Rallying - Wilson crashes out of Portugal rally (From The Westmorland Gazette)
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Rallying - Wilson crashes out of Portugal rally
12:51pm Saturday 11th April 2009 in
CUMBRIAN World Rally Championship driver Matthew Wilson rolled the Ford Focus RS and out of the Rally de Portugal.
Wilson was chasing his second top-five finish in a row when the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford entry slid off the road and rolled.
The Cockermouth-based Wilson and co-driver Scott Martin managed to get the car back on the road but burnet out the clutch, ending their rally.
Wilson said: “Our times and consistency have improved in the last two rallies, so for this to happen is a big setback to my confidence.”The accident elevated Stobart team-mate Henning Solberg to fifth place overall, but dealt a blow to the squad’s hopes of closing the gap on teams above them,
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