9 May 2026
Huge Congratulations and a big thanks to all involved in the Manx National Rally 2026.
First and Foremost above all else at this year's event, we would like to say once again our sincerest condolences to the family and friends of one of the genuinely kindest and friendliest personalities you could come to know in the rallying community. Tragically lost in this weekend's rally due to a medical incident, our thoughts are with Darryl Taylor and all those close to him. This has deeply affected us all and has been a huge loss to our great rallying family. May he rest in peace🙏
Secondly we can't say it enough, but thank you so very much to all the volunteers, officials, marshals, timekeepers and radio operators. Without you this Rally simply would not go ahead🧡
Thank you to our sponsors for this weekend's event providing some great and much needed support, even sponsoring some stages and we look forward to hopefully continuing collaboration in the future. This includes:
Kel Properties | The Welbeck Hotel & Restaurant | J and S Handling Ltd (Forklifts) | The Tree Company | Magic Carpets | IOM Events
A Massive thank you to the amazingly well organised championships we are extremely privileged to be a part of and watch the action unfold this year.
Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship
Roger Albert Clark Rally Championship
The British Historic Rally Championship
A Big thank you to Special Stage Rally Video for the awesome coverage as they always have done every year with Paul Woodford and the team with his ever iconic commentary 🔥 Not forgetting The British Historic Rally Championships Live Coverage providing some great insight from the competitors at the end of stages by Matt Cotton and the team
A massive congratulations to Car Number 5 Ryan Loughran and Rob Fagg on a genuinely dominant and fantastic performance this weekend, commanding the lead of the rally from start to finish!
However we cannot forget the hot pace, following up the rear and keeping the rally leaders on their toes Niall McGonigle / Caolan McKenna and Jason Pritchard/ Phil Clarke. All brought beautifully prepared, presented machinery and blisteringly hot pace!
A Big mention to the astonishing Rear wheel drive crews with the top three quickest of the overall event being 1st Lee Edwards/ Sam Spencer, 2nd Gordon Montana Morrison/ Ian Parker and 3rd Martin McCormack/ Barney Mitchell who amongst many other rear wheel drive crews such a Donague Kelly, Damien Tourish, Thomas Stefan Davies, Will Rowlands, Ben Smith and More all provided such a beautiful spectacle for all the spectators out on the stages today and am incredible show!
Another Big mention being your quickest front wheel drive crews of the overall event, 1st Ross Hunter / Chris Dodds, 2nd Luke Constantine/ Ifan Devine and 3rd are very own local crew Max Murray/ Matthew Owen with the spectacular pace and commitment to be up and competing within the Top 30 crews of an overall 170 who started the event!
More importantly a massive thank you to all 170 competitors for competing on the Isle of Man and we look forward to welcoming you all back in the near future!
We thank you all for such an amazing event and all the spectators for their support. We sadly finish this event for another year however we look forward to a hopefully bigger and even better event for the Manx National Rally 2027.
The below Pictures are just a small teaser of the incredible photos that Lucas Croydon Photography has provided us of the Top 3 Overall on the Manx National Rally 2026 , Please give him a follow and consider getting some yourself if you haven't already got some from him!
We will sign off for this event with a massive thank you All and our thoughts and prayers are with all of those lucky to have known Darryl Taylor.
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