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Perez plans Stratos challenge on Roger Albert Clark Rally

Posted on Sunday, 30 May 2010 07:10PM by Paul Lawrence

Steve Perez has confirmed plans to contest the 2010 Roger Albert Clark Rally in his glorious Lancia Stratos and hopes that recent work on the Italian sports car will allow him to challenge the Ford Escort pack on the 26-29 November event.

Perez is heading to Portugal this weekend to campaign the Stratos in Retro Rally Portugal, the support event to the World Rally Championship. He hopes that this will be start of a busy run of events with the VK-backed car.

"It's had a ground-up rebuild since the Roger Albert Clark Rally last November and we've had a new engine built," he said of the evocative 1970s sports car. "My ambition is to get it reliable and competitive. We've got to do something to get in among these Escorts."

On the 2009 Roger Albert Clark, Perez and the Stratos overcame a series of starter motor dramas to finish 20th overall and was the second non-Escort home. This year, a top 10 finish is a clear target.

"I certainly want to be out more regularly in the Stratos; that's always been my intention. I'll obviously do the Roger Albert Clark Rally in November. That's what we built the car for the in the first place." Perez has been a fervent support of the Roger Albert Clark Rally since the beginning of the event and the spectacle of the Stratos at full stretch in Dalby forest in the dark stages of Friday evening will be a real highlight of the rally.

For more details about the Roger Albert Clark Rally, and its support rallies, please visit www.rogeralbertclarkrally.org