How the star Rebels Racers will line up for our big race

Rebels Racing's biggest event of the year - the Weltch Media World-Wide Rebellion - is just a few weeks away.

And today, we're honoured to unveil the grid line-up for the big race, which takes place at Mendips Raceway on Saturday 19 September - the first time in its 30-year history that the world title has been contested in the South West of England.

Drivers have reached the world championship race through a series of qualifying rounds, which put the highest scorers at the front.

Defending champion Shay Murphy starts on pole position, looking to become the first person to lift the title five times.

Ricky Johnson starts alongside him, with Liam Brown on row two, next to Danny Maddox.

The third row sees the first of the women qualifiers - Nicole Emmett, whose brother Karl won the title in 2019, starting outside John Gould.

The Weltch Media World-Wide Rebellion brings together the top 35 drivers from this popular oval-track series, featuring small-scale retro-style stock cars.

Rebels have entertained crowds on short oval tracks around the UK and mainland Europe since the 1990s.

The cars are single-seat racers, built to withstand the contact that comes with close racing on tight tracks, and with lightweight body shells modelled on a 5/8-scale replica of the classic Ford Popular.

This partnership is the latest chapter in our long involvement in motorsport, which has included working on publicity and promotional campaigns for promoters and drivers over many years.

The confirmed grid for the 2026 Weltch Media World-wide Rebellion (Thanks to Rachel Hunn at Rebels Racing)

We've helped leading Legends Car drivers in both the UK and Irish Championships, as well as working with Mendips Raceway to publicise the Formula 2 Stock Car World Championship final.

In recent years, we've teamed up with national hot rod driver, Mark Shelper in his races around the UK, and with race-winning teams in international sim-racing. 

And this season, we're also working with Tom Sutton in the UK Oval Track Legends Championship.

If you want to see how we could help your race team or business with publicity, publications, web content, event organisation and more, get in touch for an informal chat.