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Personal
Name:	Roger Herron
Age:	** 21
Marital status:	Single
Children:	None
Occupation:	** I have finished my apprenticeship as a Carpenter /Joiner
Place of birth:	Irvine, Ayrshire
Country or county where you live:	Scotland
Does your spouse / partner like rallying?	Yes
Any other hobbies?	Swimming, Member of Troon Lifeboat (RNLI), Keep fit
Your opinions
Favourite food:	Chinese
Favourite drink:	Milk
Favourite motor sport paper / magazine:	Rally XS, Motorsport News, Autosport
Favourite sports person (other than rallying):	David Coulthard
Favourite film star:	Tom Cruise
Favourite holiday destination:	Majorca
Which TV sports programmes do you watch?	C4 Rally, RPM (On Ulster TV)
Starting out
How did you start out?	My father was competing and being involved in the sport I would be at all the events and basically grew up with the Sport
First driver you sat with:	Legally - Tom Hynd
First event:	ALNO Stages 1997- last round Scottish Championship 6 days after my 16^th birthday
Rallying background
Type of licence held:	International
Which motor club do you belong to?	Coltness Car Club
Do you contribute towards your rallying?	No
Have you ever driven on a rally?	No
Did you ever marshal on events? When and where?	Yes. Manx 1999 after retiring SS1, DCC Stages 1999, Milltown Stages 2000, Snowman 2000
How many events do you get to watch? (E.g. per year)	Very few
How many rallies do you take part in? (e.g. per year)	Between 10 and 20
Have you competed abroad? Where and when?	2001 Rally Wallonie Belgium, 2002 Swedish ** and Deutschland
Your opinions (rallying)
Favourite rally car:	Ford Escort MK1 RS 1600
Favourite rally driver:	Roger Clark, Colin McRae
Favourite rally co-driver:	Robert Reid
Favourite bit of road or forest:	Forest of Ae, Tarmac Calgary the long one Tour of Mull
Do you prefer pace notes or map reading events?	Both
Things you dislike about rallying?	Some organisers’ attitude to younger co-drivers
Who do you think will win the World Rally Championship in 2002?	Richard Burns
....... and in 2003?	** Still Burnsie for next year. He had a bit of bad luck so I am sticking with him.
Rallying history
Drivers you have sat with:	Tom Hynd, Walter Barr, Tom Johnston, Bill Laidlaw, Craig McConnachie, Donald Brown, Glen Allen, John McKeown, Mark Wheeler, Tristan Pye, Jim McRae, Colin McRae, Guy Wilks ** all in 2002 Andy Kelly (Park Systems) Phill Walker NEW BEST RESULT 5th Overall (Argyle) Rocker's Gray this was his first event for 15 years in the GHI Mk II Escort (Galloway Hills)
Best driver you have ever sat with?	Colin McRae
Best result:	8^th with Jim McRae
Worst result:	Craig McChonnachie Galloway Hills - ice on SS1 off 2^nd main corner
Championships contested:	Scottish Forest and Tarmac, Mintex Championship, Daihatsu Championship, Ford Puma Championship. ** 2002 PBRC plus 3 rounds of the World Championships - Sweden, Deutschland and Network Q.
Best Championship result:	1^st Equal with Scott Vogel in Daihatsu Championship ** 2002 I am The British Junior Co-Driver, 3rd Super 1600 Co-Driver, and 5th Overall in the British Championships
Best rally memory:	Being given the opportunity to co-drive for Colin McRae
Strangest incident on a rally:	Using a snow shovel to sledge the car out of a stage in Sweden
Biggest accident:	Craig McChonnachie, Manx - rolled while flat in 5^th over crest due to errant spectators 3 miles into SS1
Achievements gained from rallying:	Now with Ford Junior Rally Team and assisting Robert Reid with Peugeot in WRC
Your current performance
Your current driver(s) and events or Championships being contested in 2002	Guy Wilks PBRC Super 1600 Puma
..... and in 2003?	** Available for a BRC run!!!!
How could you improve your ‘own’ current performance?	Keep gaining more and more experience
How could you improve your current driver’s performance?	He is fine
If you had £50,000 to spend on rallying, what would you do?	Invest it in the Team
Your future in rallying
Where would you most like to compete (in the world):	Australia
Which rally would you most like to compete in?	Donegal
Which driver(s) would you most like to co-drive for?	Alister McRae - that would make it a hat trick
Ambition in rallying for the future:	To be competing in the WRC
What would you like to put back into rallying?	To be able to give more youngsters the same type of help that I receive
The future of rallying
Which up-and-coming rally driver can you recommend?	Guy Wilks
Which up-and-coming rally co-driver can you recommend?	Me!
What would be the best tip you could give to other co-drivers?	Take all the assistance and help that you can because you can never learn enough in Rallying
Any other comments	Good site and great to see recognition towards co-drivers, thanks ** I am constantly learning all the time and enjoying my motorsport as well
posted 15/4/02 updated 16/12/02 (items marked with **)