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Fast Australian Molly
Taylor and Cumbrian co-driver Jemma Bellingham
made it a second Swift Sport Cup win in a row on
the Carlisle-based Pirelli International Rally at
the weekend.
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Molly Taylor and Jemma Bellingham take podium
at Suzuki Swift Sport Cup 4/20/09
Fast female Molly Taylor made it a second Swift
Sport Cup win in a row on the Carlisle-based
Pirelli International Rally at the weekend.
Australian Molly and Cumbrian co-driver Jemma
Bellingham battled stages in the notorious
‘Killer Kielder’ and Kershope Forests in
their Monster Sport Europe and Motorsport Insurance
Services backed Suzuki Swift Sport.
The girls left the start at Carlisle Racecourse
on Friday evening for two stages in Kershope
Forest. Running later down the field, meant that
they would be completing the stages just as it was
getting dark.
They didn’t quite get off to the start
they’d hoped for; the rough nature of the
stages caused them to drop some time. They
continued through SS2, determined to get through
the tricky stages and back into service. At the end
of Leg 1, the girls were lying third in the Swift
Sport Cup, twenty seconds behind leader, Luke
Pinder.
Leg 2 began early on Saturday morning with four
stages in the Kielder Forest Complex. SS5, the
girls managed to claw back some time from fellow
Suzuki competitor, Richard Sykes, getting into
second place. SS6 the girls took the lead of the
Swift Sport Cup after Luke Pinder crashed out of
the rally.
In service Molly commented “We were all
pushing really hard and I was trying not to take
too many risks as I knew we still had lots of stage
miles still to go. It was a real shame to see Luke
off the road, but I had to keep focused. With the
fast tricky stages I had to keep concentrating on
the notes and keeping the car neat to avoid the
huge ditches!”
Their lead was short lived when Richard Sykes
took 2.9 seconds back from them. The girls were
then affected by the hold-up when Guy Wilks’
car caught fire. They assumed the rally was over
and had settled for 2nd place in the British Rally
Championship’s Swift Sport Cup, when the
organisers announced they would still run the two
final stages of the day in Kershope, so the title
was still to be fought.
Determined to have a good battle with Richard
Sykes for the win, the girls set out on SS11 with
the plan to push as hard as they could without
taking any major risks, however they were given the
lead by default as Sykes suffered mechanical
problems mid-way through the stage.
“We were genuinely disappointed to see
Richard stopped in stage as I was looking forward
to comparing our times with him at the
finish.” said Molly, “The rally has been
a real rollercoaster for us this weekend. We
struggled with the rough stages on Friday night,
and then we had the battle with Luke and Richard
for the win. It’s a huge relief to have
finished and to win again. We’ve taken maximum
championship points for the first two rounds, which
will help us massively for the rest of the
season.”
Molly and Jemma won the Swift Sport Cup by 1m
16s from Manxman David Harrison.
Source: http://femaleracingnews.com/molly-taylor-and-jemma-bellingham-take-podium-at-suzuki-swift-sport-cup/
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