Chief's big race.A LEADING North East industrialist will be swapping collar and tie for crash helmet this weekend. Peter Stephenson, Executive Chairman of Able UK, is competing in the Rally of Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. which is the last round of the World Rally Championship. The multi-stage action got underway yesterday in Cardiff Cardiff (kär`dĭf), Welsh Caerdydd, city and county (1998 est. pop. 320,900), S Wales, on the Taff River near its mouth on the Bristol Channel. Cardiff is the capital of Wales and an important port. Until the early 20th cent. , and is the 13th time the boardroom bigshot has been behind the rally wheel, a Ford Focus WRC The Ford Focus WRC is a car built for the Ford by Malcolm Wilson's M-Sport and based on the Ford Focus production hatchback, developed to compete in the World Rally Championship. 06 this year. Peter said: "This year''s event through the Welsh forests promises to be a pretty tough and exciting challenge, I''m looking forward to working with Chris my co-driver and trying the new car. "I might be one of the older competitors -and the day job limits the amount of time I can devote to rallying-but I''m confident that we have the right combination and our objective is to get in to the top twenty." |
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