KELLY REVELS IN HIS FIESTA TO INHERIT MN CIRCUIT SPOILS AT OULTON PARK

For Mark Kelly, who had graduated from his Escort Mk2 last summer, the Neil Howard Stages brought his first overall win in his Ford Fiesta R5.

While Frank Bird and Jack Morton also headed the British Rally Championship crews, Kelly got on with his own job of chasing MN championship points and drove a fine rally to finish eight stages just 20 seconds adrift of the BRC big guns.

Initially, it seemed like Kelly’s reward would be second