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FANTASTIC FIVE MN CIRCUIT RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP’S FIRST HALF DECADE OF SUCCESS

Junction 2 on the M40 isn’t the usual birthplace of a rally championship. But back in May 2015, Beaconsfield Services was the setting for a handshake between Darren Spann of Bolton Le Moors Car Club, James Bolton, then of Motorsport News, and Davids Willey and Scott of MSV. Their deal would transform the future of circuit rallying.

Bolton had been invited to a press day for the Neil Howard Stages at Oulton Park – organised by Bolton Le Moors – the previous year and loved it.After the rally, Bolton had suggested in his MN column that a championship should be created for the single-venue circuit rallies that existed across

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