PAYNE WOULD DO TWO RALLIES IN ONE DAY AGAIN
Elliot Payne says he would repeat his feat of starting two rallies on the same day should the situation again present itself.
The 19-year-old entered both the Woodpecker Rally and Rali Ceredigion driving his dad Charlie’s Ford Fiesta Rally2 on the gravel and his own car on asphalt. The easy option was to just contest the Woodpecker, as he had a real chance of winning the BTRDA title, but Payne wanted to gain experience from the BRC-counting
Rali Ceredigion.
Straight after finishing third on the Woodpecker, Payne and co-driver Patrick Walsh drove to Aberystwyth and made it in time to complete four stages that evening, albeit running down the field, and finish the rally seventh overall.
Payne said: “Without a doubt I’d do it again. It’s one of those things you’ve got to get on and do, it’s the only way you’re going to move forward with anything. At least next year if they do put Ceredigion in the BRC calendar again we have notes for it. Just a massive thanks to my dad and the mechanics getting it all sorted and done so that we could pull it off.”