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British Rally News ~ MIDDLETON TO DRIVE PROSPEED SKODA ON BULLDOG RALLY
posted on 28-09-2005

Following on from an impressive drive on the recent Wales Rally GB, whereby he finished inside the top twenty, Craig Middleton plans to contest the Bulldog Rally next month, this time at the wheel of the ProSpeed Motorsport Skoda Octavia E3 which as usual will be sponsored by Matador Tyres.

British Rally News ~ Jones romps to Plains Rally win
posted on 28-09-2005

Rally preparation and test ace Geoff Jones loaned a customer car for this weekend's Plains Rally, and the Welshman duly romped home to a stunning 17 second victory on the Welshpool based event.

Bonner burns Bio' in world debut of Trident Iceni GT2 race car
posted on 28-09-2005

British GT regular Alan Bonner gave the Trident Iceni its first shakedown test in Norfolk and will join Enzo Mucci for the GT2 Sportscar's World debut of the Bio Diesel at Silverstone on October 8th for the last two races of the British GT Championship.

BSB News ~ SEVENTH HEAVEN FOR MASON
posted on 28-09-2005

Bennetts British Superbike Championship - Round 12 – Donington Park, Leics

24th/25th September

BIRD SET TO RING THE CHANGES FOR BRANDS HATCH


Stobart Honda rider Gary Mason overcame difficult damp conditions to record a best result of seventh position at the penultimate round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Donington Park today.

BSB News ~ BRIDEWELL’S GET THE BLUES!
posted on 28-09-2005

Round 12 - Bennetts British Superbike Championship Meeting – Donington Park, Leics.

Sunday 25th September 2005




TOMMY AND OLLIE DEPART DONINGTON DISAPPOINTED

After what has been a truly remarkable season by anyone’s standards, Etchilhampton near Devizes in Wiltshire brothers Tommy and Ollie Bridewell left the penultimate round of the 2005 Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Donington today disappointed after missing out in their respective races

John Price Rallying Tour of Epynt preview
posted on 23-09-2005

There are two rounds of the 2005 GPR MSA National Asphalt Rally Championship still to run – and two drivers fighting for the overall title. Battle recommences on Sunday 2nd October when the flag drops on the Port Talbot Motor Club organised John Price Rallying Tour of Epynt and, indeed, Price himself is one of those involved in the offensive as he attempts to put his name on the trophy for what would be a record twelfth time.

British Rally News ~ 'Sombre end to Middleton's Matador-esque performance'
posted on 21-09-2005

MATADOR Tyres backed driver Craig Middleton put in a strong performance to finish inside the Top Twenty of Wales Rally GB, but the result was overshadowed by the tragic death of a leading competitor on the event. The accident brought the rally to a premature end on the final leg of the FIA World Championship rally.

TON UP CLUB ROUND OUT CAR RACE SEASON AT CROFT
posted on 18-09-2005

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th September 2005. D&DMC Championship Club Car Meeting

Celebrating their centenary, Darlington & District Motor Club visit their local Croft Circuit next weekend for the final car race meeting of the summer season and with another full programme, it promises to be action packed from the start.

British Rally News ~ ALL GO FOR 2005 SG PETCH HAMSTERLEY FOREST STAGES RALLY
posted on 15-09-2005

SG Petch Hamsterley Forest Stages Rally 2005

Sunday 13th November 2005



The popular and little-used forest of Hamsterley in County Durham will echo to the sound of modern day rally cars when Ripon Motorsport Club organises the 2005 SG Petch Hamsterley Forest Stages Rally which takes place on Sunday 13th November.

VOUILLOZ CLAIMS SECOND IN PROSPEED FABIA
posted on 15-09-2005

Championnat de France des Rallyes

57ème Rallye Mont-Blanc Morzine

08/09/2005 - 11/09/2005





Frenchman Nicolas Vouilloz scored an impressive result at the weekend when he finished second on the 57th running of the infamous Rallye Mont Blanc in the ProSpeed Motorsport Skoda Fabia WRC.

British Rally News ~ Higgins: I want to score on Rally GB
posted on 15-09-2005

Stobart Motorsport driver, Mark Higgins is targeting a top eight finish on the Wales Rally GB this Sunday - Britain's round of the FIA World Rally Championship.

British Rally News ~ Wilson Jr. keen to better '04 GB result
posted on 15-09-2005

Stobart Motorsport driver, Matthew Wilson has confirmed that he would like to better his 2004 Rally GB result this weekend, when he takes in the event for the second time in his career.

British Rally News ~ David Higgins targets GB Group N glory
posted on 15-09-2005

Reigning British Rally champion, David Higgins has said that he will be going all out for the Group N win on the Wales Rally GB this weekend.

Although Higgins has had a difficult season to date in the BRC, as an independent entrant not registered for the FIA Production Car WRC, he does not have to keep in mind the need to score championship points and as such his aim is simple - to take the Group N victory.

British Rally News ~ Beebe and Butler Step Up To World Class
posted on 15-09-2005

British Rally Championship 'Stars Of The Future' front runner Matt Beebe and co-driver Ross Butler will join the best rally drivers in the world next week, when they compete in the Wales Rally of Great Britain, the UK's round of the World Rally Championship. The event will be the biggest challenge for the crew, with both Matt and Ross in only their second season of competition.

British Rally News ~ Championship chase heads for Pickering
posted on 15-09-2005

It's a case of something old, something new as many of the UK's top rally drivers arrive in Yorkshire on October 8/9 for the penultimate round of this year's Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship.

British Rally News ~ Lanarkshire Youngster’s Drive in the Park
posted on 12-09-2005

Bothwell youngster Alick Kerr, just seventeen years old, teamed up with experienced co-driver Jim Howie last weekend for the Park Systems Rally based at Newton Stewart with special stages throughout the Galloway forest.

British Rally News ~ CHAMPION ONE STEP CLOSER TO CHAMPIONSHIP.
posted on 12-09-2005

2005 Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge


Round 7 Park Systems Rally, - Newton Stewart September 10th .



Ryan Champion and co driver Craig Thorley maintained the Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge lead despite suffering three punctures on Saturday's Park Systems Rally .

BSB News ~TOMMY ROCKS ON!
posted on 12-09-2005

Round 11 - Bennetts British Superbike Championship Meeting –Oulton Park, Cheshire

Sunday 11th September 2005

TOM TAKES VICTORY AS OLLIE RACKS UP THE POINTS AT OULTON

In what has got to be one of the races of the season, 17 year old Tommy Bridewell from Etchilhampton near Devizes in Wiltshire showed maturity beyond his years to claim a sensational victory in the Virgin Mobile Cup race at Oulton Park today.

BSB News ~ PAIR OF NINTHS FOR MASON
posted on 12-09-2005

Bennetts British Superbike Championship - Round 11 – Oulton Park, Cheshire

10th/11th September



Stobart Honda rider Gary Mason recorded a pair of ninth place finishes in both races of today’s round eleven of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park in Cheshire.

British Rally News ~ BIRD FLIES TO PARK STAGES VICTORY
posted on 12-09-2005

Round 6 – The Park Systems Stages National Rally – Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland

Saturday 10th September 2005



Stobart Motorsport driver Paul Bird regained the lead in the 2005 MSA National Gravel Rally Championship following a day of drama in the Scottish forests which comprised the Park Systems Stages National Rally.

British Rally News ~ BIRD TAKES PARK STAGES VICTORY
posted on 12-09-2005

Round 6 – The Park Systems Stages National Rally – Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland - Saturday 10th September 2005



Stobart Motorsport Ford Focus WRC driver Paul Bird romped to a timely victory when he claimed his first win of the season following a dramatic Park Systems Stages Rally based in southern Scotland today.

British Rally News ~ PARK PROBLEMS THWART PEREZ
posted on 12-09-2005

The 2005 MSA National Gravel Rally Championship

Round 6 – The Park Systems Stages National Rally – Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland - Saturday 10th September 2005




Defending ANCRO National Rally Champion Steve Perez relinquished his title on the same event that he won it twelve months earlier when a combination of problems scuppered his bid on the Park Systems Stages Rally.

WRC News ~ THE WELSH FORESTS AWAIT THE MITSUBISHI WRC TEAM
posted on 12-09-2005

After tackling the varied and tricky asphalt in Germany two weeks ago, the Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports WRC team heads back to gravel in the UK for Wales Rally GB (September 15-18) and the 12th round of the FIA World Rally Championship. The team will once again field a two-car entry with Harri Rovanperä/Risto Pietiläinen and “Gigi” Galli/Guido d’Amore behind the wheel of the Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05s.

British Rally News ~ TEST BOOSTS BIRD’S CONFIDENCE AHEAD OF PARK STAGES
posted on 08-09-2005

Round 6 – The Park Systems Stages National Rally – Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland -Saturday 10th September 2005



Stobart Motorsport driver Paul Bird completed a comprehensive day of testing in a Cumbrian forest today and immediately declared his intention to take the challenge to his MSA National Gravel Rally Championship rivals on Saturday’s Park Systems Stages National Rally.

Historic Rally News ~ Graham and Cooper take FIA Historic title
posted on 08-09-2005

Historic Rally Car Register member Ernie Graham has won the 2005 FIA Historic Rally Championship in his Mk1 Ford Escort.

British Rally News ~ 'Škoda chance is just FAB for Craig!'
posted on 08-09-2005

MATADOR Tyres backed driver Craig Middleton will look to spearhead the charge of the privately entered drivers on Wales Rally GB (Sept 15-18), Britain's round the of the FIA World Rally Championship.

British Rally News ~ BRAKES BREAK JENNINGS' CHARGE
posted on 05-09-2005

The penultimate round of the Pirelli Irish Tarmac Championship took crews north of the Border to Armagh for the Philip White Tyres Ulster International Rally this weekend, where 124 miles of stages beckoned the protagonists in this ultra competitive series.

British Rally News ~ HIGGINS FIGHTS BACK TO SCORE MAXIMUM PBRC POINTS
posted on 05-09-2005

Driving one of the two works Mitsubishi Motors UK Lancer Evolution VIII MRs, David Higgins (from Trefeglwys) and his co-driver, Daniel Barritt (from Burnley), came away from this weekend's Philip White Tyres Ulster Rally, round six of the Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship, scoring maximum points in the Production Category.

Struggle at Cadwell for Johnson
posted on 05-09-2005

National Superstock Championship

22-year-old Hinckley based rider Dave Johnson gained a valiant 14th place at the 10th round of the National Superstock Championships aboard the Xpress Racing/On Fire Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 at Cadwell Park on Monday.

British Rally News ~ ‘SECOND’ BEST FOR HUGHES ON WOODPECKER RALLY
posted on 05-09-2005

The Woodpecker Stages Rally 2005 – Ludlow – Saturday 3rd September 2005

Simon Hughes very nearly gave the ProSpeed Motorsport Skoda Octavia WRC Evo 3 its maiden win in a British forest when he came within a single second of clinching a dramatic victory on Saturday’s Woodpecker Stages Rally.

British Rally News ~ DONNELLY TAKES ULSTER
posted on 04-09-2005

Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship
Rd 6 - Philip White Tyres Ulster Rally, Armagh, 2/3 September



A right royal battle took place over the final four stages of the Philip White Tyres Ulster Rally. With 16 seconds between them and 21 stage miles left, Eugene Donnelly in the Toyota and Tim McNulty in the Subaru were oblivious to everything except their own personal duel. Spectators were left gasping at the sheer pace of the competition at the head of the field on this joint seventh round of the Pirelli Irish and sixth round of the Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Championships.

British Rally News ~ Higgins keeps lead in BRC.
posted on 04-09-2005

Mark Higgins still leads the Kwit-Fit Pirelli BRC following the Philip White Tyres Ulster Rally Saturday - round six of the championship, however he endured a somewhat troubled event.

JAGUARS SET TO DOMINATE ACTION AT CROFT
posted on 04-09-2005

Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September 2005. CSCC Championship Club Car Meeting

The penultimate car race meeting of the 2005 season takes place at Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire this forthcoming weekend (September 10/11th) when the Classic Sports Car Club heads North for a bumper 17 race programme over the two day meeting.

British Rally News ~ PRESSURE MOUNTS IN ULSTER
posted on 03-09-2005

Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship

Rd 6 - Philip White Tyres Ulster Rally, Armagh, 2/3 September

After Special Stage 12 (of 18) - Pressure Mounts in Ulster

After 12 stages of the Philip White Tyres Ulster Rally Mark Higgins now has a comfortable cushion, the Ford Focus driver has a 52 second lead over the second placed driver, but it's not Andrew Nesbitt.

British Rally News ~ RALLY LEADER GETS A FRIGHT
posted on 03-09-2005

Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship
Rd 6 - Philip White Tyres Ulster Rally, Armagh, 2/3 September

After Special Stage 10 (of 18) - Rally Leader Gets a Fright

The second day of the Philip White Tyres Ulster Rally started with a bang in the early hours of Saturday morning when rally leader Mark Higgins struck a telegraph pole. "It was my biggest fright ever," recalled Mark, "the car landed just over a bump with one wheel on the grass." According to Andrew Nesbitt, running next car on the road, Mark's tyre marks indicated three 360 spins

British Rally News ~ HIGGINS IN CONTROL
posted on 03-09-2005

Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship
Rd 6 - Philip White Tyres Ulster Rally, Armagh, 2/3 September

Andrew Nesbitt seized an early lead on the first stage of this year's Philip White Tyres Ulster Rally, the local man taking nearly 5 seconds out of the pursuit. Mark Higgins snatched back 4 seconds on the next one and Nesbitt struck trouble on the third when he overshot a junction and stalled the engine.

British Rally News ~ JOHNSON FROM BIRD BY A POINT….
posted on 03-09-2005

Round 6 – The Park Systems Stages National Rally – Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland

Saturday 10th September 2005


The battle for the 2005 MSA National Gravel Rally Championship goes into the penultimate round next Saturday (10th September) with just a single point separating the top two drivers meaning round six of the series will be one of the most dramatic of the season.

British Rally News ~ BRC to finish on high in 2006 with Rally GB.
posted on 03-09-2005

The organisers of the British Rally Championship have confirmed that the series will conclude with the Wales Rally GB next year, Britain's round of the FIA World Rally Championship, a major coup.

British Rally News ~ BRC set for 'radical' change in 2006.
posted on 03-09-2005

BRC boss, Mark Taylor has confirmed that the British Rally Championship will get a 'major overhaul' in 2006, when a Group N 'production car' series will be heavily promoted in a bid to cap the costs of competing at the top level.

British Rally News ~ Hendy: I need a good result in Ulster.
posted on 03-09-2005

Steve Hendy returns to action this weeekend, following the summer break, when he heads to Northern Ireland for the Ulster Rally.

British Rally News ~ Galligan: I have to think about title now.
posted on 03-09-2005

Mitsubishi UK works driver, Rory Galligan has admitted that he will have to focus on the championship next weekend, when the BRC heads to Ireland, for round six in the series.

BTCC News ~ VX RACING ENDURES THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF KNOCKHILL
posted on 03-09-2005

VX Racing came one race closer to the milestone of 100 race wins with Yvan Muller taking victory in the first race of the three-race Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship programme at Knockhill today.

BSB News ~ BATTLING TOP TEN FOR BRUISED MASON
posted on 03-09-2005

Bennetts British Superbike Championship - Round 10 – Cadwell Park, Lincs – 28th/29th August

Stobart Honda rider Gary Mason rode through the pain of a torn cruciate ligament sustained in a high speed qualifying incident to post a tenth position in race two of round ten of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at a warm and sunny Cadwell Park today.