Mcgloin to rally and launch school
FIA Disability and Accessibility Commission president Nathalie Mcgloin will make her rally debut in the Donington Park round of the Motorsport News Circuit Rally Championship, before setting up a rally school for disabled drivers.
Mcgloin and the charity she co-founded, Spinal Track, already offer free of charge trackdays at Silverstone, and will replicate that for rallying in partnership with Phil Price Rally School in Turweston later this year. It is also set to be free of charge.
Mcgloin regularly competes in circuit racing in a Porsche Cayman, but will field a Toyota GT86 navigated by partner and regular rally competitor Andrew Bayliss.
“When you see rallying and you know someone involved, you’re intrigued, and I love going sideways,” Mcgloin told MN. “When we talked about doing it for the charity, I just had to do it, I can’t wait.
“I have to do my BARS and we’re going to do some testing at Bicester, then we’ll just hope for the best.
“I’ve driven the sister car, I broke the suspension after 20 minutes! The car is great, the gearbox is a really good automatic. It doesn’t get bogged down or anything.”