PRESS RELEASE: 21st September 2009

Trackrod Rally 2009

The SunWise GT Rallying team will head to the last round of the British Rally Championship and Swift Sport Cup held in the forests of North Yorkshire this weekend with one aim, to take the overall R1 title. The championship is all to play for going into the last round as three crews can walk away with the title in a winner take all battle to the finish.

SunWise driver Gordon Nichol and co-driver Emma Morrison have been the most consistent crew in the field this year, never being off the podium in all of the previous rallies. Currently the Scottish Border based team have a 14 point lead over their nearest rival but with only 5 of your best 6 events counting towards the overall title GT Rallying find themselves having to drop 16 points to the other two crews in the title hunt, this means that they are now lying in third place 2 points behind the championship leader Molly Taylor and 1 point behind Luke Pinder.

The PIAA UK, Advanced Signs Galashiels and Airbrush Perfection backed team have not had it all their own way this season when the first two events found some flaws in their new pace note making skills giving them a few headaches with commitment. After the first two rallies a string of three tarmac events followed and the team were back on the pace from the first of these, the Jim Clark Rally where they scored their first win of the season and carried on the dominant driving on the next two, although a win was always just out of reach.

The Trackrod rally will be Cooks Car and Van Hire backed Gordon`s 30th ever event and he will be hoping to celebrate this with another win and the championship. Gordon spoke with us about this season and how twelve months on he finds himself back in the hunt for the title. “This season has been so hard both on and off the tracks. This year has been so much more competitive than last season in terms of the competition I have been up against and it’s been amazing to be a part of it. Last year we got to the Trackrod with the championship in sight but with the problem with the clutch on the last stage it went just out of reach, but in hindsight I don’t think I was ready to win it, if you know what I mean? This season its right there again and I think after the problems on last year’s rally it made me stronger and able to handle the pressure a little better than last year. It’s going to be an amazing battle and in some ways I wish I was watching as the spectacle is going to be unreal and may the best man, or woman win!”

GT Rallying would like to thank its sponsors SunWise Glasses UK, PIAA lighting, Advanced Signs Galashiels, Airbrush Perfections and the Ettrick and Lauderdale Sports Council for their support over the season. They would also like to hear from any interested parties regarding the 2010 British Rally Championship and any companies who would like more information on this can contact the team at gtrallying@fsmail.net

The spectacle will be great and The Trackrod rally will be held on Saturday the 26th near Pickering in Yorkshire and details can be found from the BRC web page www.rallybrc.co.uk for anyone who might be interested in watching the last event in the season.

For more information visit www.gtrallying.com/

 

 

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