Rally of the Midlands

RALLYING ON HOME TARMAC...

The Rally of the Midlands is an ideal place for spectators, with almost all of the stages designed with spectators in mind. It's also located close to Nuneaton, Matt's home town, so the fan club should be out in force.

"Just when we started to get a feel for the car on gravel its back to square one and the all new experience of super fast tarmac driving," explains Matt Beebe. "With this in mind I hope we can have a good clean run to the finish and put on a good show for all the local supporters and sponsors.

"The MG ZR has been developed as a road car so this tarmac event should show just how good these little cars are, and how much fun they are to drive. There will be a lot more grip on the road so the driving style will be more like racing, getting the right line rather than sliding the car about and we can afford to be more aggressive with the brakes, steering and getting back on the throttle because there will be more grip with slick tyres."

"Richard has competed on the event several times and I have spectated at two of the four venues used, so our combined knowledge of the event should allow us to push hard when we need to and just be a little cautious at times after learning the hard way on the last round that one small mistake can mean the end of the rally," explains Matt.

"The most important thing is to finish the event, to gain more experience, especially on tarmac, to give MG, Trinity Motors, Heartland Evening News and all our other local sponsors as much exposure as possible and to earn as many points as we can in the championship. We are out there to win!"

Matt Beebe