Garry Pearson and Craig Wallace had a highly productive and
successful Todds Leap International Rally NI at the weekend when they clinched
victory in not only the Renault Twingo R1 Championship but also the British
Junior Rally Championship.
By winning the Junior title Garry is automatically selected for
the Pirelli UK Star Driver scheme. The Pirelli Star Driver programme was set
up in 2008 to reward aspiring rally drivers with a once in a lifetime
opportunity to take part in a full British Rally Championship campaign. Pirelli
has already agreed terms with Citroen Racing to run a Citroen DS3 R3 as part of
next year’s highly-regarded Pirelli UK Star Driver scheme.
Based on merit, one driver is selected
for the Pirelli Star Driver shootout from each of the six qualifying rallies
plus the winner of the British Junior Rally Championship.
With one place yet to be decided, Garry Pearson now joins Mark
Donnelly, Matthew Cathcart, Tom Cave, Jussi Kumpumaki and Osian Pryce who have
all been selected so far. The final driver will be selected on Rally Yorkshire.
Garry and Craig finished 18th
overall at the weekend, and were the only Twingo crew to finish while two
places further back was the only other Scottish crew, the Ford Fiesta R2 of
Ruary MacLeod and Paul Beaton.
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