After a successful comeback event on the recent Jim Clark
Challenge rally Burton upon Stather driver Tim Rodgers will contest the
Scottish Challenge rally next weekend in his Rally4Real.com Ford Fiesta ST.
Rodgers finished 7th overall on the Jim Clark and
was only 3 seconds away from being the leading Fiesta driver on what was his
first event for three years. With the Scottish Challenge rally being on the
forest gravel stages he is more familiar with rather than the tarmac of the Jim
Clark Rodgers has high hopes for another good result. He will once again have
Stefan Arndt in the co-driver’s seat.
“I was happy with our performance on the Jim Clark rally, I
think had we done all of the stages we would’ve been the quickest Fiesta crew
but sadly over half of the competitive mileage was cancelled by the rally organisers due to various incidents. Not being able to
do the full rally was a bit of a let down so I decided we’d try and get the
budget together to have a run on the Scottish.”
“I’m more used to gravel stages although it’s three years
since I did a gravel event. I am confident that we’ll be on the pace though.
The Scottish route looks excellent with some classic rallying territory such as
Ae forest, it’s going to be a tough event but hopefully a rewarding one.”
The rally has a ceremonial start on the evening of Friday 28th
June before 61 competitive stage miles on Saturday 29th June.
