There was more success for two drivers competing under the Junior Rallying banner last weekend, as they took part in the Rally Kekava 2008, the fifth round of the Latvian RallySprint Championship. Tom Clark and Junior Rallying newcomer Jamie Brown finished the event 47th overall and sixth in class and 67th overall and 20th in class respectively.
Last weekend's event was based in the town of Kekava, which saw another event run there earlier this year. However, the stages on last weekend's rally were very different from those on the first running of the rally. More technical and tighter, they posed a very different challenge to the two Junior Rallying drivers, as they progress through the scheme's programme, gaining valuable experience along the way.
Clark was competing on his fourth event with Junior Rallying and his second using his Suzuki Swift Cup car. Before the event, his goal was to once again amass as much experience as possible and ensure he reached the finish, to continue to develop his stage rallying skills. However, he also set himself a target of finishing the event in the top five in class.
He and co-driver Aggie Foster were looking well on course for this but during the event, they clipped two cones that were used to mark out chicanes on the event. Each occasion cost the pair five seconds, adding ten seconds in total to their road time.
By the time they reached the finish ramp of the event, they had secured sixth in class, just seven seconds behind their closest rival in fifth. Therefore, without the time penalties for clipping the cones, they would have achieved their objective of a top-five class finish.
![Tom Clark/Aggie Foster. Kekava 2008 Rally. [Pic credit: Janis Barbars]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/463079.jpg)
