Manx Forest Stages - (Sat) 20 Jul 13

Six Of The Best For Newby

Posted: February 8, 2014 8:43 AM

Following his fifth outright rally success a couple of weeks ago on the Brawdy Stages Rally based in Wales, Carnforth teenager Arron Newby continued his great form with a sixth victory when he took another convincing win on this weekend's Dave Corris Autos Forest Rally in the Isle of Man.

After winning the opening round of the Eurostars Motorsport.com Manx Rally Championship back in February with the Chris Kelly Memorial Rally only to retire on the Manx National Rally in May when well placed against some of the country's top tarmac drivers, 18-year-old Newby was keen to get back to winning ways on the Manx Autosport-organised event in the forests of the Island.

Seeded at car 1, Newby and Manx co-driver Rob Fagg were in action in a TEG Sport used sales Subaru N11 which was already in gravel trim and in the dry and dusty conditions, they took the lead on the opening stage and were never headed with fastest time on every stage, eventually winning by 49 seconds.

The result catapulted Newby back into championship contention given that dropped scores will play into his hands as the year progresses and now looks forward to the Manx International Rally which comprises a double header for championship points in September.

Arron Newby:
"I'm chuffed to bits as it's not only my sixth win but importantly my first forest win. The stages were very dry and dusty and I struggled to get used to the Group N car as it's totally different to what I've driven previously, especially not having the sequential gearbox which I have in my tarmac car, and having to get used to a standard gearbox. But by stage three I was in the zone and loving every minute. The TEG Sport team did another fantastic job, especially re-mapping the car to run on VP race fuel and the Pirelli K6 compound tyres were brilliant throughout the event. So a big thanks to them and as ever, Rob was brilliant on the notes so it was a big team effort."

Stuart Newby, TEG Sport Team Owner:
"Arron has shown he now has the pace on gravel as well as tarmac and this victory is a benchmark one. He's not been beaten on a stage in two rallies now, one on tarmac and one on gravel so we are over the moon with the way he's driving. Conditions were difficult today and he drove a sensible rally without taking risks and the result has thrust us back into contention for the Manx Championship. Thanks to the team and the sponsors who have made this latest result possible and we couldn't be happier right now."

Results

Posted: February 8, 2014 8:38 AM

Manx Forest Stages - (Sat) 20 Jul 13 - RESULTS

Seeded Entry List

Posted: July 16, 2013 8:15 AM

Manx Forest Stages - (Sat) 20 Jul 13 - SEEDED ENTRY LIST

Regulations / Details

Posted: July 5, 2013 11:16 AM

Regulations available at:

Manx Autosport Club