Matt Edwards on route to 3rd spot on the RSAC Scottish Rally

The High Hill Ford, GPM, Silkolene 710 supported Welshman will look to make full use of co-driver Fagg’s local knowledge as he seeks to achieve his goal of finishing his first close road rally.

“Having Rob on board can only be a benefit coming to the Isle of Man” commented Edwards, “He has done plenty of rallies on these roads from club events to International and hopefully the knowledge he has gained he can pass on to help us achieve a good points result this weekend.”

The event will offer another first for Edwards as he will have his first opportunity to complete a

 pre-event reconnaissance of the stages, allowing him for the first time to check his pace notes first hand as opposed to through a DVD recording. Mexperience.com backed Fagg though is no stranger to undertaking recce’s and believes it can only make the new experience for Edwards easier.

“I think the benefit of the recce, getting to see the stage prior to the event will take the shock out of the event for Matt” explained Fagg, “He will get the chance for the first time to make sure he is happy with his notes from first hand experience rather than through sitting in front of the TV. I hope that through the knowledge I have built up since starting out on these roads in 2000 I can assist in producing a good set of notes which he can commit 100% to on this new event and that we can get a good points haul in our bid for the championship.

The main opposition this weekend will come from the Irish trio of fellow championship leader Kyle Orr, Craig Breen and Mark Donnelly, with winner last time out Kris Hall also in the frame. With extension previous tarmac experience it is a tough ask for Edwards to be on the pace from the off but the Manx is a tough rally with solid hedges waiting to punish any mistake.

The event gets underway on Friday 10^th July with the International field away first followed by the Challenge crew approximately one hour later. The Challenge crews will tackle the first eight stages totalling 80 miles and it will also be these stages the Kick Energy Fiesta SportTrophy result will be decided over.

Challenge crews will resume battle from scratch again on Saturday morning and again follow the international field, this time completing all stages totalling a further 80 competitive stage miles. The event is due to finish around 4pm with the final stage bringing crews back to the event base at the TT Grandstand in Douglas.

Rob is supported by Manx Telecom, NETeller (www.NETeller.com), Robert Graham & Co Quantity Surveyors, www.Mexperience.com, Nicky Grist Motorsport (www.nickygrist.com), Fastime Stopwatchs (www.astopwatch.com) and G8 Products (www.g8products.co.uk)

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07/07/2009