The Subaru Motorsport team has partnered with Orange Motorsport Engineering for the 2019 rally season.
CAMS Australia Rally Championship kicks off on April 5-7 in Busselton, WA where Subaru pilot Molly Taylor will pair with co-driver Malcolm Read in the WRX STi factory entry.
Craig Brooks’ operation based in Burnie, Tasmania, will run the team across all six championship calendar events, including Canberra (May 10-11), Launceston (June 22-23), Ballarat (August 24-25), Adelaide Hills (September 20-22), and Coffs Harbour (November 15-17).
Subaru Australia has paid its respects to Les Walkden Rallying, the team it has helped since Molly Taylor’s 2016 championship win, second place in 2017, and finish third in 2018.
“We’ve had a fantastic three years with LWR, spearheaded, of course, by Les Walkden, who has brought so much to the sport – and of course Subaru – over several decades,” Subaru Australia managing director Colin Christie says.
“It’s a hugely competitive landscape since the advent of lightweight high-speed AP4 and R5 rally cars in the championship… We now look forward to continued success with Craig’s team,” he adds.
Taylor says she has a lot to thank LWR for.
“As we move into a new chapter, I feel incredibly privileged that my name appears in the illustrious list of drivers to have driven for Les Walkden Rallying,” she says on Twitter.
“There are not many, if any, who have done more for our sport than Les, particularly in fostering young drivers. We both achieved our first outright Australian Rally Championship titles, a moment that will forever be a career highlight. The whole LWR team has become family to me and I can’t thank them enough,” Taylor adds.
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