Activ RallySport’s Justin Dowel and Matt Lee did their bit for club rallying when they ran as zero car at the Mt Porepunkah Rallysprint near Bright in north east Victoria on September 12.

The team also used the event as a mini test session for the Activ RallySport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9.
 
“It was a great experience and it was a pleasure to be able to put a little bit back into the sport by assisting as officials for the event,” Dowel said.
 
“We had a few niggling turbo problems with the car, so not only were we able to help the North Eastern Car Club with their event, but we were able to do further testing on the car in readiness for our next event.”
 
Co-driver Matt Lee, a regular competitor and official at club rallies, also enjoyed bringing the team back to grass roots rallying.
 
“The Mt Porepunkah event has always been a fantastic fun day out, while providing club competitors with an opportunity to taste things like pacenotes and A-A timing, without the higher costs normally found in State and National events.  It’s a pleasure to help the NECC, and a bonus that we found a couple of bugs in our car at the same time,” Lee said.
 
After finishing a superb fifth in this year’s Australian Rally Championship, the Activ RallySport team are now preparing for a tilt at next year’s national title.
 
The next event for the team will be a round of the Victorian Rally Championship, the fully pacenoted Akademos Rally, on October 18.

View Golly Photographics' photos of the Mt Porepunkah Rallysprint HERE