HUNTER FIELDS A FRESH R5 ON HOME EVENT
Fiesta outing could lead to a full BRC campaign in 2023
Experienced North Wales rally driver Hugh Hunter finished fourth within the British Rally Championship contenders on the recent Cambrian Rally in a Ford Fiesta R5 he had only owned for a week before the rally.
Hunter, who has extensive experience in a range of four-wheel-drive machinery and won the BTRDA Gold Star in 2008, bought the car previously owned and driven by Tom Coughtrie.
“We’ve had it a week,” said Hunter when he arrived for scrutineering at the Cambrian.
“We had a test on Wednesday of about 40 miles.
“It’s a Mk2 R5 and it feels a little bit different. I wanted to be ready as this is our home event and had a bit of closed roads in the dark in Wales as well.”
Hunter says plans for the car are still to be decided.
“Now we’ve got the Cambrian out of the way we’ll have a think. If I could get a sponsor, we’d do the British Rally Championship. Certainly, the plan is to use the car next year,” added the 54-year-old.