The Manx Motorsport Youth Trust backed crew of Andrew Leece and Rob Fagg travel from their Isle of Man homes to Hinckley in Leicestershire this weekend to contest the Rally of the Midlands.   The event is the third round of the Silverstone Tyres Ford Rallye Sport Ka Championship and takes place over four venues making up the 18 sealed surface stages with a total mileage close to 80 miles.

After getting his season of the mark on the last round when he finished in 3^rd place and 2^nd Junior, Andrew will be keen to get more points on the board in his Mark Higgins Rallying Ka.   With Fagg back alongside they will be looking for another top 3 result to keep their championship dream alive.

The strong showing in the early part last years Manx Trophy Rally, must make Leece one of the favourites for honours on the tarmac event.   With no notes on this round, Andrew will be looking for navigator Fagg to be on top form and pick all the information possible from the maps provided to get them round the stages.

Strong opposition will come from series leader John Hanson, pace setter Tom Lunn and the talented Scotsman Innes Clark. It is vital though that this weekend Leece closes the gap to those ahead of him and the change of surface gives him the ideal opportunity to do this.