THORBURN EYES FRESH 2020 BID
Newly-crowned BTRDA Gold Star champion
Euan Thorburn says he would like to “try something different” next year as he seeks a new challenge.
Thorburn has swept to victory on all five rounds of the BTRDA Rally Series so far this season in his
Ford Focus WRC05, and is also on course to clinch a third Scottish Rally Championship title this weekend on the Grampian Stages.
His focus though has already switched to trying to compete in more Tarmac rallies before the end of the year and his plans for 2020.
“[We are] obviously very pleased to add another Gold Star title. We didn’t really plan to go for that this year but after winning the first round we decided to go for it,” Thorburn told MN.
“We don’t plan to do the rest of the rounds at the minute [as] we just take one event at a time and the next one to concentrate on is the Grampian [Forest Rally].”
Thorburn is a two-time Scottish champion and says he will look elsewhere if he were to wrap up a third crown this season.
“After that we will see what happens but we would like to get a Tarmac rally in before the end of the year, maybe over in Ireland,” he said. “We would like to have a go at some Tarmac rallying as I haven’t done that much. We’ll see what events are part of the Asphalt Championship next year and decide after that.
“I don’t think we need to go back to [the] BTRDA and [the] SRC next year as there’s nothing to prove, we would like to try something different.”
Despite not wishing to return to the SRC next year, Thorburn is all but guaranteed this year’s title if he finishes the Grampian Forest Rally on Saturday as chief rival Garry Pearson has withdrawn his entry.