Bentham's David Wright  will start his 2013 rally season next weekend when he contests the Wyedean  Forest rally in his Kumho Tyres, Proflex, Drenth, York Brewery, Millers  Oils, Owen Developments and Grove Hill Garage-backed GPM Mitsubishi Evo  9.
The Chepstow-based event is the opening round of the BTRDA rally championship which Wright is intending to contest this season.
"I  can't wait for the season to start," said Wright. "I'm keen to get the year  off to a good start after our disappointing retirement from the Grizedale  Stages at the end of last year."
"I enjoy the Forest of Dean stages that  the Wyedean uses although I am hoping that conditions will be better than  last year when the stages were covered in sheet ice - it becomes a bit of a  lottery when we have zero grip."
"Thanks to the support from my  sponsors we are starting the year with the aim of contesting the full BTRDA  championship. I will be trying to repeat the title win I achieved in  2009."
The rally starts from Chepstow racecourse on Saturday morning with  the crews facing tough stages such as Speech House and Serridge.
 

