British & Irish Rally calendars 2023

[Sal yet again]

Another sad loss from UK rallying's old guard. Cyril Bolton made his name in a Mini in the Motoring News road rally championship and in his later career was seen behind the wheel of a Chevette HSR/Manta 400 and then a 6R4. Remember he also backed one C McRae and his Sierra on a Trackrod rally in the later 80s.

Condolences to his family and friends

[Sal yet again]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/neuvi...s-best-friend/

I know this is technically a 2024 thread item however you might need to reserve a place behind the hedges sometime soon for this...

[HKSjbg]

https://www.raliceredigion.co.uk/fil...entry-list.pdf

Disappointed to see Fourmaux won’t be heading to Ceredigion I’ll still be going for at least one of the days though, should be some brilliant spectator spots to choose from

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://www.raliceredigion.co.uk/fil...entry-list.pdf

Disappointed to see Fourmaux won’t be heading to Ceredigion I’ll still be going for at least one of the days though, should be some brilliant spectator spots to choose from

It's lucky that locals Osian Pryce and Meirion Evans are able to fund entries or the quality of the Rally2 Class would be pretty abysmal.

[AndyRAC]

It's lucky that locals Osian Pryce and Meirion Evans are able to fund entries or the quality of the Rally2 Class would be pretty abysmal.

It does seem that UK drivers aren't interested in these events; will they support it if it gets ERC status? If it's anything like the IRC Rally Scotland, then the answer is 'NO'!

[the sniper]

It'll be nice to see the C3 Rally2s, for a bit of variety.

[Steve Boyd]

I remember, decades ago, that the thing to make the BRC better was to allow recce's - the recce ban was the thing that was holding British drivers back.

Ever since they allowed recce's on BRC events the British drivers have stopped doing them and the championship has been in a decline. The drivers have just done BTRDA events - one day, no recce, 40 - 45 stage miles.

Why would anyone expect them to come out on a European Championship event?

The organisers' only hope for local entries is to tag on a shorter, no recce event on one day and try to get it in the National Tarmac Championship.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Meirion Evans replied on Twitter re the Rali Ceredigion entry...

"There are plenty of Rally2 cars, just for me it’s a shame the U.K. still allows R5+ cars."

I said there are only 4 Rally2 cars in BRC and he said:

"Yes but there are about 15-20 Rally2 cars not in BRC. This is the point I’ve made all year. If everyone had the same car (not R5+) and the BRC lowered its registration fee then surely it would be a massive step in the right direction on the whole."

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Rali Ceredigion @Rali_Ceredigion

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[AndyRAC]

Meirion Evans replied on Twitter re the Rali Ceredigion entry...

"There are plenty of Rally2 cars, just for me it’s a shame the U.K. still allows R5+ cars."

I said there are only 4 Rally2 cars in BRC and he said:

"Yes but there are about 15-20 Rally2 cars not in BRC. This is the point I’ve made all year. If everyone had the same car (not R5+) and the BRC lowered its registration fee then surely it would be a massive step in the right direction on the whole."

What does the higher registration fee go towards? As the media coverage is no better (in fact it's worse) than national club events......

Also, you can imagine the fallout if they banned R5+ cars.....