With only a month to go before the opening round of the New Zealand Rally Championship [NZRC] at Otago, Nelson’s Dominick Unterberger and his Excelsior Rallysport team are proud to announce some major changes for their NZRC 2010 campaign.
Looking forward to the year ahead in the newly acquired former BNT Subaru of Richard and Sara Mason, Dominick will also have a change to the in-car team as Taranaki’s Sarah Coatsworth will bring her years of experience to the co-driver’s seat.
Testing has already begun, with the first outing for the pair being the Whariti Hillclimb held in Woodville at the end of last month.
“As planned, it was time well spent getting used to the car and it’s capabilities,” says Dominick. “These are big changes this year with a new car and co-driver, but I am now feeling confident going into Otago.”
With the first round for the Vantage Aluminium-sponsored Championship being just around the corner on the 10th and 11th of April, the Team at Excelsior Rallysport are now fully focused on preparing both the car and themselves for the event.
“We want to be able to have the car and ourselves settled and ready, so come Otago we can absorb as much as possible from what will be a major learning experience amidst some very serious competition.”
Sarah comments “If it hadn’t been for Configure Express New Plymouth helping me with my fitness and nutrition after having given birth to Marcus 5 months ago, I would have been right behind the eight ball at the start of the season, but now I am ready and raring to go”.
Dom and his Team would like to thank their loyal group of Supporters: My Parents, Gary & Kit from Alltrax NZ, Alexandra & Leighton from the Alpine Lodge Nelson Lakes National Park, Francis from Novus Auto Glass - all from Nelson, and now, of course, their new mentors for 2010 - Richard and Sara Mason and the BNT Mason Motorsport Team from Masterton.
