British & Irish Rally calendars 2023

[AndyRAC]

Sadly, winning the BRC doesn't mean the sponsors will come rolling in; Cronin, Edwards among the multi winners having trouble raising cash. And as already said, Pryce's plans for a ERC campaign don't look like they've come to much.

I can't say I've been overly impressed with the EVO involvement; I was expecting more from them.

[Sal yet again]

British rallying is once again in a slightly odd position. The Wilson despite being a BRC/BTRDA round is not showing a reserve list which is interesting. One of the future rounds of the circuit championship at Cadwell which a couple of seasons ago would be oversubscribed at release is showing around 50 or so entries. Contrast that with the East Riding stages last weekend which was up around the 140 entry mark. Are we seeing a shift or just crews wanting a new challenge?

The Irish on the other hand seem to be unaffected even if its all a bit up the air about Donegal and they are supporting multiple drivers at ERC and WRC level..

[HKSjbg]

even if its all a bit up the air about Donegal

Don’t leave us hanging like that… what’s going on with Donegal??

[Sal yet again]

There were some suggestions that the organising commitee had resigned en masse and other issues however a statement has now been issued stating the rally will go ahead as planned now.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Spooky... this just appeared on my FB feed...

https://www.motorsportauctions.com/c...s-package.html

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Special Stage Rally Show Ep1.
https://youtu.be/0NC08ytO5gY

[HKSjbg]

Reduced mileage all but confirmed by the looks of it. The BRC’s only extra stages will be a third run through Greystoke

https://www.ewrc-results.com/timetab...ally-brc-2023/

[AndyRAC]

Ah Greystoke, which is of course not a spectator stage......

Never feel the Malcolm Wilson is the most 'spectator friendly' event. The Whinlatter stages are quite early, then it's a drive south to get to Grizedale.

[HKSjbg]

Looking at the Grizedale mileage I think Plan A was repeats of those two, which would have made it more worthwhile for the trip to those forests. You could almost see this coming when the BRC manager Reece Tarren was absolutely losing his nut in an interview over the prospect of 61 miles/98km running all in one day... As if that was supposed to be mind-blowing

[AndyRAC]

It's the BRC, it's meant to be hard...98km in a day shouldn't be thought of as unfair. One concludes that too many have become used to 45 miles (72km) BTRDA events......