The long trip from Ipswich up to Carlisle proved to be a wise move for East Anglian Escort driver, Ben Friend, for not only did he finish an excellent 18th overall in the National A Historic category of the Pirelli Carlisle Rally but he was picked out as the lucky winner of the event’s “Road […]
There was a fairy tale ending to Saturday’s Pirelli Carlisle Rally when a hard fought day in the daunting Kielder Forest saw victory go to Peter Taylor from Smithfield, the young Border caravans backed driver taking his Ford Fiesta led the rally from the start and even an engine misfire on the final stage couldn’t […]
Next Saturdays Pirelli Carlisle Rally has certainly pulled in the competitors with an amazing 100 plus crews heading for Carlisle, where they will line up outside the city’s Old Town Hall prior to heading for the tracks of the giant Kielder Forest which hosts the rally’s ultra competitive special stages. There is a huge variety […]
A feature of the Pirelli Carlisle Rally has always been the appearance of the British Armed Forces Rally Team and their distinctive white Land Rovers which they drive with considerable panache and gusto, delighting the spectators as they hurl these massive, 2 tonne, monsters through the forest stages, the vehicles adopting some gravity defying angles […]
The Pirelli Carlisle Rally looks like attracting it’s best entry for years with some 80 plus crews already in the line up for the April 25th event, with the field including several overseas entries plus all the leading contenders in the Mintex MSA British Historic Championship and the West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C. Rally Championship. […]
The Pirelli Carlisle Rally will offer spectators, and the hundreds of enthusiasts who flock to watch the competing cars, an unprecedented view of the high speed action with some superb venues which have been specially selected so that everyone can get a really good look as the cars speed by, while knowing that they are […]