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Revolution Wheels ready to push on Pirelli The Revolution Wheels Rally Team is ready to kick start their 2009 MSA British Rally Championship campaign on this weekends Pirelli International Rally after a series of setbacks hampered their ...
Published: Jun 19, 2009, 7:50 PM
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Revolution Wheels ready to push on Pirelli
The Revolution Wheels Rally Team is ready to kick start their 2009 MSA British Rally Championship campaign on this weekends Pirelli International Rally after a series of setbacks hampered their recent outing on the opening round of the championship.
The two car team had hoped for a strong showing on the Bulldog International Rally of North Wales but when electrical gremlins forced Rob Swann and Darren Garrod to retire their Subaru Impreza N14 it was left to series newcomer Euan Thorburn and co-driver Claire Mole in their Subaru Impreza N12 to fly the Revolution Wheels Rally Team flag. Euan had showed some promising pace early on in the rally, running well inside the top five overall, until he slid off the road and was unable to continue.
Rob Swann switches to a Geoff Jones Motorsport built Subaru N12 for this weekends rally as his regular N14 heads off to Barbados for the summer. Rob will only get he chance to test his new car for the first time at the official shakedown on Thursday. Likewise team mate Euan Thorburn will not have an opportunity to test his rebuilt car until the same test session the day before the rally.
Team principal Warren McKiernan is anticipating a better run on the Pirelli; the Pirelli International Rally in 2008 was my first event as a team principal and hopefully the lessons learnt in the last 12 months will helps us recover from the setbacks of the Bulldog Rally quicker and enable us to get on with the task a hand.
I have full confidence in both Rob and Euan and am looking forward to getting our championship assault back on track this weekend.
The Pirelli International Rally is based in Carlisle and is a true test of man and machine as the route sees crews tackle the infamous Kielder Forest Complex on both Friday night and throughout Saturday. Three stages in the dark on Friday offer a real test for the teams, and then the survivors face another nine stages on Saturday before returning to Carlisle for the ceremonial finish early in the evening.
-credit: revolutionwheels.com
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