Tag: NEIL HOWARD STAGES RALLY

The 2025 Salford Van Hire Neil Howard Stages at Oulton Park once again provided the curtain raiser for the 2025/26 Protyre Circuit Rally Championship. Traditionally, the Neil Howard Stages not only opens the Protyre season but also brings Oulton Park’s busy motorsport calendar to a close for winter. Organised, as ever, by the Bolton-le-Moors Car Club, this year’s event featured 53 miles of technical stages that made full use of the Cheshire circuit’s perimeter roads and infield sections. The rally also included the much photographed water splash on two stages, as well as a gravel section running parallel to the start finish straight, making it one of the most varied challenges competitors will face this season.