Cars That Go Fast: Goodman turns back the clock on Trackrod Rally Yorkshire

Goodman turns back the clock on Trackrod Rally Yorkshire
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Elton on 22 September, 2009 09:08:00
 
Thirty years after he won the event, Whitby  co-driver Jim Goodman will return
to the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire, when it runs  in the Yorkshire forests on
Saturday 26 September.
Goodman, who  spent 21 years out of rallying before making a comeback last
July, will partner  Irish sensation Martin McCormack in the Trackrod Historic
Cup, where they will  run at the head of a superb field of pre '81 rally cars in
McCormack's Ford  Escort Mk2.
"To compete with Martin could become the highlight of  my entire career and
will be something that I will remember forever," said  58-year old Goodman. "I
have seen him drive on the Roger Albert Clark Rally for  the last two years and
his speed has opened my eyes. It will probably do the  same on the Trackrod!"
Goodman snapped up the coveted place in the  co-driver's seat of the Escort in
a charity auction, which was set up to raise  money for Irish rally driver Paul
Gallagher, who was injured in a rallying  accident earlier this year.
Goodman enjoyed most of his success in  Ford Escorts and is thrilled to be
preparing to compete in one of the fastest  Escorts in British rallying. "I'm
looked forward to this event as much as any  other that I have done and more
than most," he said.
"I won this  event back in 1979 with John Laley and I do have a little feeling
of optimism  within me. I think that to ride with Martin will take me back to my
days of  partnering Steve Bannister. I have rallied in the Yorkshire forests
since  September 1973."
For more details about the Trackrod Rally  Yorkshire '09, please visit 
www.rallyyorkshire.co.uk