The REIS-Get Connected BTRDA Rally Series will have a regular Friday night slot on Motors TV
The outline schedule has now been confirmed for the 1 hour TV programmes on Motors TV based around each of the 8 championship events in the REIS Get Connected BTRDA Rally Series. They will be transmitted at a 9.30pm slot on a Friday night usually 3 weeks after the event. In addition to the eight event based programmes there will be a 2012 BTRDA Rally Series Review programme just before Christmas. We will send out reminders of the TV programmes at regular intervals in the Championship Newsletters and via the Facebook page.

These TV programmes have come about thanks to the arrangement between our title sponsors REIS and Get Connected and the team at Special Stage who will also be producing TV programmes covering the REIS-Get Connected MSA Asphalt Championship.www.mc-video.co.uk

Please note that the TV programmes are designed to feature the 2012 REIS-Get Connected BTRDA Rally Series and they will concentrate exclusively on the registered competitors, so make sure you smile for the cameras. The TV crew will identify championship competitors by the screen strip / decals on the car so please ensure that you always have the correct decals fitted.

We understand that the Wyedean Rally has received more than 200 entries for the 180 available places. With around 115 championship crews getting a run it should be a very competitive start to the season.

If you have not already registered for the REIS-Get Connected BTRDA Rally Series then you can do so at the BTRDA desk on Friday afternoon / evening at the Wyedean Rally. Please download a membership / registration form, fill it in, and bring it to the BTRDA desk. (cash or cheque)
Alternatively if you are not competing on the Wyedean then use the BTRDA on-line membership system.


Fiesta frenzy on home event

Following a very successful 2011, the Fiesta SportChallenge (FSC) teams and drivers head to the home of rallying in Cumbria, M-Sport for the 37th Malcolm Wilson Rally. The rally, which not only incorporates the hub of Ford rallying, but also includes some of the most iconic Cumbrian stages that have been used by some of the world’s best drivers.

Eligible cars for the FSC in 2012 include the Gp.N Fiesta ST, the new Ford Fiesta R1 and MS1. Debuting in 2012 is the Fiesta R1, built to current FIA R1 regulations and aimed at those just starting out on their rallying career, the Ford Fiesta R1 forms the first step on the Ford’s ‘Ladder of Opportunity’ which allows competitors to graduate, with Ford, from national level right through to the top echelons of the WRC. Prize money for the one make series is £500 for first, £300 for second and £200 for third places, with an exclusive end of year prize to test a Fiesta R2, Fiesta S2000 and have a passenger ride in a Fiesta RS WRC with an M-Sport WRC driver. With draft regulations now complete and available for download, the FSC registrations are officially open. Entries have already started to come in for the championship with some new and old faces on the bill; you can find the relevant regulations and registration forms at www.fiestasporttrophy.co.uk.

2012 will once again see a total stage mileage of 45 miles spanning seven stages throughout the Cumbrian countryside, with an event mileage of 190 miles. Teams will be based at the service park located just off junction 40 of the M6 motorway and will pass through Comb, Hobcarton, Greystoke, Grizedale and Wythop, finishing the event in the picturesque town of Cockermouth.

Entries for the Malcolm Wilson Rally can be found here 2012 regulations. We look forward to seeing you all at the start of February!

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Ford Fiesta Sporting Trophy

For information on the Fiesta Sporting Trophy series please contact Dave Pearce at M-Sport 01900 828888 who will provide details and take registrations. Cockermouth Tourist Information Centre will help with any accommodation information... please contact 01900 822634