxXevddGtk
Gutted to hear Devine parked up after the last service. J. Moffett should have another win now.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOTbq3-X...jpg&name=large
North West Stages video, interesting statement from the event sponsor at 1:50 “expect better stages next year”…
https://youtu.be/4_oeWPSMpe8