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Sunday, 03 June 2007 |
VK Vodka Kick rally driver Steve Perez maintained his impressive record with his fourth consecutive ANCRO podium as he maintained his 2007 MSA Gravel Rally Championship lead following the Severn Valley National Rally today.
Along with Berwickshire co driver Claire Mole the Chesterfield businessman was using his 2003 Ford Focus WRC as his 2005 car is en route back from the Barbados Rally Carnival whereby he was contesting the event last weekend, and despite some tyre problems earlier on Perez maintained a good pace to lie in third overall after the first loop of stages.
Once the problem was rectified the 2004 National Champion speeded up
but his progress was hampered when he lost first gear in the long
Radnor stage, but he battled back to end up at the Builth Wells finish
in third place overall behind the Peugeot Cosworth of Andy Burton and
main ANCRO rival Marcus Dodd (Hyundai Accent).
More importantly Perez maintained his championship lead thanks to being
the second placed points scorer in the ANCRO Championship and as a
result goes into next month’s Swansea Bay National Rally 17 points
ahead of Dodd when battle recommences on July 21st.
“We made a mistake with our tyres early on. It’s been good. If we’d not
put those tyres on we might have done a bit better but it’s a good
result for the championship points. I thought we were going to do
better than that (3rd) but it’s been a good rally today and well
organised. I look forward to seeking revenge over Marcus on the next
event” said Perez
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