The Clonakilty based West Cork Rally will take place for the 35th time on the 16th & 17th March 2013. Once again the Cork Motor Club who promote the event are delighted to have the Quality Hotel on board as title sponsor.

Martin Godfrey is back as Clerk of the Course for a second year after a successful first year at the helm. Martin has announced some major changes to the format to allow competitors more flexibility.

The aim is to help competitors by alleviating some costs and reduce the amount of time away from work. The event will have 12 stages over the weekend, three stages done twice each day with a 1pm start on the Saturday and a 3.30pm finish on the Sunday. Scrutiny will begin and end later on the Friday while crews who have a long distance to travel can do mechanical and documentation scrutiny on the Saturday morning if they so wish. There is also very little reduction on stage mileage from the 2012 event which represents great value for money.

Other changes announced include some classics stages being revisited with the service area for the first day located at Owenahincha. The Sunday stages will again have Darrara Agricultural College grounds as their service area. The entry fee for the main field will also be reduced from previous years, and there will be a Historic and Junior section as usual. The Juniors will get to do all six stages on the Sunday and the marshalling refund scheme which has been so successful in previous years will also apply again.