He made his rally debut in 1980 on a road rally and competed in the Motoring News/BTRDA road rally series in 1981. In 1982 he achieved eight class wins out of 11 rallies in a 1300cc Toyota Corolla. In 1983 he scored his first outright win on the Cambrian News Trophy Rally in a Ford Escort and went on to win three events the following year in a Vauxhall Chevette.
British championship success came in 1989 when he became the Group N British Open Rally champion with class wins in his Ford Sierra Cosworth on the Cartel, Welsh, Scottish and Ulster rallies.
Gwyndaf is in joint second place in the Mobil 1 British Rally Championship as he prepares for the start of the RSAC Scottish Rally. He won the second round of the series on the Pirelli International Rally and was in the lead as he entered the final stage of the third round, but came to grief almost within sight of the finish.
Gwyndaf is married with two children and his other interests include squash, motorcyle trials and riding.
He took to rallying in 1990 on the Manx National stages and astounded the competition by winning his class and finishing 24th overall from a seeded start number of 121! In 1991 he won his class six times in a Group N Suzuki Swift GTi on a mixture of events, before moving on to a Vauxhall Nova GSi in 1992. The following year, driving a Vauxhall Astra GSi, he took top privateer slot on the Vauxhall Sport Rally and went on to finish 19th overall on the RAC Rally. In 1994 he won the British Junior Rally Championship in a Group N Honda Civic. In 1995 he won the Rally of Turkey in a Nissan.
Mark is one of three drivers tied on 41 points in second place of the Mobil 1 British Rally Championship two points behind leader Alister McRae. He finished second overall on round two.
Mark lives in Carno, Wales, where he is a professional rally driver and rally driving instructor.
His motorsport career began at the tender age of 12, in motorcycle trials, from which he graduated to motocross. He switched to four wheels in 1989, winning the 1300cc class in the Esso Scottish Rally Championship as well as taking second overall in Group A. Successes like these brought him to the attention of the Shell Scholarship judging panel and, in 1992 he campaigned a shell-backed Sierra Cosworth. He won Group N on that year's RAC Rally and two rounds of the Scottish Rally Championship.
A spell with the Nissan team brought spectacular results. He won the Formula 2 section of the San Remo Rally and took second place on the 1000 Lakes Rally. Counterbalancing these successes was the severe disappointment when the Nissan expired on the very first stage of his home event the Perth Scottish Rally. But in 1995 he went on to follow the family wheeltracks and won the British Championship.
After winning the first two rounds of last year's championship in a Ford Escort Alister found himself unable to compete on the 1996 Perth Scottish Rally, but joined the Volkswagen team later in the year as a pre-cursor for this year's assault on the British Championship.
This 1997 championship programme started in fine style with an outright win on the Vauxhall Rally of Wales. In Cumbria for the second and third rounds his luck did not follow him and, on round two, he crashed into a ditch on stage five. Then, on the third round, he had problems on the final stage. But, despite these misfortunes, Alister leads the championship by the narrow margin of two points after three rounds.
Alister lives in Lanark and works in the family rally car preparation business.
His move into UK rallying came in 1995 when he came third of the Formula 2 competitors in the Pirelli International Rally.
After finishing first in the Teboil Rally and the Scottish Rally, with second places on the Vauxhall Rally of Wales, the Arctic Rally and the Kesoil Rally, Harri joined the SEAT Sport team for the Network Q RAC Rally last November.
Harri scored ten points with fourth place on the second round of this year's Mobil 1 British Rally Championship, but spun off on the third round and had to wait for team-mate Barbara Armstrong to arrive on the scene and tow him back onto the course.
Harri lives in Jyvaskyla, Finland.
In 1989 he moved on to the British Championship winning his class on the RSAC Scottish Rally, the Kayel Graphics Rally and the Ulster Rally. He was also class winner and third overall on that year's Autoglass Tour, driving a Honda Civic 1.6. In 1990 he won his class in the British Open Championship with no less than six wins from seven starts. He even found time to make his circuit racing debut on the Willhire 24-hour saloon race. On the international scene Robbie's successes include winning the Castrol Rally in South Africa in 1991 and winning his class in the Telecom Rally Australia in 1994.
Robbie was the victor on the previous round of the 1997 Mobil 1 British Rally Championship the Pirelli International Rally, just across the Border in Cumbria. With a third place on the second round he is now tied in second place in the series on 41 points.
A professional rally driver, Robbie lives in Bothwell.
Tapio is intent on repeating, in the British Championship, the form which saw him sweep to victory in the Finnish 2-litre championship last year in his Volkswagen Golf. He was unstoppable on home soil, winning four rounds of the series. At the same time he was among the very quickest in last year's British Championship despite a run of bad luck. On last year's Perth Scottish Rally he duelled for the lead until mechanical problems put him out of the event.
The Finn finished fourth on the previous round of the Mobil 1 British Rally Championship.
His real rally debut, however, came in 1988 when he borrowed a car from a friend to contest a single-venue event. He did only three events over the next three years and really only started rallying regularly in 1992. He contested the Peugeot Rally Challenge that year in a Peugeot 205 1.9Gti. After a learning year in 1992 he was runner up in the 1993 series and finished just one point short of the BTRDA Gold Star title in the same year.
In 1995 he moved to a Peugeot 306 S16 and scored a second successive win on the Rally du Touquet also finishing third overall in the British Junior Championship. In 1996 he secured the junior title, won four rounds outright and finished third in the British rally Championship.
Justin works as an engineer in the family motorsport business.
It wasn't long before the Bradford girl followed her parents' lead and became immersed in the rough world of off-road racing. Driving a purpose built machine named Simmbugghini (build by her father David) she and her co-driver sister Rachael soon demonstrated the family flair. They won the Welsh Hillrally (the off-road calendar's biggest event) in 1992. Stephanie is the only driver to win the Welsh, Scottish and English hillrallies.
In 1994 the sisters moved on to stage rallying with a rally scholarship competition win. On the first event she took her Group N Volkswagen Golf home to ladies honours. The success of this and the 1995 season led to a Ford-supported Escort for the 1996 British Rally Championship.
The sisters won the Ladies Cup section on the last two rounds of the Mobil 1 British Rally Championship. Stephanie is 12th in the championship tables before the RSAC Scottish Rally.
When not involved in motorsport Stephanie enjoys horse riding, skiing and aerobics.
She began navigating in rallies in 1983 at the age of 17 and started driving in a Talbot Sunbeam two years later. After four years with this car a sponsor bought her first real rally car, a Peugeot 309, in 1989 to compete in the first year of the Peugeot Challenge. She finished first lady and tenth overall.
In 1991 she finished as first Peugeot 309 in the Peugeot Challenge, also finishing fifth on the Tour of Flanders in Belgium that same year. In 1996 Barbara made her debut with SEAT UK and finished second lady driver in the Network Q RAC Rally.
Barbara is currently 17th in the Mobil 1 British Rally Championship having taken second place in the Ladies Cup section on round three of this year's championship.
Barbara's interests include water skiing, horse riding and cooking. She is an instructor with the Silverstone Performance Driving Centre.
Issued: May 22, 1997
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