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County Durham rally driver Stephen Petch Junior is hoping for a repeat of his 2006 performance as he and the SGP Motorsport team head to Jedburgh for the Border Counties Rally, round 2 of the 2007 Mitsubishi Evo Challenge.
Showing incredible talent in atrocious conditions, Stephen and co-driver Michael Wilkinson, put in a polished performance when they brought their Mitsubishi Evo home 7th overall on the snow lined event, narrowly missing out on Group N honours by a mere 9 seconds.
With the 2007 running also counting toward the Mitsubishi Evo Challenge, where the price is a ‘works’ drive in the British Rally Championship in 2008 Stephen is up against some stiff competition but as this talented youngster has shown time and again, when things go right for him, he is more than capable of putting in quick times.
The 2007 season opener, the Bournemouth based Rallye Sunseeker, saw the SGP Motorsport Mitsubishi Evo 9 struggle with differential problems and despite the gathered spectators cheering him on after a series of time consuming spins these did not help Stephen get the result he wanted. Despite this Stephen and Michael were still able to salvage 6th place points in the Evo Challenge.
“I had a great run on the 2006 Border Counties Rally, when the roads were covered in snow. I don’t expect the conditions to be anywhere near as bad this year but just hope that Michael and I can have a better run than we did on the Sunseeker” said Stephen.
The 2007 running of the Jedburgh based Border Counties Rally takes in 60 tough and testing stage miles around the South Scotland town with the first car expected back at the finish ramp at 5:30pm.
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