Rally Isle of Man

"Manx International" redirects here. For the bicycle race, see Manx Trophy.

Rally Isle of Man
Country	Isle of Man
Date
Type	Stage Rally/Asphalt
Clerk of the Course	Alan Teare (National A - formerly an International event)
Event Organiser	Rally Isle of Man Ltd
Principal Sponsor	Microgaming Software Systems Ltd
History
First Event	1963 Manx Trophy Rally
Number of events	50 (2014)
First winner	Reg McBride/Don Barrow (1963)
Most wins	Mark Higgins 5 (1989–2009)

Rally Isle of Man (previously the Manx International Rally and formerly the Manx Trophy Rally) is a car rally competition held in the Isle of Man. It was first held in 1963, and later became a well-known event in the British Open Rally Championship and the European Rally Championship (until 1996). In 2002, it became part of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship in addition to the British Rally Championship. ^[1] The most successful drivers in the history of the rally include the five-time winner Mark Higgins and the four-time winners Tony Pond and Russell Brookes.

This has been an annual event for many years, apart from cancellation in 2011. In early September 2018, it was announced that the 2018 event had been cancelled. Various allegations were made, blaming the cancellation on, inter alia, the rally organisers, the Department of Infrastructure and the Department for Enterprise. The event returned in 2022 as part of the FIA Celtic Rally Trophy.

Stage locations

Rally Isle of Man is run on public roads closed for racing by the provisions of an Act of Tynwald (the parliament of the Isle of Man). The event has special timed stages that use narrow farm-lanes with high grass banks, stages over open moorland and Monaco-style 'around-the-houses' stages in Ramsey or Castletown. The exact routes vary each year, but in 2008 the longest timed special stage was the 21.46-mile (34.54 km)Milerisk stage and the shortest included the 1.46-mile (2.35 km)Balley Cashtal stage in Castletown and the 0.90-mile (1.45 km)Villa Marina "super-special" stage in Douglas. ^[2]

Special stage records

Records and stage times for competition sections for the Manx International Rally and Rally Isle of Man ^{[3] [4]}

Name	Route	Year	Driver	Type	Length	Time	Average speed
Balley Cashtal	Castletown	2006	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ford Focus RS WRC 05	1.26 miles (2.03 km)	1' 17.00	58.90 miles per hour (94.79 km/h)
Castle Rushen	Castletown - Balladoole - Poyll Vaaish - Strandhall - Kentraugh Mill	2016	Desi Henry	Škoda Fabia R5	5.08 miles (8.18 km)	4' 19.9	70.36 miles per hour (113.23 km/h)
Classic	Ballaugh Glen – Druidale – Brandywell Cottage – Injebreck – Baldwin Valley – TT Grandstand	2008	Eamonn Boland	Subaru Impreza WRC S12	13.27 miles (21.36 km)	11' 30.5	71.16 miles per hour (114.52 km/h)
Cringle	Ballabeg – Round Table – Glen Rushen Mines – St. Johns	2004	Mark Higgins	Škoda Octavia WRC	13.66 miles (21.98 km)	11' 06.2	74.73 miles per hour (120.27 km/h)
Glascoe	Dog Mills – Andreas – Jurby East – Sandygate – St. Judes	2009	Keith Cronin	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo	12.47 miles (20.07 km)	10' 08.8	73.74 miles per hour (118.67 km/h)
Glen Roy	Begoade Road – Conrhenny – 5½ Mile Corner – Social Cottage – Baldhoon	2007	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ford Focus RS WRC 05	4.66 miles (7.50 km)	4' 10.7	66.91 miles per hour (107.68 km/h)
Kella	West Kella – The Curraghs – Ballaugh Cronk – Orrisdale	2007	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ford Focus RS WRC 05	11.21 miles (18.04 km)	9' 23.1	71.66 miles per hour (115.33 km/h)
Marine	Douglas Head – Port Soderick – Crogga – Santon	2008	Eamonn Boland	Subaru Impreza WRC S12	3.30 miles (5.31 km)	4' 23.8	66.09 miles per hour (106.36 km/h)
Maughold	Hibernia – Ballajora – Slieau Lewaigue	1991	François Chatriot	Subaru Legacy RS	3.30 miles (5.31 km)	2' 50.0	66.33 miles per hour (106.75 km/h)
Newtown (Milerisk)	Santon – The Braaid – Foxdale – Loobs Road – St. Marks – The Gate	2006	Tapio Laukkanen	Renault Mégane Maxi	21.38 miles (34.41 km)	17' 20.00	74.28 miles per hour (119.54 km/h)
Ravensdale	Druidale – Brandywell Cottage – Sartfield Hairpin – Little London	1989	Jimmy McRae	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	7.14 miles (11.49 km)	6' 08.0	68.08 miles per hour (109.56 km/h)
Sand Quarry	German Parish: Ballagyr – (Loop Section; Lynague – Ballakaighen – Staarvey – The Kew – East Lhergydoo) – Ballagyr Lane	2017	Fredrik Ahlin	Škoda Fabia R5	13.23 miles (21.29 km)	10' 37.8	74.74 miles per hour (120.28 km/h)
Staarvey	German Parish: Stockfield – Lynague – Ballagyr – East Lhergydhoo – Staarvey Road – Ballakaighen	2009	Mark Higgins	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	7.22 miles (11.62 km)	6' 12.0	68.97 miles per hour (111.00 km/h)
Tholt-e-Will	Sulby Claddaghs – Sulby Glen – Tholt-e-Will Glen	1999	Martin Rowe	Renault Mégane Maxi	4.14 miles (6.66 km)	3' 36.3	68.97 miles per hour (111.00 km/h)
Villa Marina (Super-Special)	Douglas: Harris Promenade – Broadway – Villa Marina – Gaiety Chicane – Loch Promenade – Senna Slip Hairpin – Greensills Corner – Sefton Chicane – Villa Marina – Broadway	2016	Craig Breen	Citroën DS3 R5	0.90 miles (1.45 km)	1' 02.8	51.62 miles per hour (83.07 km/h)
West Baldwin	Little London – Brandywell Cottage – Injebreck – Ballaoates – Abbeylands – Cronk-ny-Mona	1992	Colin McRae	Subaru Legacy RS	11.65 miles (18.75 km)	9' 21.0	74.82 miles per hour (120.41 km/h)

Winners

Tony Pond at the 1979 rally

Season	Driver	Co-driver	Car
1963	Reg McBride	Don Barrow	Allardette
1964	Dave Friswell	Keith Binns	Mini Cooper S
1965	Tony Fall	Dave Fawcett	Mini Cooper S
1966	Dennis Easthorpe	Dennis Craine	Ford Cortina GT
1967	Norman Harvey	Terry Vaux	Mini Cooper S
1968	John Huyton	Bob Corrin	Ford Cortina GT
1969	Colin Malkin	John Davenport	Hillman Imp
1970	Chris Sclater	John Davenport	Ford Escort TC
1971	Roger Clark	Henry Liddon	Ford Escort RS1600
1972	Roger Clark	Jim Porter	Ford Escort RS1600
1973	Adrian Boyd	John Davenport	Ford Escort RS1600
1974	Cahal Curley	Austin Frazer	Porsche
1975	Roger Clark	Jim Porter	Ford Escort RS1800
1976	Ari Vatanen	Peter Bryant	Ford Escort RS1800
1977	Pentti Airikkala	Risto Virtanen	Vauxhall Chevette HSR
1978	Tony Pond	Fred Gallagher	Triumph TR7 V8
1979	Russell Brookes	Paul White	Ford Escort RS1800
1980	Tony Pond	Fred Gallagher	Triumph TR7 V8
1981	Tony Pond	Mike Nicholson	Vauxhall Chevette HSR
1982	Jimmy McRae	Ian Grindrod	Opel Ascona 400
1983	Henri Toivonen	Fred Gallagher	Opel Manta 400
1984	Jimmy McRae	Mike Nicholson	Opel Manta 400
1985	Russell Brookes	Mike Broad	Opel Manta 400
1986	Tony Pond	Rob Arthur	MG Metro 6R4
1987	Jimmy McRae	Ian Grindrod	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
1988	Patrick Snijers	Dany Colebunders	BMW M3
1989	Russell Brookes	Neil Wilson	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
1990	Russell Brookes	Neil Wilson	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
1991	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	Subaru Legacy RS
1992	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	Subaru Legacy RS
1993	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Subaru Legacy RS
1994	Malcolm Wilson	Bryan Thomas	Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1995	Frank Meagher	Michael Maher	Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1996	Armin Schwarz	Denis Giraudet	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
1997	Martin Rowe	Nicky Beech	Renault Mégane Maxi
1998	Martin Rowe	Derek Ringer	Renault Mégane Maxi
1999	Martin Rowe	Derek Ringer	Renault Mégane Maxi
2000	Mark Higgins	Bryan Thomas	Vauxhall Astra Kit Car
2001	Cancelled due to the United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis.
2002	Mark Higgins	Craig Thorley	Toyota Corolla WRC
2003	Jonny Milner	Nicky Beech	Toyota Corolla WRC
2004	Jonny Milner	Nicky Beech	Subaru Impreza WRC
2005	Mark Higgins	Bryan Thomas	Ford Focus RS WRC 02
2006	Eugene Donnelly	Paul Kiely	Toyota Corolla WRC
2007	Eugene Donnelly	Paul Kiely	Subaru Impreza WRC
2008	Mark Higgins	Rory Kennedy	Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2009	Mark Higgins	Bryan Thomas	Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2010	Keith Cronin	Barry McNulty	Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2011	Cancelled
2012	Steven Quine	Richard Skinner	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
2013	Arron Newby	Rob Fagg	Subaru Impreza N11
2014	Nigel Cannell	Michaela Cannell	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
2015	Steve Colley	Andrew Cowley	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
2016	Elfyn Evans	Craig Parry	Ford Fiesta R5
2017	Keith Cronin	Mikie Galvin	Ford Fiesta R5
2018–2025	Not held

Multiple winners

Wins	Manufacturer
17	Ford
9	Subaru
4	Opel
	Toyota
3	Mini
	Mitsubishi
	Vauxhall
	Renault
2	Triumph

References

1. "Manx International Rally – Roll of Honour". RallyBase. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
2. Rally Isle of Man Programme 2008 p7 Rally Isle of Man Ltd (2008)
3. 2009 Media Guide page 48 Rally Of Man 2009
4. Live Rally Results Tynemouth Computer Services

External links

• Official website