The Rally Show at Chatsworth

The Rally Show at Chatsworth Sponsored by VK Vodka Kick : 6/7 June 2009

Double champion drives for Britain
Guy Wilks, British Rally Champion in 2007 and 2008, will join the British team taking on the
Irish and the Germans in the Nations Cup at the Rally Show at Chatsworth on 6/7 June. He
will drive the Proton Satria Neo S2000 car prepared and run by Mellors Elliot Motorsport, with
which he made such a stunning debut on the Pirelli Rally in April. Also in the British team is
Steve Perez, at the wheel of the VK Ford Focus WRC07, and David Kynaston with his 3-litre
Audi A3 quattro.
The Irish are represented by Kris Meeke, in his Peugeot UK S2000 207 and the Donnelly
brothers, Eugene and Charlie, in a Toyota Corolla WRC and a Skoda Fabia WRC
respectively. The Donnellys will be coming to Chatsworth on a high, since Eugene won the
Jim Clark International Rally last weekend in the Skoda Fabia WRC.
Coming from Germany, fresh from his win on the latest round of the German Rally
Championship, the Sachsen Rally, is Olaf Dobberkau, with his 380bhp Prorallye Team
Porsche 911 GT3. This was the first time that a Porsche had won a German Championship
rally since Manfred Hero won the 1983 Saarland Rally with a 911 SC.
Dobberkau, whose day job is running his own driving school, dealing with ordinary people
seeking licences for high-performance driving on the Nurburgring, wowed the Chatsworth
crowds last year with the second fastest time of the weekend in this car and is back by
popular request. Joining him is Heinz-Walter Schewe with a similar, fire-breathing Porsche
911 GT3. Schewe was driving Porsches in the 1970s, when he was a frequent entrant on the
RAC Rally; he was German Rally Champion in 1976. As well as his 911 GT3, he is bringing
the 911 RSR with which he competes in historic rallies.
The Nations Cup is scheduled to run in two heats on Saturday and Sunday, the best two
times from each team counting. It is just one of nine competitive events, plus the VK Fiesta
Sporting Trophy knockout – which will keep spectators occupied. In addition, there are
demonstrations from, among others, Mikko Hirvonen – now lying second in the 2009 World
Rally Championship after his second place behind team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala in Sardinia
last weekend – in a Ford Focus WRC and 18 historic rally cars, ranging from 1948 to 1988 in
the History of Rallying demonstration. Among then is Steve Magson from Pickering in
Yorkshire, driving the Opel Ascona 400 with which he won the Jim Clark Historic Rally last
weekend. It will be a busy weekend for him, since with co-driver Geoff Atkinson, Magson will
also be competing in the Northern Historic Championship event at Chatsworth.
Just to recap on the other attractions, there will be a rally car display celebrating 30 Years of
the World Drivers Championship, organised by “Motorsport News”, there is a total of 60 trade
stands and exhibitors to wander round, top autotest drivers will show how they perform their
magic out on the track, and in the air will be a display from the RAF Hawk aerobatic team. If
you feel the need to participate yourself, there is a chance to try your hand in a trials car or at
laser clay pigeon shooting.
Should anyone not yet have a ticket for the Rally Show at Chatsworth sponsored by VK, they
should visit the website at www.therallyshow.org where, until midnight on Monday 1 June,
they can purchase tickets at a lower price than at the gate on the day.
For all further information, please contact:
The Rally Show Ltd
PO Box 6168
Reading RG19 9DS
Tel: 01189 710424
Fax: 01189 710331
Email: office@therallyshow.org
Website: http://www.therallyshow.org