Crocker's Rally Australia campaign back on track
Australian star driver Cody Crocker looks almost certain to contest next week's Repco Rally Australia thanks to a last-minute rescue deal which has secured him a replacement rally car.
The three-time Australian and three-time Asia-Pacific Rally Champion will drive for the Tasmanian-based Les Walkden Rallying (LWR) team in the event, re-establishing a partnership that won the 2006 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship title.
Thirty-seven year old Crocker was originally entered in Rally Australia as part of an Indonesian team, however freight complications looked to have ended his chances of contesting his home WRC event.
However, an eleventh hour deal has been struck between Crocker, Les Walkden Rallying and an Indonesian businessman, that will see the Victorian lining up in a 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI looking to take top honours in the Group N production car class.
As long as rally organisers allow Crocker to enter in the new car, he should be in the clear. "It's a tremendous opportunity, and is a huge relief after the problems that looked to have ended our chances of competing," Crocker said. "A driver always wants to compete in the most important event on home soil, and it doesn't get any bigger than Rally Australia."
World Rally Championship - News - Crocker's Rally Australia campaign back on track
The three-time Australian and three-time Asia-Pacific Rally Champion will drive for the Tasmanian-based Les Walkden Rallying (LWR) team in the event, re-establishing a partnership that won the 2006 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship title.
Thirty-seven year old Crocker was originally entered in Rally Australia as part of an Indonesian team, however freight complications looked to have ended his chances of contesting his home WRC event.
However, an eleventh hour deal has been struck between Crocker, Les Walkden Rallying and an Indonesian businessman, that will see the Victorian lining up in a 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI looking to take top honours in the Group N production car class.
As long as rally organisers allow Crocker to enter in the new car, he should be in the clear. "It's a tremendous opportunity, and is a huge relief after the problems that looked to have ended our chances of competing," Crocker said. "A driver always wants to compete in the most important event on home soil, and it doesn't get any bigger than Rally Australia."
World Rally Championship - News - Crocker's Rally Australia campaign back on track
