These are challenging times for everyone with high fuel prices, rampant inflation and ever-increasing mortgage payments all adding to the financial burden on the working person. It is at times like this that motorsport often goes to the bottom of the list for those who are struggling to find the funds to compete.
Yet the opening weeks of 2023 have shown the remarkable resilience of motorsport in general and rallying in particular, as entry levels have held up well. Across the sport there is no doubt that, just as in everyday life, costs associated with rallying have gone up significantly. Entry fees for one-day gravel rallies on the mainland have, in some cases, topped £800,
