The Rally2Raise team of Rachel Clark from Aberdeen and
Caroline Lodge from Brampton are targeting a class podium when they contest the
Speyside Stages rally next weekend.
The pair contested their first event together on the
Scottish rally in June and they finished an excellent second in class in their
E.Watson & Son, Pirelli, AW Motorsport and McPherson Document
Solutions-supported Nissan Micra 1300.
The team are contesting selected Scottish Rally Championship
events this year as part of their project to raise funds and awareness for
charities. The supported causes this year are the Nystagmus Network and the
Bottle Stop campaign. So far they have raised £800 in 2013 to add to the £2,500
they raised last year.
“The project has gone well again this year,” said Rachel.
“I’m pleased with how much we have raised so far and we’ve got plans for more
fundraisers later in the year.”
“I’m looking forward to the Speyside, we ran as course car
on three stages last year which was very enjoyable so we’ve stepped up to the
full event this year. It’s a relatively local event for me and it’s run by my
own 63 Car Club so it’s good that we can support the rally.”
“We managed to get second in class on the Scottish which I
was very happy with so if we can get a similar result next weekend that’d be
great, the first priority is to finish though.”
Ahead of the rally Rachel attended a fundraising barbecue
with the rally car at the local Woodend nursery. The car proved to be very
popular and several of the nursery kids wrote their names on the car wings so they’ll
be on display at the rally.
The Speyside Stages is based in Elgin with the crews
scheduled to contest 9 stages in the surrounding forests. For more information
on Rally2Raise please visit www.rally2raise.co.uk or
www.facebook.com/rally2raise.
