A revised calendar for the 2025 Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship has been announced following the cancellation of the opening two events of the season in the aftermath of Storm Darragh.
The season will now open with an away event in the mighty Kielder forest as the Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship joins the British and British Historic Rally Championships on the Carlisle Stages on Saturday April 12.
The new event, put together in record time by the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club, will offer 50 miles in the spectacular Kielder complex and will form the opening round of the Welsh championship, running on the date originally planned for the Severn Valley Stages.
With both Rally North Wales and the Severn Valley Stages cancelled for 2025 due to the damage inflicted by Storm Darragh, the Carlisle Stages will offer an ideal season opener before the planned start of the Welsh forest rallying season with the Plains Rally on Saturday May 17.
Although it is very rare for the Welsh Rally Championship to venture far outside Wales, the chance to tackle Kielder offers an ideal event during an enforced gap in in the proposed calendar.
To ensure that Welsh championship contenders are able to secure an entry for the Carlisle Stages, 30 places will be reserved for the Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship until the end of February.
Regulations for the event are due to be available from Monday February 3 and entries will open at 6pm on Monday February 10.
