BUILTH Wells will host a stage of the Probite British Rally Championship in 2025.
Sponsored by UK-based performance brake manufacturer Probite, the British Rally Championship will aim to build on the overwhelming success of the 2024 season, by continuing to offer an established formula which saw some of the best drivers in the business battle it out for the coveted British titles, going down to the final stage of the final round of the year.
In a bid to ensure costs are reduced at all levels of the championship, Britain’s premier rallying series will feature six rounds on the UK mainland.
In its 67th season, the BRC will retain its focus on high-profile and more challenging rallies, adding a new rally to start the season to compliment a tried and tested roster.
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A new addition to the BRC, the East Riding Stages Rally will provide a scintillating curtain raiser for 2025 and offers an earlier start to the season for eager crews.
Taking place on 23 February, the Yorkshire closed public roads around the Beverley rally base will evaluate contender’s mettle over ten challenging stages.
In April, the series heads for the world-class gravel of the Severn Valley Stages based in Builth Wells which once again offers one of the longest one-day gravel events in the country.
Threading its way through classic stages from the Wales Rally GB archives, the Builth Wells-based event takes crews into iconic tests such as Myherin, Sweet Lamb and Hafren.
The Scottish Borders play host to the Borders Competitions Jim Clark Rally in May while the Voyonic Grampian Forest Rally returns to the roster near Aberdeen in August.
September will once again offer the opportunity for the BRC contenders to go toe-to-toe with some of the best drivers in Europe at the JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion.
Witnessing a fitting season finale in 2024, the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally will once again bring the curtain down on the BRC in October.
BRC manager Reece Tarren said: “The 2024 season was one of the best for the British Rally Championship in recent times and so it made total sense to build on the success of the past season and offer some stability to our competitors, teams, fans and stakeholders.
“Each one of the events in the calendar this year absolutely stands out for me and really rose to the occasion so we did not want to disrupt what we have worked so hard to build up over the past 12 months.”
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