Big Test for MG on Jim Clark Rally

04 July 2003

The successful partnership of Gwyndaf Evans / Claire Mole and the Creative Media Communications MG ZR continues for this weekend on the Jim Clark Memorial Rally, third round of the British Rally Championship (BRC). The event is centred around Claire's home town of Duns near Edinburgh and her knowledge of the local roads will be vital as the team takes on a strong entry in the Super 1600 category with entries from Peugeot, Opel, Ford, Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Renault.

The three day event starts on Friday evening, July 4 in Edinburgh and will have covered over 150 competitive miles on 25 special stages by the end on Sunday afternoon.

The rally has a strong international flavour, especially those competing in the World Rally Car (WRC), two litre turbocharged, category, with teams from Norway and Finland and a large contingent from the Irish tarmac championship.

Gwyndaf and Claire won the Super 1600 class in the MG ZR on the last BRC round, The Scottish Rally, and achieved a fine 5th place overall ahead of many WRC cars.

Brian Griffin MG Motorsport Operations Manager said: "The last rally was primarily a gravel event which requires a different suspension package from an asphalt set up. We also made several smaller revisions to the geometry in recent testing which produced very positive results. The team produced a strong performance on the Scottish Rally last month and we hope to build on that this weekend."

See series calendar for British Rally Championship 2003

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