South Australians Guy Tyler and Steven Fisher have had a rough start to their 2016 DMACK Junior British Rally Championship campaign.
The Mid Wales Stages Rally, based in Newtown, began on Saturday with two night stages. The pair’s troubles started almost instantly in the first stage when they hit a rock and bent their front right control arm. In the second night stage they struggled through and made it to the 50-minute service, (still setting the top Fiesta 1600 time). Their crew, run by Major Motorsport, worked hard and managed to change the control arm in time to make it into Parc Ferme.
On day two, Tyler and Fisher had a wheel alignment done in the morning service before heading out for the next two stages. Their troubles from the night before didn’t end there, though. On the morning’s opening stage, Tyler became distracted coming around a left hand corner by a car that head left the road. This resulted in him losing concentration, putting him offline and with his best effort to avoid hitting the other two cars already off on the same corner, he took the safest option and steered the car off the road and into a stump. Tyler and Fisher then spent the rest of the day in the snow before their crew could retrieve them.
"It’s really disappointing that we weren't able to get more time in the seat, but I'm just happy we didn't hit Merion’s car which would have been a lot more damage.
“But that’s rallying, and you’ve got to take the good and the bad. I love the sport and will never give up on trying to chase my dreams,” Tyler said.
Keen to make the most of the opportunity given to them by Major Motorsport to compete in the championship, Tyler and Fisher will return their car to the workshop and begin preparing it for their next event. They will be competing in the Pirelli Carlisle Rally, to be held on April 30 and May 1.
If you would like to support Guy Tyler and Steve Fisher in their 2016 DMACK Junior British Rally Championship campaign, you can do so via their crowd funding page.
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