Rallying legend Stig Blomqvist will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of his 1984 World Rally Championship win by competing in October’s Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally.
The popular Swedish driver will be in a specially prepared 1964 Mini Cooper S for his only competitive rally outing in the UK this year. His co-driver will be Paul Morris, meanwhile.
The Mini Cooper has been built by Soderquist Engineering in Sweden working in collaboration with A Series expert Phil Anning of Anning’s Race and Restoration and is based on the 2020 Monte Carlo Rally Mini driven by Rauno Aaltonen, and after recently testing the same specification engine, Stig was said to be very impressed by its’ power and tractability.
This year’s event will consist of more stage miles, and fewer road miles than previously.
The first stage will be a single use of Elsi, the route then encompasses challenging double use stages at Clocaenog, Brenig, and Alwen.
Service will be in Ruthin, and Edwards thanked Denbighshire County Council for their support for allowing some road closures to enable the creation of the long Clocaenog stage.
As in previous years, there will be a high profile start and finish on the promenade of Llandudno.
