Meirion Evans showed his intent for 2026 with a clinical victory at the opening round of the Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship. Meanwhile, it was business as usual in the BTRDA Gold Star rankings, with arch-rivals Matthew Hirst and Elliot Payne duking it out for top honours. In the BHRC, it was a returning old friend, Marty McCormack, who stood on the top step of the podium in his rapidly rising fan-favourite BMW M3.
Since 1955, the North Wales Car Club has been getting its hands dirty in National motorsport, and its flagship stage rally, the Cambrian, would return to the forest of North Wales this year in celebration of the club’s 70th year of organizing motorsport events.
The afternoon of Friday 26th September saw the North Yorkshire seaside town of Filey play host to almost 170 rally cars as they gathered on the sea front for the ceremonial start of the 2025 Trackrod Rally Yorkshire.