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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.

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.

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 Crooks // 𝘔𝘋𝘈 𝘙𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸

Carl Dolan // 𝘓𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘙𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭

Border Motor Club // 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵

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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 remember for a long time.

For more information about the MDA Rallycross Championship, visit www.mini-cross.co.uk.

For a club motorsport team who know how to build, prep and run cars that finish events - whatever is thrown at them - check out www.sparkdevelopments.co.uk.

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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 // 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭

Oliver Schofield // 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘙5 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳?

Miles Fieldhouse // 𝘉𝘰𝘣 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘕𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱

Owen Cule // 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘢𝘯!

Ian Ross // 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭?

Mike Broad // 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸

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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 cars to victory on the Tour of Mull.

The Clan Motor Company’s rally adventure may have been short-lived, but it’s an underdog story that will make you see this lightweight seventies GT car in a different light.

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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 hear about a new rally show featuring Group B cars in the North West of England, and we remember the legendary Stuart Turner.

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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 they have. But questions remain, particularly around the timing of this announcement.

Paul is joined once again by Chair of Eastern Counties Motor Club, Laura Cooledge to discuss the news which broke tonight.

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 Paul Woodford plays a supporting role to his eldest son, he’s joined by other rally families as they tell their stories.

Not only that, with a rich tapestry of stories and discussions, including memories of the Tour of Lincs and how to encourage more road rally cars into stage rallying, this episode of RALLY CLUB has it all.

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