Motorsport
West Cumbria slips into timewarp as vintage cars take to the roads
Published 1 December 2008
PARTS of Allerdale slipped into a time warp at the weekend when over 100 vintage cars competed in the annual Lakeland Trial.
Corser tries rally driving
Published 27 November 2008
FORMER World Superbike champion Troy Corser was in Cumbria last week to try his hand at rally driving.
Graves and Palmer pass the test in toughest rally
Published 27 November 2008
CHARLES Graves and Ron Palmer took an excellent fifth overall on the Rally of the Tests last weekend.
Wilson rolls back the years with RAC win
Published 20 November 2008
RALLY boss Malcolm Wilson showed that he can still do the business behind the wheel when he won the 2008 Roger Albert Clark (RAC) Rally.
Carlisle at the heart of nostalgia rally
Published 20 November 2008
MALCOLM Wilson/John Millington scored a dominant victory on the Roger Albert Clark rally that finished in Carlisle on Monday after four tough days and nights.
Kart action at Rowrah
Published 20 November 2008
THE action came thick and fast at Cumbria Kart Racing Club’s November meeting at the Rowrah Circuit.
Vintage time warp on Allerdale’s roads
Published 13 November 2008
Special night for motor club
Published 13 November 2008
WEST Cumbria Motorsport Club held a very special evening last week when Stuart Turner, formerly Ford’s director of European motor sport, came along for a chat.
Vintage cars start the nostalgia month drive
Published 13 November 2008
AS I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, November seems to have become nostalgia month in motorsport with all sorts of events for older cars, or in one case a modern version of an old event.
Hat-trick for father and son in northern championship
Published 6 November 2008
LAST weekend saw the Malton Stages in which West Cumbria Motorsport Club had three entries.
Three crews in fight for second
Published 6 November 2008
CONGRATULATIONS to Richard and Edwin Cook on winning the SG Petch ANECCC Stage Rally Championship for the third time.
Nostalgic November
Published 30 October 2008
NOVEMBER could just about be called Nostalgia month in terms of motorsport.
Clarks still in lead despite nut setback
Published 23 October 2008
THERE was disappointment and jubilation for West Cumbria Motorsport Club crews at the Keith Knox Stages rally, a round of the ANECC championship, at the Otterburn Ranges.
Tyre choice puzzle at Otterburn
Published 23 October 2008
AFTER losing the last two rounds of the championship, the Lindisfarne and the Tour of Hamsterley, the SG Petch ANECCC Stage Rally Championship returned to Otterburn for the Keith Knox Stages Rally.
Wilson Snr to race RAC
Published 16 October 2008
TWO of the biggest names in British rallying will be contesting the Roger Albert Clark Rally in November and both of them have strong links to Britain’s most famous rally driver, the late Colin McRae.
All our yesteryears on Solway Plain roads
Published 16 October 2008
CUMBRIA is lucky in that so many types of motor sporting activity take place here - we may not have a race circuit but the county sees many wonderful cars.
Three teams at Otterburn
Published 16 October 2008
WEST Cumbria Motorsport Club will have three crews travelling up to Otterburn this weekend to take part in the Cheviot Rally.
Full entry for Kames Classic
Published 9 October 2008
THE final speed event of the season took place at Kames on Sunday in quite superb weather, particularly in view of the dreadful day Saturday was!
Northern Speed reaches climax
Published 3 October 2008
THE TJ Services Northern Speed Championship reaches its conclusion on Sunday with the Kames Classic.
Young Wilson wins Colin McRae memorial event
Published 3 October 2008
WEST Cumbria Motorsport Club’s Matthew Wilson and co-driver Scott Martin won the Colin McRae Stages Rally at Dunns, Scotland.
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