Bruce Fullerton took great pleasure this week in announcing that Alliance Airlines have decided to back both the Full-On Rallysport team of Bruce Fullerton and Hugh Reardon-Smith, and the brother and sister team of Ryan and Rebecca Smart, for the 2008 rally season.
Both teams run under the Fullerton Financial Services banner in Evo 6 Lancers and will be competing together for the first time at the 2008 Rally of Canberra.
The Alliance Airlines-backed cars will be entered in the Premier League at the Rally of Canberra, limiting the teams to 12 tyres and pump fuel for the event.
Fullerton said that the support of Alliance Airlines is a major boost for both crews.
“This backing shows faith in the results both teams have achieved,” he said. “Full-On Rallysport was ultra competitive in the 2007 rally.com Challenge, being in the equal lead going into the final round, and Ryan and Rebecca debuted their Evo 6 with a fine second place at the first KCF Rallysprint of the 2008 season.”
Alliance Airlines are the pre-eminent fly-in fly-out charter operator in Australia specialising in operations on behalf of the resource sector. Their headquarters are in Brisbane with major bases in Adelaide, Perth and Townsville. Alliance use the Fokker 100 Twinjet and the Fokker 50.
Keep an eye out for both Alliance Airlines-backed Evo 6’s as they compete around the nation’s capital in the upcoming Rally of Canberra.