In a tight battle in which there was never more than a few seconds between the leading contenders, Tom Cave / Dale Bowen took victory on the Pirelli International Rally giving Cave back to back maximum British Championship points and what must have been a very sweet victory at his 9th attempt at the event. […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Matt Robinson / Dave Robson scored a dominant victory on the Historic Section of the Pirelli International Rally, the latest round of the FUCHS Lubricants Motorsport UK British Historic Rally Championship, profiting from the demise of early leaders Nick Elliott / Dave Price who misread a chicane to crash out of the event on only […]
Saturday morning commuters and those people making an early visit to the supermarket were greeted by the site of a cavalcade of brightly coloured rally cars roaring out of Carlisle and heading for the Kielder Forest and the opening stage of the Pirelli International Rally, the opening round of both the British Rally Championship and […]
There will be festive fun and a real “Street Party” atmosphere as Brampton hosts the finish of Saturday’s Pirelli International Rally with the competitors roaring right into the centre of the Cumbrian market town following a day of all-out action in the huge Kielder Forest. The Brampton Parish Council and the local traders have pulled […]
Although the Pirelli International Rally doesn’t start until the following day, rally enthusiasts and spectators are more than welcome to come along to the H & H Borderway Auction Mart on Friday (26th April) to see the teams arrive for pre-event scrutineering. The public can meet the crews, collect autographs and take photographs of the […]
Kielder Forest’s gravel tracks will echo to the thunder of high revving engines this weekend as the Pirelli International Rally brings a field of over 100 super fast rally cars to the North Tyne valley reviving the days when the legendary Lombard RAC Rally was an annual highlight for thousands of enthusiasts who flocked to […]
Joining the British Rally Championship regulars on the Pirelli International Rally will be a brace of Hyundai i25s headed by Finnish ace Jari Huttunen who will be making his first appearance on the Carlisle based event. Huttunen, who will be co-driven by Annti Linnaketo, shot to prominence in 2016 with a dominant performance in the […]
The Pirelli International Rally organisers are delighted that the 2019 event will see a welcome return by the Armed Forces Rally Team who are bringing their full compliment of 5 outfits to the Carlisle based rally for the opening event of their season and they are really looking forward to the opportunity to test themselves […]
The lure of the Pirelli International Rally and the opportunity to drive the legendary Kielder Forest stages has persuaded two times New Zealand Rally Champion, Derek Ayton to travel the 12,000 miles from his home, situated right at the bottom of that country’s South Island, to Cumbria and join a host of the UK’s top […]