RALLY CLUB

Autotesting is one of the sport’s most accessible categories, with competitors of all ages able to compete on a level playing field in any car. York Motor Club is on a mission to not only showcase this cost effective motorsport, but also get people involved. A variety of road, classic, rally and autotest special cars took to a demonstration course at The Motorist in Yorkshire, offering passenger r...

Club rallying and grass roots motorsport is all about the journey. Whilst some competitors use the pathways designed into our sport to progress to bigger challenges, others are happy to stay immersed and build their legacy in a particular category or championship. SS10 of RALLY CLUB goes on one final journey for this first series of the podcast. Telling the story of competitors like Bernie Nolan a...

We’re going back to the eighties in this Special Selective episode of RALLY CLUB, as Paul Woodford gets behind the wheel of Spark Developments’ 200bhp fire-breathing Peugeot 205 GTI. It’s the second round of the brand new, super accessible club Rallycross series, organised by the Minicross Drivers Association and we’re back at Blyton Park in Lincolnshire. With an eight-strong team of entries acros...

SS9 of RALLY CLUB is a works Escort special, with stories from one of the foremost authorities on Boreham-built rally cars, Dave Watkins. Keeping the Escort theme, Jon Seth tells us how he chanced upon a significant Motoring News Championship Mk1 Escort, which he’s now campaigning in its original, unique livery. Paul speaks to the rally driver, tackling an adventure with a difference in the name o...

SS8 of Rally Club takes us back to the heady days of Formula 2 rallying, with Nissan Sunny driver Chris Butcher and Andy Dawe, who worked as a mechanic at the Nissan Motorsports Europe works outfit during the kit car era. Motorsport UK Rallies Manager, Jonathan Jackson provides an update and takes your questions following a successful trial of the new road section insurance scheme, and we check in...

SS7 of RALLY CLUB is a young gun special. The Border Motor Club Classic tour saw 8 year old navigators Alice and Mabel join 11 year old Cole Woodford to get an early taste of the sport. Paul Woodford makes the case for a rally media cadet scheme, with Cole bringing us a behind-the-scenes feature from the Jim Clark Rally, interviewing Asphalt Rally Champion and rally winner, Sam Touzel. Road rally...

Join rally presenter, Paul Woodford for SS6 of the RALLY CLUB podcast, which takes us on a journey from the grassroots of rallying, to the very top of the sport. Paul is joined by celebrated Comp Safari and WRC photographer, Gavin Lodge. We also hear from club rally driver, Brian Watson who was once given the keys to one of Ford’s most iconic works Escorts. Special Stage Rally TV Producer, Wayne G...

27/4/26 BREAKING NEWS! Motorsport UK has announced support for road rally and grass roots motorsport event organisers and competitors with road section top-up insurance. On the face of it, this is fantastic news for the sport. The issue has, for the best part of a year cast doubts over the future of motorsport activities which use the public highway. Motorsport UK promised to find a solution, and...

SS5 of the RALLY CLUB podcast is a Cadwell Park takeover. The Protyre Circuit Rally Championship brings all the drama, intrigue and variety of the UK’s premier single venue rally series to Lincolnshire. In a break from the format so far, Paul Woodford captures the memories, stories and adventures of fans, marshals, organisers and competitors. Club rallying has family right at its heart, and as Pau...

In SS4 of Rally Club we go back in time with stories about people who helped to shape our sport, from top to bottom. Paul is joined by MSUK Rallies Manager Jonathan Jackson, WRC Sporting Manager Iain Campbell, young rally journalist Chris Hosie, eWRC admin Jon Hawkins and we get a behind-the-scenes story with a Group B twist from Dan Ellmore. Carl Dolan brings us stories from Rally North Wales, we...

A bonus RALLY CLUB Easter Egg - join Paul Woodford for the story of the Clan Crusader’s factory rally exploits. In 1972, a relatively unknown sports car would line up for the start of the Manx Rally, ready to begin a story that would cement the rally pedigree of the Clan Crusader. Andy Dawson would come second behind Roger Clark on the Manx, with Alan Conley taking the second of the Clan factory c...

SS3 of RALLY CLUB is a ‘young gun’ special, featuring a number of young stars who are great examples of what club rallying is all about. Paul also hears from a Mini Rally Challenge competitor who built his rally car in a parking space, and we also talk classic tours, rally schools and get your views on an important issue facing the sport. Tommi Meadows // 𝘙𝘈𝘊 𝘙𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱 Phoebe Fletcher...

Continuing my journey through club motorsport, I partnered back up with Spark Developments to take part in the opening round of the MDA Rallycross Championship, driving an R53 Mini in the BMW Mini Series. A typically dramatic day unfolded, with the Spark team keeping me in the race. From crashing in heat 1 and taking my door off, to racing in the final with no power steering, this is a day I’ll re...

SS2 is packed full of stories, sounds, reactions, previews and features from the world of club rallying. Gethin Dafis // 𝘙𝘢𝘭𝘪 𝘊𝘪𝘭𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 Wyn Lewis // 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘺𝘮𝘳𝘶 Jamie McBain // 205 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 Chris Richmond Hand // 𝘙𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘢 Special Stage preview // 𝘙𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 Graham Raeburn // 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 Tour of Mann // 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 Brynmor Pierce // 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘩 𝘙𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 Jordine...

Join Paul Woodford and Phill Bramhill for a bit of historic road rally atmosphere, from Knutsford & District Motor Club’s Tour of Cheshire. This is a bonus ‘Special Selective’ episode of RALLY CLUB. Next episode out on 16th March.

Paul Woodford goes for a pint with Sam Collis, gets a preview of the Tour of Cheshire with Phill Bramhill, looks ahead to a brilliant new initiative for getting new competitors into road rallying with Laura Cooledge, and gets a rally story from his Mum. This is the first episode of the brand new fortnightly podcast, dedicated to club rallying and grassroots motorsport.

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