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Personal |
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| Name: |
Alyson Marlow |
| Age: |
** 36 on May 21 |
| Marital status: |
Married to Innes since
1990 |
| Children: |
two stepchildren, Dan
and Amy |
| Occupation: |
Motoring Journalist |
| Place of birth: |
Barrow in Furness |
| Country or county where
you live: |
Hampshire |
| Does your spouse / partner
like rallying? |
Yes! took the sport up
together 10 years ago |
| Any other hobbies? |
rabbits -Tommi and Burnsie
live in the house, gardening and collecting teapots, going to the
gym. |
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Your opinions |
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| Favourite food: |
pasta |
| Favourite drink: |
** Fruit tea |
| Favourite sports person
(other than rallying): |
Sir Steven Redgrave –
what a great advert for motivation |
| Favourite holiday destination: |
What are holidays? At
the moment Cyprus but love Scotland and Wales. |
| Which TV sports programmes
do you watch? |
Whatever Innes has on
the TV – usually football or motorsport |
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Starting out |
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| How did you start out? |
1992 in a Mk II Escort |
| First driver you sat with: |
Husband Innes |
| First event: |
Avon Park Stages |
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Rallying background |
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| Type of licence held: |
Rally International |
| Which motor club do you
belong to? |
Southsea Motor Club (southseamotorclub.co.uk) |
| Do you contribute towards
your rallying? |
Much of the funds have
been out of the family pot in the past but now pay in terms of experience
and PR work |
| Have you ever driven on
a rally? |
Only once – the Goodwood
Stages organised by Southsea Motor Club with Innes co-driving. We
decided it was best to stick with what we knew best! |
| Did you ever marshal on
events? When and where? |
Marshal on some Southsea
Motor Club Events |
| How many events do you
get to watch? (e.g. per year) |
If not competing I try
to get to British Rally events and a couple of WRC rallies each year
– I need a regular fix. |
| How many rallies do you
take part in? (e.g. per year) |
**
Varies. 2002 was a busy year with 206 Super Cup, Network Q and some
smaller tarmac events. |
| Have you competed abroad?
Where and when? |
** Canada last
year - Rallye Charlevoix. Great experience co-driving for Pat Richard
in a works Subaru after he had sealed the Canadian Championship
but dreadful rally. Retired on the first stage!!
In 2001 I did
the Portuguese round of the WRC – in those terrible conditions
with stepson Dan – What a baptism of fire.
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Your opinions (rallying) |
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| Favourite rally car: |
The sound of a Subaru |
| Favourite rally driver: |
Ari and Gwyndaf |
| Favourite rally co-driver: |
** Nicky
Grist – A real inspiration when I started co-driving and a great
guy. |
| Favourite bit of road
or forest: |
The final corner on any
rally. |
| Do you prefer pace notes
or map reading events? |
Pace notes |
| Things you dislike about
rallying? |
Retiring from events –
it never gets any easier. |
| Who do you think will
win the World Rally Championship in 2002? |
Marcus Gronholm |
| .... and in 2003? |
** Colin McRae |
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Rallying history |
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| Drivers you have sat with: |
In competition - Innes
Marlow, Dan Marlow, Barbara Armstrong, Steve Hendy, Jenny Hibbert,
Andrea Hall, Mandy Twynham, Pat Richard and variety of Ford guest
drivers in the Kas.
For work!! – Colin McRae, Richard Burns, Tommi Makinen, Ari
Vatanen, Gwyndaf Evans, Alister McRae, Roger Clark, Carlos Sainz,
Juha Kankkunen, Armin Schwarz, Justin Dale…….hard life
eh!
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| Best driver you have ever
sat with? |
Ari – just so cool. |
| Best result: |
**
World Cup Rally 2nd overall
Network Q 1999 40th overall and Media Award
2002 Network Q 36th overall |
| Worst result: |
**
Retiring a mile into the Jim Clark Memorial Rally and retiring on
the last stage of the Scottish in 2002 after leading the 206 Super
Cup from the start! |
| Championships contested: |
** Always
tend to mix and match but enjoyed the 206 Super Cup. Also plenty
of BRC and ANCRO events. |
| Best rally memory: |
The last two corners of
my first Network Q Rally. |
| Strangest incident on
a rally: |
Being stranded in floods
in Morocco where it hadn’t rained for seven years. |
| Biggest accident: |
** Had a few
incidents in 2002 with Pat Richard on a steep curve to learn 2WD,
right hand drive and pace notes.
Bad roll in
Scotland and plenty of body damage to the car in Le Touquet.
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| Achievements gained from
rallying: |
I can now read a map!
organisational skills, learnt to keep calm in all situations and
made some great friends. |
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Your current performance |
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| Your current driver(s)
and events or Championships being contested in 2002 |
206 Super Cup with Canadian
Pat Richard |
| .... and in 2003? |
*Nothing
planned beyond the Rallye Sunseeker with Innes who is coming out
of retirement for our local event. Looking for offers at the moment….. |
| How could you improve
your ‘own’ current performance? |
** Become better at maths
rather than repeating timing calculations because numbers have never
been my strong point! |
| How could you improve
your current driver’s performance? |
** Let them get more experience
in their cars. |
| If you had £50,000 to
spend on rallying, what would you do? |
Dan and I would go rallying
around the world. |
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Your future in rallying |
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| Where would you most like
to compete (in the world): |
** I'd love to go back to Canada. |
| Which rally would you
most like to compete in? |
A Network Q which wants
privateers |
| Which driver(s) would
you most like to co-drive for? |
Dan – just like his
dad, but faster! |
| Ambition in rallying for
the future: |
** To
keep co-driving |
| What would you like to
put back into rallying? |
Encourage people to take
part and get them to realise that it is possible. |
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The future of rallying |
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| Which up-and-coming rally
driver can you recommend? |
** I would like to see Justin Dale make his mark on WRC |
| What would be the best
tip you could give to other co-drivers? |
Enjoy the sport |
