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Fitting Tribute

Ian Caddy vividly recalls the crash he had in his red Millington-powered Mk2 Escort. It was August 2016 during a stage of the Mewla Rally. Watching the in-car video the smash looks violent as without warning the car slides left, then snaps back to the right. But it’s only when you see the footage from outside, witness the car tumbling three times, then see the driver’s door pinned backward against the front wing and the dented sill, you realise how Ian’s side of the car took the brunt of the impact against a large rock...

“My co-driver, Alan Thomas was OK,” remembers Ian, “and he

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