John Griffiths and Emma Morrison won the Neil Howard Stage Rally at Oulton Park on 7 November, opening their 2026–27 Circuit Rally Championship campaign with victory by six seconds.
Driving a Skoda Fabia R5, the pair completed the six stages in 41 minutes 7 seconds. The final classification placed Michael Igoe and Kirsty Riddick second in a Fabia Rally2, with Jack Darbyshire and Matthew Kendall third in a Ford Fiesta R5, 1 minute 27 seconds behind the winners.
According to circuit operator MSV, thick fog brought the event to an early finish with two stages still to run. Griffiths and Morrison won three of the completed stages and shared the fastest time with Igoe on two others.
Mike and Lewis English took fourth despite a power-steering problem. Wil Owen and Chloe Thomas finished sixth overall and first among the two-wheel-drive cars in their Ford Escort Mk2.