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The Woodpecker Rally is now firmly settled into its new Mid Wales base after last year’s move from Ludlow. The switch has opened up some of the sport’s most famous gravel stages, with around 45 competitive miles on offer through Hafren and the rarely used Tarenig – stages that have shaped rallying history for decades.
Saturday 12th July 2025 marked a landmark occasion in British rallying as the iconic Nicky Grist Stages returned for its 40th consecutive year as part of the BTRDA Forest Rally Championship. Hosted once again by the experienced hands of Quinton Motor Club, the award-winning event drew more than 140 crews to the picturesque town of Builth Wells for the one-day gravel showcase.
Forest stage rallying in Wales is to be put on hold for months as NRW (Natural Resources Wales) deals with widespread damage to the Welsh Forests from storms and wintery conditions.
Three-time BTRDA Gravel Rally Champ Elliot Payne will return to contest both the BTRDA Rally and British Rally Championship.
The MRF Tyres BTRDA Rally Series arrived in Builth Wells, Wales for the second time this season at the Nicky Grist Stages Rally, Round 5 of the 2023 Season. This award-winning Quinton Motor Club organised event never fails to deliver a cracking one-day forest rally, on what we think are some mega gravel stages for this part of God’s own back garden (aka Wales). Eight stages (four of repeated) covered approximately 44 competitive stage miles and would once again feature classic and renowned tests on both MOD and Natural Resources Wales owned land.
The MRF Tyres BTRDA Rally Series makes a welcomed return to the national stage rallying calendar on March 11th. The Malcolm Wilson Stages Rally will once again take up the honours as the season curtain raiser for the 2023 Championships, where an exciting eight-round calendar is on the cards.
As part of our continued commitment to National Rallying coverage, Xlerate is pleased to confirm the return of the BTRDA Rally Series to its pages for 2023.
The MRF Tyres sponsored BTRDA Rally series arrived for its season finale in Llandudno, North Wales at the Visit Conway Cambrian Rally. Here is where the crews were faced with 8 tough gravel stages, covering 45 miles.
Entering the back end of the season now, the MRF Tyres BTRDA Rally series arrived in Ludlow for Round 6 of the 2022 Championships at the Phil Price Memorial Woodpecker Rally.
The Quinton Motorclub organised Nicky Grist Stages played host to Round 5 of the 2022 MRF Tyres BTRDA Rally Series; where 8 gravel stages covering some 44 competitive miles awaited the crews from its rally HQ in Builth Wells, Wales.