2025 British & Irish Championships

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Motor Sport (North West) Limited Announces Postponement of North West Stages Rally Event.

Motor Sport (North West) Limited hereby announce that the next running of the North West Stages rally, originally scheduled for March 2026, has been postponed to a future date, likely March 2027.

This difficult decision was made by the Directors of Motorsport North West after careful consideration. The primary motivation is to ensure that the organising committee has the time, resources, and financial backing required to deliver an event of the highest possible standard—something both competitors and spectators have come to expect from the North West Stages.

In addition, Motor Sport (North West) Limited is committed to working collaboratively with the organisers of the new closed-road rally event in Yorkshire. By moving to a biannual format, both events will be better placed to share valuable volunteer resources and avoid unnecessary strain on the motorsport community.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Closed road rallying comes to the Yorkshire Dales !

https://www.northallertonautoclub.co...orkshire-dales

[Sal yet again]

https://yourherefordshire.co.uk/all/...oogle_vignette

Not so great news for another closed road event...

[HKSjbg]

Kind of surprising given this event is pretty well established now. Though not surprising given how out of touch some Herefordian residents can be.

Pretty much every country road in the county is being, or has already been, torn up and repaved his summer so it’s a shame none of them will be used!

[AndyRAC]

I just find it utterly depressing; not helped by a biased Councillor causing trouble........

Though, as I've often said, we left the 'closed roads' too late in this country - should have been done 15-20 years ago. Anti-motorsport/ pro green has grown in that period........

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Very nice to see Will Creighton and Mez Evans on the Nicky Grist Stages.

Mez is still not so fast though and only sitting 3rd after the morning. He really should be getting to grips with the Yaris by now.

[Steve Boyd]

Mez is still not so fast though and only sitting 3rd after the morning. He really should be getting to grips with the Yaris by now.

He performed better (compared with Creighton) in the afternoon loop where the start intervals for the leading 4WD cars was changed to 2 minutes. It would have been difficult to do this for the morning loop because the number of starters would have left little time to clear the stages before the second runs.
He may also not like the heat - it was over 30 degrees where I was between SS3/7 and SS4/8!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

He performed better (compared with Creighton) in the afternoon loop where the start intervals for the leading 4WD cars was changed to 2 minutes. It would have been difficult to do this for the morning loop because the number of starters would have left little time to clear the stages before the second runs.
He may also not like the heat - it was over 30 degrees where I was between SS3/7 and SS4/8!

Yeah I saw he was better on the second loop, but the damage was already done.

Edit:
Maybe I was a bit harsh, reading this which states he had a spin and a puncture. He thinks he's finally learning how to be fast on gravel...

https://britishrallychampionship.co....6n3aV2grs29WTg

I'll reserve judgement until after the Grampian.