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WHEN A NOVICE CO-DRIVES ON ONE OF BRITIAN’S BIGGEST RALLIES

“That’s quite cool,” quipped William Creighton as he cycled through one of Oulton Park’s garages, gesturing to the stickers ‘LBARRY’stuck onto the side of Graham Coffey’s Ford Fiesta S2000 Turbo. I wasn’t going to disagree with him.After 23 years and 10 months on planet Earth – and over five years working in rallying in some form or another – my chance had come. I was competing on an event.

The Neil Howard Stages is a fading memory as a rally that happened two-and-a-half weeks ago, but the adrenaline is only just beginning to settle.

Working in motorsport enables you to do many cool things.Arguably it’s the best seat in the house as you

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