Dave Weston Junior has taken his first event win after putting in a late entry for today’s Malton Forest Rally in Yorkshire.

Junior and his co-driver Ieuan Thomas grabbed the win in their Ramsport-run Subaru Impreza, despite suffering problems throughout the event.

“The Malton may only be one morning’s rallying, but it’s a tough competitive event on great stages with a great entry list,” said Junior. “We had problems with our centre diff. While it was all annoying at the time, now all that combines to make taking my first rally win on this event all the more pleasing. My dad’s won this event in the past, so it’s also great to get the Weston name back on the list of winners.”

After three stages the boys had moved up to second overall, engrossed in a battle with both Tim Pearcey and Tristan Pye, all three drivers setting fastest stage times.

“The Langdale stage, which ran last, had a lot of chicances in it and took full concentration on good notes,” said Junior. “Going into it I just kept my head on the job, the notes came perfectly and thankfully we came out on top.”

The duo won the event by two seconds ahead of Tim Pearcey, while Tristan Pye retired in the final stage.