East Riding Stages Rally entries open on 21 January

The fifth East Riding Stages Rally will open for competitor entries at 09:00 on Wednesday 21 January via rallies.info

Regulations and information: bdmc.org.uk/east-riding-stages

With one month to go, we are looking forward to welcoming competitors back to Beverley for another busy weekend of closed road rallying on 21 and 22 February 2026.

2025 Winners William Creighton / Liam Regan on their way to victory. Photo: Rally Media UK

This year’s rally brings some significant changes, and the overall stage mileage has been increased, with approximately 14 special stages offering around 72 miles of competition.

For the first time, competitors will take on stages run in the dark on Saturday evening. A ceremonial start at North Bar Within will be followed by the Westwood Spectator SuperSpecial Stage, giving people the chance to see the spectacle of rallying in the dark, just a short walk from Beverley town centre. Crews will then tackle two new stages, Little Wold and Great Wold, before returning to the service area overnight.

On Sunday the rally will restart from the popular FanZone in Beverley's Saturday Market, where spectators will have the chance to interact with the crews and see the cars up close.

Third-placed competitors James Williams/ Ross Whittock at the FanZone in 2025. Photo: Rally Media UK

Competitors will then tackle the first four stages, a reverse of last year's route, before returning to the FanZone and the Westwood stage in the middle of the day. There will be a service halt before the final loop of stages and returning to the FanZone in Saturday Market for the ceremonial finish and awards.

Reversing the daytime stages offers an entirely new perspective on the event while still keeping the route familiar and enjoyable for the residents who support the rally each year.

2025 runners-up Keith Cronin / Mikie Galvin taking on the SuperSpecial Stage at Beverley Westwood. Photo: Rally Media UK

The rally continues to be a round of several championships, including the Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship, the Roger Albert Clark Historic Asphalt Rally Championship, ANWCC, ANCC, SD34 and the North of England Tarmacadam Rally Championship. We look forward to welcoming registered crews from across the country.

Bishop Burton College once again provides the central service area and hosting for scrutineering and noise testing. They have made additional space available which should ease congestion compared with 2025, and allow us to continue offering places for up to 160 competitors, keeping the event as the largest closed road rally in the UK.

We also remain committed to running the rally responsibly. Beverley and District Motor Club holds Motorsport UK Sustainability Accreditation, and the event offsets the unavoidable carbon emissions generated by competitors, officials and spectators through Carbon Positive Motorsport.

Full regulations are available on the website, and entries will follow a ballot system. Initial entries are accepted from 21 to 25 January, with the first unseeded list to be published on Sunday 25 January.

We look forward to welcoming competitors, marshals, volunteers and spectators to Beverley next month for another memorable East Riding Stages Rally.