Bird Out Of Luck In Greystoke
Penrith-born Frank Bird and Lake District-based co-driver Jack Morton were out of luck on today’s Greystoke Stages Rally after retiring when well in command.
The 21-year-old Cumbrian set fastest time on the opening three stages in the Dom Buckley Motorsport-prepared and Frank Bird Poultry/PBM and Aico-backed Ford Fiesta R5 as he and Morton looked to repeat their victory of 2019 on their local event.
Holding a half minute advantage going into the fourth stage of six, Bird slid off the road on SS4 and into retirement much to his disappointment.
Frank Bird: “Everything was going fine, and I was enjoying being back on gravel again. We had set fastest time on the opening three stages but slid off the road on SS4 and we
couldn’t get the car back on the road. It’s disappointing, especially as it was our local event which we had won before, but thanks as ever to Jack, the team and our sponsors, we’ll hope to make up for the disappointment next time.”
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