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BBC News
03-03-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
'Best ever' Guernsey rally attracts the crowds
Organisers said the two-day Guernsey Rally was "our best yet" with 38 competitors taking on 28 chairman Karl Marshall, who founded the event in 2018, said: "The teams gave thousands of spectators a fantastic opportunity to view rallying at its best and the weather conditions were perfect."The two-day event was won by Ross le Noa and Domonic Volante in their red Ford Escort. The race returned for 2025 after it was cancelled last year when the States of Guernsey said it could not justify the administration and running costs. Mr Marshall added: "It's been wonderful to receive so much positive feedback." The event raised more than £3,000 for The Guernsey Society of Cancer Relief in memory of rally committee member Graham Robert who died in 2023. It has grown since it was launched with 25 competitions at 16 stages in 2018.
BBC News
18-02-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Guernsey set for biggest car rally ever
Guernsey is set for its biggest and longest car rally race later this month, according to its Rally returns to the island with seven stages totalling 58 miles (93km), with organisers saying they expected to attract a record number of rally, between 28 February and 1 March, was originally cancelled by the States because of concerns about costs before the decision was reversed earlier this Karl Marshall said he expected an "exciting" mixture of stages and hoped to "deliver the best rally ever". Viewing areas Mr Marshall said many of the stages were in rural parts of the island, as well as the north end, adding that the "tightest turn" was a nearly 180 degree bend near the former Manor Hotel at Petit race - which has been running since 2018 - would also have safe spectator areas on each stage, allowing people to see each car for up to a minute, Mr Marshall viewing areas would mean people did not need to "climb over people's private properties or stand on hedges they could slip from", he residents and environmental groups previously raised concerns about the rally because of noise, pollution and road campaigner and resident Tim Langlois said: "The noise, the pollution - we shouldn't be running rally or turning Guernsey roads into racing car tracks."Mr Marshall said he hoped to help people "understand more about" the race, but understood "fully" that it would be an inconvenience to some residents, despite them still having access to their properties.
