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Tuesday, 17 April 2007 |
Former British Rally Champion Jonny Milner has stepped in to help fellow Yorkshireman Ryan Champion's bid for the 2007 Tesco 99 Octane British Rally Championship, starting with this weekend's Pirelli International Rally.
Despite a successful 2006 with Mitsubishi UK when Champion was runner up in the BRC, he was recently told that he was not part of the manufacturer's plans for this season and was unsure if he would be entering this weekend's opening round. However, seeing as though Milner is not contesting the event due to business commitments, he has given Champion the use of his Merlin International Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX.
Champion, co driven by Craig Thorley, won the Carlisle-based Pirelli
International in 2006 and will lead the field into Kielder Forest on
Friday as the event gets underway.
"I'm very grateful to Jonny for giving me the chance to do the event.
It has been a little uncertain over the last few weeks but hopefully we
can get the year off to a good start and contest the full Championship.
I'm really looking forward to the rally and it should be a great battle
at the front" said Ryan who will test the Pine Direct supported car on
Thursday in preparation for the event.
"I also have to say thank you to Mark Robson at MSR Motorsport in
Thirsk for his help in putting this deal together. I'm not going to
make any predictions but it would be nice to be on the podium!"
The event starts in Carlisle on Friday evening before heading into the
fast gravel tests of Kielder Forest before finishing back in the city
on Saturday evening.
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