Chris Reid Motorsport

October 2006
Speed up for Trackrod

Scottish Junior Rally driver Chris Reid and navigator Lee Burgess finished 3rd on the recent Yorkshire, Trackrod Rally.

Reid was recently crowned Quaife 205 Challenge drivers champion, after securing the championship on the previous round in Wales. With extensive damage to his AB Motorsport run Peugeot 205 on the Welsh event due to a leaping sheep, it looked unlikely that Reid had enough budget to contest the remaining two events. Championship co-ordinator Kevin Furber stepped in and offered, as Reid’s championship prize, a funded drive on the remaining two events of the year.

‘’We only had the budget to do five events this year, but with the help of Kevin we can complete the remainder of the season. Hopefully I can secure the fastest times table, which is the second half of the championship. With this I can claim the overall title for 2006“ commented Reid

Supporting his campaign and title chase are AB motorsport who have provided Reid the chance to use their highly successful 205, vacated by fellow team mate Stefan Davies, who has opted to run his own car for the remaining rounds.

‘’Things really went our way for this rally, as my own car was too badly damaged at the end of the Mewla National. The team were up against it to get it ready in time’’ said Reid

The rally started very steady for Reid as he acclimatised to his new steed. With different suspension setup and close-ratio gearbox, Reid was immediately playing second fiddle to Davies, trailing by two seconds after the first half mile spectator stage.
The limited speed with the new gearbox hampered Reid’s performance, “with long straights I’m limited to about 95MPH, the standard box will do 130MPH” said Reid
Stage 3, Gale Rigg, Reid regained and advantage by taking fourteen seconds from Davies over the seven miles, he was adapting his driving style to suit the new setup which were showing results.

High moor, stage 4, Reid was trailing Davies now by twelve seconds, he made a charge for the lead as he was finding feet in the new car, but disaster stuck. Two miles into the 9 mile stage, Reid clipped a rock pulled out by the previous car and he suffered a puncture. Not wanting to damage the car, Reid changed the puncture dropping four and a half minutes.

Still charging, Reid set three fastest times over the next five stages. To highlight his efforts, Reid took the stage six win from Davies by just 0.3 seconds over the eighteen miles. Reid lost any chance of victory, but winning stage nine, Reid claimed third and ninth overall.

As mentioned, Reid still heads the fastest time table and needs a further two fastest stage times to secure the overall title.

Chris Reid and Burgess would like to congratulate Stefan Davies and his new stand in co-driver 16year old Ella Flynn for putting in a superb performance, just a shame the battle ended all too early.
Also thanks to SnavenitraM, Quark Motorsport, AB Motorsport and Kev Furber for their continued support.

The final round of the Championship will be the Twente Rally, Holland on November 4/5th

7th Overall / 1st Class - Stefan Davies 1:15:48.1
8th Overall / 2nd Class - Frazer Stannard 1:18:41.s
9th Overall / 3rd Class - Chris Reid 1:20:32.6