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 Hot on the heels of his team’s points scoring results last weekend in the
2008 World Superbike Championship in
Qatar, Vent Axia
VK Honda team owner Paul Bird has another busy weekend planned.
Spaniard Gregorio Lavilla left the Losail Circuit with a 13th
and 14th place finish to show for his efforts despite some minor
problems and he and the rest of the team are bound for
Australia where
the Phillip
Island circuit hosts the next two
rounds on Sunday (March 2nd)
But team boss Bird isn’t making the trip ‘Down Under’ as after taking a
couple of days off in Dubai, he is returning back home to Penrith in order to
contest the Malcolm Wilson Rally in his native Cumbria on Saturday
(1st March).
Birdy has won the event three times in the past (2004, 2006 & 2007)
and is aiming to make it a record-equalling four victories which is held by Bill
Dobie going back 25 years.
The Subaru WRC that he’ll be using, which will be
unveiled at the start of the event, has been re-branded in the new team’s
corporate colours of red and black with backing from Vent Axia and VK’s new
energy drink, Kick
“We had a tough time in
Qatar and
we’ll be looking for improvements in Australia but
the team knows that we have some work to do. Greg learnt a lot and he’ll
hopefully do well at Phillip Island and it’s a good omen me not going to a race,
when that happened last year, they won! I’m really looking forward to driving
the car again as apart from a couple of miles before a problem struck last time
out, I’ve not driven in anger since early October. I love the Malcolm Wilson
Rally and the possibility of a hat-trick and equalling Bill’s record meant I
decided to contest the rally instead of spending two days on a plane. A fourth
win for me on Saturday and a pair of decent top ten placings on Sunday will be a
perfect weekend for us.”
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