Vital Equipment Statement – Roger Albert Clark Rally 2025
It is with regret that we must inform competitors that Vital Equipment and Carless Racing Fuels will not be providing an on-event fuel pumping service for the 2025 Roger Albert Clark Rally. We will instead offer a pre-event ‘can drop’ in Carmarthen ahead of the rally.
The Roger Albert Clark Rally is the longest, toughest, and most logistically demanding rally in the UK. Supplying thousands of litres of fuel across the country to around 200 crews, while ensuring safe, fair, and compliant distribution, poses a significant challenge.
Our team has been working hard behind the scenes to develop a plan consistent with the unrivalled service that you expect from us and that we deliver at many stage rallies throughout the year.
However, the RAC Rally presents several insurmountable obstacles, including:
· The high costs and complexity of transporting large fuel volumes to multiple regional bases.
· The man-hours required to operate within Working Time Regulations and Drivers’ Hours requirements.
· The logistical difficulty of moving fuel safely around the country during such a long and dispersed event.
In addition, the 2025 event will not provide any self-refuel zones. Whilst this is not a Motorsport UK requirement, our 55 years of experience in motorsport tells us that refuelling in service areas or at the roadside, with significant volumes of fuel present, carries a significant increase in risk.
Vital Equipment has supported the RAC Rally for the past four events and, in 2025, will supply a refuel service for approximately 15 stage rallies. We will continue to offer a pumped fuel service for events that provide a safe environment for us to do so. However, we cannot attend any stage rally that does not have dedicated self-refuel zones. We believe we have a duty of care to competitors, teams, and the sport itself and cannot consciously disregard our core values.
We sincerely apologise to those who had planned to use our services during the rally and hope you understand our position.
Fuel Pre-Event ‘Can Drop’ Service
As a replacement, we will offer a pre-event can drop in Carmarthen ahead of the rally, allowing competitors to collect their required fuel before the start. Orders can be placed here: Roger Albert Clark 2025 Fuel Order
The Roger Albert Clark Rally remains a truly special event, and one we had been looking forward to supporting for the fifth time. We wish the organisers, competitors, volunteers, and fans a safe and successful rally.
– The Vital Equipment Team