GWYNDAF EVANS PLEDGES HIS ESCORT Mk2 RETURN
Classic Ford ready to be rebuilt for the Welsh wizard after Ceredigion shunt
Gwyndaf Evans says he will return his Ford Escort Mk2 to competitive rallying despite a significant accident on the recent Rali Ceredigion.
The historic-specification Mk2 was a present from his son Elfyn, the World Rally Championship contender, as a thank you for all the support that Gwyndaf has given to his son’s career.
After a run at the McRae celebration event at Knockhill, Evans entered his local closed-road event as a first full competitive outing but suffered a significant off with the car rolling several times.
Fortunately, the damage is not as bad as initially feared and Evans says it will be rebuilt. He told Motorsport News: “It will be back in competition in due course. It’s one of those where it looks worse than it is. It will be OK again. It drove out of the stage after the stage finished. I’m thinking about taking it into the forest next year as that’s where it belongs. When Elfyn gave it to me, he said he wanted it to be used. It will take a while, but it will be rebuilt.”
The car was a fresh build by Phil Mills and the Viking Motorsport team and Mills wants to put the car back on to a chassis jig to make sure that everything is straight. “So I’m going to rally it again and I will do some more with it,” said Evans, who hosts Rally North Wales each March from his Ford dealership in Dolgellau.