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Personal
Name:	Craig Parry
Age:	23
Marital status:	Single
Children:	None
Occupation:	** Team co-driver/co-ordinator for ProSpeed Motorsport
Place of birth:	Welshpool
Country or county where you live:	Powys, Wales
Does your spouse / partner like rallying?	They do now!
Any other hobbies?	Mountain bikes, golf
Your opinions
Favourite food:	Chinese
Favourite drink:	Milk
Favourite motorsport paper / magazine:	Motorsport News / Rally XS
Favourite sports person (other than rallying):	Joe Kaszakey (Welsh boxer)
Favourite film star:	Samuel L. Jackson
Favourite holiday destination:	Crete
Which TV sports programmes do you watch?	Eurosport & C4 rally reports
Starting out
How did you start out?	Marshalling for a friend on road rallies
First driver you sat with:	Brian Jones
First event:	PK Memorial Road Rally
Rallying background
Type of licence held:	International
Which motor club do you belong to?	Welsh Border Car Club
Do you contribute towards your rallying?	Not financially
Have you ever driven on a rally?	Yes Builth Wells Showground - say no more about that!!!
Did you ever marshal on events? When and where?	Yes, all over the country on road rallies
How many events do you get to watch? (e.g. per year)	Not many, about 2-5 a year because I am usually competing
How many rallies do you take part in? (e.g. per year)	Between 25 - 30
Have you competed abroad? Where and when?	Catalunya 02, France 02, Belgium 01, 00, Norway 03
Your opinions (rallying)
Favourite rally car:	Subaru Impreza WRC 02
Favourite rally driver:	Petter Solberg
Favourite rally co-driver:	Phil Mills
Favourite bit of road or forest:	Tarmac - Round Table, Isle of Man Forest - Brechfa
Do you prefer pace notes or map reading events?	Definitely pace notes
Things you dislike about rallying?	The way it's becoming so difficult for young drivers /co-drivers to get runs on WRC events
Who do you think will win the World Rally Championship in 2003?	Petter Solberg & Phil Mills
Rallying history
Drivers you have sat with:	Olly Marshall, Glyn Jones, Martin Evans, Leon Pesticcio, Richard Skyes, Garth Jones, Robert Gough, Brian Jones, Glyn Price, Dave Price, Martin Cairns, Barry Colman, Sean Rolands, Micheal Moore, Stuart Jones, Paul Hodges, Jon Adams, Neil Edwards, James Rivers, Paul Pritchard, *** Mark Higgins
Best driver you have ever sat with?	Glyn Jones
Best result:	Pirelli 02, running 4th o/a *** 12th o/a 3rd Grp N Barum Rally CZ 2003, a round of the European Championship
Worst result:	Haven’t really had any. Worst one Park Hall Stages 700yds then off home.........accident
Championships contested:	Peugeot 106 / 206 Super Cup, BTRDA, Welsh National, Welsh Clubmans, Welsh Tarmacadam, BRC, WBCC
Best Championship result:	1st co-driver Peugeot Winter Cup 03
Best rally memory:	Sat on the start line on Pirelli 02 in a Subaru WRC Glyn Jones the driver ............ FANTASTIC
Strangest incident on a rally:	Not really had one
Biggest accident:	Robert Gough, Cambrian rally 00
Achievements gained from rallying:	I’ve met a lot of interesting people and made a lot friends all over the country and getting to see the world, as something I've always wanted to do is travel.
Your current performance
Your current driver(s) and events or Championships being contested in 2003	Olly Marshal - 206 Super Cup plus 6 WRC events
... and in 2004?	**** Olly Marshal - World Junior Rally Championship
How could you improve your ‘own’ current performance?	Get more WRC experience & maybe get a bit fitter
How could you improve your current driver’s performance?	He's always improving so just to keep giving him confidence in & out of the car
If you had £50,000 to spend on rallying, what would you do?	Try and get as much WRC experience as I could
Your future in rallying
Where would you most like to compete (in the world):	New Zealand / Australia
Which rally would you most like to compete in?	Rally Finland
Which driver(s) would you most like to co-drive for?	Petter Solberg but I’m happy with the one I've got
Ambition in rallying for the future:	To become a professional co-driver for a manufacturer
What would you like to put back into rallying?	If I make it as a professional I would like to do what Phil Mills is trying to do with me - to help a young co-driver into the WRC
The future of rallying
Which up-and-coming rally driver can you recommend?	There are a lot of good young drivers out there now but I'll go with Garth Jones. I think when he gets it together nobody will touch him
Which up-and-coming rally co-driver can you recommend?	Carl Williamson. I think he will be the next British co-driver to make the break to WRC
What would be the best tip you could give to other co-drivers?	To get as much experience of as many events as possible and to be as organised as possible
posted 25/2/03 updates marked (11/6/03) updates marked * (20/9/03) updates marked **** (12/12/03)