Kennard takes time out of his busy schedule to chat on our DustTrails Podcast and in the first episode of two, he explains his early career and the steps that took him to the top of the sport.
After getting his start with Brent Rawstron in New Zealand, it was that relationship that took him to compete in the 1000 Lakes Rally in the 1980s.
He also got a World Rally Championship podium at Rally New Zealand alongside Malcolm Stewart, but it’s his role as team manager that makes up the majority of this episode.
Kennard chats about his time with the Subaru World Rally Team which started at the famous 1995 Rally Catalunya in which he was tasked with hailing down the flying Colin McRae.
The career then took him to Kenya for months at a time and also to the USA for an all-conquering program with Mitsubishi.
It’s a chat worth listening to.
