Brookes to rally 911

Nineteen years after he won the same event driving a Ford Sapphire Cosworth, Russell Brookes will contest the historic section of the 2009 Bulldog Rally in Steve Perez’s 1967 Porsche 911S. Brookes first won the Welsh event in a Ford Escort Mexico in 1976, and was offered the Porsche following a chance remark to Perez during the event’s 50th anniversary celebrations last year.

“I have admired Russell as one of Britain’s greatest rally drivers, so it is a great privilege to have him compete in my car,” said Perez, who took his Porsche to the 2003 British Historic title.