Perez celebrates Trackrod victory
Published Date:
01 October 2008
Kick Energy rally driver Steve Perez, back from the Incas Rally in Peru, returned to the fast Yorkshire forests to record his second successive victory on the Trackrod National Rally which comprised the penultimate round of the 2008 MSA Pirelli Gravel Rally Championship.
Driving the Ford Focus WRC, Chesterfield-based Perez, along with co driver Paul Spooner, made a steady start to the 75 stage mile event by posting third place overall on the opening stage in Housedale before moving up to second place behind defending champion Marcus Dodd as the crews headed for the service area at Pickering Showground.
Moving into the second loop of stages, Perez trailed Dodd by 30 seconds going into the final test but a combination of a concerted attack, coupled with Dodd suffering engine problems on the fourteen-mile Givendale stage, saw Perez sweep to victory and in doing so added to his win on the Yorkshire-based North Humberside Rally earlier in the year.
The full article contains 165 words and appears in n/a newspaper.
-
Last Updated:
01 October 2008 6:14 PM
-
Source:
n/a
-
Location:
Chesterfield
