New England Forest Rally

The most recent in-town stages, held at the Mexico Recreation Area, have featured a 1 meter high man-made jump.

At its peak, the Maine Forest Rally had the highest number of starting cars in the SCCA ProRally series.

During the 2023 Rally the death of competitor and champion co-driver Erin Kelly occurred on the final stage of the competition on Friday just outside Bethel, Maine.

Kelly was co-driving with her long-time driver and rally partner, TJ Pullen, at the time of the incident.

[1] Unrelated in the Fall of 2023 ARA and NEFR discussed the availability of roads in the area and the difficulty in finding ways to limit transits.

The 1999 event saw 1984 World Rally Champion Stig Blomqvist drive the late Carl Merrill's Ford Escort Cosworth to victory over 83 National and Divisional teams.