This year’s Historic Rally Car Register open day at the Heritage Motor Centre near Gaydon in Warwickshire will be graced by the presence of a rallying icon, when former Rootes Group works rally driver Rosemary Smith jets in to be the guest of honour. Her attendance is the icing on the cake for the HRCR and provides the ultimate complement [...]

Marty McCormack has revealed that his outing at next week’s Turkey Run Rally may not be a one-off appearance behind the wheel of a Mini WRC… In an interview with RallyForums.com, the Draperstown driver admitted that “nothing is set in stone” and that “options are open” for the potential of additional events in the Mini, either in the local scene [...]

Rally America, Inc. and USAC will partner in 2013 to present the Rally America National Championship, a seven- event series spanning the country between January and October. The one-year agreement announced today expands USAC’s diverse calendar of motorsports entities which has included various sanctioning partnerships. Since its inception in 2004 Rally America has been considered the premiere rally sanctioning body [...]

Sol Rally Barbados 2013 is already more than half-way to its cap of 100 starters, with continued strong interest from Ireland helping to drive the number of International entries posted on-line to more than 30 a full two months earlier than last year. Since registration opened last month on the official web site, www.rallybarbados.net, a total of 52 entries has [...]

Derek and Alan McGeehan top the entry list for this year’s River Ridge Recycling Turkey Run Rally in their Mini WRC. They are one of two crews that have entered the event in a Mini, with recent Roger Albert Clark Rally winner Marty McCormack also set to move up to WRC power. McCormack is seeded at number eight but despite a [...]

In an exclusive interview with RallyForums.com, Bobby Willis has revealed more details on the Circuit of Ireland Rally’s withdrawal from the 2013 European Rally Championship. He reveals how one of the event’s backers pulled out at the last hour, and how he has financially supported the event over the past three years. An excerpt from the interview is shown below [...]

Ever wondered how Santa manages to deliver thousands presents in one night when Rudolph and his reindeer pals are struck down by illness? Students at Ballyvester Primary School, just outside Donaghadee, Co. Down, were left wide-eyed this week when Santa revealed one of the tricks that he uses on occasion…when he paid them a visit in a rally car! Santa [...]

Eurosport has confirmed its programming for the International Jännerrallye, round one of the new-look 2013 FIA European Rally Championship. Available on the Eurosport platform and online through Eurosport Player, the broadcast schedule for the Austrian event, which takes place near the city of Linz from 3-5 January 2013, is as follows: Friday 4 January 2013 Highlights Day One: 22:45hrs-23:15hrs (Eurosport2) [...]

West Wales Rally Spares has been confirmed as the sponsor for the 2013 RAC Rally Championship. With competitor support for the new championship already running well above target, the Ceredigion-based company has agreed to be title sponsor for the coming season. West Wales Rally Spares, headed by competitor and enthusiast Gareth Lloyd, is a renowned specialist in the supply of [...]

15-year old Ben Crealey from Portadown received his prize for winning the 2012 Junior 1000 Rally Challenge Ireland last week, when he visited M-Sport for an experience he is unlikely to forget for a long time. The first part of the day saw Ben join M-Sport for a test at Carlisle Airport. He was then introduced to members of the [...]