John Easson Award

A new car and a new rally represents a unique challenge for Ifan Devine and Luke Constantine this weekend.  Ifan, the 2300 Club’s John Easson Award winner and his driver are debuting their Opel Corsa Rally4 on the Yorkshire Dales Rally. The pair are seeded at car 29 for the closed […]

Photography by JCCB Rally Photography   Ifan Devine and Luke Constantine were forced to retire from the East Riding Stages when their car slid off the road and into a ditch.   Although there was no damage to the Opel Adam R2, there were no spectators nearby to help them […]

Ifan Devine begins his 2026 campaign this weekend when he partners Luke Constantine on the East Riding Stages.   The new John Easson Award winner is in for a busy season, contesting both the Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt and British Rally Championships.   The closed-road event, based in Beverley, forms […]

Ifan Devine had a busy 2025, competing in eleven rallies in two major championships, sitting alongside five drivers and collecting four class wins.   It was a year he described as ‘his best season yet’.   But the 26-year-old Welshman is in for even busier 2026 after winning the 2300 Club’s […]

The 2300 Club are very pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 John Easson Award is Ifan Devine. All three finalists, James Lepley, Ifan Devine and Robert Proudlock, were interviewed by our judging panel in Lancashire last night. The judging panel consisted of Clive Molyneux, Ian Grindrod, Richard […]

Rob Cotton has been a fantastic ambassador of the John Easson Award during his 2025 season. The 2024 JEA winner even won the BRC National title.  Its been a pleasure to work with Rob this season and 2300 Club wish him the very best in his future Rallying.  Below you […]

Photography by Graham Ryding and JCCB Rally Photography Rob Cotton has been crowned BRC National Champion after a faultless drive on the Cambrian Rally finale. Needing only to finish to secure the title, Rob and co-driver Richard Crozier did just that, bringing their Subaru Impreza home in 23rd place, well ahead […]

‘To finish first, first you must finish’ is an oft-used sporting phrase. But it accurately describes Rob Cotton’s aim on this weekend’s BRC finale in Wales. The popular John Easson Award winner simply has to cross the finish line of the Cambrian Rally to win the coveted National Rally title. […]

Reigning John Easson Award winner Rob Cotton is swapping his 120 mph Subaru Impreza for a BMW Z3 for an outing on the Andy Mort Tour. More used to hurtling down the stages at a British Championship front-runner, Rob is looking forward to more sedate, but equally enjoyable trip down […]

Photography by JCCB Rally Photography Rob Cotton scored his first ever top ten finish with a brilliant performance on the Rali Ceredigion. In an event described beforehand as ‘the most challenging of my career so far’ he also won the BRC National class, despite intense pressure from his rival Chris […]