Procter ‘Back stronger’ for Sol Rally Barbados

Britain’s Kevin Procter will “come back stronger” when he competes in Sol Rally Barbados for the 13th time this year, having equalled his best-ever result of fourth in Sol RB17. The flamboyant Yorkshireman confirmed his participation shortly after finishing second in last Saturday’s (December 30) Christmas Stages Rally at Croft Circuit in the north of England, where freezing overnight temperatures threw up some tough challenges for the 80-plus starters.

He will contest the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international in the Procter’s Coaches Ford Fiesta, the third overseas entry confirmed for the WRC-1 category, joining the Subaru Impreza WRC S12Bs of Graham Coffey and Rob Swann, who finished eighth and second respectively in Sol RB17. Procter’s co-driver will again be Andrew Roughead, who sat with him in Barbados for the first time last year.

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