t foray with Colin and I to the final Rally in Wales this year. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila, as well team mates Mikko Hirvonen, took the Focus RS WRC out for the final time, with Jari-Matti and Mikka ming in third and Mikko Hirnonen and Jarno coming in fourth after having a steering problem.
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ri-Matti Latvala and Mikka Anttila competing at Margam Park in the last Focus WRC giving them second overall in the final WRC standings.
As Requested - The Roger Albert Clark Rally – My final rally of the year and a good mix of snow to add to the fun
ving just completed in the recent Roger Albert Clark Rally, with Phil Collins in an Opel Ascona 400 I have urned quite shattered but happy with our result. Carlisle is always an entertaining venue for a rally and it s my second visit to the forest of Keilder this year, with the added addition of snow, to this an event I oyed tremendously. The addition of a number of good friends such as Mark Higgins and Gwyndaf Evans ded to the atmosphere of the weekend.
– to the rally itself – The chief safety officer, Brian Avery and assistant rally manager, Graham James sted on the Wednesday before the start of the rally that their final route survey had flagged up nothing ious – Dalby was very fast and slippery and that Woodyard was in excellent condition – little did they ow! When Phil and I arrived at the Pickering Stadium, North Yorkshire on the Friday, we found snow November 9, 2010 –The team ASM Motorsport has demonstrated once again vering the whole ground – a surprise after waking to a beautiful sunny morning in Wales and having a on having achieved his three vehicles to place between the nine classified first ones at up! It has been awhile since my last in snow back in 2002, at the Rally Sweden, which is thejourney Rally Costa Brava. Antonio Sainz, brother to Carlos Sainz,foray and Javier Cattaneo ing thedifferent obtained Championship three weeks while ago in the Spanish Historic htly as they allow spikes over hereCup weofhave toCars, stick with rubber. By the start, the snow the general. For your part Ferran Font and Oriol Julià (Ford Escort) were qualifying was heavy and I have to say, the organisers were brilliant in making sure the service park and event all he Category 2, sixth absolute. While, Carles Palou and Albert García (Ford Escort) nt smoothly, the weather. It was3.clear thatofthe choice of tyres would prove the winning or losing th position of thedespite general, quarters of the Category 58 edition the Rally Costa habitualfor format reserved only to on the snow historical vehicles, count for cision the remaining day, and we started tyres thatbeing Philtohad stored for some years. Even travelling on cpublic Rally Championship and forstages the Spanish and Catalonia Championships roads between proved to be fun, with the of snow coming down faster than could be cleared. st was recovering his more European spirit of the eighties when the participation of l had not driven on snow for 10yrs and coped exceptionally well, and after 2 failed attempts at the rally st generation (Manta 400, 037 Rally, 308 GTB,) it was allowed. viously, we aimed for a solid rally, with the ultimate aim of finishing.
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Dear Customer With most of the championships and events now over for this year, our thoughts naturally move to how to do better next season, what we can improve on and the way we can make the car go quicker. Few of you put yourselves at the top of the improvements list, yet time off work due to injury ensures less ability to pay for your competing and precious points lost in championships while you heal. With the increases in safety legislation now being enforced we all need to take a look at our helmets and check they are still in good condition, straps are still well attached and there are no knocks on them. Damage is not always seen and yet, this is the one piece of kit that protects the brain. I also highly recommend the HANS devices – they protect you from violent shunts and impacts, and means you are more likely to be able to walk away from an impact unhurt, get back to work and return for your next competition.
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The Wales GB – and to next season
The 66th WRC Wales GB has now finished and with it the end of an era – the last FIA World rally event for the current generation of turbo-charged, 2 litre vehicles, which we first saw in 1997. That year I was codriving in the rally with Colin, our first Wales Rally GB together, in the Subaru Impreza WRC 97, for the 555 Subaru World Rally Team and my irst year with Colin. We won that rally and ended up second overall in the championship, under Tommi Makinen, with Subaru taking the manufacturer’s title for the third consecutive year. Great car and a great way to end the 1997 season. The following three WRC Wales rallies were dominated by the late Richard Burns and Robert Reid, who now takes the mantle of the MSA’s Performance Director. I am pleased to announce that he selected me as the MSA National coach co-driver for the Team UK scheme. I will write more on this next month
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spice of next year’s WRC. The Mini WRC was launched at the recent Paris Automobile Show, and is powered cars available for customers to compete in with independent teams. Tantalising or a lot of us! by a 1600 litre, four cylinder D turbo charged engine. The team is to enter 6 of the 13 scheduled rounds in 2011, leading to a full inWales 2012.Rally Prodrive Focus Function toseason start the GB have also announced that they will have additional Mini WRC cars available for customers to compete in with independent teams. Tantalising or a lot of us! Ford’s rally drivers from the last 12 years all gathered together in Cardiff Millennium Stadium before the Function toto start the Wales GB start ofFocus the Wales GB, celebrate theRally tremendous success of the Ford Focus RS World Rally Car, with over 173 entered events in the WRC. Next season the Focus is to be replaced with the Fiesta WRC, which Ford’s rally drivers from the last 12 years all gathered together in Cardiff Millennium Stadium before the conforms with the new rules. Among those who attended were Marcus Grönholm,Jari Matti Latvala, Mikko start of the Wales GB, to celebrate the tremendous success of the Ford Focus RS World Rally Car, with over Hirvonen, Petter Solberg, Francois Duval the current Ford driver line up, Loius Moya, Fred Gallagher, 173 entered events in the WRC. Next season the Focus is to be replaced with the Fiesta WRC, which Thomas Radstrom, Danny Sola, Simon Jean-Joseph from the S1600, Stefan Preval, to name but a few. conforms with the new rules. Among those who attended were Marcus Grönholm,Jari Matti Latvala, Mikko Hirvonen, Petter Solberg, Francois Duval the current Ford driver line up, Loius Moya, Fred Gallagher, Thomas Radstrom, Danny Sola, Simon Jean-Joseph from the S1600, Stefan Preval, to name but a few.
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Those from over the years who were involved with the Focus WRC I was honoured to be in the car on its debut in the 1999 Monte Carlo Rally with Colin behind the wheel. It Those fromthe over the Rally yearsonwho involved the Focus WRC win at the Rally was a strange year - winning Safari onlywere our third event,with followed by a further Portugal immediately afterwards and, then not finishing another event all season. Colin and I loved the I was honoured to be in the car on its debut in the 1999 Monte Carlo Rally with Colin behind the wheel. It Safari Rally and it remains one of my favourite of all time. I was really pleased to see the old car we won was a strange year - winning the Safari Rally on only our third event, followed by a further win at the Rally the Safari Rally in 1999 at the Cardiff stadium’ it brought some great memories back. Portugal immediately afterwards and, then not finishing another event all season. Colin and I loved the Safari Rally and it remains one of my favourite of all time. I was really pleased to see the old car we won The affection people have for the Focus is immense, with people travelling from as far as the Caribbean to the Safari Rally in 1999 at the Cardiff stadium’ it brought some great memories back. be there and I was surrounded by so many people reminiscing over their Focus. Malcolm Wilson, M-Sport and BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally team director, and my good friend from the days when I was his coThe affection people have for the Focus is immense, with people travelling from as far as the Caribbean to driver with the Ford WRC team also attended. He has overseen the building of every Focus rally car from the be there and I was surrounded by so many people reminiscing over their Focus. Malcolm Wilson, M-Sport and BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally team director, and my good friend from the days when I was his codriver with the Ford WRC team also attended. He has overseen the building of every Focus rally car from the first foray with Colin and I to the final Rally in Wales this year. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila, as well as team mates Mikko Hirvonen, took the Focus RS WRC out for the final time, with Jari-Matti and Mikka coming in third and Mikko Hirnonen and Jarno coming in fourth after having a steering problem.
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As Requested - The Roger Albert Clark Rally – My final rally of the year and a good mix of snow to add to the fun
Having just completed in the recent Roger Albert Clark Rally, with Phil Collins in an Opel Ascona 400 I have returned quite shattered but happy with our result. Carlisle is always an entertaining venue for a rally and it was my second visit to the forest of Keilder this year, with the added addition of snow, to this an event I enjoyed tremendously. The addition of a number of good friends such as Mark Higgins and Gwyndaf Evans added to the atmosphere of the weekend.
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So – to the rally itself – The chief safety officer, Brian Avery and assistant rally manager, Graham James posted on the Wednesday before the start of the rally that their final route survey had flagged up nothing serious – Dalby was very fast and slippery and that Woodyard was in excellent condition – little did they know! When Phil and I arrived at the Pickering Stadium, North Yorkshire on the Friday, we found snow Next year, the S2000 will become the WRC cars, powered by 1600cc turbomorning engines,inand based the a covering the whole ground – a surprise after waking to a beautiful sunny Wales andon having current Super up! 2000 with awhile the new turbo wing kit additions. It hasatalso these great journey It cars, has been since myand lastrear foray in snow back in 2002, thebeen Rallydecided Sweden,that which is kits will different have to be and within set time which FIA stillrubber. haven’tBy announced. slightly as removable they allow spikes whilea over herelimit, we have to the stick with the start, the snow fall was heavy and I have to say, the organisers were brilliant in making sure the service park and event all To add to the challenge, theweather. Pirelli tyre supply contract haschoice comeof totyres end and they are the moving across to the went smoothly, despite the It was clear that the would prove winning or losing F1 scene,for sothe theday, regulations been amended allow both to some supplyyears. all theEven factory teams,on and decision and we have started on snow tyrestothat Phil hadMichelin, stored for travelling DMACK, whose are manufactured towith supply the other teams. is to the public roadstyres between stages provedintoChina, be fun, the tyres snowall coming down fasterThe thanoverall could aim be cleared. reduce and for open the and doorcoped to new teams to bewell, ableand to afford enterattempts the championship, Phil hadthe notoverall drivencosts on snow 10yrs exceptionally after 2tofailed at the rally previously, we aimed for a solid rally, with the ultimate aim of finishing. The new rules will certainly not suit the smooth, neat driving styles as it will be more about grabbing by the car by the scruff of the neck and throwing it into the corners. It will be very interesting to see who emerges first foray with Colin and I to the final Rally in Wales this year. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila, as well as the new style of driving star, as I think the current champions smooth driving style will be challenged as team mates Mikko Hirvonen, took the Focus RS WRC out for the final time, with Jari-Matti and Mikka next season by some other up and coming teams. coming in third and Mikko Hirnonen and Jarno coming in fourth after having a steering problem.
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The first loop around Pickering Stadium ‘ice-rink’ and Dalby had to be modified, as parts of Dalby were Ford’s rally drivers from the last 12 years all gathered together in Cardiff Millennium Stadium before the impassable, which was a blessing in disguise, as our choice of old Dunlop snow tyres proved to be very wise start of the Wales GB, to celebrate the tremendous success of the Ford Focus RS World Rally Car, with over in the conditions but kept the pace low due to their age. We found ourselves languishing in the bottom 173 entered events in the WRC. Next season the Focus is to be replaced with the Fiesta WRC, which section afterLatvala returning to Mikka the service, so competing we spoke toat Paul Dyers of Dunlop who advised us to gogiving on some of Jari-Matti and Anttila Margam Park in the last Focus them conforms with the new rules. Among those who attended were Marcus Grönholm,Jari MattiWRC Latvala, Mikko their new tyres, which made a second dramaticoverall difference on the next stages, with a 5s improvement over 5 miles – in the final WRC standings. Hirvonen, Petter Solberg, Francois Duval the current Ford driver line up, Loius Moya, Fred Gallagher, and little did we know we would end up on the same tyres or the rest of the event! Thomas Radstrom, Danny Sola, Simon Jean-Joseph from the S1600, Stefan Preval, to name but a few. Poor Mark Higgins and Dale Furniss, in their Ford Escort RS1800, had a miserable time, ending up 19th as they had only brought up DMACK gravel tyres, which proved extremely slippery and totally unsuitable in the As Requested The Roger Clark Rallyfaired – My final rally of the a good mix snow to add toup the conditions. Gwyndaf- Evans andAlbert John Millington even worse onyear theirand tyre choice ofofPirelli, ending fun 24th by the end of the day. Phil and I ended up in 9th overall and second in class, slightly over a minute behind Rob Smith and Shaun Gorman in their Vauxhall Chevette.
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in the conditions but kept the pace low due to their age. We found ourselves languishing in the bottom section after returning to the service, so we spoke to Paul Dyers of Dunlop who advised us to go on some of their new tyres, which made a dramatic difference on the next stages, with a 5s improvement over 5 miles – and little did we know we would end up on the same tyres or the rest of the event! Poor Mark Higgins and Dale Furniss, in their Ford Escort RS1800, had a miserable time, ending up 19th as they had only brought up DMACK gravel tyres, which proved extremely slippery and totally unsuitable in the conditions. Gwyndaf Evans and John Millington faired even worse on their tyre choice of Pirelli, ending up 09 and second in class, slightly over a minute 24th by the end of the day. Phil and I ended up inRally 9thDay overall behind Rob Smith and Shaun Gorman in their Vauxhall Chevette. Saturday was no less eventful with a modified Oliver’s Mount stage, which had to shortened to take out the The first loop around Pickering Stadium ‘ice-rink’ and Dalby had to be modified, as parts of Dalby were hairpin, which was too slippery, and allowed the crews a short blast up the hill and across the top of Oliver’s Mount. It was extreme slippery as none of the sections across the top had been gritted. This was a stage impassable, which was a blessing in disguise, as our choice of old Dunlop snow tyres proved to be very wise not to lose but wasn’t one to win, as the snow covered tarmac and steep drops kept the overall pace down. The Langdale stages were reduced into two short runs – another loop of Oliver’s Mount and Langdale infollowed the conditions butroute kept the paceacross, low duefortothetheir age.north We found ourselvesdue languishing in the bottom by a major change route to Hamsterley, to Miiddlesborough and Sutton bank being closed with the weather. After these stages, we then had to head south towards York, section after returning to the service, so we spoke to Paul Dyers of Dunlop who advised us to go on some working off a loose time schedule. Due to the better road conditions we got to Hammsterley 4th car on theof road and 2nd in class. The quick decisions of Colin, the event race manager, made this route the original their newwhich tyres,worked which made a dramatic difference stages,edge withofaKeilder 5s improvement over 5 miles distance well, and by the time we gotontothe thenext southern and Shepherdshield we – ended up 1st car into service for day, checking in 20 mins before anyone else. This meant we were back at and little did know we time, wouldwith end some up onofthethesame tyres the rest of theafter event! the hotel at awe reasonable crews not or getting in until 1am. Mark and Dave had also made up good time finishing in 7th overall after their dismal finish on the first day. Gwyndaf and John also changed tyres, and made a huge leap from 24th on the Friday to 5th overall.
Poor Mark Higgins and Dale Furniss, in their Ford Escort RS1800, had a miserable time, ending up 19th as they had only brought up DMACK gravel tyres, which proved extremely slippery and totally unsuitable in the conditions. Gwyndaf Evans and John Millington faired even worse on their tyre choice of Pirelli, ending up 24th by the end of the day. Phil and I ended up in 9th overall and second in class, slightly over a minute behind Rob Smith and Shaun Gorman in their Vauxhall Chevette. Roger Albert Clark Rally 2009
Saturday was no less eventful with a modified Oliver’s Mount stage, which had to shortened to take out the
Sunday morning we set off for Scotland and the forest of Ae and Twiglees, where there was little report of snow. Our choice of snow tyres on front and narrow gravel on the rear worked perfectly in these stages, and by the time we had negotiated the Heathall loop stages we came out with our 4th place still secure. The service park at Newcastleton was moved to the Newcastle racecourse, as the service crew had been unable to make it out of Edinburgh. However, by the afternoon, the second stages in Newcastleton were opened, even though reduced to two loops, as enough marshalls had arrived to cover the route. Conditions in Newcastleton were heaviest to date, which proved to be the downfall of Rob Smith in his Vauxhall Chevette, when he came off along the straight and needed to be dug out. By the end of the day and with temperatures plunging to -7̊C, we finished in 2nd in class and 5th overall. A lot of hard work was done by the organisers to get a route for Monday, as the original stages in Keilder were completely impassable due to the heavy snowfall. So, as a compromise, the organiser’s found a new 5 mile stage in Kerslope. I am sure that if the organiser’s had questioned the drivers on the Sunday night, they would have found that all of them would have been happy to stop the rally there! However, Colin wanted to give everyone value for money and worked some magic to make sure the Monday stages were passable and we could rally. With a finish on Sunday in a very close position to 3rd and 5th, Phil and I made the decision that despite the tantalising challenge of rallying for position, the conditions kept our focus on our original decision to finish above all else. Paul Griffiths and Sam Collis drove an exceptional last stage to finish 4th ahead of us with Darren Moon and Malcolm Smithson coming in 6th, behind us. All in all a great weekend of rallying and I must give a huge thank you to Brian Avery and the rally manager, Colin Heppenstall, as well as the hard working crew, for keeping the rally going, making last minute changes and ensuring we all had a fantastic time. They handled the challenges of the weekend with quick thinking, solid decisions and effective delegation, to make sure we all stayed out for some superb rallying.
For all Co-Drivers…Co-Driver Semina Update Co-Driver Seminar December 13th…… The places for the co-driver seminar filled extremely quickly and there were a large number who were not able to attend the December date. I am looking through my diary for February to see whether I can find another date to fit those I disappointed. If you are one of those people, I will be in touch shortly to let you know what I have managed to sort out. For those attending in December, one of those who has taken up a place, is not only a co-driver looking to improve their skills but also a journalist for Motorsport News. They are going to support Sean Moriarty, the editor in the writing of a piece on the day about co-driving and the training day, so keep an eye out for that issue of Motorsport News. I believe it will come out the first week of January.
Competition Update The free to enter competition to win a Stilo helmet, is going extremely well. For those of you who haven’t entered and are looking for a new helmet for 2011 - I am asking for each entry to design their helmet art work, to include the logo’s from the sponsors. The designs will be judged by myself, Jason Plato and the airbrusher, Piers Dowell, who will be air brushing the winning design onto the helmet. For entry into the competition, please email news@nickygrist.com and we will send across the templates to help you with the design and competition rules, with advice notes. I will be inviting the winner and their guest to the Autosport International, where I will be presenting their prize. Closing date for the competition is the 23rd December, so Piers has time to airbrush the winning design onto the Stilo helmet..
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As I have written quite a bit about the Roger Albert Clark rally I thought it would be more interesting to give you a bit of fun, to keep you all occupied during this snowy cold weather! Stilo helmets can be found on a quite a number of championship winners this season, with Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena probably leading the list. Stilo and I am trying to put together a list, which I will be showing on my stand at the Autosport International Show for everyone to see just how many of our champions choose Stilo as their preferred choose of helmet. I thought it would be quite fun to see if you can find those champions, and match the names and number of people who have won their championship, as Stilo helmet wearer’s, with mine. If you are unsure whether a champion is wearing a Stilo, have a look on my website www.nickygrist.com and the full list of helmet designs is under the heading Stilo. You can check your results when you visit the stand and see whether you have found more than me – I challenge you! Autosport International is on the 13th-16th January 2011 NEC, Birmingham – I am on stand 6466 Double podium for the team ASM Motorsport in the Rally Costa Brava more “Historical”
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Thank you to ASM Motorsport for giving me their news on the Costa Brava Rally, which I have included below. If you want to feature your championship news in my newsletter please email news@nickygrist.com and I will try to include them into each months news. Alex Sabater is one of the director’s and was competing alongside us in the Roger Albert Clark Rally, I teased him about rallying on slippery surfaces, such as snow as a novel experience for him before the rally – little thinking we would be immersed in snow the whole weekend.
With most of the championships and events now over for this year, our thoughts naturally move to how to do better next season, what we can improve on and the way we can make the car go quicker. Few of you Double podium for the team ASM Motorsport in the Rally Costa Brava more “Historical” put yourselves at the top of the improvements list, yet time off work due to injury ensures less ability to pay for your competing and precious points lost in championships while you heal. With the increases in safety legislation now being enforced we all need to take a look at our helmets and check they are still in good condition, straps are still well attached and there are no knocks on them. Damage is not always seen and yet, this is the one piece of kit that protects the brain. I also highly recommend the HANS devices – they protect you from violent shunts and impacts, and means you are more likely to be able to walk away from an impact unhurt, get back to work and return for your next competition.
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Montgat (Barcelona) on November 9, 2010 –The team ASM Motorsport has demonstrated once again everything his potential on having achieved his three vehicles to place between the nine classified first ones of the general scratch of the Rally Costa Brava. Antonio Sainz, brother to Carlos Sainz, and Javier Cattaneo (Porsche 911) were signing the obtained Championship three weeks ago in the Spanish Cup of Historic Cars, with the third position of the general. For your part Ferran Font and Oriol Julià (Ford Escort) were qualifying in the third position of the Category 2, sixth absolute. While, Carles Palou and Albert García (Ford Escort) were finishing in the ninth position of the general, quarters of the Category 3. 58 edition of the Rally Costa Brava was changing his habitual format remaining reserved only to the historical vehicles, being to count for the FIA European Historic Rally Championship and for the Spanish and Catalonia Championships of Regularity Sport. The test was recovering his more European spirit of the eighties when the participation of called Group B of the first generation (Manta 400, 037 Rally, 308 GTB,) it was allowed.
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Brava was changing his habitual format remaining reserved only to the historical vehicles, being to count for the FIA European Historic Rally Championship and for the Spanish and Catalonia Championships of Regularity Sport. The test was recovering his more European spirit of the eighties when the participation of called Group B of the first generation (Manta 400, 037 Rally, 308 GTB,) it was allowed.
These cars will be able to compete in a habitual way in the contest from 2012. The rally was consisting of two stages and ten timed sections, adding a total of four hundred eighty seven kilometres of tour, of which hundred forty eight were corresponding to the speed sections. On Friday evening / night there was disputed the first stage composed by two tours to the sections of ‘Cladells’ and ‘Collsaplana’. After these two sections the pilots of team ASM Motorsport were occupying the third (Sainz-Cattaneo), the fourth (Font-Julià) and the seventh (Palou-García) position of the general when on returning to Lloret de Mar, adding in addition an extraordinary second tour by Collsaplana when more complicated when the pilotage was due to the dampness in the road, where they were obtaining the best third, fourth and fifth time. In the second stage there were disputed the special ones of ‘Tossa-Sant Feliu’ and ‘Els Àngels’, besides the ‘Sils's Circuit’, repeating itself in two occasions. Antonio Sainz and Javier Cattaneo do with the forecasts and with a very regular conduction were supporting the third position of the general up to the final podium. Ferran Font and Carles Palou, in a few sections where his Escort were not proving to be so effective, were defending his respective positions with a few spectacular conductions, being two of the pilots most applauded by the numerous present public along the tour. Finally the Andorran pilot Ferran Font and Oriol Julià they were supporting the second position in the Category 2 opposite to Jean Ragnotti, in whom it was the début in competition of the new Escort RS, after the test of Andorra in the past Rally of Andorra, when Font exercised as ‘car zero’. The unit constructed by ASM Motorsport possesses specifications of Gr4 FIA, with the engine BDG, the change ZF and all the technical characteristics that allow the maximum competitiveness. Carles Palou and Albert García, in his second rallye with the Escort MK2 Gr4, proved to be increasingly competitive entering in the ninth position of the general and fighting on equal terms, opposite to the big special Europeans. Now the team prepares already his participation in the Rally Basque Navarrese, one last round of the Spanish Championship of Historic Cars, with Antonio Sainz and Manuel Bobes, where the latter will fight to obtain the second position. To finish the national season the team will return to lands of Madrid to take part in the Rally Community of Madrid. Whereas internationally Alex Sabater took part for the second year in a row in the Roger Albert Clark Rally.
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I think that is about all for this month. A big thank you for all support 2010, we will have another newsletter out before the end of the month, where I will give a review of 2010. If any I think that is about all for this month. of you wish to add to this, please do email news@nickygrist.com I have been a bit late with this one getting to you, as I wanted to add the Roger Albert Clark Rally in while it was fresh in my mind. A big thank you for all support 2010, we will have another newsletter out before the end of the month, where I will give a review of 2010. If any of you wish to add to this, please do email news@nickygrist.com I have been a bit late with this one getting to you, as I wanted to add the I hope you have enjoyed reading this newsletter. Over December, I will be busy with preparations for the Autosport International, and getting Roger Albert Clark Rally in while it was fresh in my mind. the brochures and stock ready, as well as answering your calls, so am looking forward to the Christmas break I hope you have enjoyed reading this newsletter. Over December, I will be busy with preparations for the Autosport International, and getting Until next month, the brochures and stock ready, as well as answering your calls, so am looking forward to the Christmas break Yours in Motorsport Until next month, Yours in Motorsport
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