HENDERSON TO RUN SELECTED 2022 CAMPAIGN
East Riding Stages winner David Henderson isn’t planning a title assault this year, instead opting to pick and choose events that fit with his schedule.
Henderson endured a bruising run of form after switching from a Ford Escort Mk2 to a modern Fiesta R5, but a podium on February’s Riponian Rally, a win at Snetteron and then another on Yorkshire’s closed-road rally last month have revitalised his form.
“[When] you’ve got a run of nonfinishes you feel like the monkey’s on your back a little bit, so then you go into the winter, time passes and you feel a little bit of pressure so that’s why I went and did the Riponian and had a fairly steady run because I just needed to finish,” Henderson told MN.
“One way or another I grabbed a result there and I felt like my problems left me a little bit really. Snetterton was fundamental – it was very wet in the afternoon but I had a healthy lead at lunchtime and then this one I went into it with an open mind, I don’t think I drove the rally at a risky pace and it just worked.
“I’m doing Donington in a couple weeks’time and then I’ll do the North West Stages, that’ll be a hearty old rally to do, the entry looks strong on that!”
Despite the welcome upturn in his results, Henderson’s commitments away from the sport mean that this season will be a pick-and-mix approach. “Hopefully I can get a nice finish at Donington then I can roll that momentum into the North West,” he said. “I’ve got some stuff on the wall but I’ve not really sat and worked out what I’ll do.”