Special Selective // Autotesting

Special Selective // Autotesting

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 rides and encouraging new sign-ups for Motorsport UK’s free RS Clubman licence. Join Paul Woodford in the Rally Club Spark Mini for stories from the people behind the scenes of this fantastic initiative, and a sideways chat round a hot and dusty grass autotest course. Listen back to series 1 of Rally Club, and don’t forget to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow on social media, and tell the world you’re in the RALLY CLUB.

SS10 // RALLY CLUB

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 and Roger Stanford, who have swapped stage rally and historic touring cars for the lanes of North Humberside Motor Club’s classic tour. Young Cole and Mabel are at the start of their respective motorsport journeys, while Ian Barnes has been competing in club rallying since the 1970s and still, in his seventies, loves nothing more than throwing a rally car around. 2025 was the ‘Year of the Micra’ - I said so! For Dylan Fowler-Bishop and Dan Evans, winning the BTRDA Bronze Star title in their 1400 Micra was not only a dream come true, it opened doors to the next opportunity. And when a double Junior Rally Champion and Mini Rally Challenge Champion joins forces with a two-time BHRC title winner, big things can happen. As Charlie Mathewson and Josh Carr have found out in their first British Rally Championship season together. However your club motorsport journey looks so far, I truly hope you enjoyed being with me on this journey through the stories of our sport. I’ll be back for Series 2 of Rally Club, with some Special Selective episodes of the podcast thrown in for good measure in the meantime. For now, thank you for following on social media, for subscribing wherever you listen to your podcasts, and for lending your enthusiasm and support to helping me make Rally Club a success. Here’s to the journey. #RallyClub

Special Selective // Retro Rallycross

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 across the Classic and Rally Car classes, Team Spark have put on one heck of a spectacle, all in tribute to Bill and Kath Skermer, two people who need no introduction in the world of club Rallycross. Hear from Championship Coordinator, Jordine Crooks, from Spark’s Jamie McBain, and a host of competitors from all corners of the Rallycross paddock. How will Paul get on with a powerful, lightweight 205 GTI racer, after the user-friendly R53 Mini last Time out? Find out on Rally Club!

SS9 // RALLY CLUB

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 of charity, and the organisers of the brand new North West Rally Legends event talk about the inspiration behind bringing rally cars back to Haigh Hall for the first time in 40 years. We also talk road rally logistics with a competitor’s perspective of the Rally App Live system, which has benefitted and divided road rally and targa organisers in equal measure. And it’s Rallycross week, as Paul prepares to saddle up in the Spark Developments squad for the second round of the Minicross Driver’s Association Championship, driving a fire-breathing 205 GTI in the pre-90s Classics class. Subscribe for future episodes and bonus content, and follow RALLY CLUB on Facebook and Instagram to join the discussion. #RallyClub

SS8 // RALLY CLUB

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 on the MDA Rallycross Championship organising team as preparations continue for the second round of the series at Blyton Park. We also look ahead to the Plains Rally, with BTRDA Historic Cup Chevette driver Ben Jemison, and new Mini Rally Challenge competitors Tim Kirvan-Rodgers and Mason Woodford. Subscribe for future episodes and bonus content, and follow RALLY CLUB on Facebook and Instagram to join the discussion. #RallyClub