This past weekend, the 2023 Defender Rally Series by Bowler and the 2023 Bowler Defender Baja Championship kicked off at Walters Arena. New and returning Bowler Defender Rally teams were introduced to a new competitive safari course layout at Walters Arena near Neath, Wales, during the combined first round. The Defender Rally Series by Bowler…
Walters Arena Rally Circuit is a thrilling and challenging rally circuit located in the heart of South Wales and has been home to rally championships since Walters took over the site in the 1990s. Its origins go back to just after WW2 when it was a huge 4,000-acre opencast coal mine. When it fell out…
The 2022 Tata Elxsi Bowler Defender Challenge arrived at the Scottish Borders Hill Rally this weekend with everything to play for. Jamie Thwaites/Chris Cuming and Dave Beecroft/Fraser Parish headed into this final round at the top of the table with the championship wide open. With three other cars also in contention, the pressure was on…
The 2022 Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally certainly put the challenge into the Tata Elxsi Defender Challenge this weekend. Slippery conditions and sinuous stages held a war of attrition on the field, with over 40 competitors out by Saturday lunchtime’s service interval. In the thick of the action all weekend were the Defender Challenge competitors, racing…
Following a hugely successful first season of exciting and close fought competition, off-road performance specialists Bowler have today announced the Defender Rally Series for 2023. The Defender has proven to be an incredibly tough, durable and capable platform from which to grow the series in the UK and beyond. Designed for novices and competition veterans…
Trackrod Rally Gives Debut Night Stages for Tata Elxsi Bowler Defender Challenge This week saw the Trackrod Rally, centred around Filey, North Yorkshire, host the latest round of the 2022 Tata Elxsi Bowler Defender Challenge. Held across two days this was the first time the Challenge competitors had experienced night stages as part of an…
Beecroft and Parish take first win in the 2022 Tata Elxsi Bowler Defender Challenge….
The three-day Welsh Borders Hill Rally played host to the third round of the 2022 Tata Elxsi Bowler Defender Challenge….
Saturday 26th March saw the Tata Elxsi Bowler Defender Challenge arrive at Rally North Wales, Dolgellau, for the second round of the 2022 Championship….
Three-times British Rally champion will be in the driving seat for a round of the Bowler Defender Challenge to celebrate the famous film franchise Land Rover, UK, 22 March 2022 – 2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise and Land Rover is celebrating by entering a rally-prepared, liveried Defender 90 into the…
The 2022 Tata Elxsi Bowler Defender Challenge took competitors to Walters Arena, Neath, for an action-packed Championship debut this weekend. The 13 competitors were all introduced to their brand-new Bowler Defender rally cars before a day of familiarisation and the first day of competition in this year’s Challenge championship. Sunday morning kicked off with three-time…
Tata Elxsi, one of the world’s leading design and technology service providers, is today unveiled as the title partner for the 2022 Bowler Defender Challenge series. The global specialist in design thinking and digital technology application sees the challenge series as a perfect demonstration of Xtreme Engineering – where technology, engineering and design come together…
