Kelly Bird Motorsport

During the Easter Holidays the Chris Birkbeck Junior Rallycross Open Championship competitors went to the Chris Birkbeck Rallyschool in Brotton for the first ever Rallycross Camp. It was a 3 day event with a 2 night stay. The competitors were divided into two teams, with our team consisting of myself, Keifer Hudson and Simon Quinn, the other team members included Conor Flynn, Brad Bailey, Sam Kinirons and Frankie Helliwell. The teams drove a range of vehicles including the Ford KA rally car, FIAT Panda Reverse Steer car, Chuckle Buggies, Quads, Blind Fold Driving in a Land Rover Discovery, and Karts. 

The teams took part in seminars hosted by Tom Watson (Scrutineer), Bob Wright (Clerk of the Course), Bob Brown (part of the rescue team), and Ron Watson (Chairman of the MDA). Chris Birkbeck gave us advice on our driving skills, followed by a tour around the rally workshop.  We had a table top rally, where we learnt some map skills if we wanted to navigate in the future, it also helped us to understand the perspective that co-drivers go through on rallies.

Through the duration of the camp there has been two teams competing against each other and collecting points. Our team (Kelly, Keifer and Simon) had been in the lead with the points all of the way through the camp,  and finished the event by winning the Kart Sprint aswell.

Kelly Bird says, “I enjoyed this week as we all came together and got to know each other, I feel like my driving has improved and it has given my confidence in the seat.”

Keifer Hudson states “this has been a fantastic few days and well worth being part of.”

Simon says “I think the camp was good and it has given me brilliant confidence for Nutts Corner next week.”

Posted on April 21st, 2009 by Kelly
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