NEW LOOK FOR BRITISH RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
Contenders in the British Rally Championship will tackle 15 miles of closed-road asphalt stages ahead of 45 miles of gravel on the season finale, the Cambrian Rally.
In a new development for the North Wales event, a 7.5-mile closed-road stage will be run twice on Friday evening (October 28) before the traditional 45 miles of gravel stages on Saturday.
The new stage, believed to be in the hills around Betws-y-Coed, will add a new dimension to the rally for those competitors in the national status event. However the organisers have added a rider that if a minimum of 20 national entries is not reached the
Friday night stages may be removed. To date, the BRC entry has been less than 20 cars on each of the first four rounds.
The final round of the BTRDA and Welsh championships will run across Saturday’s 45 miles of forest stages, which will include some sections of a former WRC Powerstage.
The event will be based in Llandudno, with new rally headquarters at the Venue Cymru conference centre and the service area at the Welsh Government offices in Llandudno Junction.
Clerk of the course Alyn Edwards said: “As organisers we never wish to offer the same challenges each year.
We are always looking for something new and this year’s route will offer all levels of competitor a different challenge. For the National Rally we have some night stages with 15 miles of closed-road asphalt on Friday. This year feels very exciting with the changes we have made helping to raise the event’s profile and put rallying in the public eye.”