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MacArthur Motorsport |  Rally Team History

Rally Team History

Rally Team History

Started in 1998 to contest the BTRDA championship, the team immediatly proved successful, winning 30+ class and overall awards, including fastest overall tarmac and forest stage times.

Driver: Pat MacArthur

Driver: Pat MacArthur

Pat is a qualified Engineer within the Petro-Chemical industry - and has worked as a pro-driver for Audi UK, Volvo UK and Vauxhall and instructed gravel and tarmac driving techniques at rally schools and trackdays. Runs the website and event filming for sponsors.

Co-Driver: Linette Applegate

Linette has navigated since '99 for many drivers on the 106 cup, BTRDA, ANCRO including a BRC works appearance for Skoda (GB) in the Fabia. During the working week, Linette is Head gardener at Toddington Manor, a 100-acre private estate in Bedfordshire.
Co-Driver: Linette Applegate
Mechanic: Des Griffiths

Mechanic: Des Griffiths

Des runs DS Griffiths Auto Repair near Milton Keynes, a purpose-built 2,000 sq.ft workshop with full preparation facilities and handles the day-to-day running of the teams cars - alongside coordinating on-event servicing and management.

Mechanic: Jason Wickes

Jason, a keen moto-crosser works for a specialist material supply company dealing with Formula 1 teams during his working week, so likes to get stuck-in to management car duties for MacArthur Motorsport on his free weekends.
Mechanic: Jason Wickes
Mechanic: Ricardo C

Mechanic: Ricardo C

Ricardo works with computers during the week and if not on the spanners for MacArthur Motosrsport, is driving his own rally cars on forest events - or putting the finishing touches to his new Focus Cosworth 4x4 rally car.

Mechanic: Sid Lavers

Sid ran a successful driving school for many years in Milton Keynes, whilst battling the late night traffic to get to events and join the service team. Sid has now relocated to Australia, in an attempt to get as far away as possble to 5am starts in the Welsh forests!
Mechanic: Sid Lavers
Co-Driver: Andy Bull

Co-Driver: Andy Bull

Part-time male model and all-round 'Gorgeous George' Andy is a highly experienced co-driver and team co-ordinator, having competed at all levels, including many WRC rounds for works teams. He's not bad at navigating either.

Co-Driver: Mark Palmer

Known as 'perv' to his friends for all the right reasons, Mark by day is a mild-mannered janitor/aero engineer at London Luton, and when not helping out as co-driver is competing as a driver in his Peugeot 306 kitcar on tarmac events in the UK and on the continent.
Co-Driver: Mark Palmer
Mechanic: Jon Hall

Mechanic: Jon Hall

During the week Jon is full-time preparing rally and race cars for Autosportif, including Subaru Impreza WRC's, touring cars and historic rally cars. So its nice for Jon to take a break on his spare weekends, for some 'real world' rallying instead!

Chief Spectator and Harshest Critic: CJ Mac

When a tyre choice is poor, or we go out under-fuelled, our lines are 'all wrong' or we brake too early - the expert is there to put us right ;-)

Be your turn soon son...
Chief Spectator and Harshest Critic: CJ Mac
Cameramen: Animal and Flat Eric

Cameramen: Animal and Flat Eric

Stars of stage and screen, when there not chained-up to stop them playing the drums or 'drum-and-bass' too loud - Animal and Flat Eric volunteer to be cable-tied into the back of the rally car to operate the equipment. Muppets.

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