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It is with regret that Cumberland Sporting Car Club Ltd have decided to postpone this year’s inaugural Kielder Forest Rally to 2021. Having taken on board both Government and Motorsport UK Guidance along with discussions with our partners at Forestry England we feel this is the right decision given the current uncertainty with the Coronavirus […]

The regulations have been published and entries are now coming in for the Kielder Forest Rally, the new event which replaces the much-admired Pirelli International Rally and a round of the Fuchs Lubricants British Historic Rally Championship in addition to several other series including the Motoscope HRCR Northern Stage and the local SG Petch / […]

Preparations for the all new Kielder Forest Rally are now well under way, despite the recent inclement weather, with the super compact event planning to run six stages, all based around the well known Greenside Forest Parking Facility with the ceremonial start just up the road at Kielder Castle. The six stages will consist of […]

The new Kielder Forest Rally, which will run on April 25th, will really live up to its title with the rally organisers opting to base the rally slap bang in the middle of the Kielder Forest complex with rally headquarters located at Kielder Castle and the service area utilising the Forestry England’s Greenside site adjacent […]

The new format Kielder Forest Rally promises to be an all action super sprint with 6 stages totalling some 45 miles and a minimal road mileage, all packed into just 6 hours making it one of the most compact events in the rally calendar. Starting in front of the imposing façade of Kielder Castle, an […]

An “All-New, Short Sharp” format will greet competitors to the Kielder Forest Rally, the new event from Cumberland Sporting Car Club, which replaces the club’s long-established Pirelli International Rally, for many years a mainstay of the British Rally Championship. This new event, a round of the FUCHS Lubricants Motorsport UK British Historic Rally Championship, the […]

Outline plans have been revealed for the Cumberland Sporting Car Club’s Kielder Forest Rally, the new clubmans style event which will replace the club’s long-running Pirelli International Rally which has been the mainstay of their activities for almost 40 years but is now to be refreshed and overhauled to make the event more attractive to […]

The Cumberland Sporting Car Club, organisers of the Pirelli International Rally, have had a major shake-up to their organising team with the long-standing Chairman, Brian Kinghorn, standing down, along with the club’s Treasurer Chris Walker and committee members David Love and Brian Davidson while Jonathon Lord also departs after 20 years exemplary service. Together, they […]

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. […]

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 […]