The podcast dedicated to club rallying and grassroots motorsport. Proper rally people, proper rally stories. Hosted by Paul Woodford.
Covering stage rallying, road rallying, comp safari, rallycross and all grassroots motorsports.
In the week we crown the first British World Rally Champion since Phil Mills won the WRC alongside Petter Solberg, enjoy a throwback with Elfyn Evans from 2015 when his sparkling career on the world stage was only just getting started.
And from one great champion, to another - SS14 of the Rally Club podcast is a special feature, going behind the visor with five-time Welsh Rally Champion, and 2025 BTRDA Goldstar Champion Matthew Hirst.
From humble beginnings - Matthew and longstanding codriver Declan Dear rolling a hired Peugeot 106 on the Riponian - to becoming the UK’s top club rally driver, this is a success story to rival the best of them!
Normally known for his reserved, gracious nature, Matt steps out of his comfort zone in this interview and takes us on his journey, like you’ve never heard it before.
From the days of being on windscreen-wiping duty for his Dad’s Escort Cosworth at Twyford Wood, to making changes to his daily routine in order to make the marginal gains in one of the sport’s most fierce rivalries.
Inspiring club rallying stories are right at the heart of this podcast, and they don’t come much more inspiring than this one.
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21 Sept 2026
SS13 // RALLY CLUB
In this episode of Rally Club, Paul Woodford is joined by one of British rallying’s class of ‘26 star performers, Lee Edwards to talk about how a club rally campaign became one of the sport’s best giant-killing performances of recent years.
Prodrive 555 engineering ace Martyn Spurrell takes us back to the glory days of the Group A and WRC Subaru Impreza championship years.
And works driver Chris Birkbeck introduces his latest project - the Astra GTE his Vauxhall teammate Pentti Arikkala drove to 3rd place on the ‘87 Manx International.
Meanwhile, there are some top tips for anyone wanting to get into club rallying or Rallycross, and an appeal to save road rallying in the South East of England.
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7 Sept 2026
SS12 // RALLY CLUB
SS12 of Rally Club is packed full of stories, from rising star Luke Constantine to three-time BTRDA Gold Star Champion Elliott Payne.
Group A guru Carl Tuer joins us to talk about Formula 2 Astras, Dave Mathewson and Malton Motor Club Chairman Dan Robinson celebrate a successful launch for Mathewsons Live, and Fraser Hughes tells us about an epic targa rally adventure in the Scottish Highlands.
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