Allingham glad to finish in the wet!

Date published: 01 March 2010

Alex Allingham, co driven by Mark Glennerster finished a hard earned 13th overall on the Sunseeker Rally based in Bournemouth.The High profile event based in Bournemouth and Poole had a ceremonial start on Friday evening at Poole Quay, giving the 4000 spectators that turned out a chance to meet both the cars and their drivers.This is the first time Alex has competed on Rallye Sunseeker along with Co-driver Mark Glennerster.

The Stalybridge driver had a mixed day with the poor conditions hampering driving on the stages. The first few stages were very wet and slippery and the pair were happy to arrive back in first service having survived the treacherous conditions.

The 3 stages to the west around Wareham provided conditions that allowed Alex to push harder and the pair gradually pulled time back on their Gp N rivals. After another service halt, the pair headed off to the last set of stages, looking to try and take time out of fellow GpN competitors Tristan Pye and Tom Naughton. However, an overshoot in SS9 meant that 15 secs were dropped followed by a puncture on the penultimate road section, Alex and Mark then decided to just hold pace and get a points scoring finish.

At the finish Alex said ‘ We are pleased just to have finished today, the conditions and stages don’t suit my style of driving, and we are happy to pick up a good haul of ANCRO points which was our main aim of the event '

Alex and Mark will next contest the Bulldog rally at the end of March and then the Pirelli, the next round of the ANCRO series where they are currently lying 3rd in the Production cup, and 9th in the Overall Championship.

Alex is backed by Mccrash.co.uk rally media, Richard Allingham Cars, Workwear4you.co.uk, brokenpencil.co.uk and Racebits.co.uk.