History beckons for the motor-sport mad Payne family of Pateley Bridge in the forests of the North Yorkshire Moors next weekend when 21-year-old Elliot bids to emulate the feat of Dad Charlie by winning the Trackrod Rally for a third successive year and no doctor’s advice will stop him.
Not only that, but victory across five woodland routes would see Elliot eclipse his father in securing a third straight BTRDA (British Trials and Rally Drivers’ Association) Championship title. Charlie could ‘only’ win it three times in four years.
Just how much it means to Elliot can not be summed up by him trotting out a well-worn line that it would be a dream come true, but in the fact that he will race with three fractured bones in his wrist.
The Trackrod Rally has been going for seven decades, the BTRDA Championship just as long and the Payne family now through two generations.
Charlie won his three titles in four years in the middle of the last decade, by which time the motor-sport bug had already bitten his young son.
As always the entry list for this years event is very competitive. Matthew Hirst, Alistair Ginley and Daniel Sigurðarson will all be looking to make an impression and spoil Paynes title charge at the top.
The motor sport event will start on Friday 27th and end on the Saturday.
