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Press release: Thursday, 20 August 2026

 2026 EDITION OF RALLY ANGLO CALEDONIAN UNVEILED

 ·         Late November date announced

·         115 stage miles

·         Compact two-day format

·         Single day options for competitors

·         British Historic Championship final

 

Rally Anglo Caledonian has been announced as the longest gravel rally in the UK this year, covering a total of 115 stage miles from a base at Carlisle Airport on Friday and Saturday, November 20-21.

 It is run by the team behind the biennial Roger Albert Clark Rally and rally manager Colin Heppenstall from the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club has revealed outline details of the event that will run on both sides of the Scottish border. The competitive route takes in 53 stage miles on Friday afternoon and evening and a further 62 stage miles through Saturday.

 The event will be open to all rally cars, including four-wheel drives, and will form the final round of the Fuchs British Historic Rally Championship and the penultimate round of the Mini Rally Challenge. The BHRC contenders will compete over the full route, with one and a half points awarded based on the final result, while the Minis will compete over the first loop of 31 stage miles on Saturday morning.

 After scrutineering on Friday morning, the first car will leave Carlisle Airport at 1430hrs on Friday for three nine-mile stages in Buck Fell, Rushy Knowe and Falstone in the central block of Kielder forest before service at Kielder Water, and then a second run through the stages.

 Saturday starts with a monster 18-mile stage in Kershope, one of the longest gravel stages in the UK this year, before moving into Scotland for stages in Castle O’er and Twiglees and service back at Carlisle. The loop is then repeated before the first car arrives back at Carlisle at around 1700hrs.

 As well as the two-day event, there will be an option for competitors to contest single-day rallies on both Friday and Saturday. The overall event will have an entry fee of £1995 for 115 miles, which is thought to be the best value per mile gravel rallying in the UK this year. Regulations are due to be published by the end of August.

 Heppenstall said: “Most of the stages have not been used since last year's Roger Albert Clark so they are in very good order. We want to welcome every type of rally car to this event, and I hope that some Scottish crews will take the chance to have a late season rally as well. It will undoubtedly be a good test for the 2027 Roger Albert Clark Rally, which will run in the same area.”

 Please follow the event web site for up to date information www.racrmc.org