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County Durham based Stephen Petch Junior, the reigning PIAA Mitsubishi Evo Challenge Junior Champion, begins his 2008 rallying season in earnest this weekend when he takes to the start of Rallye Sunseeker at the wheel of a Kumho tyres shod SG Petch Motorsport run Hyundai Accent World Rally Car.
Stephen, who has previously campaigned the Mitsubishi Evo Challenge, will now be in a position to challenge for overall honours in the technologically superior Hyundai. And whilst the learning curve might be great the talented youngster does have prior experience. After finishing second overall on his debut in the car Stephen then won his second ever event in the Hyundai, the North Humberside Rally, outright.
Stephen said: “I love driving the Hyundai and whilst I’ve had some cracking results in it in the past this is the first time I will be contesting a full championship in the car. A big thanks to both Kumho and SG Petch for all their support. I expect the competition to be really tough but hopefully we’ll be there or there abouts.”
Stephen, who is co-driven by Michael Wilkinson, recently contested the Wyedean Forest Rally as a pre-season warm up and was pleased with his times on what was, in essence, a high speed test.
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