2010 Kick Energy Fiesta SportTrophy UK (FST UK) Championship leader Elfyn Evans got one step closer to claiming his third FST title last weekend, on the Isle of Man International Rally.  Evans took his fifth consecutive win of the season around the treacherous island lanes, which also marked the debut victory for the Fiesta R2 in the FST UK championship.  With two rounds still remaining Evans only needs to score two points to put the championship crown out of reach of nearest challenger John Boyd.

The 2010 Kick Energy Fiesta SportChallenge (FSC) Championship was wrapped up at the weekend with Galwayman Jonathan Cunningham winning the championship after taking the FSC victory on the Isle of Man Challenge Rally.

The 2010 Kick Energy Fiesta SportTrophy UK (FST UK) and Fiesta SportChallenge (FSC) championships venture half way across the Irish Sea next week to the Isle of Man for the fifth round of the season, The Isle of Man International Rally. The second of three all-Tarmac events is based at the TT Grandstand, Douglas, home of the legendary Isle of Man TT Motorcycle races.

FST UK competitors will battle it out over the full two-day event which features 21 stages and 153 stage miles around the island.  The FSC competitors will compete on the Isle of Man Challenge Rally and will have the chance to score double points, with each day counting as a separate event.  Day 1 sees the Challenge competitors competing over nine of the twelve stages used in the International event, totalling 67 stage miles; while on Day 2 they will compete over the same nine stages, a further 67 competitive miles as used by the International competitors.

Kick Energy Fiesta SportTrophy UK (FST UK) Championship leader Elfyn Evans won the FST UK Nations’ Cup event at the Rally Show at Chatsworth, sponsored by Kick Energy last weekend.  The non-championship event took place within the specially constructed one-mile stage around the grounds of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire.  Four of the top FST UK and Fiesta SportChallenge (FSC) competitors from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland attended the event to uphold national pride and win the chance to drive the Kick Energy Ford Focus WRC 02 around the Chatsworth stage in the FIA Category cars event at the end of the day..

Championship leader Jonny Cunningham extended his lead in the 2010 Kick Energy Fiesta SportChallenge with an impressive drive on round four, the Jim Clark Challenge Rally.  Championship returnee Rory Hall took second with youngster Alex Laffey third.

The shorter challenge event took in the same stages as the international rally but with crews only contesting each stage once.  Pirelli Challenge winners Damien Smith, 28 from Silsden and Frazer Hutchinson, drew first blood winning the opening one and a quarter mile stage through Duns town centre despite missing the recce and never having driven the car in anger on Tarmac.