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MacArthur Motorsport |  Meet The Team

Meet The Team

Meet The Team

Started in 1998, the team immediately proved successful, winning 30+ class and overall awards, including fastest overall tarmac and forest stage times, leading both tarmac and forest events and an outright National rally win.

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

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.

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.

Co-Driver: Richard 'Sticky' Cornes

Co-Driver: Richard 'Sticky' Cornes

Ricardo is a qualified Stress Analysis Engineer in the Petro-Chemical industry - and an 'Able Seaman' of some note. When not navigating in the Puma, 'Sticky' can often be found 'enjoying' himself just offshore in a Force 10 gale.

Mechanic: Richard Crossland

Mechanic: Richard Crossland

Rich 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

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!

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

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.

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!

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