Mads Ostburg took his third consecutive win in the Norwegian championship, with a 51 second win in the Numedal rally at the weekend in his S10 Impreza. Once again, the similar car of Anders Grondahl finished in second with a third S10 (driven by Morten Ostburg) in third place. Once again, both cars ran without fault extending 100% reliability for the season so far. The cars are now returning to the Morgan Motorsport workshops in the UK, to be prepared ready for Rally of Portugal, the next WRC event on Mads programme at the end of March.
Davies prepares for Epynt... Tony Davies is all set for an attack on the Legend Fires National Tarmac Championship, which kicks off this coming weekend with the Tour of Epynt. Once again with Patrick Walsh co-driving, Tony will aim to finally take victory in the championship which has so far eluded him. His S9 has been re-prepared over the winter and the team hope to have overcome the small gearbox problem which frustrated last season.
Mads frustrated on Rally Norway... Mads Ostburg had to resort to Superrally on Rally Norway after damaging his suspension on day two of his home rally last weekend. After finishing ninth on the Swedish round the previous weekend, (including setting an overall fastest time), the team had hoped to get amongst the manufacturer cars on the familiar roads around the Hamar rally base. Mads was making good progress before a power steering belt problem on day one and was up to 11th overall before he hit a rock damaging the suspension. Mads impressed the team with his ability to make running repairs and get the car back to service, but unfortunately he was just OTL, leaving the team no option but to complete the Sunday stages under Super Rally rules. Next event will be the Numedal Rally in early March, where both S10's will be in action, with team boss Morten Ostburg taking over the second car.
Alen second on Arctic Rally... Anton Alen followed up his group N victory on Rally GB with a second place finish overall on the opening round of the Finnish Championship, the Arctic Rally. Alen had been second and then briefly led on day two, going into the final superspecial stage with a lead of 1.2 seconds from the Mitsubishi of Kettomaki. However, he dropped four seconds in the stage to end the rally in second place.
