The Roger Albert Clark Rally is THE 'must do' historic rally.
📆 23 - 27 November 2023
Recreating the iconic RAC Rallies of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
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⚠️ Event Stopped
Due to the extreme weather, high winds and falling frees, event organisers have stopped tonight's event to protect everyone in the rally.
Normal service will be resumed tomorrow as we tackle Leg 3.
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📹 Car 150
🧡 Without you, we are nothing 🧡
The dedication & unwavering commitment shown by each & every one of our volunteers and officials over the last five days has been outstanding.
For the bottom of our hearts; we thank you all.
Couldn't do it without you. 🤝
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#ThanksMarshal
🔴 Leg 4
We are delighted to be back up and running once again and it's been a privilege to catch up with the entire field here in Welshpool.
@BBC_TopGear
very own
@harrismonkey
and
@BrynPierce
have been loving their adventure so far! 🙌
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🔴 Fan Cam
🔊 BDA at its best
@OsianPryce
and
@Noelsull1
on a charge through SS8 this morning.
The long and unforgiving 17 miles of Bewshaugh didn't faze this pairing.
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2021
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✅
The 14th running of the RAC Rally has been a `challenge` but we simply could not have done any of it without the dedication & support of all our volunteers.
The organising team THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts.
So, about 2023...
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⚠️ Attention Spectators ⚠️
PLEASE ensure you ONLY stand in places that are safe.
Organisers will not hesitate to stop stages if spectators are standing in unsafe locations - ruining the rally for you, the people around you and the competitors.
The Organisers.
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We are pleased to announce that each of the Forestry areas will welcome spectators to this year's
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Full details of the spectator packages available are now available:
Exact Car Parking locations for each stage will be published next week.
🔍 Technical checks
Today is all about scrutiny and our technical teams inspecting cars for safety and compliance ahead of the rally.
What a variety of cars too! 🙌
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🗺️ 2023 RAC Rally Route Revealed 🗺️
The detailed route for the 2023 Roger Albert Clark Rally (November 23-27) has been revealed ahead of five full days of forest rallying covering Wales, Scotland and England.
Read more
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Heroes!
Each & every volunteer who has worked tirelessly over the past, well, can't begin to think how many hours, days, weeks & months!
Thank you just doesn't seem strong enough, but THANK YOU to everyone who have helped make this epic event happen!
YOU'RE ALL AWESOME 🤙
🔴 2023
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📈 End of Day 1
What a way to end the first day!
1. Pryce/Evans 43:16
2. Solberg/Edmondson +1s
3. McCormack/Mitchell +26s
4. Barrett/Noble +1m:16s
5. Pritchard/Clarke +1m:18s
Full results:
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🔴 Extensive media coverage for Roger Albert Clark Rally
The
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will enjoy extensive media coverage once again in 2021, with stage end LIVE broadcasts & the return of the popular RAC Rally Report.
Full story and LIVE broadcast location:
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🔴Seeded Entry list 📃🔴
The Seeded Entry List is now available to view and it's pretty damn impressive!
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The final event timetable has also now been published but the running order will be published on the 19 November.
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🆕 2023 Roger Albert Clark Rally update 🆕
A detailed route outline for this year's Roger Albert Clark Rally will be unveiled at the annual RACRMC awards night on February 4.
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🎥 Extended media coverage planned for 23' 🎥
This year's
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will feature its biggest media campaign so far in the rally’s 15-year history with live streaming of on-stage action and end-of-stage insight and interviews.
You won't miss a thing!
Two more stages stand between
@Ryan_Champion
& Craig Thorley making history by taking victory in the 2021 Roger Albert Clark Rally.
They will be the first non - Ford crew to do so since the event's inception in 2004.
Good luck to all our crews in the final loop! 🤞🤞
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🔴 Scrutineering 🔎
Technical checks continue until 7pm tonight and again from 10am tomorrow but many crews are making the most of an early scrutineering slot.
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🔴 Scrutineering 🔎
Whilst we may have our fair share of Escorts this year, there is still an eclectic mix of makes and models tackling the 2021 event 👌
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🔴 2023 Roger Albert Clark Rally date announced
The date for the next edition of the Roger Albert Clark Rally has been confirmed as Thursday 23 to Monday 27 November 2023.
Read more:
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🔴 It's almost time..
Don't miss a thing from this year's event by joining us on our social channels for all the news & updates.
⏰ Set your reminders for the
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Report every day at 8pm on Facebook with the
@SpecialStageuk
squad 👌
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#ExcitedMuch
#Fever
🔴 After SS8
The longest stage of the rally; Bewshaugh at over 17 miles saw Barrett / Noble grab another stage win but only by one second from
@JasonNRG
/ Clarke.
@OsianPryce
/
@Noelsull1
drop 19s to the leaders.
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⚠️ Breaking News
@JasonNRG
and Phil Clarke are out of the lead of the Roger Albert Clark Rally after rolling in Dyfi.
That means Paul Barrett and Gordon Noble now take the lead as crews head to Dolgellau for service.
ℹ️ Crew all OK.
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ℹ️ Solberg to re-start!
Oliver and Elliott WILL re-start the final day of the event - pending a full assessment from the team back at Carlisle.
Fingers crossed! 🤞🤞🤞
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⚠️ 24 Hour Warning ⚠️
Join the queue...🧑🤝🧑🧑🤝🧑🧑🤝🧑
Entries for the 2023 Roger Albert Clark Rally open at 6pm tomorrow night [March 1st].
Check out the regulations here:
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📢 Useful links 📢
🔗 Spectator info:
(Tickets are now only available on the gate: Walters Thurs / Sweet Lamb Fri / Sat-Mon all gates - CASH only.)
🔗 Live results:
🔗 Timetable:
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📸 Pre-event forum
Thank you to our drivers for a quick chat before tonight's ceremonial start in Carmarthen Town Centre 🤝
Crews will cross the start ramp from 7pm and
@HenoS4C
will be hosted from the ceremony.
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⛔Follow the action⛔
*NEW*
🎤 The
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Report
🗓️ Every night at 7pm
🙋♂️
@SpecialStageuk
&
@PaulWoodford84
🎥 Updates/news. Highlights the following morning.
🎤 Facebook LIVE
🗓️ All week
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@MCRMotorsport
🎥 Leg starts/finishes & stage ends.
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🔴 Leg 2 ✔️
A massive thank you to all marshals, volunteers & officials who braved the biblical conditions in Kielder tonight - all true heroes. 👏👏
The predicted storm has certainly arrived 🌪️❄️
Full results can be found at:
🏴 Tomorrow 👌
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⚠️EVENT STATEMENT⚠️Update at 01:45
Due to the inclement weather encountered and the fact we still have Competitors, Officials and Stage Personnel in the stages, the start of Leg 3 - Saturday 27th November will be delayed until 10am.
Please keep safe.
The organising team
Is there a better way to kick off today's scrutineering session than with the
@G_DEMEVIUS
and Gregoire de Mevius pairing?
Rallying at its finest?!
So the question is..
#ToyotaCelica
GpB
Or
#Nissan240RS
The choice is yours...
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⚠️ Drama for Meeke
Rally leader Kris Meeke suffers a nightmare run through SS5 and SS6, with a mechanical issue costing him over 6mins to bow out of the rally lead - handing it back to Pryce with Solberg chasing hard.
One stage remains today!
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3,2,1, spray that champagne! 🍾
Congratulations to our top three, now it's time to celebrate!
1st:
@martymccormack
& Barney Mitchell
2nd: Matthew Robinson & Sam Collis
3rd: Roger Chillman & Bryan Thomas
Thank you to Jordan Road Surfacing for the sponsorship of the champagne 👍
And now for something a little different...
David Hutchinson's Toyota GT86 wears an iconic livery and is now ready for next week's
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.
What a weapon!
HERE - WE - GO! 🙌
Entries are now open for the sensational Roger Albert Clark Rally. Five days of the best rallying the UK has to offer - and YOU could be part of it!
Enter at:
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Very glad my team mates Rory and Paul were OK after multi roll, same corner same stage
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both Avengers out. We are trying to fix
@netherocarbon
team car. Restart tomorrow.
⚠️ BREAKING NEWS ⚠️
Oliver Solberg & Elliott Edmonson have been forced out in SS28 Harwood 2 with half shaft issues.
Crew all ok - more as we have it...
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So excited to finally share with you all that I’ll be competing on the
@RACRMC
in a brand new FIA Historic MK2 Escort.
I can’t thank Scott and the boys at
@SWMotor_sport
for this opportunity enough.
🔴 On their way!
Wishing everyone who is heading to Carlisle today and tomorrow a very safe trip! 🙏
Alan Jardine's crew are just leaving Dungannon in Northern Ireland for the journey over. 🚢
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🔴 Scrutineering 🔍
After a long two years of waiting, technical checks for the 2021 Roger Albert Clark Rally gets underway here in Carlisle.
And so it begins...
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#ExcitedMuch
😁
Everyone has a story to tell.
🔴 Car 150 Andrew Pidden has traveled from Hong Kong whilst co-driver Thomas Pidden comes from Australia to contest the rally.
The Cortina hasn't been used since the 2019 event & is now loaded and ready for the short (!) trip to Carlisle.
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Nooooo 😢😢
So near yet so far for the
@EdslSport
/
@RallyCUK
crew of Alex Waterman and Glyn Thomas - sadly they retire in the penultimate test.
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🔴 Leg 2 update
Sadly the weather took its toll on both equipment and media team during our live feed.
Look out for the RAC Rally Report at 8pm right here and we will bring you news from the final loop as we have it.
No one ever said this rally was easy 😬🙌
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🗓️Day6️⃣
📌Carlisle - Home😭
🚦SSM6➡️ *Insert postcode here*
⏱️Wake up - When you walk through the door
📝Today see's the worst day of the rally as we all suffer severe PRD (post rally depression)
In future, day 6 will be banned & the rally will continue for ever
🚗🤙🏁
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