The Easter break has been a handy time for the Pirtek Rally Team to re-group and look ahead to another challenging round of the NEC Australian Rally Championship, the Quit Forest Rally outside Busselton in Western Australia on 27-29 April.
The event might be some two weeks away, but with the team having to traverse the country from its Melbourne base, there is just a handful of working days to prepare the Super 2000 Ford Fiestas before the transporter hits the road.
Designed and built in just 18 weeks, the world debut of the Super 2000 version of the Ford Fiesta at the Coates Rally Queensland was considered a success, with the highlight being fifth place overall for Darren Windus / Jon Mortimer on leg #2. Michael Guest / Mark Stacey were on-course for a fourth place finish in the opening leg before a broken drive-belt hindered their challenge.
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