Most motorsport events contrive an air of glamour, with sun-kissed locations, bikini-clad brolly dollies and glitzy grandstands housing expensively catered hospitality suites. Not so Wales Rally GB. Windswept hillsides. Hardy spectators with flasks, Gore-Tex and bobble hats getting showered with mud, gravel and water. And sideways cars all wearing the same grey-brown uniform of Welsh clag, sponsors' logos buried beneath.
And that's the way we love it, right? You can keep your dust clouds!
OK, so PHer Thomas Middleton - the lucky winner of our Wales Rally GB competition - will be getting the full VIP treatment. But even that can't guarantee he won't be touched by the odd raindrop. Congratulations also to runners up Alun Denbury, Scott Bishop, David Harrison, Martin Wright and Robin Lovelock who all get passes to the RallyFest stage at Kinmel Park.
To get us all in the mood for the event POTW celebrates last year's winner Sebastien Ogier, flat out in his VW Polo WRC in typically Welsh conditions. Enjoy!
For all the info on the event see the official website. PH will be there and reporting back once we've washed the gravel out of our hair.