Squires switch to BHRC

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Brothers Phil and Mick Squires are switching to the MSA Dunlop/Gambia British Historic Rally Championship in their familiar Ford Escort Mk2 and will open their campaign on the Robin Hood Stages next month.
 
"I needed a change of direction," explained Phil, one of the leading BTRDA Silver Star drivers of recent seasons. "I've done the BTRDA for six years and had a great time, but I needed a new challenge. The BHRC is probably as level a playing field as you can get."
 
Squires knows that the level of competition in the BHRC will be tough. "The quality of drivers in historics is massive and it's going to keep me on my toes trying to be competitive."
 
Although he has been competing against some highly developed Escorts in the Silver Star series, Squires has deliberately kept his car in period specification. "That's what my car is really all about," he said. It will run with a 2-litre BDG engine.
 
"We're going to do the first five gravel events in the BHRC and then see about the tarmac events. I'm not sure about tarmac rallies, but we might try at least one of them – maybe Flanders. I've never really done any tarmac before."
 
The Stoke-on-Trent brothers have already tackled the Roger Albert Clark Rally twice and are keen to do the November event again in 2007.
 

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