Andy Davies to Irish Tarmac series

Andy Davies will switch to the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship next year in his Subaru Impreza N12B, before making a step up to an R5 car.

EX-BTRDA NR4 frontrunner Davies needs 90 points from this weekend’s Powys Lanes rally to secure the Welsh Road Rally Championship drivers title in his Subaru Impreza GC8. It would be the first time a fourwheel-drive car has won the series.

He could have sealed the title last weekend with second on the Cilwendeg, but MN understands the forthcoming Eagle Rally will run, meaning another scoring opportunity for his opponents.

Davies will compete on the Pokerstars Rally – his first visit to the Isle of Man – next month, before a full attack on the Group N championship in the ITRC in 2019.

“I just want to become as rounded of a driver as I can,” said Davies of the move to Ireland. “I want to do as much as I can with the car before we upgrade to an R5.

“I think I got everything out of the car I could in the BTRDA on gravel. Having done the road rally championship this year, I’ve enjoyed Tarmac a lot more. We did Clacton and Donegal. Donegal is what hooked me to be honest. The atmosphere, how well received we were having come from Wales. I enjoyed the event and I enjoyed it more than my last few BTRDA events.

“The car is homologated, so we can have a go at the Group N championship and get some Tarmac under our belt.”