VETERAN BEAN BRINGS HIS FORD ESCORT Mk1 BACK

Rallying veteran Bob Bean will return to his Ford Escort Mk1 for his local Malton Stages in early November.

Bean, now 83, has concentrated on rallying his Ford Lotus Cortina in recent times, having blown the engine on the

Escort five years ago.

He said: “The BDA engine has been rebuilt and sat on the garage floor for two years.

“If I don’t do it now, I never will,” he added of the plan to get the Escort back out. He will be in the Lotus Cortina for this Saturday’s BHRC final round, the Carlisle Stages.

“Hopefully we’ll keep on running again next year,” he added of his near 60-year rallying career.