MITCHELL BOUYED BY PROMISING BRC DEBUT
Northern Irishman eyes more outings on the mainland in 2023
Jason Mitchell says that contesting more rounds of the British Rally Championship in 2023 is an option after he made an encouraging debut on the recent Cambrian Rally.
The Omagh-based Northern Irishman only started rallying two years ago at the age of 42 and is keen to make up for lost time in his Ford Fiesta Rally2. This year, he has done most rounds of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship as well as a couple of gravel rallies at home.
His only other experience of gravel was contesting the Grampian Rally in Scotland in 2021 and the Cambrian was his first experience of rallying in Wales. Paddy McCrudden was his co-driver.
Before the event, having completed the recce, Mitchell said: “The stages look really good and I just want to see how we fare. It could be an option for the future. We’ll just see how it goes.”
Though he posted a late retirement on the Cambrian, through the day his pace was similar to that of established local driver Hugh Hunter, so Mitchell should be encouraged by being able to run at a good pace in strong company. Significantly, he was second fastest to Oliver Solberg on the first run through the Penmachno stage.