February 07, 2020 - 2465 views
One of Wales' most thrilling and family friendly events lands back in the region this weekend.
This Saturday, 8th February rally enthusiasts will be getting set to experience the thrills and spills of the Cambrian Rally, an annual race organised by members of the North Wales Car Club.
The 65th Cambrian Rally, is the first round of the season and set in the challenging Welsh forests. These forests of North Wales are synonymous with rallying especially the Lombard RAC (now the WRGB) back in the late eighties, with legendary drivers such as Roger Clark, Colin McRae, and Richard Burns.
Last year the Service Park was moved to the streets of Llandudno in a bid to attract more visitors to the event.
The Cambrian has been enjoyed by a number of top WRC drivers. In 2009 Mikko Hirvonen was the course car in his works WRC Ford Focus. In the same year Mads Ostberg took the overall win in a WRC Subaru.
Mikko Hirvonen also won the Cambrian back in 2000, when he was just 20 years old, in his Subaru Impreza WRC . Andreas Mikkelsen won the Cambrian in 2006 when he was just 17years old.
Now in it's 65th year since beginning back in 1955, the Cambrian claims to be one of the best rallies in the UK.
The confirmed stages for 2020 are:
START - Llandudno - 1st Car Due 09:01
SS1 - No access to spectators
SS2 - Gwydyr 1 - (Sponsored by Gwynedd Forklifts) 1st Car Due 10:02
SS3 - Penmachno - 1st Car Due 10:41
SS4 - Great Orme (sponsored by North Wales Honda) 1st Car Due 11:55
SERVICE - Coleg Llandrillo, Rhos on Sea - 1st Car Due 12:23
SS5 - No access to spectators
SS6 - Gwydyr 2 (Sponsored by Gwynedd Forklifts) 1st Car Due 13:54
SS7 - Elsi 1 - 1st Car Due 14:34
FINISH - Llandudno Promenade around 15:43
Information and a downloadable map showing all the stages and public parking arrangement is available online.
