There were several facets to the historic action within the Carlisle Stages and the headline stories were a warm-up victory for Kris Meeke and Noel O’Sullivan ahead of the Roger Albert Clark Rally and a British Historic Rally Championship crown for Roger Chilman and Patrick Walsh.
Plans to run two stages on Friday evening for the BHRC contenders were thwarted by the arrival of Storm Babet. With forecast high wind speeds, Forestry England requested no access to the forests. It was a decision fully
