Neil Roskell is on a charge up the Motorsport UK Protyre Asphalt Rally Championship leaderboard, and just as ominously for his rivals the Blackpool driver is back in his high-speed groove after a somewhat twitchy start to the season.
Having scored 80 points from a possible 90 on the last three rounds, the twice sealed-surface series runner-up has rocketed from 10th to second in the drivers’ standings. He is now just five points behind leader Darren Atkinson, and with a dropped score already in the bag.
Partnered by Dai Roberts, the 2022 Protyre Asphalt co-drivers’ champion, Neil’s year started well when he took home second-placed points on the Legend Fires North West Stages, despite sustaining frontal damage to his ND Civils/Lomand Plant Hire/Hauraton Drainage Products/Witham Motorsport Ford Fiesta Rally2.
An off on day one of the Manx National dropped him down to 10th in the standings after Round 2, but a solid restart drive on day two (Round 3) saw him leave the Isle of Man eighth in the points table.
Neil had a frantic Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally which included several big moments, banging into a bail and skidding off on a patch of mud. A bruising fifth-place points finish moved him up to fourth in the standings.
The Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally saw Neil return to his best, as he never put a foot wrong in the changeable weather/road conditions to score second-place Protyre Asphalt points and move back up to second in the standings.
“I feel like my old self again and more back to where I want to be,” says Neil.
And next up is the Nigel Ferguson Fabricators Tour of Epynt (20-21 July) – an event Neil won in 2021.
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