BHRC Unveils 2025 Calendar

The Fuchs Lubricants British Historic Rally Championship has officially unveiled a revamped calendar for 2025, taking in seven top-quality events spanning the UK.

Championship promotors The Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club have introduced a predominantly gravel roster for the season ahead, capitalising on the plans of many crews intending to contest the popular Roger Albert Clark Rally at the end of the season.

In a change from the nine-round 2024 season, which saw Seb Perez and co-driver Gary McElhinney clinch the crown in their Porsche 911,  six gravel rounds and one sealed surface event make up the challenge with the five best scores to count.

As has become a tradition for the series, The Riponian Stages Rally will kick-start the season in Thirsk in February, offering classic tests in the Yorkshire forests, including a unique feature of closed road link sections between complexes.

The world-class stages of Get Jerky Rally North Wales mark the first of three visits to Wales in a row, providing popular tests near its Welshpool base at the end of March.

Returning to the fold after successfully reuniting in 2024, the Severn Valley Stages adds more classic Welsh stages to the calendar such as Myherin and Hafren from its base in Builth Wells, with 60 miles planned to add to the already challenging event.

The Plains Rally is all set to make a return to the calendar after a short sabbatical. From its home in Bala, yet more popular Welsh stages are planned in May.

After popular inclusion this year, the Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally takes crews to Scotland for the only asphalt event of the season. The two-day closed-road event on the Cowal Peninsula was a challenging addition, offering a unique challenge across the bumpy, narrow lanes.

Two gravel staples round out the compact season, with the popular Woodpecker Rally taking place in August, whilst the driver's favourite, Trackrod Rally Yorkshire takes in the Dalby forest in September, complete with the traditional night-time blast on the Friday to round out the season.

Fuchs Lubricants British Historic Rally Championship Manager Colin Heppenstall believes it's the right format for the 2025 calendar.

“We are delighted to finally reveal the Fuchs Lubricants British Historic Rally Championship offering for 2025,” he says.

“Many will notice that it's a total contrast to the 2024 roster, but it made total sense to introduce a calendar weighted towards gravel this season and I'm confident that the BHRC will continue to enjoy ultra-close competition at the highest level.

"The seven rounds we have selected are all great rallies in their own right, and with it being a Roger Albert Clark Rally year, we are fully aware that many historic competitors revolve their season around that event. So focusing mainly on gravel will appeal to a broad range of crews this season, plus heading back to Argyll to enjoy its sensational closed roads fitted perfectly in the calendar.

"There is certainly something for everyone in the BHRC in 2025 and we are looking forward to another exciting season of historic rallying. Our regulations and championship format for next season will be announced in the coming weeks."

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