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As the 2007 Mitsubishi Evo Challenge enters the second half of its season County Durham based Stephen Petch Junior finds himself lying fourth in the championship standings, 1 solitary point behind Julian Reynolds. With this in mind Stephen is readying himself for a big push on the forthcoming Swansea Bay Rally.
A month after the last round Stephen, co-driver Michael Wilkinson and the rest of the SG Petch Motorsport team return to Wales for Round 5. Last time out, on the Severn Valley Rally, Stephen salvaged fifth position after a couple of spins, loosing out on fourth place by a mere half a second after a storming last stage drive where he clawed back 16 and a half seconds in 11 miles.
Stephen said: “We had run as course car on the tarmac based Jim Clark the week before so I think my head was still in tarmac mode on the Severn Valley. I’m hoping to do a bit of testing ahead of the Swansea Bay, because it’s an event I really like. It’s very close at the top and in this championship you have to be prepared to push quite hard… so that is our strategy for the next couple of rounds.”
The prize for winning the 2007 Mitsubishi Evo Challenge is a fully funded ‘works’ drive with the Mitsubishi team in the 2008 British Rally Championship.
The 2007 Swansea Bay Rally starts at 8:30am on Saturday 21st July and uses some of the roads typically used on the Wales Rally GB every year, including the world famous Port Talbot Stage. The first car is expected back at the ceremonial finish at 5pm that afternoon.
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