Q&A: Brian Stubbings: Rallyday focus - EXCLUSIVE.

Wednesday, 19th September 2007

Rallyday preview with Brian Stubbings.

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BS:
We are going to hold a minutes silence and something else will follow after that as well to give people an opportunity to grieve - and to remember Colin. It has been very, very shocking. I was lucky enough to meet Colin once and it is absolutely tragic. My thoughts are with his family – and with those other people affected as well. We want to do the right thing at the event.

Crash.net:
The Rallyday usually attracts around 10,000 people – are you hoping to get a similar turn-out this year?

BS:
We are expecting a similar turn-out and judging by the entries and bookings so far there could be a few more. We think it is going to be quite strong this year.

Crash.net:
What are you doing or have you done to ensure you get a similar turn-out or even an increased number of people?

BS:
We have done a couple of different things in terms of packages for the teams and we have done a small TV campaign as well. It will be interesting to see what that does for it.

Crash.net:
What do you think is going to be the highlight this year?

BS:
That is a difficult one. For some it will be Hannu and for others it will be the current WRC stars. But for me I think the Aston is pretty impressive - or very impressive to be honest. The Mitsubishi WRC car will be there and that should be a good sight. It is great to see Matt Wilson come back. He is going to have the opportunity to do more in the car this year because his Focus isn't about to go straight off to a WRC round. That will be pretty spectacular. All-in-all it is difficult to pick out one specific thing.

Crash.net:
Final question: how have you gone about making things better than in previous years? Is that possible?

BS:
It is a tough challenge and it always presents us with a bit of a problem. What we have done is this specific thing with the Clubmans Rally Teams and this year people are going to see more rally cars at the event than ever before. The Clubmans Rally Teams alone is 50 entries and with up to 20 on track at the same time is going to be really exciting. They are great to watch and we think that is one thing that will be good for the spectators.