Visionary Leadership Awards 2025 / 4 Road Racing Journalist of the Year 2025: Stevie Rial Few journalists are as passionate about what they do as Stevie Rial, who has been the owner and editor of Road Racing News, a website offering the best online coverage of pure road racing, since 2014. Road Racing News never misses a story, and for the hundreds of thousands of people who visit the site every month – for whom this is the most exciting sport on planet earth – the insight Stevie provides into this world is something they cherish deeply. To find out more about both the website and his career, we caught up with Stevie. The year before he established Road Racing News, Stevie graduated from Leeds University/Hull College Art & Design with a degree in digital media journalism, marking his first steps on the road to achieving his dream of becoming a journalist. Recognising a gap in the market for worldwide coverage of road racing, something he has always been a fan of, Stevie created Road Racing News to provide the public with objective, up-to-date news on all things racing. This includes race reports and interviews, with stories from around the world being published daily. “Our ethos is to show the world the positive side of road racing, along with safeguarding its rich heritage.” Across his role as the editor of Road Racing News, Stevie sees his responsibility as being not only to the website and its international fans, but also to the wider sport. His dedication as a journalist and status as an acclaimed author – Stevie has written four books on the sport to date – has helped to take real road racing to a level of popularity not seen for decades. Aside from the website and his books, this is seen further through his presence as a live blogger, something which has earned him respect from fans both in the UK and globally. Regardless of whether he is writing for Road Racing News or his latest book on the sport, Stevie always strives to report without bias, share the truth, and never pursue baseless rumours for the sake of a story. To this end, before anything is published, Stevie makes sure to consult with the individuals the story concerns, ensuring their quotes are correct and that they are happy the content is accurate. Such an approach makes Stevie well admired by his fellow journalists, many of whom have been in the industry longer than him. “Everyone understands Road Racing News’ dedication to reporting the truth”, Stevie told us. This has been a cornerstone of Stevie’s brand since day one, even in the early days when he was struggling to fit into the clique of established journalists. By remaining relentless in his pursuit of accurate, unbiased journalism, Stevie began to receive openings for meets and racing magazines, which only strengthened the output quality and readership of his site. Today, Stevie has written more than 10,000 articles for Road Racing News. As integral as he is to the brand, Stevie could not have done it alone, and the photographers whose outstanding images complement Stevie’s words have proven equally pivotal in the website’s success . Along with this, Stevie also credits his family – Debra and Steven Rial – as well Jack Sowden of Sowden Digital, without whom Road Racing News would not be the resounding triumph that it is today. Despite Road Racing News’ enduring popularity, Stevie is aiming to take the website and its brand higher and further – employing more people, interviewing new racing connections, and striking partnerships with like-minded businesses. Stevie added: “I will also continue to try attending different events, endeavouring to report freelance to national newspapers for greater exposure for the sport of road racing and keeping it at the forefront of motorsport.” It is thanks to people like Stevie Rial – who is really the only the journalist of his kind to be working with such in-depth statistics and information in this space – that pure road racing has experienced a surge in popularity through the likes of social media and online news, even with traditional print publications rapidly decreasing. People from more than 180 countries today visit his website, a figure that Stevie never could have imagined possible. Although the season in the UK finishes around October, the rest of the year remains busy for Road Racing News, which will continue to report on stories and events from around the world. To stay up to date on all of the latest coverage of road racing, simply follow the link below, where visitors will also find an exciting range of Road Racing News merchandise, from books and t-shirts to gifts. Contact: Stevie Rial Company: Road Racing News Web Address: https://roadracingnews.co.uk/ AIS-Aug25368 A
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