Rally return vow as event to skip a year

A popular sports car event which would normally be staged on the Fylde coast in February has been shelved this year.
By The Newsroom
Published 12th Jan 2018, 18:11 BST
Updated 12th Jan 2018, 18:15 BST
Action from the Legend Fires North West Stages rally, held along the promenade opposite the Norbreck Castle Hotel. Waves threaten to engulf Robert Dick's car. PIC BY ROB LOCK 5-2-2011Action from the Legend Fires North West Stages rally, held along the promenade opposite the Norbreck Castle Hotel. Waves threaten to engulf Robert Dick's car. PIC BY ROB LOCK 5-2-2011
Action from the Legend Fires North West Stages rally, held along the promenade opposite the Norbreck Castle Hotel. Waves threaten to engulf Robert Dick's car. PIC BY ROB LOCK 5-2-2011

Organisers of the Legend Fires North West Stages car rally have decided not to organise the event this time.

But they hope to return with a ‘bigger and better’ version of the annual motor sport event, which usually includes stages along the lower walks at Fleetwood and Nobreck, in time for 2019.

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A statement read: “After careful consideration the organisers of the Legend Fires North West Stages have decided not to organise the event in February 2018.

“Instead efforts will be concentrated on the challenge of organising a bigger and better event in 2019 when we hope to make use of the new legislation which, subject to local authority and MSA (Motor Sports Association) approval, allows competition on closed public roads.

“Further details will be announced in the summer of 2018.”

The Legend Fires North West Stage rally is the largest multi-venue tarmac rally in the North of England.

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