The ITRC 2025 is first off the start line...
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The ITRC 2025 is first off the start line...
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But seems 2025 BRC news even sooner !
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Happy to see the ER Stages being a round of both the BRC and tarmac championships but just hope (and please take this in the manner its intended) that it doesnt cause issues with the event being too popular spectator wise.
https://britishrallychampionship.co....2025-calendar/
Consistency on the calendar front; East Riding replaces NW as we knew, Ceredigion becomes one scoring round.
2025 Probite British Rally Championship calendar:
Round 1 East Riding Stages Rally Beverley 23 February
Round 2 Severn Valley Stages Builth Wells 12 April
Round 3 Borders Competitions Jim Clark Rally Duns 23-24 May
Round 4 Voyonic Grampian Forest Rally Banchory 8-9 August
Round 5 JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion Aberystwyth 5-7 September
Round 6 Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally Llandudno 25 October
Chris Ingram gave a reply to criticism of the length of the rallies...
"I personally couldnt afford to do the championship if the rallies were any longer. Its decent value as it is and fairly achievable through sponsorship."
Osian Pryce seconded that.
Round 5 JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion Aberystwyth 5-7 September
so we know wales is on ERC 25, right?
Kielder Forest Rally taking a break for 2025
https://kielderforestrally.co.uk/kie...rest-for-2025/
Shame to see it, but hopefully can come back stronger in the future.
edit:
Looks like it has been replaced with the Grizedale Stages Rally in Dec 2025. Definitely a worthy replacement!
The event formerly known as the Pirelli International Rally, part of the BRC and usually run in late April, sometimes May.
Not surprised the midges have been blamed they are brutal! Sadly another likely effect of climate warming.
Does that mean that the BTRDA may start and finish using the same stages? Potential for the weather to come into play as both the Wilson and Grizedale have been affected by snow in recent years.
Given what we had a year or two ago I think his year has seen a sensible increase in event KMs. It would be wishful thinking to expect much more when the BRC seemed to be dying on its arse not so long ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
An innovative plan run a double header alongside the Border Counties Rally in May 2025 was unfortunately not supported by the Border Counties team.Quote:
Originally Posted by archie106
It would have been interesting to see how that would have worked, perhaps SRC for the BCR and BTRDA for Kielder and BRC or BHRC running the combined event maybe?
Personally, I think it would be sensible to run the Border Counties and Kielder Forest Rally on alternate years.
Neither event gets a huge entry, and as they are both within a month of each other, shouldn't be too difficult to do. This way you could have both SRC and BTRDA (depending on calendars) on the same event, which would likely make each event much more financially stable.
The alternate years strategy seems to be working quite well over in Ireland, both for the national championship and the gravel championship.
Won't happen though unfortunately.
Go back 40 years and the Border Counties was in both BTRDA & Scottish Championships. I seem to recall there was a barrel of beer at stake between the Scots & the Anglos depending on who finished higher.Quote:
Originally Posted by archie106
It made the BBC News !Quote:
Originally Posted by archie106
On rallying's wider issues, Joe Hutchinson, who is part of the organising committee, said the motorsport was in "an interesting transition period".
"The Jim Clark and other closed road rallies are doing well but forest stage rallies, which have been the mainstay since the 1970s are struggling," he said.
"We all love images of Colin McRae driving sideways through the trees, but if we want that to continue then we need more support from the governing bodies."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxrygz2vrqo
It's an interesting one.
With the relative lack of snow we have seen in recent years further south and in Wales, I wonder if the rally calendar will end up shifting to September-May rather than March-Dec as in the past.
The ITRC has a title sponsor for 2025 and the first for a while - NAPA Auto Parts.
https://www.facebook.com/10006347428...40aB7S9Ucbxw6v
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It looks like the series is still going strong, although the launch did say that greater promotion was required and it deserves more coverage being a 'hidden gem'.
2025 PROTYRE BTRDA Rally Series dates :
# MALCOLM WILSON RALLY. 8th MARCH. Cockermouth / Lake District
# RALLY NORTH WALES. 29th MARCH. Welshpool / Mid Wales
# BORDER COUNTIES RALLY. 10th MAY. Jedburgh / Tweed Valley
# NICKY GRIST STAGES. 12th JULY. Builth Wells / Mid Wales
# WOODPECKER STAGES. 30th AUGUST. TBA / TBA
# TRACKROD FOREST STAGES. 27th SEPTEMBER. Filey / North Yorkshire
# CAMBRIAN RALLY. 25th OCTOBER. Llandudno / North Wales
# GRIZEDALE STAGES. 6th DECEMBER. Ambleside / Lake District
Announcement here:
https://www.btrdarally.com/the-stars...-but-who-with/
Still think Grizedale is a brave pick at that time of year and using the same stages ostensibly as the opener but fingers crossed for them.
I'm not sure Grizedale in December is at any greater risk from the weather than Grizedale in March. My fingers are crossed for both!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal yet again
Has anyone noticed that ‘Anglo Caledonian Rally’ has changed name to ‘Rally Anglo Caledonian’? I thought it was a mistake the first time I saw it but it now seems official, it must’ve taken the RACMC a year to realise they can still call the event ‘the RAC’
Nice Castrol video with MEM Yaris action from the BRC:
https://x.com/Castrol/status/1859884671972036948
Do we think sometime after this weekend’s RAC the BHRC will announce the 2025 calendar?
2025 Circuit of Ireland and Ulster Rally move to two-day format...
https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/spo...073749199.html
I can’t find it officially anywhere but ewrc has the 2025 BHRC season down as a 7-event calendar:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/season/...tish-historic/
You're right, there's nothing on the RACMC web site (yet) but the dates were published in the November 28th edition of Motorsports News in the historic news section edited by Paul Lawrence.Quote:
Originally Posted by HKSjbg
2025 Roger Albert Clark Rally route outline
Wednesday - Carmarthen start
Thursday - Welsh forests
Friday - classic mid-Wales stages
Saturday - afternoon and evening leg in the western end of Kielder Forest
Sunday - southern Scotland
Monday - central block of Kielder (40 mile final stage)
https://www.facebook.com/RogerAlbert...ZhkKmjf6ymbTrl
Seems like a good route, especially the late start on Saturday. I just hope they are a bit more adventurous with the Welsh stages next year. Would be nice to see stages such as Brechfa, Trawscoed, Margam or Rheola used for a change.
The South Wales forests haven't been used for years; all the events that used to use them have gone.....Rheola, Resolfen, Rhondda, Tyle, St Gwynno, Walters Arena, etc What is the saying, "Use them or lose them...."
The forests that are used will be those that NRW allow the organisers to use.
Those that haven't been used in a long time may have had permission revoked like the Coed-y-Brenin complex, Beddgelert & Drws-y-Nant in North Wales.
It sounds like many of the classic forest stages wont be available now even if by some miracle Wales Rally GB was to receive the funding to come back. :(
A tarmac event (Ceredigion) may be the only hope, which although great in itself, it wouldnt be the proper event we all love.
The 2025 Stellantis Cup UK/IE will also include the new Lancia Ypsilon HP Rally4 ;)
But the Lancia Ypsilon range isn't available in the UK and Ireland though :mark:
Snowman cancelled again, but this time with no chance of it running later in the year as it did this year:
https://www.snowmanrally.co.uk/
Entries now open for the East Ridings Stages.
https://www.rallies.info/webentry/20...ies.php?type=u
Increased mileage for the 2025 Jim Clark Rally...
https://jimclarkrally.co.uk/borders-...route-in-2025/
According to Xlerate on FB...
Reigning British Rally Championship Champ Chris Ingram has entered the The East Riding Stages Rally - 23/02/25.
Ingram will return to the UK stages with Alex Kihurani beside him in the co-driver seat to pilot the Castrol backed Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 run by Welsh outfit, Melvyn Evans Motorsport to tackle the first closed road rally of the year in Yorkshire.
Edit. Yep , he's on the list !
https://www.rallies.info/webentry/20...ies.php?type=u
So far a few names from '24 BRC that haven't appeared other than Max McRae (although after I first posted this 2 tba entries from M Sport have popped up) however regardless the provisional entry for the rally does show the appetite for closed road events. I know the organisers have been able to squeeze another 10 entries into the mix but even with 160 start places available and the usual last minute drop outs there will be a few disappointed crews I suspect. Slightly surprised that there arent a few Irish crews testing the water however already looks like being the best rally of the season in this part of the world.
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy has two cars entered into East Riding Stages and presumably JBRC but after the initial ballot has closed. So will be 23rd and 24th reserve!
I was surprised with Ingram after saying he was taking a break due to impending fatherhood.
No Osian Pryce is a shame and no Cronin too.
So as it stands according to East Riding entry the BRC top flight consists of:
Roger Henderson - Fiesta Rally2
Neil Roskell - Fiesta Rally2
Callum Black - Fiesta Rally2
James Ford - C3 Rally2
Matthew Hirst - Fabia Rally 2
John Stone - Polo R5
Sam Touzel - Fiesta Rally2
Jason Pritchard - GR Yaris Rally2
Elliot Payne - Fiesta Rally2
Meirion Evans - GR Yaris Rally2
Hugh Brunton - Rally 2 Evo
James Williams - I20N Rally2
Max McRae - ??
Sean Quigley - Fiesta Rally2
Roger Duckworth - Fiesta R5
M-Sport - Fiesta Rally 2
M-Sport - Fiesta Rally 2
Ingram doesn't say on entry list currently he's doing BRC.
He is taking a break from starting on Rallye Monte Carlo ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC