BUSINESSMAN and rally driver Steve Perez has made the first public contribution to the Wilks 500 Club.

Guy launched his WRC investment scheme in front of huge crowds at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Sunday - on a live TV link.

And Vodka Kick boss Steve was delighted to back the British champion's bid to secure a seat with the Subaru World Rally Team in 2009.

Guy has launched the Wilks 500 Club in a bid to land a seat with the Subaru World Rally Team for 2009 - and he needs Britain to back him.

The reigning British rally champion is appealing for all British rally fans, motor clubs, businesses - everyone who shares our passion for the sport - to get involved in the investment/sponsorship scheme.

Guy said: "Driving for Subaru would be the realisation of a dream for me and I think it would really give British rally fans something to cheer. It would be fantastic.

"We have spent a long time working on the Wilks 500 Club, making sure there is something for everyone and it offers real value for money.

Mitsubishi Motors UK Rally Team is set to get its season back on track when Guy Wilks and Phillip Morrow return to action for round three of the Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Championship, the Rally Isle of Man, 17-19 July.

Englishman Guy Wilks enjoyed an excellent Intercontinental Rally Challenge debut on the all-gravel Rally Russia, holding a comfortable top-10 position in the two-wheel-drive Honda before retiring with just two stages to go as a result of a transmission-related failure.

Intercontinental Rally Challenge
Vyborg, Russia
08 July 2008

Englishman Guy Wilks is all set to take the start of this weekend's Rally Russia at the wheel of the Honda Civic Type R R3 developed and run by JAS Motorsport in Italy: Honda's long-time motorsport partner.

Although Wilks has driven the Honda once before in competition, at the Canberra Rally in Australia earlier this year, the Rally Russia is a step into the unknown for him.

GUY is delighted to confirm he will be driving at the world-famous Goodwood Festival of Speed on Sunday 13 July.
 
He will demonstrate The Sun Mobil 1 Mitsubishi Evo 9, run by SG Petch Ltd, in front of a sell-out 50,000 crowd.

GUY will be at The Rally Show at Chatsworth, Derbyshire, on Saturday as part of the British Rally Championship's 50th anniversary celebrations.

The reigning British champion will join an impressive line-up of 30 former BRC champions including Ari Vatanen (1976, 1980), Stig Blomqvist (1983), Jimmy McRae (1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988) and David Llewellin (1989, 1990).

Round two of the Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Championship, the Jim Clark Rally, did not go according to plan for the Mitsubishi Motors UK Rally Team.

Following a successful pre-event test, the team were upbeat about their chances of extending their lead in the teams and drivers championships, with both Guy Wilks and Phillip Morrow happy with their car set-ups for the first of the season’s three asphalt rallies.

GUY and co-driver Phil Pugh escaped unhurt after their Mitsubishi Evo IX was destroyed by fire on the fourth stage of today's Jim Clark International Rally.

Guy had made the perfect start and was looking to extend his early lead when the rear transmission failed on the 6.3-mile Eyemouth stage.  That eventually led to propshaft failure and the flailing metal cut through the fuel tank and the car went up in flames.

Round two of the Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Championship takes place this weekend, when the Jim Clark Rally sees the Mitsubishi Motors UK Rally Team back in action for the first asphalt event of the season.

GUY and co-driver Phil Pugh were forced to retire from today's final leg of Rally of Canberra with mechanical failure.

Guy held a superb fifth overall overnight in the front-wheel-drive Honda Civic Type R R3. But driveshaft failure halted their charge around 20km into Sunday's 28km opening stage.

Guy said: "It's a real shame. Everything was going well and we had just passed a car in the stage to move up to fourth place."

GUY and Phil have made a solid start to the Rally of Canberra, ending day one in a superb fifth place overall.

The reigning British champions are making their debut Down Under, driving a Honda Civic Type R R3 for Honda Australia.

Guy has set some formidable times in the front-wheel-drive Civic, built by Italian team JAS Motorsport, against 4WD machinery.

Guy said: "The car hasn't missed a beat."  

GUY and co-driver Phil Pugh have completed final preparations for their debut drive Down Under.

The reigning British champions are contesting this weekend's Rally of Canberra (10/11 May) - round two of the Australian Rally Championship - in a Honda Civic Type R R3 for Honda Australia.

Guy tested the front-wheel-drive Civic, built by Italian team J.A.S Motorsport, on forest roads at Murrays Corner on Tuesday. He shared the session with Toyota Corolla S2000 drivers Neal Bates and Simon Evans - both Aussie champions.

GUY and co-driver Phil Pugh flew to Italy on Monday to test the Honda Civic Type R R3 rally car for the first time.

Less than 48 hours after their victory on the Pirelli International Rally - the opening round of the British Rally Championship - the reigning British champions met up with their new team J.A.S. Motorsport in Arluno, near Milan.

Guy and Phil were also unveiled to Italian and French journalists before completing almost 100km of testing on closed tarmac roads, around 80km east of San Remo, in the front-wheel drive Civic.

GUY and co-driver Phil Pugh scored a dominant victory on today's Pirelli International Rally, the opening round of the 2008 British Rally Championship.

The reigning British champions led from start to finish in their Mitsubishi Evo IX - winning 12 out of 13 stages in the super-fast Kielder Forest complex.

Finn Juho Hanninen (Mitsubishi) was second, 1min 5.5secs adrift, with David Higgins third, 2mins 40.8secs slower in a Subaru N14.

The Mitsubishi Motors UK Rally Team commences the defence of its British Rally Championship drivers and teams titles this weekend, when its two works drivers Guy Wilks and Phillip Morrow contest the opening round, the Carlisle-based Pirelli Rally.

After a stunning year with the Mitsubishi team in 2007, recording five wins out of seven rounds, reigning British Champion Guy Wilks is back for a second season and has just one thing on his mind - to retain his and Mitsubishi’s crowns.

GUY realised a boyhood dream when he tested the awesome Audi Quattro for Autosport magazine.

The British champion was asked to compare the legendary five-cylinder, 500bhp Group B Quattro - rallying's first supercar - with his title-winning Group N Mitsubishi Evo IX at Blyton, Lincolnshire.

Guy said: "What a day! The Quattro is iconic . . . just listen to it! It's the one rally car I had on my bedroom wall growing up."

GUY is delighted to announce he has signed a five-rally deal with Italy's JAS Motorsport.

Guy and co-driver Phil Pugh will showcase the new Honda Civic Type R R3 rally car on two rounds of the Australian Rally Championship, Rally Finland (WRC), Rally Russia (IRC) and a fifth international rally yet to be confirmed.

GUY and co-driver Phil Pugh were officially crowned 2007 British Rally Champions at the BRC annual presentation night in Birmingham on Friday.

The pair received their prestigious awards from Rob Jones, general secretary
of the Motor Sports Association, in front of more than 300 drivers, teams,
sponsors and guests.

Guy told the audience how he had enjoyed "every second" of his championship tussle with Mark Higgins and Gwyndaf Evans.

This year’s Autosport International sees Mitsubishi Motors UK announce its 2008 Works Rally Team line-up, with reigning British Champion Guy Wilks retained for a second season and joining the 2007 Evolution Challenge Champion Phillip Morrow for an assault on the British Rally Championship.

Following a stunning season with the Mitsubishi team last year, when he recorded five victories out of seven rounds, Wilks put himself well and truly in the frame for re-selection by the Cirencester-based Mitsubishi importers. Throughout the season, he was often comfortably the quickest driver in the field, having recorded more fastest-stage times than all of the other BRC drivers put together!

Guy Wilks has withdrawn from the Pirelli Star Driver competition. The newly-crowned British Rally Champion was the first of six finalists to be selected for the shootout to win a fully-funded drive in the 2008 British Rally Championship.

But Guy has pulled out to ensure one of the five remaining finalists - George Thomas, Darren Gass, Philip Morrow, James Wozencroft and Matt Beebe - get the same chance that he has enjoyed this year.

Guy Wilks and Phil Pugh are the 2007 Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Champions after scoring a dominant victory on double points-scoring Wales Rally GB.

They took the win on the first day of the three-day event, which counted as round six of the Championship, with team-mate Gwyndaf Evans second and title rival Mark Higgins third.

GUY got fit for his British title shootout on Wales Rally GB - by training with Newcastle United!
Well, he is quick with his feet - and superb at taking corners!

The Mitsubishi Motors UK Works Rally Team's drivers Guy Wilks and Gwyndaf Evans are poised for the final push in the chase for the Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Championship driver's and team's titles, in the season's grand finale – the Wales Rally GB, which takes place between 30th November and 2nd December.

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Derek McGarrity has tipped Guy Wilks to cause a big upset on Rally Ireland. McGarrity's DMG team is running the British young gun in a Subaru Impreza S11 - alongside Wilks' former JWRC rival Kris Meeke in an S12B.

Guy will celebrate the launch of SEGA Rally at the Chatsworth Rally Show on 29/30 Sept by giving passenger rides in his works BRC Mitsubishi.

The Wilks family would like to extend their heart felt condolences to the McRae family.

GUY WILKS has boosted his British and FIA World Rally Championship campaigns by teaming up with SEGA Rally.

Starting with this week's Rallye Deutschland (17-19 Aug), Guy will promote the eagerly-awaited SEGA Rally computer game on his Mobil 1-backed Ford Focus RS WRC05.

THIS is the monster jump that stunned Guy Wilks' WRC rivals on Rally Finland.

The young Brit hit the crest on the tree-lined Leustu stage flat in sixth gear at 171kph!

Wilks' incredible speed and bravery underlines just why he is tipped as a future world champion.

GUY WILKS led Mitsubishi to their first-ever one, two finish in the British Rally Championship with a commanding victory on the Rally Isle of Man.

Wilks was fastest on 17 of the 21 competitive stages to beat team-mate Gwyndaf Evans by 46.6 seconds.

Title rival Mark Higgins slid into a ditch on stage 10 (Little London 2) and eventually finished 18th.

Guy Wilks made a glorious debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Britain's front-running WRC star entertained 150,000 fans with some spectacular sideways driving in The Sun Mobil 1 Ford Focus RS WRC04.

Guy Wilks underlined his position as Britain’s front-running WRC star with a polished performance on the Acropolis Rally Greece.