Western Australia’s Darren Windus will be out to make plenty of noise at the Quit Forest Rally, the second round of the NEC Australian Rally Championship, outside Busselton on 27-29 April. Part of the Pirtek Rally Team, Windus and fellow West Australian Jon Mortimer will take to the forests in the all-new Super 2000 version of the Ford Fiesta.
The Pirtek Rally Team, which also includes Michael Guest / Mark Stacey, is the first Ford team in the world to campaign the all-wheel-drive version of the Fiesta in competition. The car had its debut at the Coates Rally Queensland at the start of April. Windus and Mortimer finished the second leg in fifth place overall.
The two-litre Focus is non-turbo and has a distinct engine note as compared to the regular turbo-charged entries. “You can hear us coming that is for sure, ” said Windus.
“But that’s just where the excitement begins. This car is one of the most awesome things I have ever driven. The big winners are the spectators who will see a very spectacular Ford in competition. “The Pirtek Rally Team have put in an enormous effort to get the Fiesta into competition. In just 18 weeks they designed and built two cars from the ground up.
