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Malton Forest Rally 2026

The Malton Forest Rally returns for its 23rd running on Sunday 1 November 2026, co-promoted by Malton Motor Club and Clitheroe and District Motor Club, with Rally HQ and service park at Adderstone Field in Dalby Forest near Pickering, North Yorkshire. The Interclub stage rally sends crews over around 47 gravel stage miles through the Cropton, Gale Rigg and Langdale complexes, with entries capped at 110 cars. It counts towards five northern championships.

The 2026 running marks the rally's return after the 2025 event was cancelled in the wake of the Langdale forest fires. Regulations were published on Friday 28 August with entries opening via rallies.info on Sunday 30 August, and the official notice board moves online through the Sportity app with Sporttraxx tracking fitted to every competing car. The route is still being finalised, with around 47 stage miles planned across the Cropton, Gale Rigg and Langdale forest complexes.

Timeline

7 entries
29 Oct 2026
The withdrawal behind the smaller field is now identified: Chris Skill and Brian Hodgson, who held No.88, are gone from the list, so the re-issued seeded entry carries 97 cars numbered 1 to 100 with No.13, No.36 and No.51 unused. No.1 remains Elliot Payne with Patrick Walsh. Seeded entry list →
26 Oct 2026
The seeded list is re-issued after a withdrawal: it now carries 98 cars, numbered 1 to 100 with No.13 and No.51 unused, and No.1 is still Elliot Payne with Patrick Walsh. The final start list follows on Saturday evening, with the logging report earlier the same day. Seeded entry list →
25 Oct 2026
Spectator information is published: £20 per car for all-day parking and three viewing areas — Langdale, where the Junction 4 area also carries the catering and toilets, with the first car due at 08:24 and again at 12:24, Gale Rigg at 09:42 and 13:42, and Cropton at 10:01 and 14:01. Spectators must be in position 30 minutes before the first car or access may be refused. Spectator information (PDF) →
25 Oct 2026
Final instructions are issued alongside the seeded list. Classes H9 and H14 are merged into Class 8 and Class H8 for lack of entries, digital sign-on closes at 20:00 on Thursday 29 October, scrutineering and the noise test run at Ripon Farm Services in Eden Business Park, Malton on Saturday 31 October, and the Adderstone Field service area opens at 06:00 on Sunday. The noticeboard is online only through Sportity with the password MFR2026; a logging report follows on Saturday and a start list on Saturday evening, with competitor briefings at 07:30 and 08:30. Final instructions (PDF) →
25 Oct 2026
The seeded entry list is published to the organiser's own timetable: 99 cars numbered 1 to 100 with No.13 unused, headed by No.1 Elliot Payne and Patrick Walsh in a Ford Fiesta Rally2. Entries closed on 23 October with all 99 paid against the 110-car maximum. Seeded entry list →
30 Aug 2026
The regulations set entries opening at 20:00 on 30 August and closing at 20:00 on 23 October, with the first car due to start at 08:01 and the leaders expected back around 15:15 on Sunday 1 November. Event programme →
28 Aug 2026
Malton Motor Club publishes the 2026 supplementary regulations, confirming Sunday 1 November for the 23rd running and the five counting championships. Entries open on rallies.info from Sunday 30 August with a maximum of 110 cars, and the route will again use the Cropton, Gale Rigg and Langdale forest complexes around the Dalby Forest HQ. 2026 regulations →