Cook prepared for new BTRDA campaign
Former BTRDA rallycross champion Gary Cook will return to the series this year with a freshly built Super Modified Ford Fiesta.
Cook revealed the new car at Autosport International last weekend, which replaces his 2012 title-winning MG ZR. Cook plans to test the Fiesta for the first time at Blyton Park next month before undertaking a full season campaign.
“We’ve got more power than the MG used to have, we’re around 300 horsepower from our Exon Race Engines Duratec and have got a Quaife five-speed dog box,” said Cook. “The suspension on it is all original from the Ford Puma Junior WRC cars so it should all work OK. I’ve driven it onto the trailer and that’s as far as it’s been at the moment. Hopefully we’re going to do a full season, obviously the first season will be more of a development year to make sure everything is working right but hopefully we can have a good season with some good results.”
Cook, who is entering his 40th year of competition, says while he will focus on the Clubmans series this year, he would like to compete in British RX before he stops racing.