Bentham rally driver David Wright will start his rally season next weekend when he contests round two of the BTRDA rally championship, the Malcolm Wilson rally.
Having sold the Mitsubishi Evo 9 he had used for the last
three years Wright was hoping to debut his new Ford Focus WRC on the Cumbrian
event but the car is awaiting engine parts so a back-up plan has been put into
action.
“The pistons for the Focus are still in America with
Cosworth so we’ve had to sort another car to contest the Malcolm Wilson rally,”
said Wright. “We’ve got the Mitsubishi Evo 9 that we won the 2009 BTRDA title
in. It’s taken a lot of work but we’ve managed to get it into pretty much the same
specification as the car we used last year.”
“We’ll struggle to match the pace of the world rally class
cars but we’ll be pushing hard in what are some of my favourite stages in
rallying and hopefully we can target a podium finish. We’re planning to test
the car ahead of the rally which should iron out any problems.”
The Evo will be supported by Kumho Tyres, Drenth, Grove Hill
Garage, GPM and Owen Developments.
The Malcolm Wilson rally starts from Cockermouth on Saturday
morning and the crews will be tested over some of the classic Lake District
stages including Comb, Wythop and Grizedale.
