NEWBY IS THE NEWBIE IN BTRDA RANKS
Arron Newby returned to national forest rallying to take fifth in the BTRDA event on the recent Trackrod Forest Stages in a Skoda Fabia R5.
Newby, 27, had not rallied for two years until he came out for the Malcolm Wilson Rally at the start of the season. He then won in Greystoke in July and he’s planning to finish the year with the Malton and Grizedale rallies.
He said: “Were busy with work, and we set up a new business during Covid, so I’ve done nothing really since 2019. It depends on available time what we’ll do next year. But I won’t do a championship, just selected events.”
Despite limited seat time he said before the Trackrod started: “I’d like to think we can run in the top 10. I’ve never done Yorkshire before, so all the stages are new.”
In fact, with co-driver Jamie Edwards, they finished a strong fifth in the BTRDA pack.