East Ayrshire Car Club has announced a programme of events to mark the club’s 50 years of motorsport. Formed in 1963 by a group of young enthusiasts, the Club has grown into one of Scotland’s leading motorsport organisations with over 370 members. One of the highlights of the half-century came in 1984 when realisation of a pipe dream was fulfilled [...]

The Motor Sports Association, governing body of UK motor sport, is launching its ‘Year of the Volunteer’ at this week’s Autosport International show (NEC, Birmingham from 10-13 January 2013) as well as giving show-goers an exciting opportunity to participate in a live motor sport event. Celebrating the invaluable work carried out by volunteers and encouraging others to get involved, the [...]

Darlington and District Motor Club are confident of a top quality field when the Autogas 2000 Jack Frost Stages Rally supported by Cartersport takes place at Croft Circuit on Sunday 20th January 2013. As with many events these days, entries were slow to start off with but in the past few days, a steady stream has started to arrive. The [...]

ŠKODA driver Jan Kopecký has taken his second consecutive victory on the Jännerrallye in Austria, round one of the new-look European Rally Championship by just half a second after a dramatic final day – with the winner only decided on the very last stage. Kopecký started Saturday’s eight stages with a 20-second advantage over the Peugeot of Bryan Bouffier. But [...]

The Mintex MSA British Historic Rally Championship has significantly strengthened its on-event organising team ahead of the 2013 season with the appointment of Neil Procter as the new deputy scrutineer for the series. Neil will work alongside long-serving series scrutineer Paul Loveridge, and his wealth of past experience is expected to strengthen even further the BHRC’s reputation for ensuring that [...]

The new-look FIA European Rally Championship promised ‘Serious Competition Ahead’ – and the International Jännerallye in Austria certainly delivered throughout the first day of action with five different car makes filling the top seven places and five different drivers winning stages. ŠKODA Fabia Super 2000 driver Jan Kopecký – last year’s winner – ends the opening day with an advantage [...]

Two of the most popular Subaru Impreza drivers to have journeyed from England to the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international in recent years are today confirmed for Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2). Kevin Procter will compete for the first time since 2009, while Rob Swann is back for the sixth consecutive year. Since entries opened on November 1 [...]

Whether you’re a forest rally regular or a virgin to the woods, the PlasticBags.IE 2013 Willie Loughman Forest Rally is the one event you need to enter next year! The Carrick Motor Club are giving ‘Willie’ a total revamp and are giving competitors an opportunity not to be missed. As new Clerk of the Course, Andrew Purcell stated: “This is [...]

In conjunction with the publication of the initial press release, the Carrick on Suir Motor Club are delight to also announce the simultaneous publication of the Willie Loughman Forest, ‘Rally Guide‘. Willie Loughman Forest Rally, press officer, Trevor McGrath said, “The publication of a downloadable guide like this has become the norm for events throughout the world in recent years [...]

Mid Antrim Motor Club will promote a clubmans stage rally in the Ballymena area on the 2nd of February. This is an ideal event to kick the 2013 season off with challenging stages held on a mixture of surfaced and unsurfaced lanes. It is also round one of the prestigious Mid Antrim championship which is held across four different events, [...]