BRC Stars of the Future 2005

The rally covered famous stages such as Gartheiniog and Dyfi as we followed in the wheel tracks of current rally stars such as Mathew Wilson and Mark Higgins.

The first stage proved to be difficult as myself and Mat blew away the cobwebs suffering a high-speed spin and mechanical troubles resulting in us being unable to select 1st gear. After the 1st stage we were 7th due to the time dropped but were determined to fight back.

After adjustment of the gear linkage between stages we had a clean run through stage 2 setting 3rd quickest time over all pulling our way up to 5th.

Over the 2 following stages after the 20 minute service we started to really get in to the groove setting 2nd and 3rd fastest stages times surviving an huge moment where a pace note was missed and far too much speed was carried in to a corner.

Stage 5 was cancelled due to Mathew Wilson’s big accident.

During this spell of hard charging we pushed our way through to take 3rd place over all by 6 seconds from the combined 1600cc & 1400cc classes within the BRC Stars of the future and 1st placed 1400 placing us level on points on top of the championship table together with Suzuki works team backed driver and hotly tipped favourite James Wozencroft.

The next round of the championship takes us to Carlisle and the Pirelli International Rally where the daunting challenge of the ultra fast “Killer” kielder Forests lays ahead and hopefully an equally pleasing result.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my main sponsor Peter B Ledbury Ltd Panasonic Specialist of Wantage, my team Interceptor Racing and all of the local businesses in and around Wallingford that support me.

Gavin Bristow