No rest for Pritchard as Roger Albert Clark runner-up travels to Killarney Historic Rally to compete in Scott Williams’s Ford Escort Mk2

Two-time Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally champion Jason Pritchard will head over to Ireland this weekend and contest the Killarney Historic Rally in the Scott Williams Motorsport

Ford Escort Mk2.

Pritchard contested the Roger Albert Clark Rally last weekend in his own historic-spec Escort Mk2 and challenged for the lead early on before a puncture on the penultimate day ultimately dropped him to second at the finish.

He flew out to Ireland on Tuesday to take part in PR work ahead of the historic event in the modified Escort Mk2 alongside Phil Clarke.

“It was a bit of a shock,” he said.

“I got a message from Scott [Williams] and they wanted us out there,” Pritchard told MN.

“They asked me to go last year but I couldn’t get a co-driver, then they asked us again this year and we said yes. I think Scott had planned to park the car up for winter but the organisers had contacted him as they want the cars out there. They’re [the Escorts] are two total opposites of the spectrum but at least I’ll be match fit!”

Despite finishing third on his debut in the car on Rali Bae Ceredigion, Pritchard’s expectations are modest.

“[The purpose is] to go out and show the car and enjoy every mile like we did in Aberystwyth,” he added.

“[In] Aberystwyth I didn’t think we’d get a podium, I just enjoyed every mile and that worked so we’ll go with the same attitude. I think realistically in Killarney there’s a lot of specialist boys there, it’s like them coming over here to compete on Epynt or somewhere like that. They know it like the back of their hand.”