Christchurch's Matt Jansen has taken over the lead in the Junior Championship category of this year's Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, powered by Brother [NZRC] - this weekend's Drivesouth Rally Otago - and has finally got the top result that he has been striving for since his debut here in 2005. Â This year is the 24 year old's final opportunity to claim a second Junior title - he won his first in 2009 - and a round win this weekend has moved Matt into a 12 point lead over previous front runner Alex Kelsey. Â Matt also recorded another top overall result - an excellent 4th place finish in the NZRC title race which, along with his career-best 2nd at the opening round at Whangarei and a 5th at last month's Rally Wairarapa sees him in 4th at the halfway point in the series. Â "Once again the MITECH WELDERS Subaru has done us proud and we were rapt to score a 1 - 2 for ScottSpeed Performance Engines at yesterday's tarmac Super Special Stage in the centre of the city. Â "We are also very pleased to realise that we are now one of only three teams in the championship who have finished all three rounds so far this year," said Matt. Â "As we said before the rally, our approach this weekend was to stay 'clean and tidy' and go at our own pace to ensure we left with the maximum [NZRC] points possible. Â "So, unlike several others, we are more than happy to be heading home with a car that is still in great shape," continued Matt. Â "This is particularly important considering that we have only two weekends to prepare the car before it has to go north for the next round [WRC Brother Rally New Zealand - June 21 -24]." Â "And to have the Junior Championship lead is a great boost for our MITECH WELDERS Subaru Team." Â
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