Matt Selley

Finishing second outright in their ex Ralliart Evo 9, Matt Selley and co-driver Hamish McKendrick are delighted with the result of their first full test of a new competition vehicle at last weekend’s Adelaide Hills Tarmac Rally.

“We attempted to run the car in January at Targa Wrest Point but an engine failure only 13 kms into the first stage brought that to an abrupt end,” said Matt.

“The team have spent weeks since then getting the car to where we want it to be and I reckon we are nearly there.”

South Australians, Matt Selley and Claire Ryan, are ecstatic having finished 15th outright, 6th in Group N, 2nd Non-priority ( Privateer) and 2nd Australian crew at the 10th round of the 2009 World Rally Championship, Repco Rally Australia which was run in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales over the weekend.

Competing in their Possum Bourne Motorsport built 2003 Subaru Impreza Sti, the team was one of the much depleted field to complete the 35 special stages (totalling 344kms) and cross the podium on Sunday evening.

The Evans family has dominated the final leg of the 2008 Sprint Auto Parts Rally SA as both Simon and Eli Evans triumphed today in challenging, wet and extremely slippery conditions.

It was a day of domination from the Victorian-based family as Simon and Sue Evans powered their Toyota Corolla S2000 entry from Team TRD to the outright win whilst Simon’s younger brother Eli clinched heat two in stunning fashion this afternoon.