A European tour showcasing the R2 has proven the car to be immensely popular, and it is looking to be the most hotly contested single make championship in Europe and the UK. The R2 and ST will be in the same championship, the Fiesta Sport Trophy, and with some of the highest calibre drivers involved it is looking to be one of the most thrilling contests of 2010.

Everard and regular navigator Sam Collis, see this as the perfect opportunity to progress from the top level results gained in the Fiesta Sporting Trophy and to prove their worth in the R2. An invitation to the first Fiesta R2 test day at Carisle on 28th September will allow Everard to test the handling of the car before the kit has been fitted to his own. The Championship is set to follow all rounds of the BRC plus the Malcom Wilson Rally.

Preparations have been taking place for the last few weeks and James and his team set off for Ireland on Wednesday morning.  James arrived safely and has already signed on and is surveying the stages.

James will be posting regular updates via Twitter and you can follow James’s progress in several ways:

• Through this web site.
  The Used Garage Equipment Online Rally Team at their engineering base in Hull will be correlating all the information and updating James’s web site accordingly over the course of the rally.
• Through Twitter.
  Receive James’s updates by following James Everard on Twitter.  James is Twitting personally directly from his rally car when time permits.
• Through Facebook.
  James will be updating his Facebook profile personally whilst in Ireland and in addition the Used Garage Equipment Online Rally Team will post further information and photos when they become available.

The latest updates we have received from James are as follows:

1. On route to Stranraer with Sam Collis ready for Ulster Rally recce tomorrow.
2. Now in Ireland heading to Rally HQ with Sam to sign on for recce.