FEMALE CO-DRIVERS DOMINATE CADWELL PARK ENTRY
The top three seeds in the recent Cadwell Park Stages were all female navigators. Ashleigh Morris sat alongside British Rallycross champion Ollie O’Donovan, Emma Morrison was with John Griffiths and Laura Connell co-drove for
Andy Scott.
It was possibly the first time a significant rally had featured female co-drivers in the top three seeded cars. All three are hugely experienced co-drivers. Morris has been rallying since 2006 and was on her fifth event this season with O’Donovan, while Morrison is one of Britain’s busiest co-drivers and will tackle up to 20 rallies this year in more than a dozen different cars. Connell has split her time this year co-driving Scott and John Stone in his VW Polo GTi R5.
“I hadn’t realised at first until I started looking through the entry list more, but I don’t think I have seen that before,” said Morrison before sharing Griffiths’ Ford Fiesta R5 to victory on the second round of the MN-supported Circuit
Rally Championship. Scott/Connell took second in their Ford Fiesta S2000 Turbo while O’Donovan and Morris clinched fourth in their Hyundai i20 R5.